Source: Time By Maya Rhodan A federal district court judge in Texas blocked the Obama administration’s controversial rule to expand overtime pay. The nationwide injunction affects millions of workers who would have been eligible for overtime starting Dec. 1 under the rule, which raised the salary limit for overtime pay from […]
Source: Time (WASHINGTON)—President-elect Donald Trump is calling for unity in a Thanksgiving address posted on social media. In the message released Wednesday, Trump says the nation has just finished a “long and bruising” campaign and that “tensions don’t just heal overnight.” Trump says he is praying that on Thanksgiving the […]
Source: BBC Nearly 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a security official says. The blast […]
Source: Fox News GREENVILLE, Miss. – Back in the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. observed that Sunday morning is the most segregated time of the week in America, […]
Source: Associated Press By Cindy Boren Sixteen-year-old Amaiya Zafar was about to put on her gloves Sunday at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships inhij, Fla., when officials called off the impending fight. Zafar, a devout Muslim from Oakdale, Minn., wears a hijab under her headgear as well as a […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of the architects of the program, Kris Kobach, to his […]
Source: Hartford Courant BY Alaine Griffin Contact Reporter At a gathering that included refugees from Syria and their advocates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that he does not expect federal policies regarding resettlement to change, but promised to fight any attempt by the federal government to restrict refugees based on […]
Source: New Jersey Advance Media NEWARK – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Bernards Township, alleging it violated federal law in its denial of the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge’s plan […]
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1238698/forgotten-legend-abdus-salams-death-anniversary-passes-without-mention/ By Rana Tanveer, Published: November 22, 2016 LAHORE: The 20th death anniversary of Pakistan’s first Nobel prize winner Dr Abdus Salam passed away without any significant mentions on Monday. The only event in his memory is scheduled at his alma mater, the Government College University (GCU) Lahore, and that too two […]
Source: https://www.evensi.us/coffee-cake-and-true-islam-ahmadiyya-muslim-community/192741350 Coffee, Cake, and True Islam Saturday 26 November 2016 5:00 PM Saturday 26 November 2016 6:00 PM Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Fitchburg, MA. chapter › Coffee, Cake, and True Islam AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY FITCHBURG, MA. CHAPTER 370 MAIN STREET, FITCHBURG, 1420, MA, UNITED STATES
Source: http://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/gazette/2016-11-21/ahmadiyya-insight-into-islam/ 21 November 2016 10:02 AM Guests having lunch with members of the community. THE Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Victoria hosted 25 Cardinia Shire residents at its Bait-ul Salam (House of Peace) mosque in Langwarrin on Saturday 19 November. The tour, which was organised by the Cardinia Interfaith Network, aims to […]
LAHORE: By Rana Tanveer Published: November 24, 2016 tribune.com.pk Religious beliefs are personal and must not be used against anyone. While Dr Abdus Salam brought the name of Pakistan to the international stage, Pakistanis do not consider him one of their countrymen because of his beliefs. These views were expressed by […]
Source: http://katu.com/news/local/local-muslim-community-overwhelmed-by-messages-of-support by Catherine Van, KATU News \ Saturday, November 19th 2016 http://katu.com/embed/news/local/local-muslim-community-overwhelmed-by-messages-of-support Picture of the anonymous note left on the mosque in Southwest Portland. PORTLAND, Ore. — The FBI says 2015 saw the highest spike in hate crimes against Muslims since 9/11, and local Muslims feel the impact. While many feel uneasy […]
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/muslim-allies-supporters-decorate-mosque-sidewalk-chalk_us_58335b44e4b030997bc0cb6f Elyse WanshelAssociate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post TARIQ AMJED Chalk it up to spreading hope. Messages of love, compassion and support scrawled on the sidewalk of a mosque in Virginia is making folks on Twitter cry happy tears. On Sunday, members of the Mubarak Mosque in Chantilly, Virginia were delighted […]
Source: http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/vigilante-groups-can-plunge-country-into-chaos-ahmadiyya-leader/ IN NEWS / BY GLADYS FRIMPOMAA / ON NOVEMBER 23, 2016 AT 9:15 AM / Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, has added his voice to calls for the disbandment of vigilante groups, ahead of the 2016 polls, warning that they can […]
Source: http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/ahmadiyya-muslim-association-presents-annual-peace-conference-1.3170181 Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presents, Annual Peace Conference Published Monday, November 21, 2016 1:51PM EST Name of the event: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presents, Annual Peace Conference Date: Sunday December 4th, 2016 Time: Registrations begin at 1:30PM and the main event will be between 2:00PM and 3:30PM. Free meetings with other women and visits […]
Source: http://www.monroemonitor.com/2016/11/21/monroe-police-fire-appreciation-week/ By: Chris Hendrickson Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Outreach Director Waqas Malik thanked the police and fire departments for their service. “I am particularly appreciative of the work that these two departments do,” Malik said. “In the teachings of Islam there is a very fundamental teaching, which says that ‘Let there […]
Source: http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/11/22/council-of-europe-commissioner/ by MICHAEL NUGENT on NOVEMBER 22, 2016 Today our unique secular alliance met Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss children’s rights in Irish publicly funded national schools. Jane Donnelly told Commissioner Muižnieks that she was proud to speak on behalf of Atheist Ireland, Evangelical […]
Source: http://www.middletownpress.com/general-news/20161123/middletown-area-muslim-americans-offer-message-of-love-understanding Middletown-area Muslim Americans offer message of love, understanding Middletown resident Miyan Zahir Muhammad Manna, mosque outreach director, holds the Holy Quran at the Baitul Aman “House of Peace” mosque, based in Meriden, for the statewide chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Kathleen Schassler — The Middletown Press By Kathleen […]
By John W. Whitehead Global Research, November 23, 2016 The Rutherford Institute 21 November 2016 “We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth.”—Former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg Let’s talk about fake news stories, shall we? There’s […]