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By Salma Javid Khan on July 19, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim community launches “Meet a Muslim” campaign across Australia to drive away Islamophobia

Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/news-and-views/we-have-phobias-of-each-other-meet-a-muslim-campaign-launches-across-australia-20170712-gx9h4v.html |Mary Ward The group has previously run Q&A sessions at Western Sydney University’s Parramatta and Lithgow campuses. A new campaign by an Australian Muslim community is encouraging people to “meet a Muslim” over coffee and cake. Muslims Down Under, a group of volunteers from across Australia, are willing to […]

By Salma Javid Khan on July 19, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

USA: ‘Love for all’: Thousands of Ahmadi Muslims gather in central Pa. for 69th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention)

Source: http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/07/16/thousands-muslims-gather-harrisburg/480074001/ | Joel Shannon , jshannon@ydr.com //www.ydr.com/videos/embed/103720526/?fullsite=true The sign hanging in the Pennsylvania Farm Show arena had a dark background and large, bold, white Arabic lettering. Come a little closer, and you could read the English words beneath: “LOVE FOR ALL HATRED FOR NONE.” The arena where the sign was displayed hosted thousands of Muslim […]

By rabyam on July 19, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

First child to undergo double hand transplant can now do this

Source: BBC News The first child to undergo a double hand transplant can now swing a baseball bat and manage an array of other dexterous tasks after surgery in Philadelphia. […]

By rabyam on July 19, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Saudi-led bloc modifies demands to end Qatar crisis

Source: BBC News he four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month. Diplomats […]

By rabyam on July 19, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found

Source: BBC News By Erin Craig 19 July 2017 This is an outsized land for outsized legends. No roads, no permanent buildings; just unfurling sky, tufted dry grass and streaming […]

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Two years in prison if you kill people but 14 years if you kill cows: Indian judge

Source: Tribune A judge in Delhi, India sentenced the son of an industrialist to two years’ imprisonment on Saturday for mowing down a motorcyclist with his luxury BMW car in […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Russia Jehovah’s Witnesses banned after they lose appeal

Source: BBC News Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into effect after the court rejected an appeal by the […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Man sues Boston archdiocese citing sex abuse at orphanage

Source: Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A New York man is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for sexual abuse he says he suffered decades ago at a church-affiliated […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Pence roots administration’s support for Israel in faith

Source: Religion News By Lauren Markoe | 13 hours ago WASHINGTON (RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence told evangelical supporters of Israel that God had a hand in creating the state of Israel […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Assisted suicide is legal and available in D.C. — for now

Source: The Washington Post By Fenit Nirappil July 17 at 6:16 PM District officials say doctors in the city may now begin the process of prescribing life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, […]

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Gorsuch can’t escape travel ban at San Francisco meeting

Source: Associated Press By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban — and even […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Boston Launches Anti-Islamophobia Poster Campaign

Source: NPR By CAMILA DOMONOSKE The city of Boston is launching a new poster campaign to fight Islamophobia by encouraging bystanders to intervene, in a non-confrontational way, if they witness anti-Muslim harassment. Starting Monday, the city began installing 50 posters around the city with advice on what to do […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman in miniskirt

Source: BBC News The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public. The woman, a model […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Justine Damond’s fiance ‘heartbroken’ over police shooting

Source: BBC News The “heartbroken” American fiancé of an Australian shot dead by a US police officer has said they have received almost no information from officials. Don Damond said his wife-to-be, Justine Damond, was gunned down after calling police to report a possible sexual assault in their quiet neighbourhood. […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

A Growing List of Accidents Is Putting Safety at Amusement Parks Under the Spotlight

Source: Time BY Kevin Lui What’s happening with thrill rides? The weekend roller coaster collision in Spain that left 33 people injured — including kids — is just the latest reminder that your trip […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

I’m an American rabbi. Israel no longer recognizes my religious authority.

Source: The Washington Post Fundamentalists in Israel are shunning open-minded Jews from the rest of the world. By Gil Steinlauf July 13 Gil Steinlauf is the senior rabbinic adviser at Adas Israel Congregation in […]

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‘We’re Headed Toward One of the Greatest Divisions in the History of the Jewish People’

Source: The Atlantic A small, vocal group of Conservative rabbis is pushing the movement to accept marriages between Jews and non-Jews. The fight is really about the future of the […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Decimated Muslim Brotherhood Still Inspires Fear. Its Members Wonder Why.

Source: The New York Times Photo Defendants in the 2015 killing of an Egyptian prosecutor flash the Rabaa sign, symbolizing support for the Muslim Brotherhood, while being held in a […]

By rabyam on July 18, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

They don’t believe in God. So they founded a community center in Denver for non-believers.

Source: The Denver Post By GRAHAM AMBROSE By 10:30 a.m., the assembly room has filled with people. They’re four dozen strong, swirling about the long rectangular hall like in a hive, […]

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Cardinals on Opposite Sides of the Hudson Reflect Two Paths of Catholicism

Source: The New York Times By SHARON OTTERMAN Two very different books about being Roman Catholic and gay were released recently, each with an endorsement from a cardinal who oversees an archdiocese along the Hudson River. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the archbishop of Newark, endorsed “Building a Bridge,” calling it “brave, […]

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