Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent After an interlude of more than a millennium, 55 years of careful planning, and within days of its opening, the first global gathering […]
Source: Politico By NICK GASS When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s pronouncement earlier Monday that “radical Islamism” and “radical jihadism” are “the same thing” in discussing the Orlando, Florida, terrorist […]
Source: The New York Times By MARK MAZZETTI, ERIC LICHTBLAU and ALAN BLINDER WASHINGTON — When a young American man from coastal Florida drove a truck packed with explosives into […]
By Alaa Basatneh ORLANDO, Florida—It wasn’t a typical weekend scene at the Fashion Square Mall in central Florida. A DJ blasted loud belly dance music as fashionably dressed Muslim women […]
By Katie Alexander, News 4 Reporter Published: June 14, 2016, 5:30 am NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Across the country, vigils continue to be held to honor the 49 victims who were killed when a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning. Tuesday evening, the […]
● MONDAY, 13 JUNE 2016 “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns in the very strongest possible terms today’s attack at an Orlando nightclub in which dozens of innocent people were brutally killed. “All forms of terrorism and extremism are completely against the true teachings of Islam. The Holy Quran has said […]
Dawn.com: by Raza Khan — ISLAMABAD: At least 40 Islamic scholars belonging to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) issued a fatwa (ruling) on Sunday declaring the murder of women or girls in the name of honour as ‘un-Islamic’ and an ‘unpardonable sin’. The ruling issued on the appeal of SUC […]
theguardian: by Eva Wiseman — How to be good? Some of us can only be a little less bad… ‘When you stare straight into the horrors of the modern world, they can blind you’: (above) a worker putting together customer orders at an Amazon fulfilment centre. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters My […]
Convicted terrorist Larossi Abballa fatally stabs Jean-Baptiste Salvaing before killing officer’s partner in attack claimed by Isis The French government has denounced an “abject act of terrorism” after a man with a previous terrorist conviction carried out a gruesome knife murder of a police commander and his partner at their […]
Source:Sentinel & Enterprise Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the largest Muslim organization united under a single imam, recently stated, “We can all see how satanic influences are leading to brutality and murder. Innocent people are being slaughtered, and the perpetrators claim they will be rewarded […]
A member of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland distributes flyers in Ticino against the veil ban in 2013. Photo: AFP Saudis warn tourists to respect Swiss burqa ban Published: 13 Jun 2016 10:22 GMT+02:00 The Saudi Arabian embassy in Bern has warned its citizens visiting Switzerland this summer to […]
By Matin Moslem Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arab June 14, 2016 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in an extraordinary speech that truly surprised the public and could be referred to as “revolutionary remarks of a traditional conservative”, left no respect and credit for the House of Saud […]
Sheikh Farid Haibatan | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 THE blessings related to fasting are truly astounding. Those who fast are able to scale the ranks; expiate their sins; tame their desire; give much in charity; engage in a variety of acts of worship; give thanks to their Creator; […]
Jun 13,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Peter Sutherland In the last week of May, at least 1,050 migrants and asylum seekers died in the Mediterranean Sea, victims of the international community’s unwillingness […]
INAUGURATION Controversial Islamic centre opens in Fribourg (Switzerland) JUN 13, 2016 – 20:48 The University of Fribourg is hosting the new centre (Keystone) The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society was officially inaugurated in Fribourg on Monday following high-profile attempts to block its opening. The centre, which is part of […]
Source. ET The Orlando massacre could be a game changer for the US presidential election. As I got around to pen down my thoughts about Hillary Clinton’s nomination for this November’s election, I found myself conflicted, shrouded in profound sadness and agony. Just about a couple of days before, I was rejoicing Hillary’s […]
middleeasteye.net: Picture this. A Muslim leader reaches out to a group of Christians and invites them to his country. The Christians happily accept the invitation, while the Muslim leader prepares his people for their arrival. This is the first time the two communities have met in an official delegation. Matters […]
salon.com: Those who oppose admitting more refugees in Western countries often ask why other countries aren’t taking them. The reality is they are. In fact, the five wealthiest countries — which make up half the global economy — are hosting less than 5 percent of the world’s refugees, while […]
BBC: Muslim farmers in a village in near the city of Gojra in Pakistan’s Punjab province are putting their savings together and helping build a church for the Christians in their neighbourhood. How does such tolerance and harmony exist in a place known for religious violence? Saba Eitizaz explores. Watch:
Religion has played an enormous role in British public life, but not lately. We can be grateful not to be fighting religious wars or repressing Bible translations. We should be glad that in the 19th century Britain did finally offer Catholics full political rights. Perhaps we should be content with […]