ISLAMABAD: It was their first day at Punjab Law College, Rawalpindi in 1999 and Ambreen Nawaz Chaudhry and Aaliya Zareen Abbasi were beyond themselves with happiness to have made it there, sitting among this group of future lawyers. When the lecturer asked who in the class had passed college in […]
Four Muslim Converts tell their story. Posted on June 18, 2017 Rhonda Elnaggar BuzzFeed Staff More One in five Muslim Americans were actually raised in another religion before deciding to convert to Islam, or didn’t practice any faith at all, according to the Pew Research. Tareq Saifur Rahman / Via […]
Britain’s crippled Prime Minister Theresa May is stumbling into Brexit negotiations, which are set to finally begin next week. She is doing all she can to cling to power, but […]
The offensive to take Raqqa back from Islamic State has begun. Kurdish fighters are leading the charge in the hopes of eliminating the Islamist scourge — but they are also hoping to expand their power in northern Syria. By Christoph Reuter Photos ALICE MARTINS / DER SPIEGEL June 14, 2017 […]
Source: Washington Post By Rochelle Terman Are Muslims inherently misogynist? Many Americans seem to think so. Public opinion data reveal anxiety about whether Islam is compatible with Western values. A […]
TOI Amritsar Mon,19 Jun 2017 Summary: AMRITSAR: Tension gripped Gurdaspur district’s Qadian town, which is the hub of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in India, after the severed head of a calf was found in the area. “We are not sure whether it is the head of cow or calf, we are […]
19 June 2017, 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. At […]
By Adam Walker, UK بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ [97:1] In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. [97:2] Surely, […]
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Berlin’s withdrawal from Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base to Jordan seems not to benefit the fight against the Daesh terrorist group Germany has announced that it will withdraw […]
June 20th, 2017, Written by Bryce Luff Cockburn Gazette NEWS Imam Kamran Tahir. A LOCAL Islamic leader says he will “give up everything that I practise” if even one connection […]
Jun 20,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby In June 1967 I was in the midst of my final weeks in college when the war broke out. At the time, I knew little about the Middle East, since I was more engaged in the anti-war and civil rights movements. And […]
Don’t tell me today that Islamophobia doesn’t exist, or that it’s been overplayed by Muslims ‘playing the victim’. If anything, Muslims are wary of reporting hate crimes against their communities […]
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
By Saeed Qureshi: The writer is a senior journalist, former editor of Diplomatic Times and a former diplomat. Since universe is all scientific, its origin and Creator should be explored […]
Source: Washington Post By Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner June 17 BERLIN — Inside the red-brick building that now houses the German capital’s newest and perhaps most unusual mosque, Seyran […]
Source: BBC News A terror attack near a London mosque is “every bit as sickening” as others in recent weeks, Theresa May says. A man drove a van into worshippers […]
Source: BuzzFeed News Hours after Trump’s travel ban took effect, someone burned down a small-town Texas mosque. Since then, the mosque has drawn $1 million in donations and countless rosy […]
Source: The Washington Post By Faiz Siddiqui, Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 19 at 9:05 AM (Update: Killing of Muslim teenager not being investigated as a hate crime, […]
Source: Associated Press By IAN DEITCH JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel revoked on Sunday the permits of 200,000 Palestinians to enter Israel that were approved for the holy month of Ramadan […]