Amid community concerns, N. Philly mosque moving along toward completion Samaria Bailey Tribune Correspondent | Posted Yesterday Even as they face a nation that has nominated presidential candidate prejudiced against Muslims, and a community that has mixed emotions about its presence in their neighborhood, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Philadelphia Chapter, will open […]
Karamatullah K Ghori is a seasoned career diplomat, author and former ambassador of Pakistan who has had a ringside view of history. He is now based in Ontario, Canada. An Ode to My ‘Departed Soul’ – Karamatullah K Ghori in Karamatullah K. Ghori 4 days ago 0 210 Views My wife of 48 years […]
Olympians in Hijab and Bikini Roger Cohen AUG. 11, 2016 739 Photo Doaa Elghobashy, left, of Egypt and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany compete in the women’s preliminary beach volleyball during the Olympics in Rio. CreditLucy Nicholson/Reuters Since I saw a photograph of an Egyptian and a German beach volleyball player confronting each […]
Meet Aaron ‘Harun’ Driver, Canada’s latest Jihadi Terrorist who wanted to kill in the name of Islam and ISIS, the Islamic State by Tarek Fatah • August 12, 2016 • 0 Comments OTTAWA, Canada — Police aired a video on Thursday showing slain terror suspect Aaron ‘Haroon’ Driver railing against western “enemies of Islam,” a […]
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam “Prophet Muhammad (saw) warned us about ISIS” in the voice Kashif Chaudhry (@KashifMD) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, Officially Incharge of Social Media Wing, Sierra Leone; Missionary in Sierra Leone; Lecturer in Jamia Ahmadiyya, Sierra Leone; Vice President, Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Sierra Leone; Editor African Crescent, Sierra Leone; […]
Source: vanguardngr.com …as UK Jalsa opens with over 35,000 delegates. By Ishola Balogun, London In what was described as the largest annual gathering in Britain, over 35,000 Ahmadi Muslims converged at the Oakland Farm, Hadeeqatul Madhi, Hampshire, London for a three-day world conference to discuss ways of promoting peace, tolerance, poverty eradication […]
Source: eveningtimes.co.uk GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – AUGUST 09: Ahmed Owusu-Konadu (Ahmadiyya spokesman) (left) and Qureshi Daud Ahmad (Regional Missionary) speak during a press conference at the Ahmadiyya Glasgow Mosque. HUNDREDS of members of the Glasgow Ahmadi Muslim community are to attend an peace-promoting conference. Around 200 Ahmadiyya Muslims from across the city […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Driven from Pakistan and now reeling from murder of Asad Shah in Glasgow, Ahmadis seek ‘spiritual uplift’ at Jalsa Salana By […]
Source: croydonguardian.co.uk Pakistani man Ali Munir could be deported to country where he was ‘kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading’ Ali Munir volunteers with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association An asylum-seeker who claims he was kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading in Pakistan because of his religious beliefs has narrowly avoided […]
Source: phillytrib.com No specific date has been announced for the opening of a new 21,000-square-foot mosque currently being constructed in North Philadelphia. — TRIBUNE PHOTO BY SAMARIA BAILEY Even as they face a nation that has nominated presidential candidate prejudiced against Muslims, and a community that has mixed emotions about its […]
Source: vanguardngr.com Ahmadiyya elders give free medical services Elders group of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria, Majlis Ansarullah, has planned a free médical serviçes for people in Ogbese, Ikere-Ekiti, as part of its 41st Annual National Ijtema (Convention) slated for Friday, August 5-7, 2016 at the Ekiti State Government College, Ikere-Ekiti, […]
NYTimes.com 2016/08/11 By MARK SAMETHAUG. 12, 2016 In the 1970s a cousin of mine, Paula Grossman, became one of the first people in America to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. As Paul Monroe Grossman, Cousin Paula had been a beloved music teacher in New Jersey. She was fired after her surgery, and she […]
Majlis Tahaffuz e Khatm e Nabuwwat Protest against Inclusion of Ahmediyyas in Muslim Census Aug 11, 2016 HYDERABAD: The Majlis Tahaffuze Khatme Nabuwat (MTKN), a body of prominent religious scholars, on Tuesday slammed the Centre for treating the Ahmadiyyas, also known as Qadiyanis, as a part of the Muslim community […]
Source: the Dallas Morning News By Caleb Downs Follow @calebjdowns cdowns@dallasnews.com Breaking News reporter A woman is suing Dallas County after she says her job offer with the sheriff’s office […]
Adrian Hedden, The Republic | azcentral.com At 36 years old, it was as if life was just beginning for Amanjeet Singh “Sonny” Toor. His wife, Kamaldeep Kaur, had finally made the move four months ago to Phoenix from India, six years after his own immigration journey. Toor was friendly, happy and hard-working. Even his […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Marion Renault A woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers after she said the officers profiled her based on her religious garb and assaulted her outside a CTA train station last year. On July […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein In perhaps the most extensive religious speech of the campaign season, which doubled as a plea to black voters, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Thursday described his faith identity and values as shaped largely by his experiences living and worshiping among Latino […]
Source: Detroit Free Press Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Department of Justice are investigating whether a proposed mosque was […]
Source: Time By Simon Shuster It would have been a suicide mission, and a rather pointless one. But that is roughly the picture that Russian President Vladimir Putin painted on Wednesday […]
Source: BBC More than 70 Republicans have signed a letter to the party’s National Committee head urging him to stop helping Donald Trump’s campaign. They said Mr Trump’s “divisiveness” and […]