DEAN OBEIDALLAH 08.31.16 1:00 AM ET After the backlash when chicken hawk Donald Trump mocked the mother of American hero Capt. Humayun Khan, you might think he’d at least pause before launching another hateful attack on a grieving Muslim woman. But there he was Monday suggesting that Huma Abedin, […]
Source: The guardian By Dr Melissa Crouch, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Justice is a central theme in many faith traditions. For centuries, religious texts and teachings have given believers moral instruction on […]
Source: Time Chinese authorities have charged an American woman with espionage, after holding her since March last year. Sandy Phan-Gillis, 56, denies committing any crimes, reports Reuters, citing a letter the Texas businesswoman gave to a U.S. consular official in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Her husband, Jeff Gillis, […]
Source: Time By Zeke J Miller Republican nominee Donald Trump will make a hastily scheduled trip to Mexico Wednesday to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto just hours before he is scheduled to attempt to clarify his controversial, and sometimes conflicting, positions on immigration. The trip is a high-stakes gamble by […]
Source: Muftah By Qasim Rashid After intense international pressure, France’s highest court overturned the “Burkini” ban on Friday, August 26, 2016. Before the move, over a dozen French cities had banned the burkini. Most recently, armed officers forced a Muslim woman to dress down under threat of pepper spray and arrest, […]
Media gives skewed view of Muslims Re: Concerns rise over extremist teachings, Aug. 23 The article states that Islamic schools and mosques across Canada are filled with literature that perpetuate violence and fuel extremism. However the article provides little proof and maligns the efforts by peaceful Muslims who are engaged in […]
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 09/03/2016 and 09/04/2016 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Georgia: Unite, Not Divide at AJC Decatur Book Festival – Decatur Square, Decatur – See more at: http://www.wownow.com/Events/0903-090416-AMCGA.html#sthash.4GH4jetM.dpuf
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: What is the Difference between Satan & Iblis? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, Missionary […]
What’s the difference between a cult and a religion? Are all cults evil? What exactly is a cult? Religious scholar and host of CNN’s Believer Reza Aslan explains. Suggested Reading […]
Source: NY Times MUMBAI, India — In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more rights for Muslim women in India, the Bombay High Court on Friday ruled […]
The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has said. Demanding its immediate end, a spokesperson for the rights agency insisted the suspension had only succeeded in increasing […]
Source: ET The decision to bar men from the prayers drew criticism from Syria-born Danish lawmaker Naser Khader, who told broadcaster TV 2 that it was not “good enough” in a country like Denmark — known for having a high level of gender equality — to shy away from letting […]
Source: ET SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has had two senior officials executed by an anti-aircraft gun, according to South Korean media.The conservative daily, the JoongAng Ilbo, reported on Tuesday that former agriculture minister Hwang Min and Ri Yong-jin, a senior official at the education ministry, were executed by an […]
By Zubair Khan An email came. Sender was President International Women Club Zagreb. The club, somehow, came to know that we (husband and wife) originally belonged to Pakistan and it invited us to represent Pakistan in the International Christmas Bazar, an annual event organised regularly for many decades in prestigious […]
Source: BBC One of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of so-called Islamic State (IS) has been killed in Syria, IS-affiliated media say. In a statement distributed by the group’s supporters, Amaq News Agency reported that Abu Muhammad al-Adnani died in the province of Aleppo. He was “martyred while surveying […]
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister said Monday that the country is at war with an enemy trying to pit Muslims against non-Muslims, making […]
Source: The Guardian The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told an audience this weekend that he was ‘consumed with horror’ at the church’s treatment of gay people. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP […]
Source: The New York Times MITZPE DANNY, West Bank — One night in the fall of 1998, a self-professed “outpost entrepreneur” brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and established his first pirate settlement. Dozens of youthful supporters came to cheer on the entrepreneur, Shimon […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ali al-Mujahed and Paul Schemm SANAA, Yemen — A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives Monday in a mustering area for army recruits […]