Ms Saad is running for Congress is Michigan’s 11th district, The child of immigrants and a practising Muslim, Ms Saad grew up in the heavily Arab-American city of Dearborn, Michigan. Up to that point, she said, she hadn’t personally experienced much harassment or discrimination. But her parents, who had immigrated from Lebanon some 40 […]
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/10/get_to_know_a_muslim_to_help_d.html | Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, member of Muslim Writers Guild of America Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar is a graduate student at Cleveland State University and a member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America. In this age of misinformation, many Americans have misconceptions about Islam and according to a 2014 Pew […]
Source: https://firenewsfeed.com/news/566343 When disaster erupts and devastates a community, members of one lesser-known Islamic sect often are among those who are quick to show up. This week, after the Las Vegas shooting, dozens of Ahmadiyya Muslims came together to help organize blood drives and join in vigils. The response was nothing new for Chicago-based […]
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/muslim-conference-1.4345710 | By Alex Johnson, CBC News Saskatoon Muslim conference emphasizes peace This year the community extended conference invites Indigenous peoples As the Muslim population in Saskatchewan grows, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are looking to strengthen its community relationships. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada held their annual western Canadian conference […]
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-muslim-community-denounce-attacks-1.4345210 | By Anna Desmarais, CBC News In a small mosque in Edmonton’s east end, members of the Muslim community gathered for a special Friday sermon to denounce the Edmonton attacks days prior. Dozens of worshippers from all walks of life sat cross-legged on the floor of the Al-Hadi mosque, listening to strong […]
Hamza Yusuf Hanson gives a short address/tribute speech at the Templeton Prize ceremony for Dr. Alvin Plantinga in 2017. He addresses the issues of science and faith, atheism, and the […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies This content was published on September 26, 2017 4:10 PMSep 26, 2017 – 16:10 The Swiss parliament has rejected a motion demanding that students in Swiss schools be required to shake their teacher’s hand, regardless of religious reservations. Educational policy in Switzerland is managed at […]
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Updated on October 8, 2017 Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America, writes that by getting to know a Muslim, myths surrounding Islam will […]
John T. Sidel RED CENTURY OCT. 9, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save LONDON — For a brief moment after the Bolshevik uprisings of 1917, it looked like revolution might be waged across vast swaths of the world under the joint banner […]
Source: BBC News Throughout history the empowerment of women has been linked to their education, which brings benefits not only to the women’s own lives but to the lives of […]
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has banned fireworks in the capital Delhi, in the run-up to the Hindu festival of Diwali. The court said it wanted to test if […]
Source: BBC News By Umer Nangiana BBC Urdu, Lahore Only 17 years old and he is already a recognised scientist. Muhammad Shaheer Niazi’s research on electric honeycomb was recently published […]
Source: BBC News By Tiffanie Wen 9 October 2017 If you could afford it, would you ever splurge $10,000 on a pair of headphones? What about some other indulgence? Would […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted two men on charges they vandalized an Islamic Center in Murfreesboro over the summer with bacon. […]
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan Oct 02, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. People who skip breakfast are more likely to have dangerous plaque buildup in their arteries, which […]
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Vice President Mike Pence left a football game in Indiana Sunday after players from the San Francisco 49ers reportedly knelt during the national anthem. “President […]
Source: Deccan Chronicle BY IRFAN HUSAIN The Yogi was the chief priest of the main Hindu temple at Gorakhpur, so one would expect his worldview to be a bit limited. […]
By ANNIE ARNONEStaff Reporter Sun., Oct. 8, 2017 Toronto Star Mississauga, Ont A Syrian family has been left homeless after fire swept through their Mississauga home and damaged eight other townhouses in the complex. There is little left of unit 121 at 1560 Bloor St., the place that Khaled Alawad, his wife, Judy, […]
By Camille Dupire – Oct 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES The rise in the number of refugees is most felt in urban areas and primary cities like Amman (Photo by Camille Dupire) AMMAN — Amman hosts 32 per cent of the 1.4 million refugees currently living in Jordan, a recent report by […]