By: JoAnne Viviano The Columbus Dispatch – September 05, 2012 11:08 AM A record number of American Muslims are attending this year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR says estimates show that more than 100 delegates represent about 20 states at the […]
by Shahina Bashir The women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA, held it’s weekend long Annual East Coast Ijtema (gathering) at the Baitur Rahman mosque in Silver Spring, MD. […]
As the Republican party, in USA excels in its Islamophobia, by scaremongering against Sharia Law, it will be useful to find examples of Sharia Law in the USA constitution and […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Stunned by a rebuke from the United States’ top general, Israel is preparing a climb-down strategy in its war of words over Iran’s nuclear programme, aware that its room for manoeuvre is shrinking rapidly. Anxious to prevent any flare-up in the Middle East ahead of November elections, […]
AMMAN — Planning and International Cooperation Minister Jafar Hassan on Tuesday signed a $100 million grant agreement with US Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones and USAID Mission Director Beth Paige. The additional grant, which was announced earlier this year, will support the state budget and help the Kingdom address its […]
Clinton in South Pacific with China in focus FILE – In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Johannesburg, South Africa. Clinton will try to reassert American interests in the Asia-Pacific region in the face of China’s growing influence as she kicks off a […]
Dinner with the Islamic Society of North America by Maureen Fiedler on Sep. 04, 2012 NCR Today On Sunday evening, I was honored to attend, as an invitee, an interfaith banquet sponsored by the Islamic Society of North America. It was part of their larger national convention with the theme, “One Nation […]
Islamic Revival in China: CCP Tolerance or Strategy? Posted: 09/04/2012 10:20 am Five years ago, when I considered the issue of Islamic practice in China, three things immediately came to mind: Xinjiang, restriction, and incompatibility with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, after a year of field research in southwest […]
American Muslim designer Nzinga Knight will show designs at New York Fashion Week that appeal to her fellow Muslim women. Knight describes her work as “sensual, mysterious and innovative”. Designers love to push boundaries in the search for that sexy catwalk look, but Nzinga Knight, an American Muslim, takes an even more […]
Monticello, October 28, 1813 I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Formerly, bodily powers gave place among […]
Source: (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3.Sept. 2012). (please excuse the language: ‘google translate’ is being used from the original German article. Better translation to follow, Inshallah). The Syrian civil war can be seen through from the outside only with difficulty, because it constantly changes its face. There were four phases so far. […]
By Farha Tahir The Daily Star Twenty years ago, if you had asked American Muslims where they were from, many would probably have responded with the name of a far-off country, one they may have visited once. Now, it’s more likely that you’ll hear the names of American states as […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/education/muslims-enroll-at-catholic-colleges-in-growing-numbers.html?hpw DAYTON, Ohio — Arriving from Kuwait to attend college here, Mai Alhamad wondered how Americans would receive a Muslim, especially one whose head scarf broadcasts her religious identity. Enlarge This Image Ty William Wright for The New York Times Fatema Albalooshi, a graduate student from Bahrain, said that when […]
Source: Muslims for Life Muslims for Life 2012 To honor the victims of 9/11 on its 11th anniversary, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has launched the second annual “Muslims for […]
Source: Tampa Bay Online By AHMED BEDIER, NADIA B. AHMAD On Tuesday, delegates to the Republican National Convention voted in support of the 60-page party platform that has been described […]
Source: TOI 500 The victim hired a cab and was found dead by the cab driver when he reached the destination. HYDERABAD: Fed up with his marital problems, a US-based techie flew all the way from San Diego to commit suicide in his homeland on Sunday. The 30-year-old , a […]
By Annys Shin, Monday, September 3, 1:04 AMThe Washington Post “Can you smell the perfume in this room?” Abdul Malik Kadir said to a guy in a gray suit standing […]
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA DAYTON, Ohio — Arriving from Kuwait to attend college here, Mai Alhamad wondered how Americans would receive a Muslim, especially one whose head scarf broadcasts her religious […]
Source: BBC Tony Blair and George W Bush should be taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over the Iraq war, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said. Writing in […]