Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Florida mosque
Source: Associated Press By Kelli Kennedy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque […]
Trump campaign continues to defend and explain use of star shape in tweet
Source: The Washington Post By Chris Mooney Donald Trump on Monday defended a tweet that described Hillary Clinton as “crooked” and that drew heat for containing an image that […]
Donald Trump’s “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists
Source: News Mic By Anthony Smith Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.” The meme Trump tweeted prominently featured the Star of David, a holy symbol of the Jewish religion that Nazis attempted to pervert by forcing […]
Daily Show’s comedian Hasan Minhaj bringing one-man show to Toronto
Source: The Star The Toronto visit is part of a 19-city North America tour this summer, starting in Portland NEW YORK—Hasan Minhaj, a correspondent with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Silicon Valley, 4th July Celebration
Click here to see photo gallery. https://goo.gl/photos/4v6BHnfE3AWfFVxP9 SILICON VALLEY – Working extra time after Iftar for past two weeks , a dedicated team of Ahmadi Muslims volunteers of Silicon Valley built a nice float for the 4th of July Parade held downtown in San Jose yesterday. As usual the 4th […]
Thousands of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Russia’s capital
RT Muslims around the world are celebrating one of their most important holidays, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In Russia, Muslims also flock […]
Open Letter To Reverend Franklin Graham
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Hamid; Co-founder and President of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas Reverend Franklin Graham, Can we talk? You seem to have confused the horrific actions of some […]
Why a Saudi award for televangelist Zakir Naik is bad news for India’s Muslims
Scroll.In: Of the thousands of videos featuring superstar Muslim televangelist, Zakir Naik, a particularly interesting one is where he talks about another superstar, Shah Rukh Khan. On a set which looks like a cross between that off a late-night talk show and a 1980s discotheque, Naik speaks rather admiringly of […]
The Day I Got My Green Card
A London-born writer never felt he truly belonged in the places he and his family were from: India, Pakistan, Britain. In America, finally, he feels free—and at home By AATISH TASEER July 1, 2016 “Welcome home, sir,” the immigration officer said when I presented him with my green card at […]
Canada:Ontario facing ‘epidemic of Islamophobia’ survey finds
thestar.com 2016/07/04 While many respondents had favourable views of immigrants, three-quarters of respondents said we need to focus on caring for people “here” instead of spending resources on refugees. While Canada rides a wave of global praise for welcoming Syrian refugees, a new poll suggests we’re also facing a wave […]
Ted Talk: The Empathic Civilisation
Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society. Taken […]
Ibn ‘Arabi: The Voyage of No Return (Muslim Personalities Series)
Source of Review: Amazon Book by Claude Addas This is a concise introduction to the life and thought of Ibn ‘Arabi, who is considered as the ‘Greatest of Sufi Masters’. […]
Islam, America and July 4th
Epigraph: “Indeed, Islam rests on the foundation of Tauheed, the oneness of God, oneness of universe and oneness of mankind with liberty and justice. If Quran, the holy book of […]
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world?
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world? ATHAR OSAMA | NIDHAL GUESSOUM UPDATED about 2 hours ago DAWN.com Muslims’ institutes of higher learning are lagging behind in providing quality science and technology education. ATHAR OSAMA | NIDHAL GUESSOUM UPDATED about 2 hours ago It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller […]
The economics of Ramadan: Less work and more pray… …make Muhammad poorer but happier
Economist: The Islamic calendar is lunar, so Ramadan rotates through the seasons. In Egypt, for example, the holy month now falls during the long days of summer. But in 15 years, it will occur in winter, when the days—and, therefore, the fasts—are shorter. The opposite is true for Muslims in southern […]
Why religious persecution can be hard to test
Economist: WHEN a newly arrived migrant seeks asylum on grounds that going home would mean facing religous persecution, how can the host country test the sincerity of that claim? That is a hard question, especially if the migrant has only recently converted to a different faith. It’s also a very […]
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world?
Dawn.com: It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller share to the world’s knowledge. This global community – forming the majority population of 57 countries and spanning virtually every single country of the world – has had only three Nobel laureates in science in the […]
Ramadan: A Source for Conflict Resolution?
Source: Huffington Post, UK By Farhad Ahmad; British Ahmadi Muslim Imam The summer has dawned upon the UK, in all its rain-filled glory, and is expected to be the hottest […]
Arctic Ramadan: fasting in land of midnight sun comes with a challenge
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Iqaluit In Canada’s Arctic, summers are marked by a bright light that bathes the treeless tundra for more than 20 hours a day. For […]
How research into glowing fungi could lead to trees lighting our streets
Source: The Guardian BY Steve Conner On a moonless night deep in a Brazilian rainforest the only thing you are likely to see are the tiny smears of light from […]