9th August 2024 alhakam.org Asif M Basit, London “The extreme far right wants to provoke Muslims and reinforce divisions and see violent clashes on our streets. We must not hand […]
Gettin Jiggy wit Jihad: Does Holy War Have an Esoteric Meaning? (7 min. read) The Spiritual Significance of Struggle (Jihad) in Ismaili Islam KHAYAL ʿALY AND ISMAILI GNOSIS JUL 16 2024 Does jihad, usually understood as Islamic “holy war”, have an esoteric or spiritual meaning? According to Nasir al-Din Tusi, arguably the most accomplished Muslim […]
Source of video / Courtesy: BBC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an hour and a half movie or documentary about […]
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker reveals his plans despite fears the move could spark attacks SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has revived his plan to hold a contest for […]
Source: fairfaxtimes.com Dear Editor, If we look around we may realize how precious, beautiful and unique each individual life is. The lives of parents change when they know that they are having a baby; first heartbeat, first movement, then birth, and every subsequent milestone is precious. God has created this […]
The legend of Saladin as an ideal Quranic leader who fought back invaders remains a potent symbol in the Islamic world’s public memory. Source: The Wall Street Journal By Christopher […]
Source: BBC News By Frank Gardner The Islamic State group (IS) has lost its short-lived caliphate in the Middle East, with hundreds – possibly thousands – of would-be international […]
Finding Peace Within the Holy Texts Source: NY Times Nov. 17, 2015 By David Brooks It’s easy to think that ISIS is some sort of evil, medieval cancer that somehow […]
Source: The New York Times By MARIA ABI-HABIB and SUHASINI RAJAPRIL 10, 2018 The Supreme Court ruled that Hadiya, center, had a right to choose her spouse and convert to another religion. CreditSivaram V/Reuters India’s Supreme Court has upheld the right of citizens to choose their spouse and convert to another religion, a landmark […]
Source: The Economist IS IT correct to find parallels between violent white supremacism and neo-Nazism on one hand, and the nihilist fury of ultra-militant Islam on the other? A Franco-American […]
Source: Dhaka Tribune BY Manik Miazee The new textbooks of the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board will not contain any chapters with lessons on Jihad, for the first time in nearly four […]
Source: BBC News Is it acceptable to name your baby “Jihad” in France, which has suffered Europe’s worst Islamist terror attacks in recent years? France’s chief prosecutor now has to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Conservative news sites are targeting activist Linda Sarsour again, this time for using the word “jihad” in a speech to a mainly Muslim audience. Speaking […]
Source: American Thinker By Raymond Ibrahim Last month, when the battle for Mosul began, Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly promised four extra Houris (supernatural, celestial women designed for sexual purposes) – atop the other 72 promised by the prophet Muhammad – to all jihadis who die (are “martyred”) […]
Source: Aljazeera by Tallha Abdulrazaq Tallha Abdulrazaq is a researcher at the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute. Last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was quoted as saying that religious leaders should “stand up and take responsibility for the actions of those who do things in the name […]
Source: BBC Rasheed Benyahia was in a hurry. Like so many young adults going places in Britain today, he needed to get a move on. If Monday 1 June 2015 […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor A British man who once preached violence in the name of religion is now using his voice to spread peace. Manwar Ali, a former extremist who claims he was involved in radicalizing “thousands” of young Muslims in the 1980s and 1990s, talked about how […]
The video is mostly in Urdu, the speech of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community starts at minute 50 of the video tape: Suggested Reading […]
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — In the four years that he ran the Revolution Muslim website out of his walk-up apartment in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Jesse Morton became one of the most prolific recruiters for Al Qaeda, luring numerous Americans to the group’s violent ideology. The men and women […]
Source: Time By John R. Bowen Jihad seems to hit France harder than other countries, with more than 1,000 young people leaving to fight on the side of ISIS or […]