Anti-Shariah rallies planned across US worry Muslim leaders
Source: Associated Press By ANDREW SELSKY EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Inside a mosque in the college town of Eugene, a half-dozen men prostrated themselves on a carpet while another man […]
Authorities Brace For Conflict During Anti-Sharia Marches
Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN ACT for America, known for its aggressive criticism of Islam, hosts anti-Sharia marches on Saturday across the U.S. Many supporters have alt-right links. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: […]
Ireland: Recently Vandalized Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque [Masjid Maryam] in Galway to host an open day today
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/ireland-should-not-be-complacent-about-radicalisation-1.3112909 The Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque which was damaged in a stoning incident during Ramadan prayers earlier this week is hosting an open day at the Masjid Maryam in Ballybrit on Saturday from 3pm to 6pm. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland president Dr M Anwar Malik said that Muslims and non-Muslims are […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Keighley Raises funds for Manchester Emergency Fund through the British Red Cross
Source: http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/15335707.Shocked_reaction_in_Keighley_to_news_of_terrorist_massacre_in_London/ Young people from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Keighley were out last weekend collecting funds to support people affected by the terrorist bombing in Manchester, which occurred only two weeks before the latest killings in London. Children from Keighley as young as seven were at Booths supermarket, in Ilkley, […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Crawley condemns terror attacks as ‘acts of evil individuals’
Source: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/residents-urged-to-stand-together-following-terror-attacks-1-7994930 | By SARAH PAGE People are being urged to stand united following the terrorist attacks in London on Saturday in which seven people died and 48 were injured. Horsham District Council deputy leader Jonathan Chowen called on people to “stand together to defeat this horrendous wrongdoing” and Muslims in Crawley […]
Turkey’s DITIB opens new mosque for worship in Germany’s Cologne
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) opened a new mosque for worship on Friday in the German city of Cologne. The foundation of the DITIB Central Mosque was laid in 2009 and, according to the organization, an official opening ceremony will be held within […]
UK: Kirkcaldy’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to hold Eid & Interfaith Dinner to Promote #Peace
Kirkcaldy interfaith event will condemn acts of terrorism Two events are to be held in Kirkcaldy by a Muslim group which has condemned the recent spate of terrorist attacks in London and Manchester. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), which has members living in Kirkcaldy, said it is “deeply saddened and […]
UK: ‘Tow Law Millennium Primary School’ Cancels Visit to Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Nasir Mosque in Hartlepool due to ‘fears’
Source: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/weardale/15337260.County_Durham_primary_school_pulls_mosque_visit_in_response_to_parents__39__terror_attack_fears/ Tow Law Millennium Primary School pulls Hartlepool Nasir Mosque visit in response to parents’ terror attack fears Flossie Mainwaring-Taylor @EchoFlossie Reporter (Newton Aycliffe & Sedgefield) THE regional president of a worldwide Muslim group has spoken of his sadness after a County Durham school cancelled its mosque trip. Parents from Tow […]
Ireland: Galway stands with Ahmadiyya Muslim community against Islamophobic attack
Source: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/93036/galway-stands-with-ahmadiyya-community-against-islamophobic-attack Public stands firm with Muslim community as attacks condemned as ‘cowardly’ and ‘dreadful’ The emergence of racist and neo-Nazi graffiti in Galway has been linked with vandalism on the city’s main mosque this week. However the public has stood firm with the Muslim community against any form of Islamophobia, […]
No country has the right to intervene in Qatar foreign policy: FM
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published June 8, 2017 Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani gives a press conference in Doha on May 25, 2017. (AFP Photo) Qatar’s foreign minister […]
Ireland: Politicians & Christian leaders express outrage & condemn attack on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Galway
Source: http://connachttribune.ie/outrage-following-attack-mosque-523/ Outrage following attack on Mosque Politicians and churches condemn ‘loutish’ attack on mosque Politicians and Christian leaders in Galway have expressed outrage at the attack on a mosque in the city on Monday. Windows at the Ballybane place of worship for Galway’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community were smashed while people […]
‘What will we eat?’ – Myanmar Muslims struggle after camp closures
Reuters International JUN 8, 2017 – A Rohingya girl sits outside her shelter in a refugee camp outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine state, Myanmar May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun […]
Israel advances settlement plans despite Trump plea
By AFP – Jun 09,2017 – A rainbow is seen over the Israeli settler outpost of Amona in the occupied West Bank on January 31 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED […]
Ending malaria for good
breakthrough science In countries across sub-Saharan Africa, rates of malaria are going down. Fewer people contract the disease, and fewer of them die. So why is fighting malaria still so […]
Ireland: Galway’s Ahamdi Muslim group ‘heartened’ by support after mosque damaged
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/galway-muslim-group-heartened-by-support-after-mosque-damaged-1.3109818 The imam of a Galway mosque which was attacked during Ramadan prayers on Monday night said its members were heartened by the wider community’s response to the incident. Rocks were thrown through windows at the Masjid Maryam (Mosque of Mary) in Ballybrit, which is used by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Ireland: Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s Galway mosque vandalised while worshippers inside
Source: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2017/0606/880552-galway-mosque-attack/ A mosque in Galway city was vandalised last night while people were inside praying. Members of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community were gathered for prayers at the Mosque on Old Monivea Road, when a rock was thrown at windows close to the entrance. The incident happened shortly after 11pm […]
UK: “Violence & terrorism has no religion, no justification and no place in the peaceful Islam”, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Walton
Source: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/london-bridge-attack-groups-condemn-13142830 Shahbaz Bajwa, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Walton , said: “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community unequivocally condemns in the strongest possible terms Saturday’s terrorist attack in London. “All acts of terrorism and extremism are vile criminal acts that are completely unjustifiable. “We express our deepest sympathy and condolences […]
Thurrock Muslim community in prayers for victims of ‘barbaric’ London Bridge attacks
Source: http://ekosvoice.com/2017/06/05/thurrock-muslim-community-in-prayers-for-victims-of.html Thurrock Muslim community in prayers for victims of ‘barbaric’ London Bridge attacks The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has spoken out condemning the terrorist attack in London “in the strongest possible terms”. Thirty-six of those injured in the attacks are still in hospital, with 21 in a critical condition. “The terrorists […]
Stop Pretending The ‘Anti-Sharia’ Movement Has Anything To Do With Empowering Women
Source: Huffington Post “Anti-Sharia” rallies will take place in nearly 30 U.S. states on Saturday, according to the group spearheading the effort. ACT for America, a national grassroots anti-Muslim […]
Thailand Has Sentenced a Man to 35 Years in Prison For Facebook Posts That ‘Insult the Monarchy’
Source: Time BY Feliz Solomon 5:51 AM ET A military court in Thailand has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 35 years in prison for violating the country’s draconian lèse-majesté law, […]