Vaughan Ahmadiyya woman at conference
Source: Vaughan Citizen By Tim Kelly What Naheed Khokhar really wants you to know is “Muslims are normal people like everybody else.” “Come spend a day with me and I’ll […]
The astonishing focus of namibias nomads
Source: BBC By David Robson 7 March 2017 Nestled in a grassy valley of north-eastern Namibia, Opuwo may seem like a crumbling relic of colonial history. With a population of […]
The fact the sky is dark reveals a lot about the Universe
Source: BBC It may seem utterly obvious that the sky is dark, but in fact it seems to give rise to a peculiar paradox about the cosmos Science writer and […]
Why Muslim Americans Should Stand With the Transgender Community
Source: Motto By Amara Majeed March 6, 2017 And all other groups whose civil rights are under attack As a Muslim American, I know what it’s like to have my […]
‘Register Me First’ Website Offers An Antidote To Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post “It’s an attempt to help people go from being individuals to being part of a movement.” By Antonia Blumberg President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on refugees and immigration on Monday, signaling a significant step back from earlier policies accused of being Islamophobic and potentially […]
‘False prophet’: Duterte, the Catholic Church and the fight for the soul of the Philippines
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Rauhala March 4 Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila’s Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017. (Jes Aznar/For The […]
Civil war in the Vatican as conservatives battle Francis for the soul of Catholicism
Source: the Guardian As the pope leaves Rome for a retreat to mark Lent, rebellion and turmoil are in the air Pope Francis conducting his general weekly audience on Ash […]
In Israel, Lauding and Lamenting the Era of Trump
Source: The New York Times By IAN FISHER Spencer Pensoneau, right, and Ron Klump reset stones last month at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., where almost 200 […]
Anabaptist in America
Source: Vogue By LAURA REGENSDORF photographed by BELLA NEWMAN “Ever since I was little, my dad and I would have photographic expeditions, and we’d drive out to the beautiful farmland […]
FBI aids in investigation into shooting of Sikh man in Kent
Source: The Seattle Times By Sandi Doughton Seattle Times staff reporter The FBI is helping the Kent Police Department investigate the shooting of a Sikh man who claims his assailant told […]
Why a Yale neuroscientist decided to change careers — and is now becoming a priest
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jaime Maldonado-Aviles, a former neuroscientist at Yale, decided to become a priest at Catholic University’s Theological College in Washington. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) […]
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Muslim Sentiment should Be Condemned in the Same Breath
What do we tell kids about anti-Semitism? Source: RNS By Jeffrey Salkin “There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” Buffalo Springfield sang those words exactly fifty years […]
Ottawa: OC Transport investigating video of Islamophobic tirade on bus
2 Muslim high school students witnessed, recorded ourtburst CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2017 7:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 07, 2017 8:40 AM ET OC Transpo is investigating after a video surfaced online showing a man screaming insults directed at Muslim passengers on one of its buses. The racist tirade, captured on a […]
Kuwait lifts ban on visa for Pakistani nationals after 6 years
Pakistan by Mahmood Idrees | Published on March 7, 2017 🔗 KUWAIT CITY – The Kuwaiti government on Tuesday lifted a ban on visas for Pakistani citizens which had been imposed six years ago. It is being reported that the decision was made during a meeting between PM Nawaz […]
India is a top source and destination for world’s migrants
BY PHILLIP CONNOR7 COMMENTS Construction workers from India wait for transportation near the Grand Hormuz Hotel in Muscat, Oman. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) India has a long history of migration. More than a century ago, large numbers of Indian migrants – many of them involuntary ones – moved to […]
USA: Headstones knocked over at Jewish cemetery in Rochester; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to Assist
Source: http://www.whec.com/news/headstones-knocked-over-stone-road-cemetery/4414501/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls all Americans to stand united against Anti-Semitism March 02, 2017 06:18 PM Headstones at a local Jewish cemetery were recently knocked over. The headstones were knocked over at the Stone Road Cemetery, located on Stonewood Avenue. Sixteen headstones were toppled over at the Stone Road cemetery. […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association applies to Staffordshire Borough Council to change ‘The Wetmore Whistle’ from a music pub to a mosque/community centre
Source: http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/popular-burton-music-pub-could-be-turned-into-mosque-community-centre/story-30178022-detail/story.html Former Burton music pub could be turned into “mosque/community centre” By HelenKreft | Posted: March 03, 2017 A once-popular music venue could become a “mosque/community centre” where meetings, prayers and religious ceremonies will be held, new plans have revealed. The Burton branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK hopes […]
900 million in Asia had to pay bribes in 2016: Transparency International
Agence France Presse | Published — Tuesday 7 March 2017 Previous In this Jan. 14, 2017 photo, protesters hold cutouts of impeached President Park Geun-hye who is embroiled in a corruption scandal, during a protest in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) In this Dec. 3, 2016, file photo, […]
MP Tracy Brabin and Paula Sherriff, church leaders & 12 charities attend Ahmadiyya Muslims Yorkshire’s Pre-Charity Walk
Source: Dewsbury Reporter Two local MPs attend Walk for Peace dinner Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin and Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff with members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association at the Walk for Peace dinner in Braford. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association (AMEA) in Yorkshire and the […]
UK: Regional Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association joins residents to clean up Merton streets
Source: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15131883.__39_We_all_need_to_do_our_bit__39___Merton_residents_urged_to_clean_up_the_streets_for_Big_Tidy_Up_weekend/ Merton residents are being called on to get involved in the ‘Big Tidy Up’ this weekend and not let “litter louts” ruin the borough. According to Merton Council, clearing rubbish and litter from the borough’s streets costs the taxpayer £5million every year. Now, as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s […]