AMWA Celebrates Islamic Heritage Month
By Tahira Chaudhary, Maple Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association (AMWA) celebrates Islamic Heritage month. The event is marked by a Holy Quran Exhibition and kids activities. It is arranged by Lajna […]
India: Child marriages among Indian Muslims
Child Marriage among Indian Muslims: The Mullahs Have Brought Shame to the Muslim Community, Yet Again By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 13 October 2017 It is astounding. No sooner had the Supreme Court said that sex with a minor wife would amount to rape, Hashtags began to run on prominent news […]
Bangladesh to remove Jihad from school text books
Bangladesh to Remove Jihad from Madrasa Textbooks October 25, 2017 The new textbooks of the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board will not contain any chapters with lessons on Jihad, for the first time in nearly four decades. The Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board – also known as the Alia Madrasa Education Board […]
New Security Screenings Begin for Passengers on U.S.-Bound Flights
Source: Time BY Jon Gambrell / AP 6:28 AM ET (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — New security screenings for all passengers on U.S.-bound flights began on Thursday, with airlines worldwide […]
Half of U.S. Catholics say belief in God is not necessary to be a good person
Source: America Magazine BY Michael J. O’Loughlin For the first time, a majority of Americans—56 percent—say it is possible to be a good person without religious belief. And about half of […]
Pakistan university students tackle intolerance problem
Source: UCA News A growing number of blasphemy attacks on campus has prompted a new program to promote religious understanding Students at a diversity workshop in Lahore. (Photo courtesy Youth […]
Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Wm. Moyer October 24 Faheem Younus greets visitors to a mosque for a community meeting about the development. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) JOPPATOWNE, Md. — Dueling legal […]
I will return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam, says crown prince
Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov in Riyadh Mohammed bin Salman tells the Guardian that ultra-conservative state has been ‘not normal’ for past 30 years The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin […]
Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
Source: Religion News Service By Matthew Levering and Kevin J. Vanhoozer Matthew Levering, a Catholic perspective In my book “Was the Reformation a Mistake?: Why Catholic Doctrine Is Not Unbiblical,” I […]
Are religious people more moral?
Source: The Conversation Why do people distrust atheists? A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people […]
Interview with Khalifa of Islam – Islam Ahmadiyya
Source: Leolgar.com For Interview here is LINK
(Ahmadiyya)-Muslim Retirement Community Proposal Stirs Controversy
Source:Fast Forward The controversy, which echoes fights in New York over the construction of Hasidic Jewish communities, pits some locals against a project that aimed to sell homes in a retirement community to members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim group.The developer, Faheem Younus, told the Post that River Run, the planned […]
The Saudi Prince who could save the world after ousting his powerful cousin and pledging to “destroy extremism”
Mohammed bin Salman was named Crown Prince in June this year, ousting cousin Mohammed bin Nayef, who is 27 years his senior. Now he has his eyes on a much […]
In Myanmar’s Rakhine, aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp amid tension
Reuters International This content was published on October 25, 2017 1:21 PMOct 25, 2017 – 13:21 FILE PHOTO: A burnt house is seen in a village in Maungdaw in the […]
Mexico’s indigenous Muslims in Maya heartland
Reuters International This content was published on October 25, 2017 Umar, 64, a Muslim from the Tzotzil Maya ethnic group, speaks with Evangelical worshippers in a meeting between members […]
Ultra-wealthy: Global billionaire club gets bigger and richer
By swissinfo.ch This content was published on October 26, 2017 Ernesto Bertarelli is one of Switzerland’s 35 billionaires (Keystone) The total wealth of the world’s 1,542 billionaires – including 35 in Switzerland – grew 17% to $6 trillion (CHF5.93 trillion) last year, led by a surge in Asia’s emerging […]
good offices : Switzerland takes on consular services for Iran and Saudi Arabia
By swissinfo.ch and agencies October 25, 2017 6:24 PMOct 25, 2017 – 18:24 A wall-painting in Tehran. Switzerland will assume Saudi consular interests in the Iranian capital, and vice-versa. (Keystone) The Swiss government has confirmed that it will officially take up a protecting power mandate in the Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict, […]
By killing Isis fighters instead of bringing them to justice, we become as guilty as our enemies
For decades, we have been condemning the dictators of the Middle East for their drumhead courts and their mass hangings. But how can we condemn them now, when we are announcing, quite publicly, that we want our own citizens dead if they joined Isis Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices […]
Philosophy in the Islamic World. A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Most surveys of philosophy in the Islamic world share the same shortcomings. They focus primarily on a couple of traditions, restricted by creed (“Islamic philosophy”), language (“Arabic philosophy”), or geography (“philosophy of Middle East” or “Near East”) at the expense of covering the contributions of scholars from other milieus. They […]
UK: PAAMA North Region holds 1st Tabligh Event launching their Outreach Peace Awareness Campaign
Report by Toby Ephram, National Outreach Co-odinater Paama UK On 3rd Sept 2017 the Paama North Region held their 1st ever tabligh event as part of the national paama Launch of outreach peace awareness campaign and actions against Hatred, Radicalisation and Extremism under the supervision of Vice President Mr Ahmed […]