Joel Osteen’s Video: Knowing God as a Father
Epigraph: And when My servants ask thee about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to […]
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By Imam Shamshad Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim
Source: Pew Research Center BY BESHEER MOHAMED AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of […]
5 facts about crime in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY JOHN GRAMLICH Donald Trump made crime fighting an important focus of his campaign for president, and he cited it again during his January 2017 inaugural address. As the […]
Remittances from abroad are major economic assets for some developing countries
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER Globally in 2016, people living abroad sent an estimated $574 billion back to their home countries. Such remittances can be important economic resources, especially to developing […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invited by Caro’s District library to Introduce True Islam to Residents
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is a progressive, peaceful and inclusive community and believes the long-awaited Messiah of the later days has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian”, said Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills. Report by Muhammed Ahmad Detroit CARO, MI area […]
Most displaced Syrians are in the Middle East, and about a million are in Europe
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR Displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor head to refugee camps on the outskirts of Raqqa on Sept. 24 as Syrian fighters backed by U.S. special […]
More Americans oppose than favor increased offshore drilling
Source: Pew Research Center BY BRADLEY JONES Shell’s Perdido offshore drilling and production platform in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Houston. (Gary Tramontina/Corbis via Getty Images) More Americans now oppose […]
There’s a large gender gap in congressional Facebook posts about sexual misconduct
Source: Pew Research Center BY ONYI LAM, ADAM HUGHES AND PATRICK VAN KESSEL As disclosures about sexual misconduct emerged last year, 44% of all members of Congress raised the issue on their official Facebook […]
Muslim inmate sues state over failure to provide halal meals
Source: The Oregonian By Noelle Crombie The Oregonian/OregonLive An inmate has sued Oregon Department of Corrections staff for failing to serve meals that observe his Muslim faith. Rashid Kambarov, 29, who […]
Morality push may outlaw sex outside marriage in Indonesia
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia’s Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major […]
Antisemitic incidents in UK at all-time high
Source: The Guardian By Nadia Khomami Charity logs 1,382 hate incidents and 34% rise in violent assaults against Jewish people in 2017 Antisemitic hate incidents have reached a record level in […]
Pope’s briefing system under scrutiny after Chile gaffe
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Just how well informed is Pope Francis about the goings-on in his 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church? That question is making […]
Far-right AfD member converted to Islam in protest at acceptance of gay marriage in the church
Source: Telegraph By Justin Huggler, berlin 31 JANUARY 2018 • 3:54PM Apolitician from the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who shocked colleagues by converting to Islam says he did so because […]
Register Islamic marriages under civil law, sharia review says
Source: The Guardian By Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent Muslim couples should undergo a civil marriage as well as a religious ceremony to give women protection under the law, an independent review of sharia […]
Ted Talks: How to be Happy?
Epigraph: By the fleeting Time, surely, man is in a state of loss, except those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to accept truth, and exhort […]
Tweet calling for killing of Muslims in India doesn’t violate rules, says Twitter
India Today: A journalist on Monday tweeted, without naming them directly, that “they” need to be “killed” before “they kill us”. Although interpretations of the tweet may differ from person to person, many saw it as a tweet advocating violence against members of a particular community — Muslims — and […]
Black History Month Starts Today and Ends on February 28
‘We Can Be a Better Country If We Know These Stories.’ The Complicated History of African Americans in the Military Source: Time There are as many different kinds of war […]
Women unite for World Hijab Day, which is Today
Women unite for World Hijab Day Source: Al Jazeera By Saba Aziz Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says […]
Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 10
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country’s top religious authority, the […]