A Visit to the Biggest Little Mosque in Honduras
The sky-blue building draws a diverse range of Muslims from hours away. by Sarah Souli April 10, 2018 Men gather before Friday prayers in the parking lot outside the mosque […]
Lincoln’s first purpose-built mosque opens
Lincoln’s first purpose-built mosque has opened. The building on Dixon Street includes facilities to pray, a library, funeral preparation room and space for community activities. It cost nearly […]
Mosque in northern West Bank torched in apparent anti-Arab hate crime
Aqraba residents believe they were targeted with ‘revenge’ and ‘death’ graffiti because the killer of Israeli Adiel Kolman last month was from village By Jacob Magid Today, 11.4.2018 Vandals torched […]
Breaking News: Chinese Muslim Missionary Usman Chini has died
Reports are coming in that the veteran Chinese Muslim Missionary known as Usman Chini has died. He was also for many years Head of the Chinese Desk of the Ahmadiyya […]
Russia says Syrian ‘chemical attack’ was staged
Source: BBC News Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a reported chemical attack in Syria was staged by foreign agents. The US and France have said they have proof it […]
End the Buddhist terror in Myanmar now
Source: Religion News Service By Hozan Alan Senauke | April 11, 2018 Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry an elderly woman in a basket and walk toward a refugee […]
‘Social media has poisoned us’: young Britons on why they are unhappy
Source: The Guardian BY Rachel Obordo and Guardian readers From student debt to loneliness, young people in Britain share their reasons for why the happiness of 16 to 25-year-olds is so low Young people have said social media is one of the reasons they’re so unhappy. Photograph: WIN-Initiative/Getty Images Research says that young […]
Play is more than just fun
Source: TED TALKS A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes […]
Can Muslim Feminism Find a Third Way?
Source: The Washington Post By Ursula Lindsey Ms. Lindsey lives in Rabat, Morocco and co-hosts the BULAQ podcast. April 11, 2018 RABAT, Morocco — Last month, Asma Lamrabet, a well-known Moroccan feminist, resigned from her position at the Mohammedan League of Scholars, where she headed a center of women’s studies in Islam. […]
PATRIARCH KIRILL AND MR. PUTIN
Source: First Things by George Weigel The annals of sycophancy are, alas, replete with examples of churchmen toadying to political power. Here in the United States, we’ve seen too much of that among certain evangelical leaders recently. In today’s Sycophancy Sweepstakes, however, it’s hard to top Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and […]
Hindu ‘nationalists’ defend accused rapists and shame India
Source: The Washington Post By Barkha Dutt An Indian social activist holds a placard in February 2017 during a protest against a rape at Hauz Khas village in New Delhi. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images) This post has been updated, 8:41 a.m. Dear India: Where are our candlelight marches, our outrage and our […]
Why remembering matters for healing
Source: The Conversation April 12 marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. Each year communities and schools plan various events such as reading the names of Holocaust victims and survivors, forums of Holocaust survivor […]
The Jewish State Has a Special Duty to Defend Syrians
Source: The New York Times By Ronen Bergman Mr. Bergman is the author of “Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations.” April 12, 2018 TEL AVIV — On Wednesday, Israel observed Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is one of the most important days on the country’s calendar, […]
Why It’s a Big Deal That Evangelical Pastor Bill Hybels Just Stepped Down Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM Bill Hybels prays with President Bill Clinton on the North Portico of the White House on June 6, 1995. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Luke Frazza/Getty Images. One of the prominent leaders in American evangelicalism resigned abruptly Tuesday night in the wake of a series of accusations […]
Pakistani court bans ousted PM Sharif from politics for life
ANADOLU AGENCY KARACHI In this file photograph taken on June 5, 2013, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives to inspect a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at […]
Syria’s ruined Ghouta unrecognisable to returnees
‘I risked my life to come here and I won’t leave until I find my home’ By AFP – Apr 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian government forces soldier talks […]
Five facts you should know about Al Isra’a Wal Mi’raj
UAE traditionally announces a one-day holiday to observe the holy day 1. Al Isra’a Wal Mi’raj a major holiday that celebrates the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) nighttime journey from the holy […]
Lailat Al Miraj: The Basics
Getty Lailat al Miraj is a Muslim holiday that commemorates the Prophet Muhammad’s nighttime journey from Mecca to the ‘Farthest Mosque’ in Jerusalem where he ascended to heaven, was […]
Shab e-Miraj 2018 is TODAY! What is the Muslim festival and how is it celebrated?
NIGHT OF ASCENT The festival is the day Muslims celebrate Muhammad’s journey to paradise to gain wisdom from Allah By Guy Brichall 13th April 2018, SHAB e-Miraj is one of […]
10 Fabrications Muslim Leaders Need to Stop Making About Ahmadi Muslims
By Qasim Rashid Ralf Hiemisch via Getty Images 480 It is no secret I’ve been critical of Muslim leadership for their deafening apathy and silence over the 125-year worldwide persecution […]