India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city
Source: Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s surprise move to carve out sparsely populated Ladakh from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to make it a territory directly controlled […]
‘I am really shy’: introducing Phoenix, the world’s first hijab-wearing champion wrestler
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Kuala Lumpur Nor Diana can remember vividly the first time she stepped out to make her wrestling debut. Outside the ropes she had always […]
No going back to Taliban repression, Afghan businesswomen say
Source: Reuters BY Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) – Businesswomen in Afghanistan are adamant that there will be no going back to the days of repression under the Taliban, and the progress […]
In Iraqi holy city, row over female violinist at soccer match shows social rift
Source: Reuters By John Davison KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – The match should have been cause for young Iraqis to celebrate. Their national team beat Lebanon 1-0 in the first competitive […]
Why charismatic Christianity is popular with migrants
Source: The Economist IT IS A well-established fact among religion-watchers that charismatic forms of Christianity, including the Pentecostal churches, are the fastest-growing variety of the world’s largest monotheism. Another widely […]
What the Criminalization of Instant Divorce Means for India’s Muslims
Source: The Atlantic BY Danish Raza In January 2016, Afreen Rehman, a resident of Jaipur, in northwest India, was recovering from a road accident when her husband sent a letter to her […]
‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The 2020 presidential election has produced the most diverse field of candidates in history. There are women, people of color and an openly […]
The British Jews who have moved to Israel because of rising anti-semitism at home
Source: The Sunday Times Sarit and Ben Nessi live in a pleasant suburb of Zikhron Ya’akov, one of the earliest Zionist settlements in Israel. It dates back to 1882, when […]
Police suspect hate crime after Jewish boys assaulted in Toronto
Source: The Times Of Israel By TOI STAFF and JTA Canadian police have opened a hate crime investigation after two Jewish boys were assaulted in an apparent anti-Semitic incident in Toronto on Saturday. […]
The myth of Eurabia: how a far-right conspiracy theory went mainstream
Once an obscure idea confined to the darker corners of the internet, the anti-Islam ideology is now visible in the everyday politics of the west. How did this happen? Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown In July 2011, a quiet European capital was shaken by a terrorist car bomb, followed […]
Muslims Raise Over $100,000 In Bail Funds To Free Detained Migrant Parents
The “Muslims for Migrants” campaign has already secured the release of six detained parents. By Carol Kuruvilla, HuffPost US American Muslims have raised over $100,000 this month to help migrant parents detained by the U.S. government post bail and reunite with their kids. The “Muslims for Migrants” campaign has already […]
Urdu Nazam – Hey Daste Qibla Numa La Illaha Illlallah
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills, MI celebrates Eid-ul-Adha with traditional zeal & fervor
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills celebrated Eid-ul-Adha with a great zeal and traditional fervor on Sunday August 11, 2019 at their Community Center […]
Video: Jemima Marcelle Khan Raising Her Children in Islam
Jemima Marcelle Khan (née Goldsmith, born 30 January 1974) is a British TV, film and documentary producer and founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. [2] She was formerly a journalist and associate […]
Role of Crying in Human Affairs and Psychology
Is Crying Truly Cathartic? Source: BBC By Christian Jarrett We tend to think of crying as cathartic… yet that crying in public is a sign of weakness. But researchers have […]
Indian court acquits six of killing Muslim dairy farmer in cow vigilante case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s […]
Memo to young Mormons: Vaping is not OK, says LDS Church
Source: RNS A couple of years ago I had an interesting conversation with a full-time seminary teacher in Utah who told me that a number of his otherwise faithful students […]
Hundreds of Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Flood N.Y. Courts
New York Times By Sharon Otterman Theodore E. McCarrick, the prominent Roman Catholic cardinal who was defrocked early this year for sexual abuse, brought one of his victims, James Grein, then […]