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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY Defining Protestant identity By Olivier Pauchard DEC 28, 2016 – Attempts by Martin Luther (1483-1546) to reform the church from neighbouring Germany found fertile soil in Switzerland. (akg-images / Doris Poklekowski) The year 2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther’s theses that sparked […]
Sunnah is the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) and interpretations of the Quran. It is necessary for all the Muslims around the world to follow Sunnah in every matter of their […]
By AFP – Dec 29,2016 -JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State John Kerry lays out his vision for peace between Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State in Washington, DC (AFP photo) WASHINGTON —In a stern parting shot, US Secretary […]
Dec 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It has become an annual tradition: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and members of his government spend a few days before and during Christmas Day in Bethlehem. While Abbas’ participation in the midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity is the highlight of the […]