Germany polygamy: Minister says migrants must abide by the law
Source: BBC Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said “No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or […]
Obama, Dalai Lama anger China with White House meeting
Source: Associated Press By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass […]
Muslim leaders push back against Trump for incendiary speech in wake of massacre
Source: Washington Post By Joel Achenbach and Lateshia Beachum The Council on American-Islamic Relations had planned to hold a news conference Tuesday unveiling a report on Islamophobia, including the rise […]
‘Not the America we want’: Obama blasts Trump’s Muslim plans
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as […]
I’m a Dad of 3 Boys. I Married a Rape Victim—& I Have Something to Say to Brock Turner’s Father
faithit.com: by Kyle Suhan — Sex is always intentional, and they are going to understand that even consensual sex needs to be cared for with the utmost delicacy. ‘That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life. The […]
U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats
BY KRISTINA COOKE AND JOSEPH AX FBI Director James Comey delivers a speech at the Master of Science in Foreign Service CyberProject’s sixth annual conference at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., U.S. April 26, 2016. REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning […]
Orlando shooting & US media narrative
Source: ET Omar Mateen was still killing and holding on to hostages inside the gay nightclub in Orlanda. Outside, the US media, the Republican presidential presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio were screaming full throttle, trying to connect the incident with the Islamic State (IS). Interestingly, nobody […]
Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis: U.N.
GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY Bones, suspected to belong to members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, are seen in a mass grave on the outskirts of the town of Sinjar, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/ARI JALAL/FILES Islamic State is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious […]
Post-Islamic State Iraq should be split in three: top Kurdish official
ERBIL, IRAQ | BY MAHER CHMAYTELLI AND ISABEL COLES Iraqi soldiers gather to go battle against Islamic State militants south of Mosul , Iraq, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/STRINGER Once Islamic […]
What Every Muslim, Christian and Jew needs to know: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After the top constitutional body on Islamic laws in Pakistan recommended ‘a light beating for women’ sparking […]
With the help of Ahmadiyya, Humanitarian cooperation between Humanity First and institute Children’s Hospital Zagreb
By Zubair Khan Humanity First held a charity event on June 15 in the Clinic for tumors KBC Sisters of Mercy uzfinancijsku with the help of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia. The donation was handed over to Clinic by the Member of Parliament and President of the SDP chapter Zagreb Mr Davor […]
UK: Extremism in Luton: Mosque launches anti-Isis classes for Muslim children to combat online grooming
By Paul Wright , Video by Sho Murakoshi June 15, 2016 14:06 BST ibtimes.co.uk British Muslim children as young as 11 are being given classes to prevent them being radicalised by violent Islamic State (Daesh) jihadists. This comes after community leaders feared they were being targeted by extremist online propaganda.Imam Muhammad Ehsan, headteacher […]
Ramadan 2016: Israel ‘cuts off water supply to West Bank’ during Muslim holy month
Tens of thousands of Palestinians left without access to safe drinking water in sweltering heat Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung Israel has cut off the water supply to large areas of the West Bank, […]
Is the backlash faced by French-Lebanese author for speaking to Israeli media justified?
Millions of Arabs are well aware that Palestinian officials speak daily to Israel military and political leaders, so why the focus on Amin Maalouf for speaking to Israeli i24 channel? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Loaded with honours and a Legion d’Honneur, holder of France’s top literary award, one of the French […]
Portrayal of ISIL as Devout Muslims Leads to the Rapid Rise of Islamophobia in the US
Dr. Kashif Chaudhry: Portrayal of ISIL as Devout Muslims Leads to the Rapid Rise of Islamophobia in the US TEHRAN (FNA)- The death squad ISIL has been ramping up its terror operations recently, and finding a solution to eliminate this hazard from the Middle East is high on the agenda […]
Being suspicious of Muslims won’t stop terrorism – video
Guardian: We are being turned into a nation of vigilante terrorist hunters, says writer Reni Eddo-Lodge. From the government’s prevent strategy to representations of Islam in the media, the message […]
Colleges Should Be Nurturing Interfaith Leaders
Source: Chronicle By Eboo Patel, who is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and author of the forthcoming bookInterfaith Leadership: A Primer, by Beacon Press, August 2016 I recently met […]
Here Are 4 Concepts In Islam Muslims Wish You’d Talk About More
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor For years, Islam has been misunderstood and politicized by American pundits and politicians. The consequences of this climate are evident in the growing number of anti-Muslim incidents that are occurring across the country. Although it’s a ridiculously unfair burden to put on American Muslim […]
Microsoft’s Massive LinkedIn Deal Is a Sign of Something Dangerous
Source: Time By Rana Foroohar Foroohar is an assistant managing editor at TIME and the magazine’s economics columnist. She’s the author of Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. You know something is deeply wrong in our market system when a company likeMicrosoft, which has […]
15 Minutes of Exercise a Day May be Just Enough: Study
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin It’s probably ok for some people to do less exercise than recommended Clocking just 15 minutes of exercise a day may be enough for older adults […]