Marine drill instructor gets 10 years for abusing recruits
Source: Associated Press By EMERY P. DALESIO RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps drill instructor has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted of tormenting and […]
Ahmadiyya Successfully Participates in Croatian National Book Fair,”Interliber”
By Zubair K Khan By the Blessings and Mercy of Almighty God, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat successfully participated in Croatia National Book Fair, “Interliber”. It was organized in Exhibition Arena Zagreb from 07 to 12th of November 2017. In series it was 40th Croatian National Book Fair. Total 13 countries participated. […]
Islamic Rationalism
By Dr Imadaldin Al-Jubouri, 13 November 2017 The early period of rationalism in Islamic thought was led by a school of thinkers known as the Mutazilites (‘isolationists’), in the second half of the first century of Islam (7th Century, CE). It is very difficult to research the Mutazilites’ early years […]
The Qur’an: A New Translation By Tarif Khalidi
The Quran Applauded as a Landmark Contribution to ‘Words of Justice’ by Harvard Universityhttp://t.co/UCvyGzJmHk pic.twitter.com/gafTxBAaHL — Zia H Shah (@ZiahShah1) September 10, 2015 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Source: The Guardian Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Tarif Khalidi’s new English edition of Islam’s sacred book offers valuable perspectives, says Ziauddin Sardar We look for two […]
The Islamic Revolution Part 2: An incredible prophecy
Huff Post: This is the second article in a three-series on the geopolitical, social and religious backdrop to the rise of Islam in the 7th century, what it historically reveals and how it contextualizes against narratives of extremists and critics. Read the first part here. Historians have marveled at how the […]
Sexual Assault Charges Against Islamic Scholar Divide Europe’s Muslim Communities
November 13, 2017 Lisa Bryant FILE – This file photo taken on March 26, 2016 shows Swiss Islamologist Tariq Ramadan taking part in a conference on the theme “Live […]
Nigeria’s Buhari to visit heartland of Biafra secessionists
Reuters International This content was published on November 13, 2017 8:39 PMNov 13, 2017 – 20:39 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton […]
Arab countries in row with Qatar are not interested in solution – Emir
Reuters International This content was published on November 14, 2017 Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New […]
Dial A for Apartheid
November 13, 2017 Dial A for Apartheid This year’s annual Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference (October 19-20) couldn’t have asked for a more perfect timing.… By K. K. Shahid | Newsbeat National | Published 18 hours ago This year’s annual Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference (October 19-20) couldn’t have asked for a more perfect […]
A Tale of Two Civilisations: The Viking and the Muslim Civilisation
By: Cem Nizamoglu and Sairah Yassir-Deane Dating back to March 2015, news regarding the discovery of a ring found on a Viking woman in an ancient burial ground with the […]
Disorder in the British foreign policy
Chris Doyle | Published — Tuesday 14 November 2017 US President Donald Trump may have trashed all previous records in losing or firing key members of his administration, but British […]
America’s Best-Selling Poet was a Muslim: And His Name Was Muhammad
11/13/2017 This piece was written by Bahar Davary, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhī (1207-1273), better known as Rumi, is the […]
Czech Republic’s tiny Muslim community subject to hate
by Philip Heijmans A Czech Muslim holds a banner during a protest rally against ‘terrorism’ in Prague on August 10, 2016 [David W Cerny/Reuters] MUSLIMS IN CZECH REPUBLIC Estimates […]
Saudi Arabia is creating a total mess in Lebanon
By Jamal Khashoggi November 13 2017 Saudi King Salman, right, meets last week with outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via Associated […]
Saudi Arabia backs down in Middle East crisis
Nov 14, 2017 Saudi Arabia’s dramatic moves to counter Iran in the region appear to have backfired, significantly ratcheting up regional tensions and setting off a spiral of reactions and anger that seem to have caught the kingdom off guard. Now it’s trying to wind back its escalations in Lebanon […]
Saudi Arabia, at War With Itself
Forget Yemen, Syria and Lebanon, just a few of the countries in which Saudi Arabia is fighting a proxy war with Iran, its long-time enemy. The Saudi royal family now […]
Getting behind the debate over lab-grown meat
Garrett Broad Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Memphis Meats Southern fried chicken, prepared with meat cultivated by Memphis Meats. “We built a lab with glass walls. That was on purpose,” Ryan […]
This isn’t the first time Saudi Arabia has threatened the stability of Lebanon
Saad Hariri said that on returning to Lebanon, he would confirm his ‘resignation’ in accordance with the country’s constitution. But how on earth did he think he could ‘shock’ Lebanon by resigning in […]
Relationships between religion and government by country
Source: Pew Research Center See the report card of 199 countries: Relationships between religion and government by country Methodology Pew Research Center measured relationships between religion and government in 199 countries […]
Pakistani Shia cleric warns of dangers posed by Baha’is & Ahmadis
Source: Rabwah Times By Ehsan Rehan. Ehsan is a Washington D.C. based reporter who covers Human Rights & Religious Freedom issues. He tweets at @Ehzan A Pakistani Shia leader has warned that the public and the government should be made aware of the “dangers” posed by Baha’is and […]