By Daniella Diaz, CNN Washington (CNN)International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney warned that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies would harm Muslim Americans in the US and across the world. Speaking at […]
Source: http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=114778&headline=Young%20muslims%20back%20Poppy%20Appeal§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016 Young muslims back Poppy Appeal Thursday, 17 November 2016 in Community News YOUNG Muslims from Farnham and Haslemere are raising thousands of pounds collecting for the Poppy Appeal at various locations including Wembley Stadium, London Underground stations, Heathrow airport and locally. More than 100 youngsters from the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/events/Morden/1191474.Interfaith_Dialogue/ Interfaith Dialogue As part of Inter Faith Week the women of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Carshalton are inviting women of all faiths to an enlightening evening at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, Surrey on friday 18 November 2016. Inter Faith week promotes mutual understanding and awareness of […]
Source: http://www.delta-optimist.com/entertainment/women-of-islam-celebration-sunday-1.2898135 For more information, visit http://www.lajnaevents.weebly.com. Women of Islam celebration Sunday DELTA OPTIMIST | NOVEMBER 18, 2016 12:00 AM The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at British Columbia Women’s Association, in celebration of its 50th year in Canada, invites women of Delta to attend an event in which they focus on the role […]
Source: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/opinions/2016-11-18/op-ed-im-a-muslim-for-loyalty/1776425171546.html I’m a Muslim for loyalty November 18, 2016, 05:00 AM By Dania Sohail Dania Sohail On Nov. 8, Donald J. Trump was named the president-elect of the United States of America. As a young Muslim-American, I originally felt a feeling of total disbelief over these results because of the […]
Source: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/life/2016/11/16/thanksgiving-dinner-father-carrs-place-2b/93960770/ The annual Interfaith Festival of Gratitude begins at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grand Opera House in downtown Oshkosh. Preceding the festival there will be a potluck meal at 5 p.m. for people of all faith traditions. The meal will be at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque, 300 N. […]
Source: http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/politics/137962/Shun-violent-politicians-Bin-Salih Source: Graphic Online The Ameer and leader of the Ghana Ahmadiyya Mission, Maulvi Alhaji Mohammed Bin Salih, has urged the youth, particularly those in Muslim communities, to shun politicians who try to involve them in any violent act. According to him, most of the youth were still naive about […]
Source: https://business.facebook.com/EdinburghPoliceDivision/posts/1784808675108640 Edinburgh Police Division added 8 new photos. We attended at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Edinburgh and Fife Peace Conference on Saturday. Together with colleagues from the fire service and other partners, our Safer Communities and local policing officers were privileged to attend such an event. Dr Abdul Hayee, president […]
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/quran-fills-heads-fills-hearts-dr-basirat-dikko-principal-mahmud-college/ Dr Basirat Dikko, Principal, Mahmud College Urges new Huffaz to be good ambassadors of Islam It was a sunny afternoon, though hazy. The gathering was hallow, the recitation was wholesome, capable of moving mountains, hairs on the bodies rose, a wave flew from head down to the feet, hearts […]
theguardian: by Alan Travis — Supremacists will thrive, says Liam Byrne, unless government sees that grievance rather than god inspires many to violence Labour MP Liam Byrne warns against rhetoric claiming there is a clash of civilisations and a conveyor belt linking faith to extremism. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty A vacuum […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Bloomberg — This is frightening. WIKIPEDIA New York University is one of dozens of schools that have been hit by anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist incidents since the election. Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days […]
On the heels of two more racist graffiti attacks, an Ottawa synagogue has announced a day of “solidary and thanks-giving” to show the community’s opposition to racism and hatred. Ottawa synagogue announces 'solidarity' event in face of new racist graffiti attacks “We have received endless messages of support in response […]
Monday, 14 November 2016 00:00By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout | Interview On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump managed to pull the biggest upset in US politics by tapping successfully into the anger of white voters and appealing to the lowest inclinations of people in a manner that would have probably impressed Nazi […]
Source: Aljazeera Surge of violence underscores lack of oversight of the military by the seven-month-old Aung San Suu Kyi administration. The UN has labelled the Rohingya as one of the world’s most persecuted peoples [Reuters] Scores of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing to Bangladesh because of a military crackdown in western […]
Source: RNS By David Gibson VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is firing back at foes of his efforts to make the Catholic Church more open and pastoral in its ministry, telling an interviewer that “they are acting in bad faith to foment divisions.” The pontiff’s lengthy interview in Avvenire, the […]
Source: BBC A tax accountant from Montreal who came under fire for proposing to build a Muslim residential community has temporarily shelved the project. Nabil Warda cancelled a planned community meeting on the project after it sparked a backlash in Quebec. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard even weighed in from Morocco, […]
Source: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION By Aaron Gould Sheinin State Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, said Thursday he will withdraw his proposed legislation that would ban women from wearing burqas on public property in Georgia. Spencer filed the bill on Monday, the first day lawmakers could present legislation to be considered when the Legislature returns in […]
Source: RNS By Elizabeth Esther (RNS) In the aftermath of this presidential election, I can’t help but see striking similarities between what happened inside the religious cult of my childhood […]
Source: RNS By Steve Gorman (Reuters) The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has offered to pay $132 million to settle hundreds of child sex abuse claims against its clergy under a revised bankruptcy reorganization plan filed in court on Tuesday (Nov. 15). The archdiocese, one of 15 […]
Source: BBC By Richard Hollingham 17 November 2016 On 28 October 1971, the bullet-shaped Black Arrow rocket blasted into the clear sky over the desert plain at Woomera in southern […]