Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting Islamic State
Source: The Guardian By Jamie Grierson and Vikram Dodd Notorious hate preacher faces up to 10 years in prison after swearing allegiance to Isis, it can now be revealed Anjem […]
NY: Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
NYTimes.com 2016/08/16 Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers in Queens, the police said late Monday that a man they had in custody had been charged in the killings.he funeral prayers for the two slain men drew hundreds of mourners. CreditChristopher Lee for The […]
Largest transfer of Gitmo detainees under Obama announced
(CNN) The US announced Monday that 15 detainees have been transferred out of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It’s the single-largest transfer since President Barack Obama took office, […]
Bikinis? Burqinis? In Cannes They Test Your Swimsuit for ‘Secularism’
Source: The Daily Beast By Christopher Dickey The ban in Cannes of the Muslim bathing suit known as a ‘burqini’ was intended as a statement of secularism. In fact, it’ […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Muslims advocate for religion as solution to global conflict
Source: nigeria.tvcnews.tv Parents have been advised to continue to train their children in line with the teachings of religion in order to build global peace and reduce violent conflict across the world. The leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat in Ogun State, Musiliudeen Alli made this known in Abeokuta during the […]
[Video] Jalsa Salana UK 2016: Aalami Baiat (International Initiation Ceremony)
Source: ahmadiyyaarchive.org
Mellow yellow: Kenya’s mosques and churches painted ‘in the name of love’
Source: The Guardian By Nadja Sayej The Colombian-American artist Yazmany Arboleda is painting the city of Nairobi yellow – or at least its houses of worship. As part of his public […]
Donald Trump calls for ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants to US
Source: BBC US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he would enact “extreme vetting” of immigrants. In a speech in Ohio, the candidate outlined his plans to combat Islamic extremism, including a new screening test for arrivals to the US. Applicants will be tested to determine if they […]
UK: Love for All, Hatred for None: 30,000 Muslims Pledge for a Peaceful Caliphate
Source: sputniknews.com Love for All, Hatred for None: 30,000 Muslims Pledge for a Peaceful Caliphate © AP Photo/ Yves Logghe Love is at the core of what the global Ahmadiyya sect of Islam conveys every day, and has done so for well over 100 years. Yet this is not covered by […]
UK: More than 30,000 Ahmadi Muslims from across the world meet to reject ISIS & Islamic Extremism
Source: timesofmalta.com | express.co.uk | thelondoneconomic.com | belfasttelegraph.co.uk ‘Let it be clear that they are not practising Islam, rather it seems as though they have invented their own hate-filled and poisonous religion’ Jalsa Salana: the International Annual Gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Thousands of Muslims from around the world converged on the […]
To Clinton and Trump, it’s all about the middle class. To Jesus, it’s about the poor.
Source: The Washington Post By Ryan McAnnally-Linz and Miroslav Volf Finding things that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on is no easy task. ISIS is bad. New York is great. And, a bit more surprisingly: The next president ought to focus on supporting America’s middle class. Clinton’s campaign claims […]
A Brief History of the Burqini
Source: The Atlantic By YASMEEN SERHAN When Smile13 announced its plans to host an all-women’s “Burqini Day” at the privately owned Speedwater waterpark in Marseille, the French women’s group probably didn’t […]
French court upholds Cannes burkini ban
Source: Yahoo News Nice (France) (AFP) – The French resort of Cannes won court backing for its “burkini ban” on Saturday as a judge refused to overturn its decision to […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: IS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY, PAISLEY DODDS and LORI HINNANT PARIS (AP) — The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate […]
‘Our Community Lost Its Heart’: Queens Imam Is Recalled as Peacemaker
Source: The New York Times By LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK Imam Alauddin Akonjee delivered his weekly sermon on Friday in his quietly powerful manner, drawing, as […]
2 Killings Near Mosque Plunge a Queens Neighborhood Into Fear
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and NOAH REMNICK On Sunday afternoon, Nurul Khan changed clothes after working around his house on a sweltering day and set off […]
A New Way of Seeing Indian Independence and the Brutal ‘Great Migration’
Source: Time By Patrick French The migration that accompanied India’s independence and partition in 1947 was the largest movement of peoples in human history, but almost no one expected it to […]
9 Healthy Snacks That Prevent Overeating
Source: Time By Markham Heid Some experts say the whole concept of “healthy snacking” is an oxymoron. The human body, they argue, wasn’t built to accommodate the average American’s habit […]
UK: “Women have a role to play in Islam”, says Islam Ahmadiyya’s Caliph
Source: graphic.com.gh Women have a role to play in Islam – Ahmadiyya Leader SEBASTIAN SYME, HAMPSHIRE, UK The spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Amirul Momineen Khalifatul Masih V The worldwide spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Amirul Momineen Khalifatul Masih V, has asked the Islamic community […]
UK: Prime Minister, Theresa May, commends the Ahmadiyya Muslim community for its contribution to global peace & United Against Extremism Campaign
Source:today.ng UK’s PM commends Ahmadiyya’s contribution to global peace Sheriff Adaji-Ogbu Theresa May Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Theresa May, has commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim community for its contribution to global peace, especially its “United Against Extremism” Campaign. She spoke yesterday at the closing ceremony of the Jalsa […]