Bangladesh regulates Friday sermons after attacks
Source: Dawn DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday moved to regulate weekly sermons in hundreds of thousands of mosques as part of a stepped-up campaign to combat extremism, officials said.The move comes […]
Zakir Naik has a large following in Pakistan: Should we be alarmed?
Source: ET Indian preacher Dr Zakir Naik has come under a lot of scrutiny after it emerged that the terrorists who carried out the terrorist attack in Dhaka on July 1st may have been radicalisedby his preaching. Zakir Naik’s Peace TV Bangla has been banned by the Bangladeshi government as […]
Are these the dark ages in the Muslim world?
Scroll.in: It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller share to the world’s knowledge. This global community – forming the majority population of 57 countries and spanning virtually every single country of the world – has had only three Nobel laureates in science in the […]
As many as 84 dead as truck hits crowd in Nice, France
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred, killing one is like triggering a genocide. ( Al Quran 5:32/33) Many dead as lorry hits crowd in Nice Source: BBC A […]
Could this be the first nuclear powered airliner
Source: BBC By Stephen Dowling It could whisk you from London Heathrow and have you stepping onto the air bridge at New York’s John F Kennedy airport just three hours […]
Egyptian government orders Muslim preachers to give identical, pre-written weekly sermons
Source: The Washington Post By Melissa Etehad July 14 at 7:24 AM In this Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 file photo, Muslims arrive to attend the Friday prayer at Al-Azhar mosque […]
After recent shootings, white churches take stock on race
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe and Adelle Banks (RNS) In the wake of a string of racially tinged shootings, majority white churches — even those quiet in past years about […]
Centre begins probe into funds for Zakir Naik’s NGO as IUML, AIMIM call for ending ‘media trial’
Source: Zee News New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday initiated probe into the funding received by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s organisation in the past few years. According to media […]
Love in the stenches
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander Researchers believe that our unique bodily scent plays a larger role in our social lives than we know. Now, social media entrepreneurs are putting that […]
Hillary Clinton: ‘America’s Long Struggle With Race Is Far From Finished’
Source: Time By Sam Frizell In a call for unity in the face of national grief, Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the country must heal after the killing of five Dallas police officers and two recent police shootings of black men, delivering remarks in the same chamber in Springfield Illinois where […]
Showcase: Islamic architecture’s geometric patterns- The possibility of infinite expansion
In this special edition, we’ll take a look at Islamic Geometric patterns. Geometric designs have a special place in Islamıc art. A combination of repeated squares and circles can be […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | Should we interpret the Bible in light of the Quran?
Source: http://www.youtube.com/TrueIslam Answered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra) Khalifatul Masih 4th 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; Sec. History […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community plans a Peace & Justice Interfaith Symposium in Holy Angels Catholic Church, South Meriden
Source: Zahir Mannan, USA Peace & Justice Interfaith Symposium Saturday, July 16th at 7 PM Holy Angels Catholic Church South Meriden “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me!” All of us are concerned about the violence in our country targeting different groups of innocent people; the […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Qadian Celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr [Hindi Press Release]
News Source: Press & Media, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at India. Images from the event:
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Eid ul Fitr celebrations in Glen Ellyn, Chicago
Report by: Azhar Ahmad, Chicago “Win the pleasure of God and serve humanity” – this is the lesson from the blessed month of Ramzan, said Imam Shamshad Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Canada engages Bangladeshi officials after U of T student detained
globeandmail.com Canada is engaging with Bangladeshi officials concerning the detention of a University of Toronto student in Dhaka, according to a lawyer for his brother. A letter from Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion’s office, received by lawyer Marlys Edwardh late Tuesday, brought relief for the family of Tahmid Hasib Khan, […]
India: Salman Khan replies to women commission about ‘rape’ remark
By: Sandra Marina Fernandes Updated: Thursday, July 14, 2016, 11:59 [IST] Mumbai, July 14: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has replied to the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) after it asked the actor to apologise for his rape comment. MSCW chief Vijaya Rahatkar told reporters: “Salman Khan has filed his […]
Diplomatic Council appoints German-Pakistani as Business Ambassador
Rabwah Times: The Diplomatic Council has appointed a German-Pakistani entrepreneur Jamal Ahmad Qaiser as it’s Business Ambassador and UN Commissioner. In a statement the Diplomatic Council said the 44-year-old was nominated because of his outstanding achievements and tireless efforts for international understanding. Qaiser, who was born in 1972 is a […]
KKK does not represent Christians, nor does ISIS represent Muslims
Source: Lancaster Online BY ELIZABETH EISENSTADT-EVANS Tempted to make generalizations about a world population of 1.5 billion Muslims? Please think twice, says Georgetown University professor Jonathan Brown. “There are going […]
How Did the Six-Pointed Star Become Associated With Judaism?
Source: Smart News By Danny lewis By now, the six-pointed star feels inseparable from Jewish identity. So when presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted out an image of Hillary Clinton with […]