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 […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslim medical students casted in Chris Hemsworth movie “Horse Soldiers”
Source: http://thedo.osteopathic.org/2017/03/bcom-students-cast-in-a-chris-hemsworth-movie-filming-in-new-mexico/ By JESSICA SALOPEK EmailTHURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 When a classmate at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces sent Humza Ahmed, Haris Ahmed and Harris Ahmed a casting call for movie extras, they took it as more of a joke. Humza Ahmed and Haris Ahmed are brothers […]
Police say attack on Saudi King Salman, Arab royalties foiled ahead of Malaysia visit
REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Saudi King Salman, left, listens to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during the MOU signing ceremony in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo) Malaysia on Tuesday said seven militants arrested late last month ahead of a visit Saudi Arabia’s King Salman were planning an attack […]
Ibn Khaldun: the 14th century genius
HAKAN ARSLANBENZER ISTANBUL PublishedMarch 3, 2017 Known as the forerunner of the modern disciplines of sociology and demography, Ibn Khaldun was an Arabic scholar who was born into the rich […]
Afghan family with U.S. visas detained on arrival in Los Angeles -filing
Reuters International MAR 5, 2017 – By Sue Horton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. agents detained an Afghan family of five with valid entry visas at Los Angeles International Airport and have been holding them for several days in California, according to legal papers filed in federal court in […]
Splintering of Dutch politics augurs instability after election
Reuters International MAR 6, 2017 – Dutch Campaign posters are seen in front of a windmill in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 1 2017. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (reuters_tickers) By Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands faces political disarray after the March 15 election as mainstream parties, diminished by losses […]
Iraq security forces take Mosul’s main government complex, museum building
Reuters International MAR 7, 2017 – Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their […]
The East India Company: The original corporate raiders
Guardian: For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant one of the very first Indian words to enter the English language was the Hindustani slang for plunder: “loot”. According to the […]
Why the next religious revival in the West may be Islamic
The Week: Is ISIS Islamic? The president has weighed in, describing ISIS as a perversion of Islam. Graeme Wood’s massively researched cover story for The Atlantic argues that, by the lights of the group’s own adherents, yes, ISIS is very Islamic. Still others point out that the very question is […]