USA: Muslims for Peace blood drive campaign promotes ‘sanctity of life’
Source: myfoxhouston.com HOUSTON (FOX 26) – Blood can kill you, but it can also save your life — and under the carport of an unassuming office building, off one of Houston’s […]
Khamenei blames United States, ‘wicked’ Britain, for creating Islamic State
By Michelle Moghtader | Reuters – Mon, Oct 13, 2014 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran‘s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the “wicked” British government for creating the Islamic State in his first speech since undergoing prostate surgery last month. The sharp remarks were a reminder of Iranian suspicions […]
Protecting Kobani not main strategic objective, says John Kerry – video
US secretary of state, John Kerry, suggests that protecting the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani is not a primary objective of US-coalition forces. ‘As horrific as it is to watch in real time what’s happening in Kobani … you have to step back and understand the strategic objective,’ he says […]
Robert Fisk on Isis: Beware of the role of the laptop in our addiction to politics and war. – It is the internet not Isis that radicalises. The ‘virtual’ has dropped out of ‘virtual reality’
Ever since the Pentagon started talking about Isis as apocalyptic, I’ve suspected that websites and blogs and YouTube are taking over from reality. I’m even wondering whether “Isis” – or […]
How Not to Run a War Coalition: The (US) Administration blames Turkey for the catastrophe in Syria.
President Obama likes to list “our friends and partners” who have signed up for his military campaign in Iraq and Syria. If only he knew how to lead such a wartime coalition. This week’s handling of the crisis on the Syrian-Turkish border is a case study in mismanagement. True to […]
U.S. diffidence in Syria means failure
by Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary President Barack Obama’s attitude toward the Syrian conflict is the equivalent of wanting to win the lottery without buying a ticket. Obama has used his aircraft to bombard ISIS in Syria, but the president does not want to do anything yet, or […]
Canada: “ISIL has hijacked our religion” says Lal Khan Malik, National president, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
No religion teaches cruelty or injustice, says Lal Khan Malik Source: theguardian.pe.ca Lal Khan Malik is a thoughtful, loving Muslim. He is peaceful. The national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam’at […]
Shroud of Turin conference draws believers to St. Louis
October 09, 2014 12:15 am • By Lilly Fowler lfowler@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8221Loading… IF YOU GO What: St. Louis Shroud Conference 2014 Where: Drury Plaza Inn, at 355 Chesterfield Center. When: Today through Sunday. Tickets are $150 for all events, $50 per day. Opening talk is free. Register at stlouisshroudconference.com It’s […]
US hostage Kassig’s mother appeals to IS leader
The mother of a US hostage has appealed to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) militants to get in touch with her. Paula Kassig posted a letter on Twitter, for Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, asking how he can be reached. “I am an old woman and Abdul Rahman is […]
Following UK, Canada now on the way to join the war in Iraq, against ISIL
Source: crawleynews.co.uk | UK Last Friday, 524 MPs voted in favour of British planes carrying out air strikes on the jihadist group. MP Henry Smith said: I thought it was the right thing […]
The first veiled Muslim woman in the White House
“We can thrive even when we are a minority.” Dalia Mogahed was propelled into the international spotlight when she became President Barack Obama’s advisor on Muslim affairs. Born in Egypt, […]
The Diversity of Islam
Source: nytimes.com A few days ago, I was on a panel on Bill Maher’s television show on HBO that became a religious war. Whether or not Islam itself inspires conflict, debates about it certainly do. Our conversation degenerated into something close to a shouting match and went viral on the web. Maher […]
USA: Muslim organization condemns Oklahoma beheading
Source: kfor.com | oklahoma-city-oklahoma.yourlocalnews.us MOORE, Okla. – A national Muslim organization says they condemn the Oklahoma beheading. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA announced Wednesday that they condemn the brutal attack “in the strongest possible […]
Canada: Ahmadi Muslims in Kincardine dispelling myths about Islam in wake of ISIS terror acts
Source: owensoundsuntimes.com | kincardinenews.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is returning to Kincardine on Oct. 11 to canvas the area, with hopes of educating residents about the misconceptions of Islam in wake of the […]
Opinion pages: The Diversity of Islam – by Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof A few days ago, I was on a panel on Bill Maher’s television show on HBO that became a religious war. Whether or not Islam itself inspires conflict, debates about it certainly do. Our conversation degenerated into something close to a shouting match and went viral on the […]
USA: Address stress with free wellness workshops
Source: refresh.buffalonews.com Niagara Falls workshop runs 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center, 9610 Colvin Blvd. The workshops are sponsored by Living Well, a community and interfaith collaborative, and supported by the upstate divisions of the Methodist and Lutheran Churches, as well the Civic Engagement Institute at Niagara […]
Report: Glen Ellyn’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates Eid ul azha on 5-Oct-2014
Ahmadiya muslim community gathered to celebrate Eid ul Azha on Sunday, October 5th in Baitul Jamaay Mosque on route 53 and butterfield in Glenn Ellyn. Eid-ul-Adhia. Eid-ul-Adhia marks Prophet […]
U.S. fiscal 2014 budget deficit falls to $486 billion, CBO says
(Reuters) – The U.S. budget deficit fell by nearly a third during fiscal 2014 to $486 billion as federal revenues grew far faster than spending, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. Releasing preliminary estimates of final budget data for the year ended Sept. 30, the CBO said receipts grew […]
Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah ‘worse than Hiroshima’
BY PATRICK COCKBURN Saturday 24 July 2010 Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed […]