ScienceDaily — Participation in sports by women and girls has increased from 310,000 individuals in 1971 to 3.37 million in 2010. At the same time, sports-related injuries among female athletes have skyrocketed. According to a new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), women with symptoms known […]
Multicultural Empire: by Bo Kovitz —- Imam Mohammed Zafarullah leads an Islamic prayer for rain during an interfaith gathering at Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, on Saturday, June 20, 2015. It seemed as if prayers were answered Tuesday afternoon when droplets of rain began to fall from the skies throughout […]
Source: contracostatimes.com BAY POINT — Approval of a 5,900-square-foot mosque in the Shore Acres neighborhood is expected this coming week by Contra Costa County’s zoning administrator. The structure would serve as a gathering hall for the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Bay Point community, which since 1988 has used as its main […]
Source: islamindallas.org Fourth of July is coming and we are all set to celebrate the birth of this great nation. As always we will be partaking in the celebrations as a community. […]
By Imam Syed Shamshad Nasir Baitul ul Jam-e-Mosque, Glen Ellyn, IL For Muslims in North America the Holy month of Ramadan started on June 17th. While the most visible aspect […]
Tanya Basu @mstanyabasu July 2, 2015 “Ours is a happy, functional, loving family,” Nathan Collier tells TIME On Tuesday, Nathan Collier went to the Yellowstone County Courthouse in his hometown […]
A Commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen AP The murders in Charleston have plunged the US into a debate about racism. Why is America only now having an honest debate about racism? The dead from Charleston are also the dead of a nation that has long refused to work through its past […]
HOW ONE CAN BENEFIT FROM RAMADAN By Imam Shamshad Ahmed Nasir Once again we have the great fortune to reap the glorious blessings of the Blessed Holy of Ramadan. The […]
Masood Haider, Dawn.com Abrar Shahin NEW YORK: A hijab-wearing Muslim of Palestinian descent has been named the best-dressed girl at a school in New Jersey state, according to a website. […]
Remarks Sarah Sewall Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Nairobi, Kenya June 25, 2015 Thank you and good morning, Deputy President Ruto, Cabinet Secretary Nkaisserry, Ambassador Juma, distinguished guests. I am honored to lead the U.S. delegation to the East African regional CVE Summit and am happy […]
MILPITAS CITY MAYOR, Jose Esteves yesterday praised Ahmadiyya Muslim Silicon Valley for being a real role model for peace, justice and community relations at their annual Iftar Dinner that attracts a large number of interfaith members. https://video-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xft1/v/t42.1790-2/11651476_10207439976777984_105057643_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjg4MCwicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InJlc180MjZfY3JmXzIzX21haW5fMy4wX3NkIn0%3D&rl=880&vabr=489&oh=dc25d2d0d2a84390bf0a81725661786c&oe=5590B5B3 In his welcome address the Naib Ameer West Coast, Wasim Malik outlined the […]
Source: BBC 25 June 2015 Last updated at 22:46 BST The distinguished broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, has been on a visit to the White House at the personal invitation of US President Obama. The president, who is said to be a great admirer of Sir David’s work, wanted […]
By Ken Connelly is legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the marriage cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. The views expressed are his own. […]
Source: mercurynews.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Silicon Valley Chapter would like to invite the community to its annual Ramadan celebration dinner on Saturday, June 27 at 7 p.m. at Baitul Baseer […]
ENLARGE U.S. army trainers instruct Iraqi army recruits at a military base in Taji, Iraq, in April. PHOTO: JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV Updated June 25, 2015 8:11 a.m. ET 113 COMMENTS BAGHDAD—In a tent city under a highway overpass in Baghdad, refugees from Iraq’s Sunni province of Anbar […]
After Charleston, sorrow for our defiled houses of worship Members of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church engage in a moment of silent prayer Sunday for Charleston shooting victims and their families. | Dillon Deaton ddeaton@charlotteobserver.com BY SUNEET KAUR Last Wednesday, a young man sat with members of a Bible study group […]
NY Times: WASHINGTON — In the 14 years since Al Qaedacarried out attacks on New York and the Pentagon, extremists have regularly executed smaller lethal assaults in the United States, explaining their motives in online manifestoes or social media rants. But the breakdown of extremist ideologies behind those attacks may […]
The Holy Month of Ramadhan is a spiritual month for over a billion Muslims around the world who are encouraged to show appreciation and remembrance to their Lord and offer sacrifices for the good of mankind. In this spirit, The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Metro Detroit will conduct the following programs […]
Women are making major strides in the military, rising to leadership positions and breaking boundaries like never before. But there’s still a scary undercurrent of sexism and sexual assault, and it starts early, according to a new op-ed in the New York Times. Ashley Anderson and Elizabeth Deutsch, two Yale […]
The prayer in Chino, coinciding with Ramadan — which from its Arabic root means scorching heat or dryness — included clergy from Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Source: sbsun.com Prayer for rain is actually common across different faiths, said Dr. Ahsan M. Khan, president […]