ATM tech wearing burqa disguise arrested leaving bank with suitcase of cash Chicagotribune.com By Jason Meisner 2014/08/15 The late-night scene outside the bank in west suburban LaGrange unfolded like a bad Hollywood script, complete with a burqa-wearing bank robber, a suitcase full of cash, a getaway driver and an alleged […]
Source: ummahlink.org Thousands of followers of a minority Muslim sect are gathered at a weekend convention in Saskatoon. Known as Ahmadi Muslims, they believe a 19th century Indian mystic is the messiah. The 35th Jalsa Salana Western Canada of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama is expected to draw about 3,000 delegates from across […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT He wouldn’t bomb Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s bloody caliphate when it was butchering the majority Shia Muslims of Iraq. But Barak Obama is riding to the rescue of the Christian refugees – and the Yazidis – because of “a potential act of genocide”. Bombs away. And […]
Huff Post: by Palmer Chinchen — The news footage from Ferguson is dominated by military-clad police with weapons trained on unarmed protesters. It looks like Mosul or Gaza, or worse, 1963 Birmingham. It looks like there will be more violence. It’s time to put down our weapons and promote peace. […]
By MailOnline Reporter: A photo has emerged of the New Jersey man who sparked controversy among his neighbors for flying a flag that is now associated with the jihadist group Islamic State. Pictured holding the flag outside his home today, Mark Dunaway, of Garwood, says he’s been flying the it […]
HONG KONG (CNNMoney) Japan’s economy suffered its worst contraction since 2011 in the second quarter as consumer spending on big items slumped in the wake of a sales tax rise. Gross domestic product shrank by an annualized 6.8% in the three months ended June, Japan’s Cabinet Office said Wednesday. The […]
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Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra, Victim Of Another Alleged Sikh Hate Crime, Urges Message Of Forgiveness The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 08/11/2014 3:16 pm EDT Updated: 08/11/2014 3:59 pm EDT Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra came forward on Monday as the victim of an alleged Sikh hate crime that took […]
Huff Post: by Fr. Peter-Michael Preble — I try not to choose sides especially in events that do not directly involve me or events that are so complex I do not understand them. Sometimes, however, we are forced to take sides but if we do I hope we have all […]
Huff Post: by Kathleen Corriveau — Some media reports about our research have said, on the basis of these results, that religious children cannot tell fact from fiction. We doubt such a conclusion is warranted. Our interpretation is different. Religious children are encouraged to think that miracles are possible — […]
By DAVE ITZKOFFAUG. 11, 2014 NYTimes Continue reading the main story Slide Show Slide Show|14 Photos Robin Williams in Pictures CreditJay Paul for The New York Times Robin Williams, the comedian who evolved into the surprisingly nuanced, Academy Award-winning actor, imbuing his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of […]
Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC’s Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, looks at the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds in Lebanon. “In the Middle East, conspiracy theories are in our blood,” one former Lebanese official said over lunch in a restaurant in central Beirut. He […]
Sounding a somber note even as the economic outlook in the United States brightens, the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 official acknowledged on Monday that global growth had been “disappointing” and warned of fundamental headwinds that might temper future gains. The official, Stanley Fischer, who took over as vice chairman of […]
Source: pennlive.com | muslimconventionusa.org Interfaith guest session Date: 08/16/14 Venue: Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex Time: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM Address: 2300 N. Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Description: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Source: cjme.com More than 3,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims gathered in Saskatoon for their […]
Source: Pennlive.com By David Wenner | dwenner@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter August 08, 2014 at 2:43 PM Muslims who are firing rockets in the name of Islam are violating the principles of […]
theguardian — It is clear that more and more people across the world – justifiably or not – are asking why western governments may assert a moral and legal right to mount air strikes in defence of embattled women and children dying in the mountains of northern Iraq, but […]
Source: thestarphoenix.com About 3,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith from all over Western Canada are gathered in Saskatoon this weekend to discuss how best to spread their message of peace […]
Source: marketwired.com Over Five Thousand From Across the US to Attend Longest Running American Muslim Convention HARRISBURG, PA–(Marketwired – August 08, 2014) – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, one of the nation’s oldest […]
Huff Post: by Eric Simpson — The notion that one can be spiritual but not religious is like saying you have blood in your body, but don’t care much for the skeleton. Similarly, claiming you need to go to Church to be spiritual is like saying you need to shop […]