Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT SALT LAKE CITY — Donald J. Trump has vowed to turn blue states red in November, but as he continues to rattle Republicans […]
Ibtihaj Muhammad Makes History in Rio
Source: Time By Sean Gregory / Rio de Janeiro Were you hoping Donald Trump was watching? “Who?” Ibtihaj Muhammad, the American fencer who had just lost to Cecilia Berder, of France, in the round of 16 at the women’s individual saber event in Rio, coyly replied with a smile. Her dream […]
Humans First Used Tools to Eat Meat 250,000 Years Ago. Here’s What the Discovery Means
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger A dig in the desert reveals crude technology dating back a quarter of a million years If you’re a developing species with dreams of dominating your […]
UK: Supreme Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad does an inspection of arrangements for the 50th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana)
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Inspection of Jalsa Salana 2016 takes place 3-DAY ANNUAL CONVENTION BEGINS ON FRIDAY AT HADEEQATUL MAHDI IN HAMPSHIRE The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conducted an inspection for the arrangements of the 50th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya […]
Who Made the World a Mess?
Zubair K Khan According to Spengler, who always lambasted current US policies, American General Michael Hayden, who ran the National Security Agency and later the Central Intelligence Agency in the George W. Bush administration was perhaps the most prominent signatory of a letter from fifty former US national security officials who served in […]
Glasgow shopkeeper killer sentenced to 27 years
BBC.COM http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37021385#” A man has been jailed for life after he admitted the religiously-motivated murder of a Glasgow shopkeeper whom he claimed had “disrespected” Islam.Sunni Muslim Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford in Yorkshire, stabbed 40-year-old Asad Shah outside his store in Shawlands on 24 March. Ahmed had said he killed […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s nationwide campaign #MobileMuslims stops in Saskatchewan to end Islamophobia
Mobile exhibition in Regina on Tuesday, then on to Moose Jaw and Saskatoon Source: cbc.ca This van and trailer departed from Halifax on July 10 and arrives in Regina on Tuesday. (Antoni Nerestant/CBC) A mobile exhibition that aims to stop Islamophobia has arrived in Saskatchewan. The travelling display is a campaign […]
UK: Leaders of the Ahmadiyya mosque in Glasgow have vowed not to “let hate prevail”
Source: m.eveningtimes.co.uk Leaders of the Ahmadiyya mosque in Glasgow have vowed not to “let hate prevail” following the sentencing of Tanveer Ahmed, who murdered popular Shawlands shopkeeper Asad Shah. However they warned of possible “copycats” taking inspiration from the killer and carrying out further extremist attacks. Taxi driver Tanveer Ahmed, 32, travelled from […]
UK: Western Europe’s biggest mosque ‘The Bait-ul-futuh’ will be redesigned
Source: qz.comqz.comqz.com Western Europe’s biggest mosque complex will be redesigned to counter anti-Muslim stereotypes The Baitul Futuh, in the south London neighborhood of Morden, with a capacity of 10,000. Like many European mosques, it was not purpose-built. The original structure, purchased in 1996, was a disused bottling plant in a narrow […]
UK: Dewsbury Minster teamed up with the Spen Valley branch of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to hold the tea party
Source: examiner.co.ukexaminer.co.uk Food, drinks, a raffle, henna tattoos and nail art were also on offer. Dewsbury Minster teamed up with the Spen Valley branch of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to hold the tea party. But it was tinged with sadness as organisers were aware that the Forget Me Not hospice was […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim community participates in the “National Tree Day” at more than 20 sites all around Australia
Source: communitynews.com.au Trees are a blessing in Islam Written by Anjum H Qaisrani, South Lake Fremantle Gazette OPINION IN Islam, planting trees is a continued charity for the one who plants them. This means that every time anyone receives any benefit from a tree such as eating its fruit or sitting under […]
UK: Thirty Thousand Converge to attend the Golden Jubilee of Britain’s Biggest Annual Islamic Gathering Organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: benzinga.combenzinga.com London, UK (PRWEB UK) 8 August 2016 – 50th annual Convention celebrates Golden Jubilee in Britain Interview and Photo Opportunities: 5-14 August Convention Dates: 12-14 August Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim leader Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad to renew calls for freedom, peace and justice – and for Muslims to redouble efforts […]
UK: Martyred Ahmadi Muslim Asad Ahmad’s killer Tanveer Ahmed Given Life For ‘Execution’
Mr Shah and his family had moved to Scotland from Pakistan in the 1990s to escape persecution. His final Facebook update offered Easter greetings “to my beloved Christian nation”. A statement released on behalf of Mr Shah’s family said: “Asad’s family have lost a peaceful, kind and loving brother, son and uncle who […]
Who deserves the blame for making the world such a dangerous place?
Source: Asia Times: Gen. Hayden was perhaps the most prominent signator of a letter from fifty former national security officials who served in Republican administrations, declaring that Donald Trump “lacks the character, values and experience” required of a president and, if elected, “would put at risk our country’s national security and […]
Pokemon Go eludes cloning attempts by big game studios: Executives
Source: Asia Times. The success in getting players onto their feet was seen as brilliant but difficult to replicate, and the deft use of mapping technology also sets a high bar. Pokemon Go developer Niantic Inc, spun off from Google Inc, had no comment. Analysts calculate the game is on […]
U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad’s Dad: Women Should Never Argue With Men
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has become Team USA’s most outspoken Trump-slayer, but her dad says women shouldn’t embarrass or stand up to men. RIO DE JANEIRO—The first U.S. Olympian to compete in a hijab had just made her competition debut, but Ibtihaj Muhammad’s father had other things on his mind. He’s overwhelmed with pride […]
Putin offers Turkey’s Erdogan closer ties
Source: BBC Russia is ready to restore economic co-operation and other ties with Turkey, President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg. It is […]
To My Muslim-American Friend: About Your Hijab
Source: Huffington Post By Jennifer Reinharz, M.S.Ed: Writes for children. Blogs for grown ups. Teacher. CrossFitter. Interfaith Mom. Thank you for introducing yourself to me on the school yard when […]
As a psychiatrist I’ve seen how culture affects views of mental illness
Source: The Guardian The UK has become more ethnically diverse in the past 20 years. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/LNP/Rex/Shutterstock By Yasir Abbasi Clinical director and consultant psychiatrist for addiction services, Mersey […]
Family of boy arrested over homemade clock sues Texas school officials
Source: The Guardian The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Texas school officials and […]