Veil: A Fundamental Human Right and an important Religious Duty By: Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta amjmalta@gmail.com http://ahmadiyyamalta.org/ One of the common and most loving fruits of human life is the freedom and liberty. Men of all ages remained fond of this delicious and valuable fruit. The […]
BBC: The Rev Klaas Hendrikse can offer his congregation little hope of life after death, and he’s not the sort of man to sugar the pill. Animposing figure in black robes and white clerical collar, Mr Hendrikse presides over the Sunday service at the Exodus Church in Gorinchem, central Holland. It is […]
Source: Chicago Tribune Parents learn to control temper while fasting A frazzled, home-schooling mother of three, Olivia Kompier has been known to lose her temper when she’s well-nourished, but even more so when she’s dehydrated or hungry. That’s why the prospect of giving up routine meals during the daylight hours […]
Source / Courtesy: Kincardine News By John F Adams “Love for all, Hatred for none.”That is the motto of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at , an Islamic community, and a message they shared with people at an information session on Holy Qur’an which was held at the Kincardine Public Library. “We do […]
Source / Courtesy: The Royal Gazette online, Bermuda By Sara Westhead Faithful Muslims around the world have been fasting for the last two weeks as they celebrate the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, when it is said that the Prophet Mohammad first began receiving the words of the […]
Source/Credit: The Malta Independent Online: 14.08.2011/Photo: Google images By John Guillaumier On 21 July, the BBC broadcast part of an interview that the Archbishop of Dublin gave on Irish radio in the aftermath of the Cloyne report on the cover-up of the sex abuse of children. The Archbishop asked himself […]
Source / Courtesy: Stratford Beacon Herald A Muslim youth group will hold an open house on the Qur’an at Stratford Public Library on Saturday, August 13 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Rizwan Rabbani of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada said the group has been canvassing neighbourhoods throughout Canada promoting peace, condemning terrorism and bringing […]
Source/Credit: The Malta Independent Online: By Stephen Calleja 14.08.2011/Photo: Google images The fact that two priests committed serious and heinous crimes does not entitle us to put all members of the clergy in the same basket. There are weirdoes and perverts in every profession and social sector. And to […]
A group of Muslims were knocking on doors in Norwich to raise awareness about Islam and clear up misperceptions about their religion. “We’re here to introduce what Holy Qu’ran is, what Islam is. Islam is not violent,” said Farhan Ahmad, a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada, based in […]
Local Muslim residents and a national Islam outreach program organized an open house on the weekend in order to combat misconceptions of their religion. “Our (Cornwall) community is always growing. We want people to be aware the Holy Qu’ran teaches about peace,” said Azizullah, a city representative of the Ahmadiyya […]
World events, particularly involving terrorism, have thrust the Muslim community into the spotlight over the past several years, often creating a negative view of Islam. A group of Muslims belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were at the main branch of the Chatham Public Library Saturday to dispel misconceptions some […]
Peace and love was the message Noman Khalil of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada and his colleagues brought to Elliot Lake. Khalil, a Muslim of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect, and his associates, were at the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre to educate anyone who would listen on Islam, Muslim culture […]
Another real-world manifestation of implicit memory is known as the illusion-of-truth effect: you are more likely to believe that a statement is true if you have heard it before—whether or not it is actually true. In one study, subjects rated the validity of plausible sentences every two weeks. Without letting on, […]
A dull-looking chart projected on the wall of a university office in Jerusalem displayed a revelation that would startle many readers of the Old Testament: the sacred text that people revered in the past was not the same one we study today. An ancient version of one book has an […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The British border agency has informed a fundamentalist Rabbi that he will not be allowed to enter the country for the next three years, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Thursday. Rabbi Yosef Elitzur received a letter from the British authorities, signed by the home secretary, informing […]
Source/Credit: Liberty Magazine: July – August 2011 Editors’ note: This is the fourth in a series of five articles on the history of Christian persecution up to the end of the seventeenth century. The first, second, and third articles can be found here and here and here. The millennium-old Christian consensus that religious diversity was […]
Source/Credit: Liberty Magazine: JULY / AUGUST 2011: Photo: Google-Images There is a new law in France forbidding women wearing full-face veils in public. The media has largely focused on the voices of protest from religious leaders and human rights advocates. Yet it’s important to realize that this law enjoys widespread popular support—not […]
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Scholars from different religions answer the question Question: What role does humour play in life? ABDUL RASHID is a member of the Ottawa Muslim community, the Christian-Muslim Dialogue and the Capital Region Interfaith Council. Humour is a natural human characteristic and an essential component of a complete human personality. Although […]