Muslims remember Muhammad Ali, their champion
Muslims remember Muhammad Ali, their champion Daniel Dale, The Toronto Star LOUISVILLE—A little Arab boy in Egypt, a little Gujarati boy in India, a little black boy in Baltimore. Hany […]
More than half of Britons surveyed think Islam is NOT compatible with British values
express.co.uk: One in three said the religion promotes violence in the UK with 72 per cent saying most people in the UK have a negative view of Islam. Professional survey company ComRes questioned 2,012 people, chosen to be representative of the British adult population, on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
British police accused of helping Saudi torturers
The Times: British police are teaching the Saudi Arabian regime to use high-tech detection skills despite accepting that they could “identify individuals who later go on to be tortured”. Senior MPs called last night for the suspension of the programme amid concerns about the human rights record of the Saudi […]
The Meaningless Politics of Liberal Democracies
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN 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 […]
Mecca Goes Mega
Source: The New York Times In the days before rapid sea or air travel, it could take months to travel to Mecca. The spiritual heart of Islam lay far from […]
What Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Will Teach Us About Islam
Source: The Daily Beast By DEAN OBEIDALLAH When the champ is buried, millions of Americans will have their first glimpse of the Muslim funeral service—one that looks a lot like Jewish […]
How Ali found home in Nation of Islam, his start as Muslim
Source: Associated Press BY SHARON COHEN CHICAGO (AP) — As a young boxer, Muhammad Ali searched for a faith to guide him as he confronted the indignities of racial discrimination. […]
Ali remembered in prayer as an icon who pushed for unity
Source: Associated Press By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO Muhammad Ali’s casket is escorted by pallbearers for his Jenazah, a traditional Islamic Muslim… Read more LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As […]
Loving Your Neighbor, Even When Their God Doesn’t Look Like Yours
Source: Huffington Post By Jennifer R. Breedon Human Rights Analyst & Foreign Policy Expert Focused on Religious Extremist Ideology & International Law “We pray for the souls of the Islamic State militants that killed our families. We know they are motivated by evil and pray they can be freed.” I will […]
California Is Raising Its Tobacco-Buying Age to 21. That’s Not Actually So High
Source: Time By Lily Rothman Starting Thursday, you’ll need to be 21 to buy cigarettes in California. That age may sound high, but it matches up with laws of the past […]
White Male Doctors Are Paid Way More Than Blacks and Women
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander Far too often, a person’s sex or skin color is connected to how much he or she earns—even in the reputationally well-paying field of medicine, finds […]
Israel Revokes Ramadan Permits for Palestinians After Attack
Source: Time By Daniel Estrin / AP (JERUSALEM) — Israel on Thursday suspended most special permits for Palestinians to visit Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and beefed up […]
Human ‘drone taxi’ to be tested in Nevada
Source: BBC A human-carrying drone has been given approval for test flights in Nevada, the first of its kind in the United States. The autonomous drone – dubbed 184 – […]
What A Hillary Clinton Nomination Means For The Glass Ceiling (Hint: Not Much)
Source: Huffington Post By Emily Peck Executive Editor, Business and Technology, The Huffington Post Hillary Clinton just cracked the glass ceiling, the name we’ve given the invisible barrier that keeps women […]
Video: President Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton
Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/DzKgMFgdmP — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
German swimming pool bans the BURQINI after women complained when they saw a Muslim bather wearing one
Swimwear adhering to hijabi dresscode banned from German pool A two-piece ‘burqini’ covers the hair and arms and has long trousers A person complained at a pool in Regensburg, southeast Germany Mayor didn’t understand why she needed to cover up in front of women By Sara Malm for MailOnline Published: […]
How do we separate the truth from the lies when reporting war crimes?
Each false atrocity bleeds into the body of evidence of other, real crimes, contaminating the truth for decades to come Robert Fisk in Beirut @indyvoices We all know the problem. […]
Palestinian killers wanted to provoke Israel’s new Defence Minister into fulfilling his blood thirsty threats
Avigdor Lieberman’s political promises of beheading, a fourth Gaza war and a third Lebanon war – there have in fact been five Israeli-Lebanese wars, but no matter – bode a very unhappy future for both Israel and its Arab neighbours Robert Fisk @indyvoices ‘Mindless’ though the Israelis like to dub […]
Palestinians given collective punishment following shooting
AFP | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 RAMALLAH: Israel said Thursday it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during Ramadan following a shooting in Tel Aviv that killed four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits for family visits from Judea and Samaria to Israel, are frozen,” said […]
Performed Umrah? Stay home
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 JEDDAH: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who heads the Council of Senior Scholars, has urged Muslims who have undertaken many Umrah trips to refrain for entering Makkah, so that others have a chance to perform the rituals. Al-Asheikh said it […]