Afghan mosque blast ‘kills many’
Source: BBC News An explosion at a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat has killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more. The blast, which struck the Jawadia […]
Saudi Arabia plans luxury beach resorts on Red Sea
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia has launched a massive tourism development project that will turn 50 islands and other sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts. It hopes to […]
Turkey coup trial: Almost 500 in court amid protests
Source: BBC News Almost 500 people arrested after last year’s failed coup in Turkey have appeared in court accused of taking part in the plot. Some of the handcuffed defendants […]
‘Love Thy Neighbor?’
Source: The Washington Post When a Muslim doctor arrived in a rural Midwestern town, “it felt right.” But that feeling began to change after the election of Donald Trump. By Stephanie McCrummen Ayaz Virji walks home from work with his wife, Musarrat Virji, in Dawson, Minn. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) DAWSON, […]
UK: More than 35,000 Ahmadi Muslims from 100 countries gather to condemn ISIS – Promote true peaceful Islam” at the largest Islamic convention in the UK
Source: https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/more-30000-muslims-gather-condemn-isis/3207229/ | Lucy Pasha-Robinson MORE than 30,000 Muslims from 100 countries gathered this weekend to “promote the true, peaceful teachings of Islam” at the largest Islamic convention in the UK. The Jalsa Salana event, held on a 200-acre farm in Hampshire, saw tens of thousands of Ahmadi Muslims come together to […]
Dub poet, artiste & talk show host Mutabaruka speaks from the 51st Jalsa Salana of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170731/mutabaruka-addresses-muslim-convention | Dub poet, artiste and talk show host Mutabaruka rubbed shoulders with several European politicians and other dignitaries as he brought greetings from Jamaica to the 51st staging of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jalsa Salana here in the United Kingdom (UK) last Saturday. “Jamaicans, because of the lack of information, […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women SA to hold Interfaith Symposium titled ‘My Religion & Liberation of Women’
“Love for All, Hatred for None” is the unique banner upheld by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – The message we believe is the basis for lasting peace. Source: http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au/2017/07/30/south-australia-interfaith-symposium-my-religion-and-liberation-of-women/ | by admin The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Auxiliary SA will present an Interfaith Symposium, My Religion and Liberation of Women at Flinders University on Sunday, 6 […]
Thousands of Ahamdi Muslims take a stand against terrorism
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-4744774/Thousands-Muslims-stand-against-terrorism.html | By PRESS ASSOCIATION Tens of thousands of Ahmadi Muslims gathered in southern England over the weekend to disavow all forms of terrorism. Caliph Mirza Masroor Ahmad – who represents tens of millions of Ahmadis across the world – led the assembled faithful of the minority sect in prayers […]
Know what is Jalsa Salana… the UK’s biggest Islamic convention
Over 30,000 Muslims gathered in Hampshire for the event Source: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/Viral/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-jalsa-salana-the-uks-biggest-islamic-convention-35982423.html The three-day event of Jalsa Salana, which aims to promote Islam and challenge misinterpretations of the religion. Here’s everything you need to know. What is it? (Caroline Spiezio/AP) The annual event sees thousands of Muslims gather to share the Ahmadiyya […]
Is a President Above the Law in Islamic Tradition?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It should not surprise those who have been following US politics, what Ryan J. Reilly recently wrote in […]
UK: Caliph of Islam Ahmadiyyat calls for Muslims to reject extremism & terrorism
The purpose of the three-day international gathering is to promote the true, peaceful teachings of Islam and challenge misinterpretations around the world’s second largest religion. Source: https://www.economicvoice.com/caliph-calls-for-muslims-to-reject-extremism-and-terrorism-as-uk-islamic-convention-concludes/ | Author: Economic Voice Staff The Caliph to tens of millions of Ahmadi Muslims concluded the largest Islamic convention in the UK with a condemnation […]
Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan | July 28, 2017 OXFORD, England (RNS) — When Charles Darwin published his landmark theory of evolution by natural selection in the 19th century, religious leaders […]
All minorities deserve respect, Mormon apostle tells black church leaders
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK | The Salt Lake Tribune Richard W. Brown | LDS Church Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles held a […]
Hundreds of Dallas Catholics join the Pope’s worldwide effort to engage millennials
Source: Dallas News By Claire Ballor, Breaking news reporter Earlier this year, Pope Francis wrote a letter to young Catholics around the world and asked them to share “your voice, your sensitivities and […]
An evangelical leader’s suggestion to Trump: Wash Scaramucci’s potty mouth and fire him
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Anthony Scaramucci’s extraordinary first week at the White House, remembered Leaks, threats and insults. Here’s a look back at Anthony Scaramucci’s first […]
Riverside imam stirs criticism after sermon calling Jews ‘unjust tyrants’ and praying to ‘destroy them’
Source: Los Angeles Times By Kate Mather Contact Reporter Another California imam has drawn criticism after delivering a sermon laced with inflammatory remarks about Jews, calling them “unjust tyrants” and […]
Unsung in the Muslim world
Source: Dawn News BY Riaz Mohammad Khan July 31, 2017 The writer, a former foreign secretary and author, lectured in quantum physics (1965-69) at Punjab University. MARYAM Mirzakhani, a […]
UK: Union Jack, the British flag raised at Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Annual Convention to affirm ‘Loyalty to country is a core part of their faith’
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/muslims-fly-flag-for-britain-at-festival-3hnvkbq2d | Kaya Burgess Muslims fly flag for Britain at festival The Union Jack was raised at a festival attended by more than 30,000 Muslims at a farm in Hampshire yesterday to affirm that loyalty to their country is a core part of their faith. Those attending the Jalsa Salana gathering […]
MSN | Thousands gather at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s International Convention to celebrate True Islam
Source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/thousands-of-muslims-gather-at-the-jalsa-salana-international-convention-to-celebrate-islam/ar-AAp41JQ | Thomas Triebel More than 30,000 Muslims from around the world have gathered in the Hampshire countryside for the annual Jalsa Salana convention. The convention sees a huge group of Ahmadi Muslims congregate in order to challenge ‘misinterpretations of Islam’ and denounce extremism and terrorism. Some 38,000 Ahmadi Muslims from around 100 […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Jamaica | Islam teaches messages of peace, love, patience & humility
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170730/muslim-blessings-uk-religious-and-cultural-diversity-good-jamaica | Corey Robinson Umair Khan, missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Jamaica, is convinced that the island stands to benefit from cultural and religious diversity, and that is what his group is trying to bring to the island. “When we came into Jamaica and our mosque was […]