Source: Pew Research Center More say their clergy have spoken out about issues than about specific presidential candidates As the calendar turned from spring to summer and the political season transitioned from the primaries to the general election campaign, many American churchgoers were hearing at least some discussion of social […]
Source: Huffington post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the days of George Washington. They have fought and died […]
Source: The Guardian ExpressJet is a Georgia-based airline that is partnered with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Photograph: slobo/Getty Images Nicole Puglise in New York A Muslim […]
Source: Reuters Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Paul Simao A Brazilian priest mentioned in the Catholic clergy sex abuse film “Spotlight” was found dead in a prison cell after he was arrested again for suspected pedophilia, authorities said on Monday. Father Bonifacio Buzzi, 57, hanged himself with a sheet […]
Source:BBC 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 […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Marwa Eltagouri Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune Pakistani immigrants Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son died fighting in Iraq, will be featured speakers at the largest assembly of Muslims […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]