FTSE 100 falls 2% as investors fret over Brexit
Source: BBC By Chris Johnston Business reporter Stock markets across Europe fell on Tuesday as investors weighed up the consequences of next week’s EU referendum vote. The FTSE 100 in […]
Orlando shooting: Vigils held around world to honour victims
Source: BBC Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday’s deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub. A Muslim cleric told those […]
Malaysia’s Islamic airline Rayani Air barred from flying
Source: BBC Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline, Rayani Air, has been barred from flying for breaching regulations. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said it was revoking the airline’s certification because […]
Muslim men in India speak out against triple talaq and halala
Source: Herald Muslim women’s rights collectives have long been campaigning against the practices of instant triple talaq, polygamy and nikaah–halala in India. Two Supreme Court cases by Shayara Bano and […]
Dalai Lama urges Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to ease Rohingya tension
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON | BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tension between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her […]
German president dines with Muslims, urges tolerance after Orlando shooting
Source: Reuters German President Joachim Gauck joined a Ramadan dinner on Monday, warning against demonizing Muslims a day after a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State shot dead 49 people […]
Orthodox Christians’ global gathering unravels as five churches pull out
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 […]
White House: Obama will not call it ‘radical Islamism’
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 […]
Omar Mateen, Twice Scrutinized by F.B.I., Shows Threat of Lone Terrorists
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 […]
America’s first major Muslim clothing store says Islamic fashion isn’t just for Muslims
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 […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holding vigil for Orlando shooting victims
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 […]
Orlando Attack – Condemnation
● 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 […]
Fatwa declares honour killing as ‘un-Islamic and an unpardonable sin’
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 […]
The dilemmas of trying to live ethically
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 […]
France: French police officer and partner murdered in ‘odious terrorist attack’
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 […]
All of Islam must condemn attack
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 […]
Saudis warn tourists to respect Swiss burqa ban
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 […]
Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arabs
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 […]
Fasting in summer a quality of faith
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; […]
Saving our drowning humanity
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 […]