Algeria: Minister of Religious Affairs says Government doing everything to stop Ahmadiyya Islam
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Gambia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Concludes National Annual Conventions of Elders, Women & Children
Source: http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/ahmadiyya-muslim-jamaat-concludes-national-annual-conventions-of-elders-women-and-children THE NATIONAL ANNUAL CONVENTIONS (ANNUAL IJTEMAS) OF ELDERS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY AT THE BAITUS SALAM MOSQUE TALLINDING By the grace of Allah Almighty the 10th National Annual Convention of Majlis Ansarullah, The Gambia the elderly men wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat started on Saturday 18th February […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts cellphone repair workshop
Source: http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=39564 The Cell Phone Solution posted (March 3, 2017) Last year the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at hosted a cellphone repair workshop. Now, you might think this is trivial – but doesn’t everyone have at least one broken cell phone that needs fixing? Indeed, there’s a growing demand for this type of […]
Interfaith Healer: The Surprising Role of Jesus in Islam
THE ISLAMIC JESUS How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims By Mustafa Akyol 275 pp. St Martin’s Press. $26.99. How did a Jewish preacher who became the Christian Messiah also become one of the most admired figures in the Quran? Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish journalist […]
Nike unveils hijab for Muslim athletes
AP | Updated: Mar 8, 2017, 10.25 AM IST 134COMMENTS HIGHLIGHTS The Nike Pro Hijab has been in development for a year. Figure skater Zahra Lari was among those who tested it. FIBA has come under fire for banning headscarves during international competition. Figure skater Zahra Lari wears Nike’s new hijab for […]
Italian region bans women in face veils from entering hospitals
Source: The Local By Catherine Edwards The northern region of Liguria on Tuesday announced plans to ban the Islamic face veil from hospitals and other public institutions, in a bid […]
A Definition of Muslim Fundamentalists and Fundamentalism
Source: New Age Islam By T.O. Shanavas 17 November 2016 Sharia is central to Islamic faith. It is the Divine Law of Guidance for personal and public behaviour of Muslims, and justice to humanity. Justice is one word in Islam that wraps balance, harmony, fairness, mercy and equity together for […]
Islam Is Not A Religion Of Peace In Societies Where Faith Is Law
Source: Huffington Post By Kacem El Ghazzali Writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council Following the most recent terrorist attacks in Allah’s name in Brussels and elsewhere, the […]
Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring
Source: Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist March 6 The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning.Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the […]
Bayonne Zoning Board votes down Muslim community center
Source : NJ.com By Corey McDonald | The Jersey Journal Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the proposal failed to pass despite the Zoning Board voting 4-3 in […]
After Spying on Muslims, New York Police Agree to Greater Oversight
Source: The New York Times By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN Photo A restaurant on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens, in an area known as Little Morocco was under surveillance […]
Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools
Source: Miami Herald BY KRISTEN M. CLARK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Students and teachers in Florida’s public schools would more explicitly have the right to say the Lord’s Prayer, pray […]
Sunni? Shia? Hanbali? Ismali? Deobandi? A visual guide to the major & notable sects, schools & movements within Islam.
Sunni? Shia? Hanbali? Ismali? Deobandi? A visual guide to the major & notable sects, schools & movements within Islam. This is an ongoing, evolving diagram which we hope to add to. So please send us your ideas & corrections. Thanks to Imran Ali, Andrzej Mendel, Farshad Tami, Sajjad for corrections. […]
Muslims in Congress, Democrats blast new Trump travel ban: ‘Muslim Ban 2.0
Source: CNN By Tom LoBianco, CNN Washington (CNN)The two Muslim members of Congress swiftly blasted President Donald Trump’s new version of the travel ban as still targeting Muslim-majority countries — […]
Volcanoes could erupt much more, thanks to climate change
Source: BBC By Vivien Cumming, Dan John and Adam Proctor 6 March 2017 In the frozen world of Iceland, climate change is having a dramatic effect. It is melting the […]
Homophobic rabbi who mentors soldiers says IDF turns women ‘crazy’
Source: Times of Israel hey recruit them to the army, where they enter as Jews, but they’re not Jews by the time they leave,” he said. “Not in the genetic sense, but all of their values and priorities have been upset and we must not allow it.” “What happens if […]
Entire US Senate demands Trump take action on threats to Jewish centers
Source. T of Israel SHINGTON — In a remarkable display of bipartisanship, every single member of the United States Senate signed an open letter to the Trump administration Tuesday demanding that action be taken to address the ongoing surge in anti-Semitic incidents throughout the country. More:
IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital
Source: BBC More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan officials say. Militants armed with guns and grenades gained entry after one detonated explosives at a hospital gate and then opened fire on staff and patients. Commandos who […]
US and North Korea set for ‘head-on collision’
Source: CNN The United States and North Korea are set for a “head-on collision” with neither side willing to give way, China’s top diplomat has warned. In a week of heightened tensions in the region, Foreign Minister Wang Yi cautioned the US in unusually frank language against the deployment of […]
Trump could be impeached for falsely accusing Obama, says Harvard professor
Source: ET A Harvard University professor has claimed that US President Donald Trump could face impeachment if he lied when he claimed former president Barack Obama had ordered surveillance of his phones during the 2016 presidential campaign. Law professor Lawrence Tribe expressed these remarks in response to George Washington University […]