7 Remarkable Things About Khadija, Wife of the Prophet of Islam
Source: Huffington Post | By Yasmina Blackburn I often get into debates with people about women in Islam. How we dress. How we don’t dress. What we think or don’t think […]
‘Female Sovereigns in Islamic States’
Dr. Milena Rampoldi, the translator of ‘Female Sovereigns in Islamic States’ from Turkish to English, tells the tales of the great women in Islamic history. From Maldives to India, Rampoldi […]
Parliaments and prayer -A delicate invocation
The Economist: IN ALMOST every English-speaking (or partly English-speaking) democracy, the practice of holding prayers before the deliberations of elected assemblies is both long-established, and as of recently, controversial. In […]
Calgary school fined $26K for refusing to let Muslim students pray on campus
The National Post: A Calgary private school unlawfully discriminated against two Muslim students by refusing to allow them to pray on campus, says the province’s human rights tribunal. The Alberta […]
Why Kids Need Spirituality
New York Magazine: By Lisa Miller You are Jewish; your husband, a lapsed Catholic. Neither of you believes, much, in God, although occasionally you like to meditate and you both […]
Tajikistan: No Hajj, No Hijab, and Shave Your Beard
In a Muslim-majority country, state control of religious expression tightens. Technically, freedom of religion is enshrined in the constitution of Tajikistan. But in reality, religious practice–at least for members of […]
Islam Saved Jewry. A Historical Truth
Source: Global Research by David J Wasserstein Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it […]
Islam and the West
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
The science is in: God is the answer
Epigraph: And whoso honors the sacred things of Allah, it will be good for him with his Lord. … Shun therefore the abomination of idols, and shun all words of […]
French flocking to buy books on Islam following Charlie Hebdo attacks
Source: The Russia Today RT: France is witnessing a surge in people buying books on Islam. Interest in the religion has seen three times as many volumes sold in the first […]
Anti-Islam protest in Montreal scuttled by opposition groups
An anti-Islam protest by a right-wing European political organization was scuttled in the face of hundreds of counter-demonstrators in Montreal on Saturday afternoon. The Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association Canada invites all women to Religious Founders Day
Epigraph: Say, ‘We believe in Allah and in that which has been revealed to us, and that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the […]
The Prophet’s Patience in Conveying the Message
God tells us in the Quran that He sent Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a mercy for humankind. {And We have sent you O Muhammad, not but as […]
An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
‘My Niqab Gave Me a Voice’ Dear Mr. Prime Minister Harper, Do you know who I am? You should, because you are asking me to unveil myself. So, let me […]
Toward True Religious Freedom
Huff Post: by Justin Thornburgh — The Orwellian named in Religious Freedom Restoration Act Indiana looks like it is about to become the law of the land. The gist of this act is that it would allow businesses to refuse service to anyone they believe is acting against or contrary […]
Meet a Muslim Family
Source: Bradford Times Every year, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Canada – reaches out to their non-Muslim neighbours, to share a greater understanding of their faith and culture. The Ahmadiyya […]
Grand Mufti of Egypt: ‘There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam’
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
Grand Mufti of Egypt: 'There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam'
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
Freedom of Speech with Islamic Characteristics
The outpouring of rage over Islamic extremism in Europe has reignited the familiar critique of Islam as an intolerant faith whose adherents are inherently pre-modern and unable, or unwilling, to […]
White Christians Are Now A Minority In 19 American States — Including Some Parts Of The Bible Belt
Religion News Service | By Jonathan Merritt Posted: 03/05/2015 4:42 pm EST (RNS) The notion of America as a mostly white, mostly Christian country is rapidly becoming a fact for […]