Why Some People Handle Stress Better Than Others
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander @mandyoaklander Getty Images This part of the brain shows greater flexibility in people who cope better with stress A quick scan of any recent headline would […]
Fatwa No. 21,758: Saudi clerics ban Pokemon Go
Source: USA Today By Doug Stanglin, USATODAY Top clerics in Saudi Arabia have issued a fatwa banning the playing of Pokemon Go as a form of gambling. The decree was issued […]
London, UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting organizes 2nd Interfaith Peace Conference to promote Peace, Loyalty, Freedom, Respect & Equality
Report by Shakeel Ahmed, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Commnity, Tooting Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting held its 2nd Peace conference on 17th July 2016 to promote Peace, Loyalty, Freedom, Respect and Equality. The theme of this years peace conference was “Pathway to Peace” and to “Pray for the World Peace”. The conference […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community CT conducts Interfaith meeting to discuss response to violence
By Zahir Mannan About 10 interfaith leaders came together this afternoon in Essex, CT to pray and talk about the recent tragedies and overall plummeting condition of the world and our response. The teachings of His Holiness the Promised Messiah (as) and His successors, the Khulfas of Islam Ahmadiyyat were […]
USA: Imam Zafarullah to represent the Ahmadiyya Muslim community at the Conference to Promote Interfaith Understanding
Source: prnewswire.com Conference Series to Promote Understanding and Tolerance In support of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 18-freedom of thought, conscience and religion-the Los Angeles chapter of United for Human Rights hosts a 3-part conference on religious tolerance at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, […]
Gingrich Is Mistaken On Shariah Deportations
Source: Huffington Post By Liaquat Ali Khan; Founder, Legal Scholar Academy and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law Newt Gingrich, who holds a Ph.D. in European History and […]
India: Training Muslim women to be Qaziz (Judges)
MUMBAI: An Indian Muslim women’s rights organisation is training women to be qazis, or judges, a role traditionally reserved for men, amid growing demand for more representation for women. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) is training its first intake of 30 women in Quranic law, constitutional law and gender rights. […]
To Prevent More Attacks Like Nice, We Must Integrate Muslims, Not Simply Bomb ISIS
Epigraph: Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | If Allah knows everything then why does he allow people to commit sins?
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Answered by Hazrat Mira Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of the Promised Messiah (as) 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; […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community CT participates in interfaith peace dialogue at Hartford Church
By Zahir Mannan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community CT were invited to a productive dialogue on community, policing and harmony hosted in CT capitol city, Hartford, by the oldest and largest African American place of worship. This was part of our monthly Faith Based Initiative meeting in Hartford, CT. It was joined […]
The most troubling thing about Pauline Hanson’s view of Muslims? The facts no longer matter
theguardian: by Susan Carland — It is horrifying to realise that nothing we do – short of denouncing our religion entirely – can change the unfair beliefs people have about Islam ‘The core of bigotry is not rational. What this debate shows us is that some people are proudly, adamantly […]
Sharia followers aren’t the problem, Newt is
Source: The Baltimore Sun By Huma Munir In the wake of the horrible tragedy in Nice, France, Newt Gingrich has called for the deportation of Muslims who believe in the Sharia […]
Little mosque on the prairie reveals a century of religious coexistence
Guardian: Sitting in her white pickup truck at the gates of the Muslim cemetery in Ross,North Dakota, Lila Thorlaksen had a simple answer to a question about those who fuel the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. “That’s their problem,” she answered matter-of-factly. Word of the Islamophobia that continues […]
The murder of Qandeel Baloch lifts the lid on misogyny in Pakistan
Shaista Aziz is a British freelance journalist who writes about race, gender and Islam. SHAISTA AZIZ Contributed to The Globe and Mail, Published Monday, Jul. 18, 2016 12:53PM EDT, ast updated Monday, Jul. 18, 2016 3:05PM EDT Qandeel Baloch, a 26-year-old former model and social media star became a household name in […]
Gingrich: weed out all Muslims who support Shriah
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks to reporters on the the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (AFP PHOTO/DOMINICK REUTERDOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images) BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016 06:38 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, […]
Attack in Nice Turns Spotlight on City’s Religious Divisions
Source: The New York Times By ALISSA J. RUBIN NICE, France — There is the Nice of popular imagination, the old-world resort dotted with palm trees and cafes that look […]
Acts of Faith ‘God break racism!’ Evangelicals on D.C. Mall pray for hope and reconciliation
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer, Kirkland An and Michelle Boorstein Rappers and pastors, spoken word poets and authors appealed Saturday to thousands of evangelicals gathered around the Washington […]
US-based Turkish cleric denies involvement in coup plot
Source: Associated Press By CHRIS POST and MICHAEL RUBINKAM SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey’s president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup denied any responsibility […]
Scholars Argue Prosecutions Against Muslim Liberals Don’t Follow Islamic Teachings
Source: NPR By Tom Gjelten Free-thinking bloggers in some Muslim countries face criminal prosecution and even death for expressing their ideas. There are Islamic scholars who say this is a distortion of what Islam teaches. LYNN NEARY, HOST: Some of the most deadly terrorist attacks have been Muslims killing Muslims. […]
Haitians trek to sacred waterfalls in Voodoo festival
Source: Associated Press SAUT D’EAU, Haiti (AP) — Some carrying candles or calabash bowls with offerings of goat meat, thousands of Haitians made a Saturday pilgrimage to bathe in sacred […]