CNN: Who speaks for American Muslims?
Who speaks for American Muslims? The short answer is, no one. No individual or group can claim to speak for this country’s nearly 3.5 million Muslims, a diverse and dynamic […]
Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
Muslim heritage: Malika III: Shajarat Al-Durr
By: Tom Verde Our third story is that of Shajarat al-Durr, the first woman to sit upon an Egyptian throne since Cleopatra, nearly 1,300 years before. Art direction for the […]
Branches of Shia Islam: Ismailis, Twelvers, and Bohras
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON AUGUST 23, 2017 The Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims, better known today as the Ismailis, make up the second largest branch of Shi‘i Islam after the Twelvers (Ithna ‘Ashariyyah). Shi‘i Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad’s divinely-ordained spiritual authority and divinely-inspired knowledge continues in members of his family, beginning […]
Unity is Strength
Muslim Leaders of today should reflect on this article: Editorial, Review of Religions, July 1993 Unity is strength! The fundamental message of Islam is the Unity of God and the […]
The mental and spiritual fragmentation of the Muslim world
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Illustration by Necmettin Asma The Muslim world has to recover from its state of impoverishment and rebuild its intellectual and moral habitat. While being firmly anchored in its own tradition and roots, it has to approach the world with the perspective of an open horizon The Muslim […]
US: First Somali-American Voted In
Ilham Omar, who escaped Somalia and spent years in a Kenyan refugee camp, thanked her grandfather who taught her the importance of democracy. Thu, November 10, 201 clarionproject.com Making U.S. election history, a Somali-American was elected to public office as a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota. Ilhan Omar, […]
UK: World Leaders Converge At Ahmadiyya’s Annual Convention; Discuss Peace, Unity and Harmony
Source: thegazellenews.com World Leaders Converge At Ahmadiyya’s UK Jalsa; Discuss Peace, Unity By Jumu’ah Abiodun, Gressehall Road, London World leaders across the globe converged at the 50th Jalsa Salana (annual gathering) in United Kingdom (UK) as they discuss peace and unity among others issues. The gathering which took place at Oakland […]
Delivering on the Promises of Paris: Why the World’s Muslims Are Demanding Climate Action Now
Source: Huffington Post By Naser Haghamed CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, an independent humanitarian and development organisation with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide. The global Muslim community – made up of around 1.6 billion followers from world leaders to academics, from teachers and healthcare workers to business people and […]
Brussels attacks: Irish Muslim leaders offer condolences
Backlash and blame in the wake of terror attacks too often falls on the wrong people and this “perpetuates the narrative of the extremists”, a Muslim group in Ireland has said. The Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council said the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday “once again reiterate that the […]
Women Rulers of the Arab and Muslim World: Khayzuran and Zubayda
TOM VERDE JANUARY 20, 2016 By Tom Verde, originally published as ‘Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda‘ on Aramco World From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey, it […]
UK: 13 Muslim MPs elected, 8 of them women
A record of 13 Muslim MPs, up from 8 in 2010, have been elected in one of the most unpredictable and extraordinary general elections in Britain. Eight of the Muslim […]
Muslims: You Must Break Free of Captivity
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — The fire that burns Syria, Palestine, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Central Africa Republic, Egypt, and Libya is secondary to the fire that burns inside each Muslim worldwide who literally screams for God to intervene and extinguish this burning flame — but doesn’t find Him. […]
Most Muslim Americans See No Justification for Violence
Gallup.com: by Nicole Naurath — Muslims Americans more likely than other faith groups to reject attacks on civilians ABU DHABI — Muslim Americans are the staunchest opponents of military attacks on civilians, compared with members of other major religious groups Gallup has studied in the United States. Seventy-eight percent of Muslim […]
The new generation of Muslim American leaders
When widespread criticism arose from President Barack Obama’s gratuitous lecturing of Muslims at a White House iftar, about Israel’s right to defend itself as unarmed civilians in Gaza died by the hundreds, it signalled a generational shift in Muslim American leadership. This year’s White House iftar could have proceeded uneventfully like the many others […]
Uganda Muslims urged to sight Ramadan moon
KAMPALA: Muslims in Uganda are being urged to help sight the new moon of Ramadan to determine the start of the holy fasting month. “All Muslims need to watch out for the moon on Friday,” Haji Nsereko Mutumba, the spokesperson of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, told Anadolu Agency. “Whoever […]
What Europe’s Far-Right Parties Can Learn From Islam
By Craig Considine The Huffington Post: Today’s far-right parties in Europe, such as the National Front in France and the Party for Freedom in Holland, are surging in popularity and […]
LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION AT AHMADIYYA MUSLIM SYMPOSIUM: FIJISUN USA
This is a flash back of photos of the highlights of Leadership Crisis Symposium hosted last year by Ahmadiyya Muslim of Silicon Valley Chapter where several civic leaders and county officials were recognized. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101288504555853648658/albums/5521559618756304753/5767732515791740610 Koya
Islam or Extremism
Al Arabiya News: Musa Furber. It has been reported that the Egyptian cabinet is considering taking legal action against those who use religion to incite violence. Beyond incitement to violence, there may even be a case that such irresponsible statements fall under Egypt’s blasphemy law, which clearly states “whoever makes use […]