Source: sentinelandenterprise.com FITCHBURG — Tucked away in a wedge-shaped building at the corners of Main and Mill streets on Friday, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community worshipped, embraced and ate together as part of their celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the last day of the holy month of Ramadan. The men and […]
Source: jconline.com It wasn’t until after sunset Wednesday that Haroon Mohammad knew when the local Muslim community would celebrate Eid al-Fitr, or the Festival of Breaking the Fast. Perched on the […]
Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com BENSALEM, Pa., (CBS) – Muslims around the world held celebrations Friday to mark the end of Ramadan, including a mosque in Bensalem. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Philadelphia chapter is […]
Photos of the nearly fatal wreck won’t show him, but rescuers and emergency workers swear: A man dressed in priest garb did show at the scene of a recent roadway accident and administer aid and prayer that seemed to save the 19-year-old victim’s life. Katie Lentz, a Tulane University sophomore, […]
By JoAnne Viviano It was just a week before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, but neither 15-year-old Nadia Mirza nor her older sister, Summer, had decided what to wear for […]
JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Wednesday that it faced a criminal and civil investigation into whether it sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest legal threat to the nation’s biggest bank. JPMorgan acknowledged for the first time the existence of the investigation — […]
Source: daltondailycitizen.com By Najia Humayun: Daily Citizen intern Upon rising before the break of dawn, various thoughts occupy the minds of Muslims whilst preparing to pray. “This is an opportunity to pay […]
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has offered Russiaeconomic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday. The proposed deal between two of the leading power […]
August 07, 2013 12:20 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary I would love to know who is the jerk who wrote the White House’s press statement on the occasion of the inauguration last week of the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. The two most important conflicts […]
Editors note: I have addded to the heading to make the content clear. Global Post: According to the nation’s lawmakers, the United States is now facing the greatest peril since the 9/11 attacks, prompting weeklong closures of 19 diplomatic facilities in the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, evacuations in Yemen, and a […]
Source: kokomoperspective.com “Ramadan is a time of peace, reflection, charity, and unity” said Wasim Malik, national vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Last week, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community gathered in […]
By HABIB ZAHORI THE NEW YORK TIMES Afghanistan is a country built on legends – we trade on the tales we’ve told and retold each other over many generations. There’s a favorite subgenre of stories here, about foreigners going local, that particularly seem to linger in memory. Accounts of Soviet […]
Source: jconline.com The Islamic Society of Greater Lafayette will host an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer and breakfast to mark the end of Ramadan. The celebration will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday or Friday at Burtsfield Gym, 1838 N. Salisbury St. in West Lafayette. Members of the community are asked to bring […]
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A TORRENT of economic numbers rained down from Washington last week. They provided a sharper historical perspective on the economy back to 1929. Yet the deluge of statistics did little to clarify an urgent question: How strong is the economy right now? It’s a basic issue — one that affects […]
DAVID ROHDE AUG 3 2013, 9:00 AM ET THE ATLANTIC As the Egyptian army continued its violent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood this week, White House officials said that the […]
By Nora P. Goodman Morocco World News Portland, Oregon, April 13, 2013 He came from Morocco to the USA on the Lottery in 2011. He had only been here three […]
Source: statesman.com After the denial of a Fourth of July parade application led to a rocky start in their relationship, the Round Rock Sertoma Club and Bait-ul-Muqeet Mosque are vowing to work together, for the betterment of each organization and the community as a whole. The mosque and Sertoma issued a […]