Dealing with Boko Haram
By AMINO ABUBAKAR & ADEROGBA OBISESAN Published — Saturday 2 January 2016 Source: Arab News As Nigeria rings in 2016, the ever-present threat of violence by Boko Haram hangs heavy […]
To end terrorism, we should follow the path of Prophet Mohammed: Dalai Lama
Source: The Siasat Daily Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama who is also a Nobel Laureate termed the Holy Quran as a Sacred Book which is a priceless Gift of God […]
US Muslim Group Launches Campaign to Reclaim the Meaning of ‘True Islam’ from Extremists
Source: Newsweek BY LUCY WESTCOTT ON 12/30/15 AT 9:04 PM The “True Islam” campaign, created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, aims to correct misconceptions about the religion and unite […]
Pakistan suicide bombing kills ‘at least 22’ in Mardan
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 22 people, police say. The bomb went off outside the National Database and […]
More than 70 killed in Nigeria bombings, suicide attacks
Source: China Daily LAGOS – More than 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in sporadic bombings and suicide attacks that struck northern Nigeria since […]
Stop asking me to condemn terrorists just because I’m Muslim
Source: The Washington Post By By Rana Elmir The deputy director of the ACLU of Michigan and lectures on issues related to Islamophobia, free speech and the intersection of race, faith […]
ISIS claims attack on Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh
A member of Bangladeshi bomb disposal unit prepares to detonate homemade explosives seized from a building during a raid on a building where members of a banned Islamist group were detained in Mirpur area, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP) AFP, DhakaSaturday, 26 December 2015 The Islamic State of […]
Jewish terror: Video celebrates murder of Palestinian baby, kin
Israeli soldiers work around the body of a Palestinian after he was shoot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday. (AP) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 JERUSALEM: Video footage of Jewish zealots mocking the death by arson of a Palestinian baby has […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘forces one million out of school’Bo
Source: BBC An Islamist insurgency has kept about one million children out of school in Nigeria and three neighbouring states, the UN children’s agency has said. More than 2,000 schools […]
Las Vegas Strip sidewalk: Driver hits dozens of pedestrians in ‘intentional’ act
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 5:10 AM ET, Mon December […]
Why isn’t it ‘terrorism’ when the perpetrators aren’t Muslim?
By Frank Vyan Walton At this week’s Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas and in the courts of America, it seems like when we talk about “terrorism” we only […]
Buyer of Gun Used in San Bernardino Shooting Charged With Terrorism
Source: Time (LOS ANGELES) — The man who bought the assault rifles used by his friend in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with terrorism-related counts. The FBI arrested […]
This White Terrorist Plotted To Kill Innocent Americans, But You Probably Haven’t Heard Of Him
Source: Huffington Post A 55-year-old man thought he had procured a working X-ray device that could focus lethal levels of radiation on residents of an upstate New York community. It’s […]
America Is Holding Itself Hostage to Terrorism
Our collection to refute Islamophobia Source: Huffington Post By Charles Kurzman; Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Co-director, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle […]
Views of Government’s Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low
Source: Pew Research center Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public’s concerns about terrorism have […]
Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Alnatour; Palestinian-American Muslim. Student. Humanitarian. Every time an act of terror or shooting occurs, Muslims closely watch the news with extreme trepidation praying that the suspect […]
The Terrorism Double Standard
Source: Huffington Post BY Qasim Rashid Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies “How do you tell someone he’s a racist?” During a recent lecture […]
Attacks Killed 87 in Burundi, Army Says
Source: Time (BUJUMBURA, Burundi) — Violence from coordinated attacks on three Burundian army installations killed 87 people, an army spokesman said Saturday, showing the escalating turmoil over the disputed third […]
Dear Media: Stop Using the Term ‘Radicalized’ Unless You Apply It to White Christian Extremists, Too
Source: Huffington Post Michelangelo Signorile; Gay Voices Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post The double standard can’t be more jarring: For days television networks and media outlets have been parroting the FBI […]
Muslim lawmaker blames Trump’s rhetoric for death threat
Source: Politico A Muslim lawmaker is blaming the “toxic environment” created by Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Islam for a death threat he received Monday. Indiana Rep. André Carson said threats […]