President Erdogan makes Nazi Germany taunt
Source: BBC By David Molloy BBC News 14 March 2017 From the sectionWorld Image copyrightTWITTER / TGRTHABERTVImage captionAssociating someone with Nazis – as in this Turkish TV broadcast – is […]
Married Catholic priests? There are perhaps 120 in the U.S. already. Here’s how
Source: Los Angeles BY Alene Tchekmedyian Contact Reporter Pope Francis made headlines across the globe when he suggested he was open to the idea of ordaining married men as a way […]
Bomb threats again rattle Jewish centers
Source: USA Today BY John Bacon , USA TODAY Another wave of bomb threats swept through Jewish community centers across the nation Tuesday. Centers from Albany, N.Y., to Boulder, Colo., to White Fish […]
Prudent Merkel meets unpredictable Trump amid tense ties
Source: The Local Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on Tuesday America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump, whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic. While former US president Barack Obama had labelled Merkel his “closest international partner”, there has been little […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association’s cross country campaign connected with Non-Muslim Canadians to dispel Islamophobia
Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2017/03/14/Tony-Norman-Door-to-door-Muslims-Canada/stories/201703140086 By Tony Norman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettte Tony Norman: Door-to-door Muslims, only in Canada While Canadians have a reputation for being among the most tolerant and least xenophobic people on the planet, even they aren’t immune to the kind of soft and hard bigotry that constantly oozes up from their […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims in Houston address the misconceptions on their faith #MeetAMuslim
Source: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/03/13/191554/hoping-to-dispel-misconceptions-young-muslims-welcome-questions-about-their-faith/ TRAVIS BUBENIK | POSTED ONMARCH 13, 2017, 1:56 PM Hoping To Dispel Misconceptions, Young Muslims Welcome Questions About Their Faith Saturday’s “Meet a Muslim” event in Houston was one of many held across the U.S. A nationwide outreach effort involves handshakes and friendly conversation, with the goal of changing how […]
ADL plans Silicon Valley center to fight cyberhate
Source: USA Today By Jon Swartz , USA TODAYPublished 5:59 p.m. ET March 12, 2017 | Updated 24 hours ago Thousands have flooded into Austin, Texas to experience the 31st Annual […]
States aiming to block Trump travel ban from taking effect
Source: Associated Press By CHRIS GRYGIEL SEATTLE (AP) — More than a half-dozen states trying to block President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban moved forward Monday with a pair of […]
Obamacare Helped Working Moms Breastfeed — And It’s One Thing Republicans Might Keep
Source: Time By Tessa Berenson | Madeline Farber From the outside, the lactation room looks like any other door in the office building, except for the sign. “Breastfeeding Is Welcome […]
Reza Aslan and the Risks of Making Religion Relatable
Source: The Atlantic By SIGAL SAMUEL Reza Aslan’s new show has come at the best possible time and the worst possible time. Believer, a six-part television series airing Sunday nights on […]
Imam: There’s an atmosphere of intolerance that says, ‘That’s okay, that’s acceptable now’
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner March 10 Abdelillah Dribigi, chief of security at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., outside the mosque after Friday prayers […]
Prosecutors in AP report on church abuse no longer employed
Source: Associated Press By ALEX SANZ and MITCH WEISS SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina district attorney says two assistant prosecutors no longer work for him amid charges they […]
‘LED street lights are disturbing my sleep’
Source: BBC By Brian WheelerBBC News, Washington DC In towns and cities across the world, the colour of night is changing. Traditional yellow sodium street lights are steadily being replaced […]
America’s most popular national parks are …
Source: CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN)The National Park Service recorded a record-breaking 331 million visits during the National Park Service’s centennial year in 2016, a 7.7% increase over 2015, […]
Interfaith communities come together with strength in numbers
Source: The Daily Texan BY HANNAH PLANTOWSKY Though the anti-Muslim flyers stapled across the West Mall and the vandalism of the Texas Hillel building were clearly intended to frighten, religious […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims in Seattle organize “Meet a Muslim Day”
Source: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/meet-a-muslim-day-a-chance-to-display-true-face-of-islam-young-men-say/ By Tyrone Beason |Seattle Times staff reporter ‘Meet a Muslim Day’ a chance to display true face of Islam, young men say Originally published March 11, 2017 at 7:53 pm Updated March 12, 2017 at 8:04 am Locals joined the national effort to dispel myths about Islam and put a human […]
USA: Coffee, Cake And True Islam at Ahmadiyya Muslm’s Al Nur mosque in Wilkinsburg
Source: http://muslimwriters.org/2017/03/10/coffee-cake-and-true-islam/ By Adnan Ahmed Adnan Ahmed a graduate of the Ahmadiyya Institute of Islamic Studies of Toronto. He is currently serving as Imam of Ahmad Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Pittsburgh. Since Donald J. Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, skepticism and uncertainty have enshrouded many […]
Milwaukee’s Ahmadi Muslims host their inaugural National #MeetAMuslim Day at St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Source: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2017/03/11/national-meetamuslim-group-used-milwaukees-st-patricks-day-parade-debunk-misconceptions/99077466/ Maggie Angst , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel As hundreds gathered Saturday in downtown Milwaukee to watch the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a small group set out on a different mission — to debunk misconceptions. Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, a nationwide group, hosted its inaugural National #MeetAMuslim Day Saturday across 50 cities […]
“Terrorism has nothing to do with Islam”: #MeetAMuslim Campaign Breaks Down Barriers-Educates Public About Islam
Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/MeetAMuslim-Education-Islam-Public-415963653.html By Brendan Weber and Kent Wilhoite Iftikhar Khan, donning a white T-shirt with an American flag imprinted on it, graced the streets of San Jose on Saturday to teach the public about one topic: Islam. “The vast majority of Americans don’t know a Muslim and a lot of Americans […]
Oshkosh’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community set up #MeetAMuslim Day
Source: http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Meet-A-Muslim-in-Oshkosh-415959213.html Jorge Rodas OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) – Muslims in Oshkosh and in 79 other places across the country this weekend extended a hand to their communities to take away misconceptions or fears about Islam. They’ve dubbed the event, ‘Meet A Muslim’. Muslims in local communities say it’s their responsibility to […]