Record number of refugees opt to leave in 2016
Source: Aljazeera Nearly 55,000 migrants and refugees who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by 20,000 from the number […]
NYPD allows Sikh and Muslim officers to grow beards
Source: Aljazeera In a move aimed at inclusion, the New York Police Department also agrees to allow Sikhs to wear turbans. NYPD Sikh officers will be allowed to wear turbans […]
2016 and the truth behind fake news
Source: Aljazeera by Belen Fernandez @MariaBelen_Fdez Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine. The […]
Reporting while Muslim: how I covered the US presidential election
Source: The Guardian By Sabrina Siddiqui “We should exterminate them.” The words rolled off the voter’s tongue as though he was merely discussing a pest invasion in his home. He was […]
The Muslim gender gap in educational attainment is shrinking
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARYLE MURPHYLEAVE A COMMENT On average, Muslim men around the world have more formal schooling than women, a fact well-known by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala […]
How the U.S. came to abstain on a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements
Source: The Washington Post By Karen DeYoung December 28 at 8:11 PM On Dec. 21, amid his morning workout, an afternoon round of golf and a family dinner with friends, […]
Nigeria’s Sultan of Sokoto rejects gender equality bill
Source: BBC Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men inherit an equal share. The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohamed Sa’ad […]
Thai junta grants king power to appoint top monk
Source: Yahoo News Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s military government on Thursday granted the king power to appoint the Buddhist country’s top monk, a move aimed at resolving a bitter power […]
On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly TAL SAMAN, Syria — “Raqqa we are coming” say the words spray-painted in Kurdish at the entrance to this empty little town, which […]
New York’s Sikh police officers to replace hats with turbans
Source: BBC The New York Police Department said the turbans must be navy blue and have the NYPD insignia attached. Under the new rules, religious members of the force are […]
4 TED Talks Tackling Islamophobia
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Former B.C. premier blasts India’s plan to build giant $700M statue
thestar.com Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian Minister of Health, said “Building a statue isn’t going to feed anyone, it isn’t going to clothe anybody, it isn’t going to provide schools.” Retired Canadian politician Ujjal Dosanjh has written an open letter to the prime minister of India, criticizing plans to build a statue worth […]
From the Archives: A Short Sketch of Muslim History
Professor Abdus Salam This short article was written by Dr. Abdus Salam at the age of 26, when he was a professor of mathematics at Government College, Lahore, in 1951. Professor Salam took the position of Chair of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London, in 1957 and was later […]
Paradise on Earth
Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as The Review of Religions, January 1997 Translated by Amatul-Hadi Ahmad On the evening of 16 August 1902, after the evening prayer, the Promised Messiah (as), as was his practice, sat down with his companions, for general conversation and discussion. Someone presented him with a note […]
View from Turkey: World Muslims looking up to Turkey with hope
İLNUR ÇEVIK@ilnurcevik Chicago – U.S. Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar, vice president of the Turkish Women’s Democratic Association (KADEM) and the daughter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addressed a huge gathering of Muslims of northern America in Chicago on Tuesday (early Wednesday in Turkey), which clearly showed that the Muslims of the […]
Russian official says Erdoğan right in US support for Daesh, as US embassy denies claims
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Armed men wearing YPG uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on May 25, 2016. (AFP Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is right in […]
Jesus in India
Ahmadi Muslims hold the unique belief that Jesus (peace be upon him) survived the crucifixion and traveled towards India to continue his ministry among the Lost Tribes of Israel. Furthermore, they claim that his tomb, containing his body, has been recently re-discovered in India where it can be seen to this day. Ahmadi […]
Mufti slams Israeli ‘Judaization’ policies in Old City of Jerusalem
DEC. 28, 2016 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Sheikh Mohammed Hussein warned in statement Wednesday that Israeli authorities were going “too far” with excavation and construction activities in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, saying that the digging endangered the lives and properties of Jerusalemites.Hussein added […]
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan contradicts the teachings of Islam
Pakistan has a long road ahead in term of healing the wounds of its minority population December 24, 2016 Haris Raja Pakistan has a dark history of persecution against the Ahmadiyya community. Since its inception the right wing extremists have been causing agitations and inciting harsh treatment against Ahmadis based […]
Turkey and Russia have ceasefire plan for Syria, says Ankara
Reuters International DEC 28, 2016 – A general view shows damage in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By Orhan Coskun and Ellen Francis ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey and Russia have prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, Turkey’s foreign minister said […]