Reuters International FEB 14, 2017 – FILE PHOTO:Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Campaigning for the Dutch election kicks off on Wednesday […]
Source: http://taskandpurpose.com/this-muslim-marine-vet-wants-to-change-the-way-americans-think-about-islam/ This Muslim Marine Vet Wants To Change The Way Americans Think About Islam COMMUNITY This Muslim Marine Vet Wants To Change The Way Americans Think About Islam By DAVID LEFFLER on February 13, 2017 T&P ON FACEBOOK How a Marine Corps veteran has started a national dialogue with one simple statement: […]
A man from Nebraska has spoken to local press about his change of heart regarding Muslims in the United States. John Dutcher, a resident of Omaha, told KETV news how his prejudice against Muslims had changed when a number of new families from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, moved into his […]
Source: http://hrwf.eu/algeria-waves-of-arrests-of-ahmadis/ By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (06.02.2017) – In the last two weeks of January 2017, many Ahmadis were arrested during multiple police crackdowns in Algeria. Their names have not been made public. In Sidi Bel Abbès, two individuals were sentenced to three years in prison, three […]
Trump’s Muslim ban was painfully evocative of Jewish stories of migration to the US – or tragic accounts of family members denied entry to the US as refugees, only to be killed in the Holocaust. Dozens of rabbis were recently arrested while demonstrating against the ban outside Trump Tower Rachel Shabi […]
Presenter: Natana J. DeLong-Bas This presentation covers major themes in Islam, including the role of the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad, the 5 Pillars, and common beliefs and scriptural ties […]
The official reason given for the cancellation is the election in Germany, but German and Israeli sources say the real reason was Berlin’s anger at Israel’s expropriation law. Barak Ravid Feb 13, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to cancel a joint summit with Israel’s government, scheduled for May 10 […]
Caline Malek February 14, 2017 Topics: United Nations About Lana Nusseibeh Lana Nusseibeh was appointed Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations in New York in September 2013. She was elected President of the Executive Board of UN Women last month and also serves as co-chair of […]
Source: BBC Toshiba chairman Shigenori Shiga has resigned, hours after the Japanese conglomerate revealed details of a multi-billion dollar loss. Earlier Toshiba had delayed issuing its results, but it then […]
Source: BBC A drone that can carry people will begin “regular operations” in Dubai from July, the head of the city’s Roads and Transportation Agency has announced at the World […]
Source: Time By Amanda MacMillan Take caution when shoveling yourself out of a fresh snowstorm: A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds that days following heavy snowfall […]
Source: Associated Press Zeke J Miller,Philip Elliott Capping crippling weeks of disclosures about President Trump’s top national security aide, the White House late Monday evening sent Michael Flynn packing and […]
Wars and principles and regulations When the Holy Prophet(sa) engaged in a battle, he used to firmly order that: No woman be killed; No children be killed; The old not be impeded; Nothing be said to the refugees, monks or hermits; No person be set on fire; No animal be […]
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW BARAKAT McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A federal judge Monday granted a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing its travel ban in Virginia, adding another judicial ruling to those already in place challenging the ban’s constitutionality. The ruling is significant from a legal standpoint […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A national organization of university religious leaders elected its first Muslim president last week in a move that could influence college diversity for years. […]
Source: Reuters By Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century. The city has not had […]
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY The carpeted prayer hall at the grand mosque in the French city of Bordeaux is full on a recent Friday afternoon. Behind a sculpted wooden railing […]
A speech delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV at the Inter‑religious Consults, Suriname, on 3rd June 1991 Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ, […]
Source: BBC Ask about change in Saudi Arabia. The reply used to be: it will come, in its own way and in its own time, in the conservative kingdom. It […]
Source: BBC The Swedish government has defended its decision to have its officials wear headscarves during a trip to Iran, saying that failing to do so would have broken the […]