USA: CT Valley Views Interview with Zahir Mannan, Ted Hakey Jr. & Jeff Cohen
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UK: Ahmadi Muslim community spokesman Ahmed Owusu-Konadu says, “no one should be murdered for their faith”
Source: bbc.com Asad Shah murder: ‘No one should be murdered for their faith’ 9 August 2016 Last updated at 14:01 BST Members of the Ahmadi Muslim community have praised the “spirit of humanity” shown in the city of Glasgow after the religiously motivated murder of a shopkeeper. Tanveer Ahmed travelled from […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslim Asad Shah’s murder prompts Scots law review
Source: bbc.com Asad Shah murder prompts Scots law review 9 August 2016 | From the sectionScotland SPINDRIFT: Asad Shah was murdered outside his shop in Glasgow The law covering religiously aggravated crimes is to be reviewed in the wake of the murder of Asad Shah. The Crown Office decided the circumstances of the […]
UK: World Leading Expert Barrie Schwortz Brings “Shroud Of Turin” Replica To Ahmadiyya Muslim’s 50th Jalsa Salana (Annual convention)
Source: The Review of Religions Barrie Schwortz returns to Ahmadi Muslim’s 50th Jalsa Salana UK with the replica of the Shroud of Turin to show this historic relic at the convention which hosts 30,000 people annually. Check out the video to find out more.
Canadian Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns Hospital Attack in Quetta, Pakistan
Source: ahmadiyya.ca Press Release Date: August 8, 2016 For Immediate Release: August 08, 2016 Spokesperson: Safwan Choudhry – 647 248 0191 mediarelations@ahmadiyya.ca @AMJCanadaPress Canadian Muslim Community Condemns Hospital Attack in Quetta, Pakistan Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at mourns the loss of innocent lives in Quetta The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada denounces the senseless attack […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s nationwide campaign #MobileMuslims stops in Regina to dispel Islamophobia
CANADA August 9, 2016 7:39 pm | Updated: August 9, 2016 7:41 pm Mobile Muslim exhibit seeks to dispel misconceptions about Islam By Christa DaoReporter Global News Mobile Muslim campaign makes a stop in Regina, wants to promote peace and positivity about Islam. [Sean Lerat-Stetner / Global News] A nationwide campaign […]
Trump’s new attention seeking behavior: ‘Obama Founded ISIS’
Obama Founded ISIS Source: The Daily Beast Speaking to a crowd in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Wednesday night, Republican nominee Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Chicago holds an interfaith dialogue with Holy Qur’an Exhibition at Sycamore Public Library
Source: midweeknews.com Local Muslims reach out to neighbors By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton @shawmedia.com Emad Malick of DeKalb is Muslim. You might be able to guess that by the traditional clothing he wears, his beard or the way he talks. But he would prefer if his actions spoke louder than stereotypes […]
Catholic priest jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing 13 children
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent A Catholic priest and former children’s home worker has been jailed for 12 years after admitting the sexual abuse of 13 children dating back to the 1970s. Philip Temple, 66, was sentenced at Woolwich crown court after pleading guilty to 20 charges of […]
Germany: Burka ban to be proposed in security clampdown
Source: BBC Germany’s interior minister will back plans to ban the burka as part of a raft of anti-terror measures, local media say. Thomas de Maiziere also proposes deporting criminals […]
US election: Trump blames media for ‘gun threat’ row
Source: BBC Republican Donald Trump has blamed the media after being accused of urging supporters to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton. He told Fox News […]
Former Secret Service Official: Donald Trump Is ‘Pretty Close to the Edge’
Source: Time BY Will Drabold Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday about “Second Amendment people” could be considered a “veiled threat” against Hillary Clinton, a former top Secret Service official told TIME. The official said that if they were still working at the U.S. Secret Service, they would contact someone on Trump’s campaign […]
FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs reorganizing sect from prison, feds say
Source: CNN By Ann O’Neill, CNN (CNN)From inside a Texas prison cell, polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs is orchestrating a shakeup of his embattled sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, federal prosecutors allege in court documents filed Monday. Jeffs, who is serving a life prison sentence […]
U.S. court revives Ten Commandments monument lawsuit against NK-A School District
Source: Trib Live By Liz Hayes A federal appellate court reinstated a New Kensington-Arnold School District parent’s lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument in front of Valley Junior-Senior High School. […]
Glasgow murder of Asad Shah spurred by sectarianism in Pakistan
Source: The Guardian Tanveer Ahmed was understood to have been offended by a remark Shah made where he allegedly purported to be a prophet of Islam. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock By Nazia Parveen […]
Turkey suspends 2,500 more from religion agency after coup bid
Source: Yahoo Ankara (Turkey) (AFP) – Turkey suspended over 2,500 more staff from the powerful religious affairs state agency on Tuesday in the latest purge after last month’s failed coup […]
The Spirit of a Scientist
Source: Huffington Post By Raeya Maswood Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Science and Science Blogger at Cognitive Ties This past June was full of deadlines and work towards my Master’s thesis. My days were spent analyzing data, reading articles, writing, revising and writing more (and revising more). As a Ph.D. student who […]
Baltimore police have racial bias, Justice Department reports
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)A Justice Department investigation found that the Baltimore Police Department engages in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. The Department of Justice monitored the […]
Will Smith Shuts Down Islamophobia And Donald Trump At ‘Suicide Squad’ Press Event
Source: Huffington Post By Carly Ledbetter; Entertainment Writer, The Huffington Post Will Smith showed up to a Dubai press event for “Suicide Squad” and shut down two things: Islamophobia and Donald Trump. […]
First-ever ‘pizza ATM’ opens in US
Source: TOI The pizza ATM, which opens for public on August 10, has a temperature-controlled refrigeration system that allows the pizza to stay fresh and a convection oven that enables it to be served nice and hot in just three minutes. Once users decide what type they want, the ATM then […]