Video: Charter for Compassion by Karen Armstrong
In this video and a similar video linked below, Karen Armstrong describes the insight of Hillel, a Jewish teacher of Jesus’ time, when a potential convert approached Hillel and asked […]
Muslim Americans fear demonization of Islam after mass shooting
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the […]
Arm yourselves against ‘Islamic terrorists’, Liberty U. president tells students
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Christian-based Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, is encouraging students to carry concealed weapons on campus for protection, a local newspaper […]
One amazing substance allowed life to thrive on land
Source: BBC Mud. Muck. Dirt. Although we have plenty of words for it, we rarely give soil a second thought. But without soil, we would certainly be dead. Soil is […]
White Obama, Black Putin
Their political roles today are more consistent with as if Putin is black and Obama is white. Let us coexist regardless of race or religion.
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim community is doing the great jihad against Extremism since the past 125 years
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is doing great jihad against Extremism and radicalization for the past 125 years,” said Imam Shamshad Nasir Report by Azhar Ahmad Ahmadiyya Muslim community Glen Ellyn chapter dedicated the Friday prayers for the Humanity and especially the victims of San Bernardino Massacre in California. “We condemn this […]
USA: Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hope to heal community with prayers and education
For the second time this week, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community prayed for the victims of the San Bernardino attacks, while also trying to educate the larger community that terrorism isn’t part of Islamic teachings. Source: pennlive.com http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Vigil For San Bernardino VictimsCommunity members speak about San […]
“Isil does not represent Muslims”, Imam Ibrahim M Noonan, Vice President, Ahmadiyya Muslims Ireland
Imam Ibrahim M Noonan is Imam of Galway Mosque ‘Masjid Maryam, Vice National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland and Missionary In-Charge of Ireland. Isil does not represent Muslims […]
Pope Francis Fights ISIS by Fostering Interreligious Dialogue
Source: huffingtonpost.com BANGUI, Central African Republic — The highlight of Pope Francis’ journey in Africa was, on Nov. 30, his morning visit to a mosque in Bangui, the capital of the […]
Why Don’t Moderate Muslims Denounce Terrorism?
Huff Post: They do. But it doesn’t make the news. Bad news, such as terrorist attacks, is news. Good news is not. Immediately after the San Bernardino shootings, Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Los Angeles, said, “The Muslim community stands shoulder to shoulder with […]
The Economist explains What Islamic scholars have to say about attacking civilians
Economist: IMAGES of jihadists sanctifying God with their bloodshed are so rife on the internet and in the media that for many detractors of Islam the religion and indiscriminate violence have come to seem synonymous. Inspire, al-Qaeda’s e-magazine, offers would-be lone wolves instructions on how to assemble grenades from bits […]
“We are a nation of immigrants, including Muslims.”
A Muslim Immigrant Success Story Source: Huffington Post By Engy Abdelkader As a child of immigrant parents who came from Egypt to realize America’s promise of freedom, equality and opportunity, I’m […]
President Obama to address nation over terror threats, tonight
Epigraph: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” – President Obama (CNN) President Barack Obama on Sunday night will deliver a rare Oval Office address […]
Federation in the wings for Syria?
Dec 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI A United Syrian Republic, rather than a Syrian Arab Republic, will be the new name of post-war Syria. Ethnic lines are part of the new master plan being implemented by the 44 anti-Assad militias operating on the Syrian territory. The Kurds, 16 per cent […]
Saudi Arabia’s unity summit will only highlight Arab disunity
Sixty-five opposition figures are supposed to achieve Arab unity in time for international talks Robert Fisk @indyvoices Saturday 5 December 2015 The city of Riyadh is set to host 65 “opposition figures” at a summit to discuss Arab unity later this month Getty Everyone opposing President Bashar al-Assad of […]
Gold-Backed Ruble, Yuan to Trigger Global De-Dollarization
© Sputnik/ Pavel Lisitsy 17:22 05.12.2015Get short URL 27153031392 A gold-backed ruble and gold-backed yuan could start a ‘snowball exit’ from dollar F. William Engdahl notes, adding that it will diminish America’s ability to use the reserve dollar role to finance Washington’s perpetual overseas wars. © FLICKR/ BULLION VAULT Plunge […]
Climate change talks: five reasons to be cheerful or fearful
Source: The Guardian By John Vidal Reasons to be cheerful 1 The world really wants a strong deal and this time will get it There is a universal will to […]
Religious leaders step up pressure for action on climate change
Source: The Guardian Two years ago Yeb Sano, the Filipino government’s lead climate negotiator, broke down in tears in front of the world’s diplomats in Warsaw as typhoon Haiyan ripped […]
Attack kills governor of Yemen’s Aden
Source: Aljazeera The governor of Yemen’s port city of Aden, Major-General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, has been killed in an attack along with six of his bodyguards. Unknown assailants reportedly fired a […]
Texas backs down from effort to block Syrian refugees
Source: Fox News Texas backed down Friday from efforts to block six Syrian refugees from resettling in Dallas after the Obama administration reiterated in federal court that the state had […]