Source: Time (ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities are closing 626 private schools and other establishments following a failed coup attempt, blamed on followers of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Anadolu Agency says the decision was made Wednesday by the Education Ministry and that the schools were under […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]