Justin Trudeau asks Pope for apology
Source: MSN Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a request for Pope Francis: say sorry for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children […]
Majorities in Europe, North America worried about Islamic extremis
Source: Pew Research Center BY JACOB POUSHTER2 COMMENTS Even before this week’s terrorist bombing at a pop concert in Manchester, England, people across Europe and in the U.S. and Canada […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host a Q&A Session at Queens
ANSWERING PHILOSOPHIC HUMANIST QUESTIONS – PART II Answering Philosophic Humanist Questions Join us @ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA 18815 McLaughlin Ave, Hollis, Queens, NY 11423 United States Time: Sat May 20 2017 at 02:00 pm
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community applauded for launching Ask Islam campaign through B.C
Source: http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/letters/open-discussions-lead-the-way-to-acceptance-1.20212077 Open discussions lead the way to acceptance DELTA OPTIMIST | MAY 26, 2017 12:00 AM Editor: Re: Ask Islam campaign launches with ride from Delta mosque, May 17 I applaud the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association for launching their campaign through B.C. I hope that their efforts inspire others across […]
Muslims in America, by the numbers
Fiza Pirani The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8:00 a.m. Thursday, May 25, 2017 National/World News Share Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. In fact, if current trends continue, Muslims will surpass Christians as the world’s largest religious group in the second half of this century, according to the Pew Research Center. […]
Ford ‘set to shed 10% of workforce’
Source: BBC Ford is planning to cut around 10% of its global workforce in an attempt to boost profits, according to reports. Chief executive officer Mark Fields also wants to […]
War over gay clergy brings a whole religion to “the brink of schism”
Source: Salon NICO LANG Bishop Karen Oliveto said she was destined to gaze up at the stars. When she was a young girl, her mother — a recent divorcée — […]
Canada floods: Montreal declares state of emergency
Source: BBC A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian city of Montreal due to flooding caused by torrential rains and melting snow. The measure was declared on […]
A polygamy trial in Canada tests the limits of conjugal freedom
Source: The Economist The case illustrates the tension between religious freedom and human rights in democracies by P.F. and ERASMUS | VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA Many of today’s hottest arguments about […]
President Trump Says U.S. Will Renegotiate, Not Cancel, NAFT
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller 11:16 PM ET President Trump does not plan to cancel the North American Free Trade Agreement and will instead work to renegotiate it with Mexico […]
These men want to be the first turbaned Sikhs elected to the B.C. Legislature
Source: CBC News By Jesse Johnston This month marks 70 years since Sikhs were given the right to vote in British Columbia and two South Asian candidates want to mark the […]
Calling Islamophobia A Bad Thing Shouldn’t Be Hard. Canada Did It, Yet Congress Still Can’t.
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias 1.8k Two resolutions condemning Islamophobia died quietly in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of January, neither having made it out of […]
The cuban building the world’s tallest bike
Source: BBC By Anna Merlan 12 April 2017 It’s not possible to keep up with 52-year-old Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero, and it’s not wise to try. On a bright winter […]
Donald Trump’s air attack on Syria may have been unlawful – but nobody seems to have noticed
International law is degraded when a breach of the UN charter is declared ‘illegal but legitimate’. The rule of law requires a straightforward answer Geoffrey Robertson 22 hours ago Vladimir Putin and Jeremy Corbyn are among the few to show concern that the US’s Tomahawk missile attack on a Syrian air base was […]
Multi-million dollar gift by the Aga Khan: North America’s largest Islamic-inspired garden in Alberta, Canada
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 8, 2017 Source: Edmonton Journal by Juris Graney Aga Khan drops multi-million dollar gift on University of Alberta North America’s largest — and possibly the […]
In Canada, Where Muslims Are Few, Group Stirs Fear of Islamists
Source: The New York Times By CRAIG S. SMITH STONEHAM-ET-TEWKESBURY, Quebec — Patrick Beaudry, bejeweled, tattooed and bearded, lives on a remote wooded hillside in rural Quebec, worrying about living […]
The Republican health care plan is dead, handing Trump a stunning legislative defeat
By Emily C. Singer March 24, 2017 The Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is officially dead, after Republicans failed to garner enough support within their party for the legislation, multiple members of Congress told Mic on Friday. The death of the American Health Care Act — the GOP‘s plan to […]
Jamia Ahmadiyya UK and Canada Convocation take place in Joint Ceremony
Source: www.khalifaofislam.com 25 graduates receive their Shahid degrees from Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 4 March 2017, the 5th Convocation Ceremony […]
Life on Earth began ‘earlier than thought’
Source: BBC By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightM DODDImage captionAncient life: These clumps of iron and filaments show similarities to modern microbes Scientists have discovered what they […]
Failing Quebec’s Muslims
Source: The New York Times By MARTIN PATRIQUIN MONTREAL — “Where is it written in the criminal code that I don’t have the right to leave someone a pig’s head? […]