4 Ways to Stop Doubting Yourself
Source: Motto By Amy K. Mitchell A few years ago, I was going through a difficult time both personally and professionally. I was in a relationship where love wasn’t enough, […]
Muslim doctor shot near Houston mosque on way to prayer
Source: Reuters BY BARBARA GOLDBERG A Muslim doctor headed for morning prayers on Sunday at a Houston mosque was shot in an attacked by three men, police said. The motive for the attack was unclear, but comes a day after another Muslim man was beaten outside a Florida mosque. The […]
Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Florida mosque
Source: Associated Press By Kelli Kennedy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque […]
Trump campaign continues to defend and explain use of star shape in tweet
Source: The Washington Post By Chris Mooney Donald Trump on Monday defended a tweet that described Hillary Clinton as “crooked” and that drew heat for containing an image that […]
Donald Trump’s “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists
Source: News Mic By Anthony Smith Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.” The meme Trump tweeted prominently featured the Star of David, a holy symbol of the Jewish religion that Nazis attempted to pervert by forcing […]
Daily Show’s comedian Hasan Minhaj bringing one-man show to Toronto
Source: The Star The Toronto visit is part of a 19-city North America tour this summer, starting in Portland NEW YORK—Hasan Minhaj, a correspondent with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Silicon Valley, 4th July Celebration
Click here to see photo gallery. https://goo.gl/photos/4v6BHnfE3AWfFVxP9 SILICON VALLEY – Working extra time after Iftar for past two weeks , a dedicated team of Ahmadi Muslims volunteers of Silicon Valley built a nice float for the 4th of July Parade held downtown in San Jose yesterday. As usual the 4th […]
Welcome to Pakistan: The Council of Islamic Ideology was never meant to be a permanent body, so why does it still exist?
Source: The Tribune Express By Yasser Latif Hamdani Published: July 5, 2016 The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is a constitutional body established under Article 228 of the Constitution of […]
5 unique Eid Al Fitr celebrations across the globe
Eid Al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and fasting for Muslims around the world. It is commonly observed by attending morning prayers and gathering with family members for feasts […]
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 […]