Source: Times of Israel TA — With the presidential race heating up, a number of progressive Jewish commentators have portrayed the Republicans’ vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, as a conservative extremist opposed to Jewish beliefs and values. As officers of the only statewide, grassroots Jewish and Israel advocacy […]
Source: The Daily Beast Four years after a former Navy SEAL was threatened with prison for writing about the Osama bin Laden raid, the Pentagon has dropped its claim thatMatt Bissonnette revealed secrets harmful to national security. Bissonnette, who wrote No Easy Day under the pen name “Mark Owen,” will […]
Source: ET Volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along a beach. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: The ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit on some French beaches has triggered disdain in English-speaking countries, where outlawing religion-oriented clothing is seen as hampering integration. Newspaper commentators have condemned the ban as an absurdity, and […]
Source: Dawn When in 1951 Justice William O. Douglas of the US supreme court pronounced this test of free citizens, he was defining the concept of civil society. It comprises citizens who are not dependant on the favours of the state or its administrators. It is the state and the […]
Source: Huffington Post and Youtube “Almost every major religion in the world has a sentence, a commandment that is a version of, ‘Do unto others as you would have done […]
Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women German leader stops short of calling for a ban on full Muslim face veil but says a balance […]
Source: The Guardian Type “Muslim women” into Google Images and the most common photographs show a woman wearing a niqab staring out into the distance or straight into the camera. […]
Source: BBC Researchers may have discovered a method of detecting changes in the eye which could identify Parkinson’s disease before its symptoms develop. Scientists at University College London (UCL) say […]
Source: Associated Press By JAKE PEARSON and EZRA KAPLAN NEW YORK (AP) — At an emotional funeral service for a New York City imam and his assistant who were gunned […]
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and EMILY PALMER They arrived early, an hour before the judge started hearing cases on Thursday, taking up much of a long […]
Source: Portland Press Herald BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER Several members of Westbrook’s Muslim community were so terrified by threatening notes left at an apartment complex Wednesday morning that they […]
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed that women should be banned from wearing the face veil in schools and universities and while driving, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday. The move follows an influx last year of […]
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro No chest-pumping before the finish of this race. Usain Bolt was clear of the field, by a good body length, down the stretch of […]
Source: BBC By Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell is a Conservative member of parliament and a former International Development Secretary of the U.K. The Syrian city will stand forever as a symbol of international shame and failure Members of the United Nations Security Council should go to bed tonight with the picture […]
Source: BBC US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity over his involvement in a dispute about an armed robbery. He was one of four gold medallists who hit the headlines after teammate Ryan Lochte claimed that the group had been robbed at […]
Source: BBC The ride-sharing firm Uber will, for the first time, allow users to hail self-driving cars within a fortnight, the company has confirmed. Uber said the launch would take […]
Source: thespec.com Muslim sect marks half century in Canada ahmadiyya.ca: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama` are marking 50 years in Canada. Hamilton Spectator | By Steve Arnold They cried for their neighbour Nathan Cirillo, they condemn all violence in the name of their religion, they support education for women and believe loving Canada is […]
Source: kerrycollison.blogspot.in Thursday, August 18, 2016 WikiLeaks ‘Saudi Cables’ reveal secret push to stop Ahmadiyya in Indonesia The Saudi Cables include identification cards, visa requests and summaries of news media coverage of the kingdom. The most informative are diplomatic cables from Saudi embassies around the world to the foreign ministry, […]
Source: islamindallas.org Honor our 9/11 victims by saving lives AUGUST 18, 2016 As we commemorate the 15th anniversary of the deadly attacks on our nation, this 9/11, as with previous few years, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is organizing blood drives nationwide. Over the past few years, we are thankful to our friends and neighbors, […]
Posted on Aug 19, 2016 | By Haroon Balogun Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria, Dr Mashhud Fashola has described the hundred years of the Jamaat’s existence in Nigeria as a manifestation of Allah’s Grace and Majesty in support of the claim of Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. Dr Fasola said […]