What Islamophobic Politicians Can Learn From Mormons
Source: The New York Times By Asma Uddin Ms. Uddin is a lawyer and expert on religious liberty. Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Trump’s travel ban, […]
What Malcolm X Taught Me About Muslim America
Source: Religion & Politics By Yasmine Flodin-Ali I fell in love with Malcolm when I was fifteen. He was eloquent, handsome and, most importantly, revolutionary. Among a litany of emotionally stunted fictional […]
Italy: Girl returns home after forced abortion in Pakistan
BBC.COm A student has returned to Italy after accusing her family in Pakistan of luring her home to terminate her pregnancy. Italy’s foreign minister tweeted a picture of Farah after her arrival at the ambassador’s residence in Islamabad The 19-year-old, named Farah, had been studying in Verona when she became […]
Judge Rules Trump May Not Block Critics on Twitter
Source: The Wall Street Journal ByRebecca Ballhaus May 23, 2018 2:33 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump may not block critics from reading his Twitter feed, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, finding that doing so violates their right to free speech. Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of […]
Australian Archbishop Found Guilty In Cover-Up Of Child Sex Abuse
Source: NPR BY SCOTT NEUMAN Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson has been found guilty of concealing child sex abuse by a fellow priest that he first learned of in the 1970s. […]
The Catholic Church’s Looming Fight Over Same-Sex Blessings
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Updated May 22, 2018 6:38 p.m. ET ROME—Reports that Pope Francis told a sex-abuse victim that God made him gay have […]
A year after extremist siege, Philippine families seek closure
Source: Reuters By Neil Jerome Morales MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Mahid Radia’s last glimpse of his parents was when he and his children were fleeing their home amid gunfire, […]
Trump cancels Kim summit
Source: CNN Still, the collapse of the summit was not entirely a surprise, even if Thursday’s announcement was abrupt. North Korea has offered diplomatic openings to the United States several times over the past decades, only to return to bellicose threats. Even after Trump accepted Kim’s invitation to meet in […]
Mob led by PTI leader rains down misery on Ahmadi community, desecrates worship site in Sialkot
Source: The Daily Times SIALKOT: An angry mob allegedly comprising members of the infamous Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Ullah (TLYRA) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf attacked a centuries old worship site of […]
Mob demolishes Ahmadiyya mosque in Pakistan
International ISLAMABAD:, May 24, 2018 This is the latest attack on the victimised minority sect, who have been declared non-Muslims in the country. Sunni extremists in Pakistan have demolished a historical mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province, the latest attack on the minority group in the Muslim-majority […]
Mob razes ‘historic’ Ahmadi property in Sialkot
By Warda Imran Published: May 24, 2018 PHOTO: JA COMMUNITY A mob running into hundreds on Thursday razed a historic Ahmadi property in Sialkot as a two-way ownership contest remained “sub judice”. […]
In Ramadan, let us focus on doing what is right
Tariq A. Al-Maeena The holy month of Ramadan is well into its first week. It will continue for the next three weeks and Muslims around the globe will engage in […]
Why has Prince Mohammad bin Salman gone so quiet?
Damian Reilly Damian Reilly 22 May 2018 Is Mohammad bin Salman a friend to the West? John R. Bradley Has Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman been assassinated, had […]
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström ‘We Won’t Allow Ourselves to Be Blackmailed’
In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, 50, says the EU won’t negotiate “until Trump stops pointing the gun at our chest.” But, she adds, Europe […]
Refugee integration: Swiss charity wants training geared to young refugees
This content was published on May 23, 2018 Getting the right education and training is key to the successful integration of young refugees in Switzerland, says Caritas. (Keystone) Aid agency […]
With the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, Trump proved it: we need a new country to lead the free world
Trump has brought the problem into terrifyingly sharp focus. A world in which ultimate power can be entrusted to a ranting, vindictive, hyper-simplistic moron by evangelicals is a world in […]
Ingenious Clocks from Muslim Civilisation that Defied the Middle Ages
By: Cem Nizamoglu TIME TELLING MACHINES: Revealing marvellous mechanical and water-powered clocks from early Muslim Civilisation. These sophisticated devices that defied the Middle Ages. Figure 1. Elephant Clock in Ibn Battuta […]
Arab Origins of Cryptology
By: Mohammed I. Al-Suwaiyel This article is the summary of a presentation given by Dr. Al-Suwaiyel at Oxford University. The presentation provides an insight into the works of Muslim Scholars […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Cleveland hosts Interfaith Symposium at Baitul Ahad Mosque – A Report
“If the followers of each religion act upon the teachings of his/her faith many of the problems of the present day will be solved”, said Ahmadiyya Muslim Missionary Imam Shamshad. […]