Eid-ul-Adha’s message: Islam is of peace, tolerance, respect & brotherhood
“True Islam is of peace, tolerance, respect and brotherhood — Not the one presented or practiced by ISIS or Boko Haram or Al Qaeda or Taliban…“ -Imam Shamshad Members of […]
Global warming and terrorism two major challenges, says Narendra Modi
Global warming and terrorism two major challenges, says Narendra Modi Posted by: Oneindia Staff Writer Updated: Monday, September 28, 2015, 13:14 [IST] Share this on your social network: FacebookTwitterGoogle+ Comments San Jose, Sept 28: California’s SAP Center at San Jose is all vibrant with the colours of India. Certainly, the […]
Robert Fisk on Syrian crisis: 5 things you need to know
Robert Fisk on Syrian crisis: 5 things you need to know Veteran journalist says the situation in Syria is the most devastating thing he has ever witnessed By The Early Edition, CBC News Posted: Sep 21, 2015 7:22 PM PT Last Updated: Sep 21, 2015 7:23 PM PT More than 200-thousand […]
Journalist Robert Fisk explains why Canada should abandon ISIS war: Walkom
Journalist Robert Fisk explains why Canada should abandon ISIS war: Walkom Veteran Middle East journalist says U.S.-led bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria does no good FISK The Hamilton Spectator Veteran Middle East journalist Robert Fisk calls the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria “preposterous.” nextplay/pausepre1/2 OurWindsor.Ca By Thomas […]
Texas teen arrested over homemade clock to visit UN and Makkah
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS.COM Published — Wednesday 23 September 2015 CHICAGO: A Muslim teenager who became an overnight sensation after a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb […]
USA: Robert de Niro walks out of after taking offence to negative inference
I’m not doing this, darling’: Robert De Niro walks out of Radio Times interview after taking offence to ‘negative inference’ Republish Reprint Sadaf Ahsan | September 24, 2015 | Last Updated: Sep 24 11:05 AM ET More from Sadaf Ahsan Robert De Niro is known for generally avoiding press and being a reluctant […]
Book Review: Polygyny: What It Means When African American Muslim Women Share Their Husbands
Book by Debra Majeed Details: 192 pages 6×9 Cloth: $74.95 ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-6077-4 Pub date: 6/30/2015 Sample Chapter(s): Table of Contents Excerpt “Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women’s realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand.”–Amina […]
Bullying your partner is about to become a crime. A survivor tells her story
The Telegraph: by Sally Howard — As a change in the law is set to make intimidating and bullying behaviour in relationships a crime, Sally Howard hears from a survivor of this insidious form of domestic abuse It was the third evening in a week that Lucy* had spent slumped […]
USA: pick your own pronoun at US universities – he, she or xe
Harvard University college allows students to pick their own gender identity, pronoun Jonah Hicap 06 September 2015 Email Print More Sharing ServicesShare http://www.christiantoday.com/article/harvard.university.college.allows.students.to.pick.their.own.gender.identity.pronoun/63877.htm (Facebook/Harvard University) Harvard University’s school of arts and sciences will now allow students to register as male, female or transgender The arts and sciences college of Harvard University—an […]
Ben Carson says no Muslim should ever become US president
The Guardian: by Martin Pengelly —– 2016 hopeful: ‘I would not advocate we put a Muslim in charge of this nation’ Retired neurosurgeon says Islam is not consistent with US constitution The Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has said no Muslim should be president of the United States of America. In an […]
USA: Why do Muslims come to America
Why do Muslims come to America, asks Virginia school chairperson? http://tribune.com.pk/story/959199/why-do-muslims-come-to-america-asks-us-school-board-chairperson/ Virginia school board chairperson has caused an uproar after posting an anti-Muslim cartoon on Facebook, questioning why Muslims wanted to come to America. The post read, “Muslims hate pork, beer, dogs, bikinis, Jesus, and freedom of speech. My question […]
Trump: I was not obligated to correct questioner who called Obama Muslim
theguardian: by Martin Pengelly — Republican frontrunner responds on Twitter amid controversy after he failed to correct audience member’s comment about president at rally Donald Trump on Saturday commented on his failure to correct an audience member at a campaign rally who said Barack Obama was a Muslim. Donald Trump fails to […]
Obama’s Nobel peace prize didn’t have the desired effect, former Nobel official reveals
Washington Post: When Barack Obama was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, even the fresh-faced president appeared a little shocked. “To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by […]
USA: Teens homemade clock to school, gets arrested, Obama invites to W.H.
Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/ (CNN)When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he’d made from a pencil […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community urges Obama to accept more Syrian refugees
http://www.rabwah.net: In a press release issued on September 14th 2015 America’s oldest Muslim group urged President Obama to accept more Syrian refugees. In Monday’s statement The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA expressed […]
Americans are leaving religion. Why are we still subsidizing it?
Washington Post: David Niose is the legal director of the Washington-based American Humanist Association and author of “Fighting Back the Right: Reclaiming America from the Attack on Reason” and “Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans.” Follow him on Twitter: @ahadave The arguments for taxing churches have been around for […]
USA: Florida teen kills intruder his father wearing ski-mask
Zachary T. Sampson, The New York Times | September 11, 2015 4:04 PM ETMore from The New York Times It was not until after 18-year-old Malachi Heisler shot the masked intruder that he recognized the tattoos on the man’s arms. Malachi knew then that he had killed his own father. He wasn’t […]
9/11 anniversary – nature pays beautiful tribute with a rainbow
9/11 anniversary: Nature pays beautiful tribute as rainbow appears at World Trade Centre Posted by: Jagriti Kumari Published: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:32 [IST] Mail New York, Sept 11: A beautiful rainbow appeared at the iconic World Trade Centre shattered by the terrorists on September 11, 2001. The rainbow appeared […]
Inderjit Singh Mukker, Chicago-Area Sikh, Allegedly Attacked And Called ‘Terrorist,’ ‘Bin Laden’
Huff Post: by Idrija Bose — An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally attacked and allegedly called a “terrorist” and “Bin Laden” in Chicago on Tuesday, Sikh advocacy groups report. The incident occurred just days before the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Charges have yet to be filed, but police are […]
Billboards aim to reclaim Islam’s message
The Argus Observer: by Steven Savoia — A billboard proclaims the teachings of Islam near the Massachusetts Avenue Exit of I-93 north in Boston. Dozens of billboards with Muslim themes […]