Source: Huffington Post “The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut.” By Rebecca Shapiro Michelle Obama has opened up in front of a crowd of about 8,500 at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s 30th anniversary event in Denver about her experience as America’s first black first lady. […]
Source: Huffington Post Roy Moore said Islam isn’t compatible with U.S. law. Now a Muslim group has invited him to visit a mosque. By Christopher Mathias A U.S. Senate candidate […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Eoin Blackwell HuffPost Australia Pell appeared in Australian court on Wednesday for a brief preliminary hearing to set the pace of upcoming proceedings. MARK DADSWELL / REUTERSGeorge Pell […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Marilyn Katz, Contributor activist, strategist and president of MK Communications Democratic legislators have been busy lately fighting efforts by President Trump and Republican legislators to bulldoze millions of […]
Source: http://wnpr.org/post/terrorism-shared-prayer-story-reconciliation-and-religion By PATRICK SKAHILL A Connecticut man convicted of a hate crime is now working to combat stereotypes about Islam. His story, which made headlines around the world, sprang out of an attack on a mosque in Meriden in 2015. After a night of drinking, Ted Hakey, Jr., a former marine, […]
Source: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-diary-thursday-dossier-mumbai-news-mumbai/18458165 A recent survey by the US-based Pew Research Center found that 75 per cent Muslims feel there is still a lot of discrimination. Yet, many of them identified as proud Americans. Thus, it was heartening to come across a Twitter handle, The Muslim Marine, whose goal is simple – […]
Source: http://www.altonpostgazette.co.uk/article.cfm?id=109497&headline=Jalsa%20Salana:%20a%20commitment%20to%20peace%20by%2038,000%20people§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017 | By Surrey and Hants News in Local People Around 38,000 people from 100 countries have descended on Hadeeqatul Mahdi – formerly Oaklands Farm – near East Worldham for Jalsa Salana, the 51st annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The highlight of the three-day event, which began today and continues […]
Source: http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/ahmadi-s-annual-convention-opens-in-uk-120227 Accra, July 28, GNA – The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, a unique event that brings more than 35,000 participants from more than 90 countries opened on Friday. The three-day event, which starts from July 28 to July 30, is to increase religious knowledge […]
Source: CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned Friday after he was disqualified from office by the country’s Supreme Court. The court ruled Sharif has been dishonest to […]
FAISALABAD: “I believe life is not worth living if a person fails to seek wisdom, knowledge and serve humanity. I want to make my contribution to humanity through research as it could help understand life and find value in it.” https://tribune.com.pk/story/1468169/sitara-brooj-skys-limit/ These were the thoughts shared by 17-year-old Sitara Brooj […]
Source: http://www.altonherald.com THIS weekend (July 28 to 30) will see the return of country’s largest annual Islamic gathering at East Worldham, near Alton. Around 35,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims are expected to be in attendance at the event, and heavy traffic is anticipated on the A31 through Farnham and the A325 through Wrecclesham […]
Source: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/adelaides-ahmadiyya-muslim-association-sets-up-coffee-and-islam-program-to-clear-up-misconceptions/news-story/aa814c55ce8a77db7efd8eae0434274d | Kurtis Eichler, Westside Weekly MISSIONARY Imtiaz Ahmed has a simple message he wants to spread about the Islamic faith – it is all about peace. “In this time there are a lot of things which are going on in the world because of terrorism and people being killed,” Mr […]
Source: New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani police arrested 25 people in a rural village on Thursday, after the village council ordered a man to publicly […]
Source: Huffington Post By Abdul Malik Mujahid, Contributor President, Sound Vision; Chair, Burma Task Force USA; Chair Emeritus of the Parliament of the World’s Religions I met an American six-grader […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A new report by Pew Research Center shows that U.S. Muslims feel unsure of their place in society, face increasing discrimination and are dissatisfied with the […]
Source: The New York Times By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and HELENE COOPERJULY 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military on Wednesday, blindsiding his […]
Source: Pew Research Center Findings from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey of U.S. Muslims (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been an anxious […]
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, but […]
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN Whatever Muslims may be in Trump’s America, they’re not invisible. Everyone—the president, pundits, pollsters—keeps talking about the religious minority group, which makes up roughly 1 […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor The Pew survey showed 9 in 10 American Muslims said they were proud to be both. American Muslims are growing more religiously and […]