30,000 Muslims storm U.K for Ahmadi conference
by Tajudeen Adebanjo, Saudi Arabia August 2, 2019 THIRTY thousand Ahmadi Muslims, scholars, other faithful, and guests will gather at the United Kingdom’s Tilford Surrey for the annual Ahmadiyya […]
Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Edward Wong BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network […]
Mauritania releases Facebook blogger convicted of blasphemy
Source: BBC News A Mauritanian blogger who was jailed for more than five years after being convicted of blaspheming the Muslim Prophet Muhammad has been released. Rights groups had waged […]
Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
Source: Reuters By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their […]
Amish upset by Pa. township plan to require buggy registration, horse diapers and rubber horseshoes
Source: Pennlive By John Beauge | Special to PennLive ELIMSPORT – “Blatant discrimination” is what an attorney for Old Order Amish says about proposed ordinances in a rural Lycoming County township […]
More churches are checking the national sex offender registry. Is it helping?
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Since they were first offered an opportunity to pool their resources and buy background checks on volunteers and employees at a discount […]
National Cathedral leaders: Trump’s racial comments ‘give cover to white supremacists’
Source: CNN By Caroline Kelly, CNN (CNN)Leaders of the Washington National Cathedral slammed President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on minority lawmakers and the city of Baltimore as a “dangerous” rallying cry […]
Muslim Virginia lawmaker heckles Trump at Jamestown speech
Source: Associated Press By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) — A heckler who interrupted a speech by President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s commemoration of 400 years of […]
No, American Religious Liberty Is Not in Peril
Source: Wall Street Journal By Marci Hamilton The First Amendment doesn’t exempt believers from general laws for the public good, especially when their conduct harms others I was clerking for […]
Yes, American Religious Liberty Is in Peril
Source: The Wall Street Journal By David French As the 2020 presidential contest begins, it’s worth reflecting on one of the issues that made Donald Trump president—religious liberty. And it’s worth […]
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
Source: CNN By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his […]
More than 60 killed in extremist attack on Nigeria villagers
Source: Associated Press By ISMAIL ALFA ABDULRAHIM MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram extremists killed more than 60 people in an attack on villagers leaving a funeral in northeastern […]
Utah has required schools to have ‘In God We Trust’ posted publicly for 17 years
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner A recent law in South Dakota requiring the phrase “In God We Trust” to be prominently displayed in all public schools was […]
Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and […]
Hajj memories: what it’s like as a girl growing up in Makkah
Source: The National By Balquees Basalom As a young child, I had the privilege of living in the holiest and most sacred city in the world for Muslims: Makkah. To […]
Saudi Arabia to allow women to travel without male permission, protection from firing while pregnant
By mark osborn Saudi Arabia is touting new relaxed laws for women — including traveling without consent from their husband or male relative, equal pay to men and the ability to open and run independent businesses — as part of “sweeping legal changes to enhance the role of women in […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at celebrates the 728th Swiss National Day
(Please use google translate to read the German article in your language) Eine grosse Schweizer Fahne und Girlanden mit dem Schweizer Kreuz – die Mahmud-Moschee an der Forchstrasse in Zürich ist bereit für den Schweizer Nationalfeiertag am 1. August. Das freut Leser-Reporter Johny Wüest: «Das ist doch mal eine schöne […]
Iran says new sanctions show US ‘afraid’ of top diplomat Zarif
US says to freeze Zarif’s assets, squeeze his ability to function as globe-trotting diplomat By AFP – Aug 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday […]
How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
Tony Joseph June 16, 2017 New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes […]
More Presidential Candidates Are Visiting Mosques Than Ever Before
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz, who is a reporter at HuffPost based in NYC where she focuses on Islamophobia and social justices issues within the Muslim community. Prior to […]