The Virginia Shooting and America’s Creeping National Disease
Source: Time BY Michael Scherer Jun 15, 2017 Congressional baseball is a quaint throwback of a sport, not just for the aging players who take the field but for the […]
Why thousands of teens ran away from home in the 1960s
Source: BBC News By Benjamin Ramm 15 June 2017 Fifty years ago, a song topped the UK charts that expressed the fears of a generation of parents. She’s Leaving Home […]
London fire: Death toll rises to 17 but ‘no more survivors’
Source: BBC News At least 17 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, police said, as they warned that figure could rise further. […]
The Arab world’s coming challenges
Source: AT Fifty years after the Six-Day War, which marked the beginning of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Middle East remains a region in seemingly perpetual crisis. So it is no surprise that, when addressing the region, politicians, diplomats, and the donor and humanitarian community […]
Nuclear proliferation claims re-open can of worms in Pakistan
Source: AT A pair of Pakistani lawmakers have demanded a “thorough probe” into the proliferation of “several tons” of nuclear materials to Iran, Libya and North Korea under the country’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, who was in power from 1999 until 2008. Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar and […]
An illegal and unconstitutional mutiny
Source: AT The distinguished political scientist Angelo Codevilla coined the ominous term “cold civil war” to describe America’s precarious condition, adding, “Statesmanship’s first task is to prevent it from turning hot.” The attempted massacre June this week June 14 of Republican Congressmen and their staff by a deranged partisan of […]
How India is fighting IS and al-Qaida ideology and radicalization
SNM Abdi The minority community’s unwavering faith in the judicial and democratic process despite provocations is one of the most wonderful aspects of our great country. It is this faith that must be reinforced and applauded because it has helped to counter the indoctrination of the rabid IS. Posted at: […]
Ramadan North and South
Once a year, for a whole month, Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan. Family, community work, prayer, reflection and, most importantly, fasting from sunrise to sunset, are the main elements of the month. For me, Islam is the highest thing in the world. It’s the pinnacle, […]
Ahmadiyya Exemplary Role in Haifa Fire Incident
By Zubair Khan See the details in an interesting video. LINK
Book Review: The Moor’s Last Stand and Blood and Faith review – the expulsion of Muslims from Spain
Source: The Guardian By Giles Tremlett Two books, one by Elizabeth Drayson and one by Matthew Carr, investigate the harsh fate of the Moors and their heirs from the 15th […]
Death sentence for Facebook post amid Pakistan crackdown online
Source: CNN By Sophia Saifi and Ben Westcott, CNN Updated 0648 GMT (1448 HKT) June 15, 2017 Pakistani religious students and activists gather for a protest against blasphemy on social […]
Death for blasphemy?
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif is president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta. The contemporary time we live in is full of horrendous and heartrending news. Not a […]
Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes June 13 A West Coast federal appeals court upheld the freeze on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, declaring that Trump […]
The New Christian Zionists
Source: Religion and Politics By Dan Hummel | June 13, 2017 There is a joke that Israelis like to tell Christian Zionists, one first made popular by Prime Minister […]
The ultra-religious Northern Irish party about to help form a UK government, explained
Source: Vox Since British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party suffered a shocking loss of seats in the UK’s House of Commons during last Thursday’s election, ceding their overall majority, […]
The Teenage Spiritual Crisis
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Clare Ansberry Updated June 13, 2017 11:07 a.m. ET Thomas Ramey quit praying a few years ago when he was 16 years old because […]
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
Source: The Atlantic At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right. Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines and his […]
NCCM and Canadian Journalist for Free Expression launch ad compaign
(Toronto, June 15) – On June 12, 2017, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) in partnership with the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) launched a billboard advertising campaign on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) system, seeking to challenge public assumptions about human rights in Canada. June 15, 2017 The […]
Muslim group urges Ottawa to speed up release of hate-crime statistics
Source: The Globe and Mail Ottawa is facing calls to speed up the release of national hate-related data in the face of a dramatic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes in […]
Terrorism has changed. Blaming Islam is blinding us to the new reality
Source: The Guardian By Joumanah El Matrah, who is the CEO of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights and a PhD student at Swinburne University Today’s terrorists […]