Source: http://wtnh.com/2016/11/11/religious-leaders-look-to-build-unity-in-ct-amid-division/ MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Being targeted over their faith is nothing new to the Ahmaddiya Muslim Community in Connecticut. It was exactly a year ago when a neighbor opened fire on their mosque, shooting live rounds inside the empty building. “There is nothing to fear,” said Zahir Muhammad Mannan, […]
A hopeful outlook Still, many shared optimism about what a Trump presidential term could bring. Saima Sheikh is a Dallas-based spokeswoman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, an international Islamic movement. She told A-J Media her organization congratulates the newly elected president and wishes him a successful term. “We respect and […]
Young Muslims from Hartlepool raise funds for Poppy Appeal Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Local AMYA Youth leader for Hartlepool with members of the community. Young Muslims from Hartlepool are raising thousands of pounds for the Poppy Appeal in Hartlepool. Youngsters from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have been out in […]
The Pan African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, PAAMA, UK, is celebrating the 100 years of the AHMADIYYA Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria at the Baitul Futuh Mosque Morden, UK on November 20th as part of their contributions to the grand finale of the 100 years celebration in Nigeria coming up on the 16th […]
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/barka-jumah-3/ By Haroon Balogun – Dialogue with Allah Sustain reverent dialogue with Allah through prayers. Prayer is the real power point of faith. All your troubles ain’t grounds for regret. They are mere challenges to be conquered. Triumph ain’t cheap nor easy. Waste not your time in doubt nor fear. […]
“All pillars of Islam teach worship of Allah and peace”, said Imam Shamshad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago. Report by : Riyaz Ahmed, Chicago. On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Pastor Kristen Larsen of the First United Methodist Church, 424 Forest Ave,Glen Ellyn, IL, invited the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday banned Islamic Research Foundation(IRF), the NGO of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik+ , as an ‘unlawful organisation’ for five years with immediate effect. The ban has been enforced under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and approved at a meeting of the Union […]
Source: Daily Beast More than 300 hate crimes have been reported since the presidential election last week, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Most cases of harassment and intimidation occurred in schools and on university campuses, with many cases involving direct references to Donald Trump, the watchdog group told […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) The day after President-elect Donald Trump appointed a man accused of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as his chief strategist, two of the nation’s largest Jewish and […]
Source: Time By Kate Samuelson “The organization brings Islamic jihadists together under the pretext of the harmless distribution of the Quran” An Islamist organization that distributes German-language copies of the Quran to passers-by has been banned by the German government who accused it of recruiting would-be jihadists to fight in Syria […]
Source: The Local Party leaders have been wrangling for months over whom to nominate as a potential successor to President Joachim Gauck, a 76-year-old former pastor from the ex-communist East Germany who is stepping down due to his advanced age. On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) agreed on […]
Source: BBC By Dave Seminara 8 November 2016 For travellers accustomed to picking up at the drop of a hat and jetting off to Rio or Riyadh without a care […]
Source: The Local While leaders of Germany’s traditional political parties reacted to Trump’s victory with “shock”, and the far-right with glee, German media took on a more foreboding tone. The cover of Der Spiegel’s weekly edition, released this weekend, shows a giant meteor in the shape of Trump’s head, hurtling […]
Source: BBC Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been accused of taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover. Russia’s main anti-corruption body, the Investigative Committee (SK), said he received a payment of $2m (£1.6m). Mr Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official held since the 1991 coup attempt in what […]
Source: The Local The group, called The True Religion (Die wahre Religion), is now also banned, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. German officials consider the group to be unconstitutional and against the principle of having understanding among different nations, according to DPA information.”Across the country, jihadist Islamists came together […]
Source: The New York Times By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A powerful bomb blast ripped through a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday evening, killing at least 52 people and wounding at least 100 others, officials said. The bombing, believed to have been carried out by a suicide […]
Source: the Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan November 13 at 5:39 PM An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman sits in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched a few […]
Source: Detroit Free Press Ann Arbor police are looking for a man who demanded that a University of Michigan student remove her hijab, a headscarf often worn by Muslim women, or be set on fire with a lighter. The woman complied, according to a crime alert from the university’s division of […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN MINNEAPOLIS — Emma Blom grew up in the Scandinavian heartland of rural Minnesota, reliably attending her small town’s Lutheran church. She […]
Donald Trump was facing angry demands on Monday to reverse his appointment of a man accused of fanning the flames of neo-Nazism and white supremacy as his White House chief strategist. The selection of Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of the far-right website Breitbart News and the CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign, […]