U.S. to Question India About Ban on Christian Charity
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJMARCH 9, 2017 Photo Pramod Dass, left, the director of Bethesda Charitable Endeavors, one of the Indian partners of Compassion […]
Trump’s anti-Muslim policies may portend oil industry brain drain
Source: The Guardian Asa Merritt in Midland, Texas The ban is already affecting hiring decisions, despite an oil industry desperate for specialists like ones from majority-Muslim nations to work in […]
Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban mount from US states
Source: Associated Press By MARTHA BELLISLE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER SEATTLE (AP) — Legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens organize a ‘women only’ event titled ‘Pioneer Women in My Faith’
Source: http://newyork.carpediem.cd/events/2889709-pioneer-women-in-my-faith-at-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-queens-ny/ 12th MARCH — 15:00 – 17:00
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim community Calgary try building bridges in High River by their Islam Understood Campaign
Source: http://www.highrivertimes.com/2017/03/09/campaign-seeks-to-remove-islam-misunderstanding By Kevin Rushworth, High River Times In order to build bridges and take down barriers, youth members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at community launched a nation-wide campaign to remove misconceptions surrounding the Islamic faith. Thousands of Canadian Muslim youth chose March 5 to travel to towns and cities across […]
Canada: People from King for Refugees attend open house at Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Maple
Source: http://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/7179996-ureport-people-from-king-for-refugees-attend-maple-mosque-open-house/ King Connection | By Nancy Hopkinson Several people from King for Refugees accepted the kind invitation of the Muslim Ahmadiyya Mosque in Maple to attend an open house on Sunday, March 5. The visitors arrived at 2 p.m. and were directed to the mezzanine upstairs to view the prayers. In […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims in Fitchburg help bridge the gap between them and their non-Muslim counterparts
Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/letters/ci_30845659/heres-your-chance-meet-muslim Here’s your chance to meet a Muslim Sentinel & Enterprise UPDATED: 03/09/2017 08:55:35 AM EST In this age of misinformation, many Americans have misconceptions about Islam and a majority (62 percent) don’t even know a Muslim. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association aims to erase these misgivings and answer any […]
Canada: Young Ahmadi Muslim Torontonians Combating Islamophobia… want to dispel myths people have about their faith
Source: http://torontoist.com/2017/03/meet-the-young-torontonians-combating-islamophobia/ BY ANDERS MARSHALL On March 5, a cold day in downtown Toronto, about 30 young kids from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square to talk to people about Islam. Their campaign’s goal, called “Islam Understood,” aims to inform the public and foster a community of young people […]
USA: American Ahmadi Muslims explain true Islam… Islam in America still shrouded in mystery & misconceptions
Source: http://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20170308/letter-few-americans-know-muslim Just hearing the word Islam or Muslim brings emotions like fear and anxiety to many Americans. Thoughts of uncertainty regarding the future of the world and safety of the United States always becomes a topic when discussing Islam. As a Muslim, I was appalled when someone asked me if […]
Ahmadi Muslim Women’s Community invites Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at their mosque in Monroe
Source: https://www.evensi.us/invitation-to-sew-with-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-monroe-wa/202373349 PROGRAM: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch (provided) . To enhance our cross-cultural experience and strengthen us as a community, the Ahmadi Muslim Community invites members of the Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at the mosque in Monroe. The sisters of the Ahmadi Muslim […]
Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month
Source: Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month By Dr Amatul Quddus Ayaz-Shams | Marseilles As we commemorate Women’s History Month this March, I wish to elaborate on this subject and shine some light upon the remarkable gestures of generosity and outstanding achievements of the women in my […]
How Descendants of a Slave and a Supreme Court Justice Righted a 160-Year-Old Wrong
Source: Time Melissa Chan Mar 08, 2017 More than a century after the Supreme Court declared that Dred Scott and his fellow slaves were not U.S. citizens, descendants of Scott […]
What Islam could teach Donald Trump about democracy and freedom
Source: Washington Post By David Decosimo, who teaches religion, ethics and politics at Boston University and is currently writing a book on freedom and domination in Christianity and Islam. America’s […]
Owen Sound: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association aims to build bridges between Canadians & Muslims by their Nationwide ‘Islam Understood’ campaign
Source: http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=91540 Muslims Canvassing Owen Sound | by Claire McCormack About 30 youth will be canvassing Owen Sound apart of Islam Understood You may find a Muslim youth at your door this weekend. It’s part of the Nationwide ‘Islam Understood’ campaign put on by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association that aims […]
Canada: Ahmadi Muslim youth make house calls in Moose Jaw as national outreach continues
Source: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/03/06/muslim-youth-make-house-calls-in-moose-jaw-as-national-outreach-continues/ By Carmel Kilkenny | english@rcinet.ca Muslim young people were visiting homes in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan yesterday in an effort to dispel the myths and misunderstandings about the second-largest religion, after Christianity, in the world. Ahmadi Muslims come from an Islamic religious movement established in Punjab, British India, near the […]
USA: Chino Hills’ Ahmadi Muslims challenges extremism
Source: http://www.championnewspapers.com/news/article_0cdbf52a-0055-11e7-9999-3fbb39159ae3.html By Marianne Napoles Amjad Khan was a little boy when he laid one of the first bricks in the foundation of the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino 30 years ago. Today, the 37-year-old raised in Chino Hills relishes his volunteer role as the national director of public affairs for […]
Watch the New York City Women’s Day March in 360°
Source: Time By Joyce Lee 11:02 AM PKT “Today, today is for the indigenous women. Today is for the black women. Today is for the Asian women and the Latina women,” writer and poet Jamara Mychelle Wakefield declared in front of a large crowd gathered in New York City’s Washington Square […]
New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN A banner calling for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel hanging from the Manhattan Bridge in New York during a protest […]
What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common?
Source: Politico By STEPHEN PROTHERO It should have been a simple question: Last week, Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka was asked by a radio host whether the president believed that […]
Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign
Source: Associated Press By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Muhammad Ali’s son and ex-wife declared a “showdown” over religious freedom against President Donald Trump a month after they were detained by immigration […]