Thousands of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Russia’s capital
RT Muslims around the world are celebrating one of their most important holidays, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In Russia, Muslims also flock […]
Switzerland: Muslim chaplaincy for asylum-seekers launched
Source: Swiss Info A one-year pilot project offering religious and spiritual guidance to asylum-seekers of the Muslim faith has been launched in Zurich. Christian and Jewish religious services of the […]
Heartbreak, selfies and soccer: The life of a Bangladesh cafe killer
Hindustan Times Until late 2014, Nibras Islam appeared to acquaintances to be a typical student: fun-loving, in and out of love, and keen on sport, especially soccer. Women found him handsome. On a “confessions” Facebook page for Monash University students, one anonymous admirer gushed in a post on October 11, […]
Open Letter To Reverend Franklin Graham
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Hamid; Co-founder and President of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas Reverend Franklin Graham, Can we talk? You seem to have confused the horrific actions of some […]
Why a Saudi award for televangelist Zakir Naik is bad news for India’s Muslims
Scroll.In: Of the thousands of videos featuring superstar Muslim televangelist, Zakir Naik, a particularly interesting one is where he talks about another superstar, Shah Rukh Khan. On a set which looks like a cross between that off a late-night talk show and a 1980s discotheque, Naik speaks rather admiringly of […]
The Day I Got My Green Card
A London-born writer never felt he truly belonged in the places he and his family were from: India, Pakistan, Britain. In America, finally, he feels free—and at home By AATISH TASEER July 1, 2016 “Welcome home, sir,” the immigration officer said when I presented him with my green card at […]
Inside Aleppo, the Syrian city with a past and present shaped by war
Inside Aleppo, the Syrian city with a past and present shaped by war Robert Fisk tours Aleppo and finds a broken civilisation with painful reminders of ancient tragedies Robert Fisk @indyvoices Maybe dust is the vital physical element of war. It lay across the old cobbled streets of the burned […]
Suicide bombers hit Saudi cities of Madinah, Qatif and Jeddah
Agencies (Photo via Twitter) PrevNext The bomber detonated his suicide vest Monday evening when most residents of the neighborhood were at home ending the Ramadan fast. A blast occurred on Monday in Saudi Arabia outside one of Islam’s holiest sites, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, a Saudi-owned television channel reported. […]
Blast strikes near Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi
A photo from social media reportedly shows a flaming car from a bombing in the parking lot of the Al-Haram Al-Nabawi, the Prophet Mohammad’s mosque, in the city of Madinah […]
Canada:Ontario facing ‘epidemic of Islamophobia’ survey finds
thestar.com 2016/07/04 While many respondents had favourable views of immigrants, three-quarters of respondents said we need to focus on caring for people “here” instead of spending resources on refugees. While Canada rides a wave of global praise for welcoming Syrian refugees, a new poll suggests we’re also facing a wave […]
Ted Talk: The Empathic Civilisation
Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society. Taken […]
Seeking God
Source: The Express Tribune By Dr. Asad Zaman; who is vice-chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University For thousands of years, the […]
Ibn ‘Arabi: The Voyage of No Return (Muslim Personalities Series)
Source of Review: Amazon Book by Claude Addas This is a concise introduction to the life and thought of Ibn ‘Arabi, who is considered as the ‘Greatest of Sufi Masters’. […]
President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New York Passes Away After Over 36 Years of Service to the NY Muslim Community
Source: Yonkers Tribune. QUEENS, NY — July 3, 2016 — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA mourns the passing of the President of its Queens, New Yorkcommunity, Nazir Ahmad Ayaz, who passed away in Manhattan, NY, on July 3, 2016, at the age of 69. From God we are and to God […]
Why do BBC love to interview the view of Ahmadiyya sect about Islam when majority Sunni or Shia followers consider them as deviants and hate them?
Source. BBC The Ahmadiyya community tend to emphasize a certain openness and acceptance to their adopted countries traditions and customs as opposed to the mainstream Islamic sects. In fact, in the United States, an Ahmadiyya mosque is hosting an open July 4th barbecue close to the nation’s capital. In addition, they […]
Racism After Brexit Is ‘Celebratory’ And ‘Englishness’ Is Becoming Exclusively White And Christian, Says Expert
The Huffington Post June 29, 2016 The country has become ‘more racist in terms of its public culture’. 02/07/2016 21:11 | Updated 18 hours ago 1.4 K Louise RidleyAssistant news editor at The Huffington Post UK The UK is seeing a surge of “celebratory racism” after the vote to leave […]
Islam, America and July 4th
Epigraph: “Indeed, Islam rests on the foundation of Tauheed, the oneness of God, oneness of universe and oneness of mankind with liberty and justice. If Quran, the holy book of […]
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world?
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world? ATHAR OSAMA | NIDHAL GUESSOUM UPDATED about 2 hours ago DAWN.com Muslims’ institutes of higher learning are lagging behind in providing quality science and technology education. ATHAR OSAMA | NIDHAL GUESSOUM UPDATED about 2 hours ago It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller […]
Strategy for Saudi-Iran War to Come?
REUTERS James B.T. Dickey 06.23.16 A 30-year-old prince disillusioned with the U.S. is running the show in Saudi Arabia—fighting Iran directly and through proxies all over the map. Is there a strategy? Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of the king and ever more obviously the heir […]
The economics of Ramadan: Less work and more pray… …make Muhammad poorer but happier
Economist: The Islamic calendar is lunar, so Ramadan rotates through the seasons. In Egypt, for example, the holy month now falls during the long days of summer. But in 15 years, it will occur in winter, when the days—and, therefore, the fasts—are shorter. The opposite is true for Muslims in southern […]