Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | 21 hours ago WASHINGTON (RNS) Enter the “Religion in Early America” exhibit and there are objects you expect to find: Bibles, a hymnal and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. June 29 at 7:00 AM The Rev. William J. Barber II joins in song at the conclusion of a news conference held by […]
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of wrangling, tighter restrictions on travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim nations take effect Thursday evening after […]
Source: Time By Lucy Feldman June 28, 2017 The former Secretary of State and KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie spoke to Motto about KPMG’s leadership program Condoleezza Rice won’t brook microaggressions. When she started […]
Source: http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/yournews/15363776.Mayor_of_Elmbridge_joins_Ahmadiyya_Muslims_Elders_Association_in_Solidarity/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association UK’s Putney chapter organised a vigil in Claygate, Mr Raffi Bhatti, National Vice President of AMEA UK and Mr Mahmood Ahmad, Regional Head of AMEA UK London Region welcomed Councillor Rachael Lake the Mayor of Elmbridge Borough Council and Mark Sugden Chairperson of Parish Council […]
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2017/jun/21/films-at-kerala-documentary-and-short-film-festival-look-at-plight-of-refugees-1619041.html Films at Kerala documentary and short film festival look at plight of refugees By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Refugees found a place at the 10th International Documentary and Short Film festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) that concluded on Tuesday in the capital city with a number of films looking at […]
Source: https://www.pressreader.com/indonesia/the-jakarta-post/20170623/281616715370218 NGO sues govt over Ahmadiyah persecution The Jakarta Post 23 Jun 2017 Human rights organization Yayasan Satu Keadilan (YSK) has filed a citizen lawsuit against the Depok administration in West Java and the central government over the sealing of an Ahmadiyah mosque. The group filed the lawsuit with the Central […]
Source: http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/yournews/15376406.Spreading_message_of_peace_across_Merton_Libraries/ I was honoured to be a part of Ramadan Exhibitions that were held in 4 different libraries of Merton by Ahmadiyya Muslim Ladies of Raynes Park. The exhibitions were held at: West Barnes Library, Wimbledon Library, Morden Library and Raynes Park Library. Altogether about 100 people visited these exhibitions. […]
Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/06/25/057887277/Ahmadiyah-Mosque-in-Depok-Attacked-before-Eid-al-Fitr TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A group of unidentified people attacked an Ahmadiyya mosque in Sawangan, Depok at 0:30 am yesterday, June 24. “There were several perpetrators…” said Asep Komarudin, a member of Civil Right Defender via short message yesterday. Asep explained that the attack began at 0:30 am when unidentified […]
Source: CNN Braving monsoon rains, thousands of people across India took to the streets Wednesday night to protest against what they claim is a rise in mob violence aimed at minority groups. Dubbed #NotInMyName, the coordinated demonstrations saw events held in more than 12 major Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai […]
Source: CNN A Minnesota woman killed her boyfriend Monday by shooting at a book he was holding over his chest, in a YouTube video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez,19, was attempting to make a viral video with boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III, 22, to post to their YouTube account, according to […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/algeria-wave-of-arrests-and-prosecutions-of-hundreds-of-ahmadis/ Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. There are an estimated […]
Source: http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/ahmadiyya-muslim-community-to-host-annual-peace-symposium-in-milton-keynes-next-month-1-8014708 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is holding its annual Peace Symposium and dinner on Saturday, July 15 at 3pm at the Ridgeway Centre in Wolverton. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Challenging Intolerance’ and the symposium will touch on issues that have been brought into sharp focus by recent […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | June 27, 2017 Adelle M. Banks, production editor and a national reporter, joined RNS in 1995. An award-winning journalist, she previously was the religion […]
Source: BBC News By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Image copyrightSUJATRO GHOSH A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask and asks the politically explosive question – whether […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Soumya Karlamangla Contact Reporter A total of 111 people in California took their own lives using lethal prescriptions during the first six months of a law […]
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG and AMY TAXIN NEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration’s travel ban takes partial effect this week, immigrant-rights lawyers plan to head to […]
Source: Yahoo News Jill Bleed and Andrew Demillo, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma’s monument at its state Capitol, authorities […]