Married to Jesus: Women make lifelong virginity pledge
Source: USA Today DETROIT — It was any bride’s dream wedding — a packed church, a beautiful white dress and a palpable feeling of excitement and love. But what made Saturday’s […]
After a marathon late-night debate, Prince William County mosque plan approved
Source: The Washington Post By Dalton Bennett and Julie Zauzmer June 28 at 4:48 PM A car drives past the entrance to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, Virginia. The mosque […]
Exhibit showcases the earliest stirrings of American religious diversity
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | 21 hours ago WASHINGTON (RNS) Enter the “Religion in Early America” exhibit and there are objects you expect to find: Bibles, a hymnal and […]
Rev. William Barber builds a moral movement
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. June 29 at 7:00 AM The Rev. William J. Barber II joins in song at the conclusion of a news conference held by […]
Tighter rules taking effect on travel to US from 6 nations
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of wrangling, tighter restrictions on travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim nations take effect Thursday evening after […]
Condoleezza Rice: ‘Don’t Let Somebody Else’s Racism or Sexism Be Your Problem’
Source: Time By Lucy Feldman June 28, 2017 The former Secretary of State and KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie spoke to Motto about KPMG’s leadership program Condoleezza Rice won’t brook microaggressions. When she started […]
UK: Mayor of Elmbridge joins Ahmadiyya Muslims Elders Association Putney in Solidarity
Source: http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/yournews/15363776.Mayor_of_Elmbridge_joins_Ahmadiyya_Muslims_Elders_Association_in_Solidarity/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association UK’s Putney chapter organised a vigil in Claygate, Mr Raffi Bhatti, National Vice President of AMEA UK and Mr Mahmood Ahmad, Regional Head of AMEA UK London Region welcomed Councillor Rachael Lake the Mayor of Elmbridge Borough Council and Mark Sugden Chairperson of Parish Council […]
India: Films at “International Documentary & Short Film festival of Kerala” features asylum-seeking Pakistani Ahmadis in Nepal
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2017/jun/21/films-at-kerala-documentary-and-short-film-festival-look-at-plight-of-refugees-1619041.html Films at Kerala documentary and short film festival look at plight of refugees By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Refugees found a place at the 10th International Documentary and Short Film festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) that concluded on Tuesday in the capital city with a number of films looking at […]
Indonesia: Human Rights Organization Yayasan Satu Keadilan sues Depok Aministration over Ahmadiyya Persecution
Source: https://www.pressreader.com/indonesia/the-jakarta-post/20170623/281616715370218 NGO sues govt over Ahmadiyah persecution The Jakarta Post 23 Jun 2017 Human rights organization Yayasan Satu Keadilan (YSK) has filed a citizen lawsuit against the Depok administration in West Java and the central government over the sealing of an Ahmadiyah mosque. The group filed the lawsuit with the Central […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Ladies of Raynes Park Spread message of peace through Merton Libraries
Source: http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/yournews/15376406.Spreading_message_of_peace_across_Merton_Libraries/ I was honoured to be a part of Ramadan Exhibitions that were held in 4 different libraries of Merton by Ahmadiyya Muslim Ladies of Raynes Park. The exhibitions were held at: West Barnes Library, Wimbledon Library, Morden Library and Raynes Park Library. Altogether about 100 people visited these exhibitions. […]
Indonesia: Ahmadiyah Mosque in Depok Attacked before Eid al-Fitr
Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/06/25/057887277/Ahmadiyah-Mosque-in-Depok-Attacked-before-Eid-al-Fitr TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A group of unidentified people attacked an Ahmadiyya mosque in Sawangan, Depok at 0:30 am yesterday, June 24. “There were several perpetrators…” said Asep Komarudin, a member of Civil Right Defender via short message yesterday. Asep explained that the attack began at 0:30 am when unidentified […]
A Moment of Truth: Christianity or Islam?
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Algeria: Amnesty International calls to halt the wave of arrests & prosecutions of Ahmadi Muslims
Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/algeria-wave-of-arrests-and-prosecutions-of-hundreds-of-ahmadis/ Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. There are an estimated […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host Annual Peace Symposium in Milton Keynes on July 15th
Source: http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-to-host-annual-peace-symposium-in-milton-keynes-next-month-1-8014708 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding its annual Peace Symposium and dinner on Saturday, July 15 at 3pm at the Ridgeway Centre in Wolverton. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Challenging Intolerance’ and the symposium will touch on issues that have been brought into sharp focus by recent […]
Top Australian Catholic official charged with sexual assault offenses
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Unitarian Universalists elect first woman president
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | June 27, 2017 Adelle M. Banks, production editor and a national reporter, joined RNS in 1995. An award-winning journalist, she previously was the religion […]
Why are Indian women wearing cow masks?
Source: BBC News By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Image copyrightSUJATRO GHOSH A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask and asks the politically explosive question – whether […]
111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law
Source: Los Angeles Times By Soumya Karlamangla Contact Reporter A total of 111 people in California took their own lives using lethal prescriptions during the first six months of a law […]
Lawyers prepare to defend travelers to US at airports
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG and AMY TAXIN NEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration’s travel ban takes partial effect this week, immigrant-rights lawyers plan to head to […]
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
Source: Yahoo News Jill Bleed and Andrew Demillo, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma’s monument at its state Capitol, authorities […]