Source: CNN Story by Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor. Graphics and data analysis by Sergio Hernandez, CNN Updated 1614 GMT (0014 HKT) June 5, 2017 (CNN)What motivated the man who killed two people on a Portland train after shouting anti-Muslim slurs? What prompted the person, or people, who spray-painted the […]
Source: The Atlantic BY EMMA GREEN Haroon Moghul is tired of reading books about American Muslims and terrorism. The 30-something writer and educator often gives talks and teaches courses, where “people […]
Source: The Economist The politics of holy relics Jun 2nd 2017 by ERASMUS IF YOU consult “The Orthodox Church”, a standard introduction for English-speakers penned by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, you […]
Source: BBC “Obscene” memes posted on a private Facebook page have cost 10 students their place at Harvard, reports the college’s newspaper. The students posted messages joking about child abuse, […]
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar by Gulf neighbours who accuse it of supporting terrorism in the region. He […]
Source: Time BY David Johnson Jun 02, 2017 Millennials are moving to America’s cities — and not just the biggest ones. While places like New York City and Los Angeles remain […]
thestar.com A human rights tribunal has awarded $12,000 to a Muslim couple, who claimed their landlord failed to accommodate their religious practices. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded $12,000 to a Muslim couple, who claimed their landlord failed to accommodate their prayer times and notify the wife when […]
Four Indians and one Pakistani have pleaded guilty to the charges for their role in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres, the US Department of Justice has said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/4-indians-1-pakistani-plead-guilty-in-call-centre-scam-in-us/articleshow/59011168.cms? Three Indians – Rajubhai Patel (32), Viraj Patel (33), Dilip […]
by: 1001 Inventions Junior Library Guild (JLG) Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham 1001 Inventions is delighted that it’s new children book “Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How we See”, published in partnership with National Geographic Kids, has been presented the prestigious designation “A Junior Library […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan conducted a phone diplomacy over the recent rift between Arab states and Qatar on Monday as the presidential spokesman said Turkey is ready […]
Arab countries’ decisions led by Saudi Arabia are founded on ‘baseless’ allegations, Qatar foreign ministry says. The dispute between Qatar and the Gulf’s Arab countries escalated after a recent hack of Qatar’s state-run news agency [AFP/File] FAST FACTS Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and the Maldives cut ties with Qatar […]
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inherited power from his father in 2013. Sheikh Tamim had been named heir apparent in 2003, when his elder brother stepped aside [Mohammad Hamed/Reuters] […]
Posted by Bridie Pearson-Jones in news Picture: GETTY IMAGES Author J.K Rowling didn’t hold back from criticising problematic responses to the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market last night. Rowling, author […]
Zaid Jilani, Ryan Grim June 3 2017, THE EMAIL ACCOUNT of one of Washington’s most connected and influential foreign operatives has been hacked. A small tranche of those emails was […]
John Bacon USA Today Why Saudi Arabia is mad at Qatar and why we care 8 Hours Ago | 01:00 The rift between Qatar and other Arab nations intensified Monday whenSaudi […]
Source: The Guardian By Sayeeda Warsi; Lady Warsi is the former co-chairman of the Conservative party We need to think afresh about the Prevent strategy: the Muslim community wants it, […]
Tariq Ramadan Reducing these acts of violence to an ideological battle between Islam and the west stokes the politics of division and ignores the root causes of terrorism Tariq […]
The Prime Minister is going to have her ‘embarrassing conversations’ with Britain’s Muslims, who have no power to switch off the evil ideology which Wahhabism represents. She does have that power – but she won’t use it Robert Fisk @indyvoices Was that really the best Theresa May could do? It was the same old tosh about “values” and […]
AFP | ReutersUpdated about an hour ago 379 5 An undated handout picture released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on June 5, shows Khuram Shazad Butt (L) and Rachid Redouane from Barking, east London, believed by police to be two of the three attackers in the June 3 terror […]
By Toby, National Secretary Outreach, Pan African Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK National Representative Outreach Co-odinater, AMC Midlands Regions UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Midlands Region UK Hold Big Iftar Dinner for Royal Navy, Army and close friends on 30th May 2017. The programme started with recitations of holy Quran followed by […]