The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish
Source: The Washington Post By Asra Q. Nomani and Masih Alinejad Asra Q. Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement. Masih […]
Independence: Ahmadiyya commends Nigerians’ sacrifices
ON OCTOBER 7, 2016 The Amir, Head Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria; Dr Mashuud Fashola has commended the unique and unflinching sacrifices made by Nigerians since independence. Dr Fashola gave this commendation during his Friday sermon, saying the citizens must be ready to put government on its toes to deliver on […]
McDonald’s Sexual Harassment Complaints Show How Widespread the Problem Is
Source: Time By Linda A. Seabrook | Debra L. Ness According to a new survey of women in fast-food jobs, 2/5 said they had been harassed When Gretchen Carlson and […]
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY ADDRESSES VOLUNTEERS OF 40TH JALSA SALANA CANADA
3-day Annual Convention begins later today in Mississauga. On 6 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed the thousands of volunteer workers tasked with organising the 40th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Time Magazine’s Cover Quoting a Verse of the Quran about Sanctity of Life
The whole verse is in the context of one of the sons of Adam possibly Cane killing his brother Able: “On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that […]
India Biryani Wars: Where Cows Are Sacred, Human Rights take Back Seat
India Biryani Wars Source: BBC By Husna Haq If India had a national food, one contender up there with rotis, dal or samosas might be the spiced, multi-layered rice dish […]
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
(CNN) The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end his country’s long-running civil war with FARC rebels. The Nobel […]
King ( of Jordan) to receive international peace award in Germany
By JT – Oct 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Freihat at the army headquarters on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to start a working visit to […]
The desire for theocracy in the Muslim world can be partly understood through the failures of Western secularism.
The Atlantic Monthly: Ben Affleck has become an unlikely spokesman for a view on Islam held by many on the American left. In 2014, the actor made a now-famous stand against Bill Maher and Sam Harris in defense of Muslims, arguing that it’s wrong to make generalizations about the religion based on ideological extremists and […]
An Ahmadi Muslim’s Letter To Sunni Muslim Leaders In America
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N Chaudhry; Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist Gary Miller via Getty ImagesPresident of the United States Barack Obama looks on as prayers are given by […]
Pakistan Trades Fire With India in Kashmir Over Accusations of Fresh ‘Unprovoked’ Attack
Source: Time By Munir Ahmed / AP Pakistan’s Prime Minister blamed India for the rising tensions between the two countries but said he wanted to resolve the Kashmir dispute through talks (ISLAMABAD) — Pakistan’smilitary on Wednesday accused India of another “unprovoked” attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, saying it […]
Pakistan Stiffens Penalty for ‘Honor’ Killings
Source: Time Parliament closed a loophole that allowed “honor” killers to go free (ISLAMABAD) — Pakistani lawmakers have passed a law that stiffens the penalty for convicted “honor” killers and […]
Minnesota Mall Stabbing Suspect May Have Become Radicalized Recently, FBI Says
Source: Time By Amy Forliti / AP (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) — The man who stabbed 10 people at Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. “We were told (he) had […]
US: Millions flee as they brace for Hurricane Matthew
Source: Aljazeera Hurricane which has already killed at least 65 people in Haiti could have “catastrophic” impact, Florida governor says. The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday, intensifying as it barrelled towards the southeast US coast where millions of residents heeded warnings […]
We’re developing brains outside of the body
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 5 October 2016 As she speaks, Madeleine Lancaster rests her hand on her pregnant belly. “Oh they’re about six or seven months along now”. At […]
Meet the first hijab-wearing Muslim to pose for Playboy
Source: BBC Playboy has for the first time featured a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. The BBC’s Hanan Razek met Libyan-American journalist Noor Tagouri to find out why she wanted […]
Complaint to feds says Southwest Airlines profiled Muslim
Source: Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A religious rights organization has filed a complaint with federal authorities against Southwest Airlines for what the group says was racial and […]
Yalla, Vote: Registering Muslim and Arab Americans
Source: Philly.com By Michael Matza, Staff Writer Ez-Zohra Baidouri, 73, emigrated from Morocco in 1986, settled with her family in Northeast Philadelphia, and embraced U.S. citizenship 15 years ago. On […]
Here’s the Bible verse Tim Kaine used to condemn Donald Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Using just nine words from the Bible, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments that he wanted to […]
Norway seeks ban on burqas in the classroom
Source: Yahoo News Oslo (AFP) – Norway’s right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls. Education Minister Torbjorn Roe Isaksen, […]