Google wins copyright battle over books
Source: BBC The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google in its 11-year legal battle with an authors group. The Court said it would not hear an appeal […]
Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let us ask Prophet Muhammad
Huff Post: An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim of Pakistani origin, claimed he committed the act because Asad had “disrespected Islam.” In his eyes, Asad was a blasphemer. The Sunni extremist group, Almi Majlis Tahaffuz […]
Muslims Are Standing Up To Extremism
http://original.antiwar.com/: Following every Islamist terror attack on a Western soft target, like the recent one in Brussels, we hear the same refrain from certain corners: “Why won’t Muslims stand up to Islamic extremism?” The rhetorical question is meant to imply its own answer: that Islam is unavoidably a religion of […]
Israel and the Golan Heights
Apr 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah I did not pay much attention to a recent news report quoting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that Israel will never leave the Syrian Golan Heights. His statement was made on the occasion of holding an Israeli Cabinet meeting on the […]
Museum: America to Zanzibar Showcases Islamic Diversity
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Deighton; PhD Student in Islamic Studies at Emory University, Writer, Contemplative America to Zanzibar is a new exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan designed […]
German far-right Pegida founder Bachmann in race trial
Source: BBC The founder of Germany’s anti-Islamist Pegida movement has gone on trial in Dresden on hate speech charges. Lutz Bachmann, 43, is accused of inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts, in which he called refugees “cattle”, “scumbags” and “filth”. Pegida’s rallies have attracted thousands of supporters in Germany. Separately, […]
Muslim man loses high court bid to have sons circumcised
Source: The Guardian A devout Muslim has failed to persuade a high court judge to rule that his sons should be circumcised. The man, who was born in Algeria but […]
Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
Source: Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jew convicted over Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbings
Source: Yahoo News Jerusalem (AFP) – An Israeli court on Tuesday convicted an ultra-Orthodox man of murder and six counts of attempted murder over stabbings at a Jerusalem Gay Pride […]
‘An international disgrace’: Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square
Source: The Guardian By Zach Stafford in Chicago and Spencer Ackerman in New York The Rev Jesse Jackson has called for Chicago police to close the warehouse it uses for thousands […]
Israel Will Never Give Golan Heights to Syria, Netanyahu Vows
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel led a cabinet meeting in the Israeli-controlled portion of the Golan Heights on Sunday, […]
Islam not compatible with German constitution, says AfD party
Source: Reuters (Writing by Paul Carrel, editing by Louise Heavens) The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Sunday Islam is not compatible with the German constitution and vowed to […]
Biden: ‘Overwhelming frustration’ with Netanyahu
Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden criticized Israel’s government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, warning that the current direction Israel is headed in leaves little room for Middle East […]
Explosion injures 3 at Sikh temple in western Germany
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police say three people have been injured in an apparently deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of Essen. A spokesman for Essen police told The Associated Press that a masked person is reported to have fled the scene shortly […]
Why living around nature could make you live longer
Living closer to nature is better for your health, new research suggests — and may even extend your life. A study just published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found […]
Should the Muslims Follow the Catholics in Following Their Own Conscience?
Epigraph: Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! The virtuous deed is one whereby thy conscience feels restful and thy heart […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community starts relief activities after the Kumamoto Earthquake
News courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Japan Humanity first Japan is among those volunteer organizations which started relief activities soon after sever earthquakes rattled the Kyushu area on 14th and 15th April. We served meal to approximately 3000 to 4000 people so far Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan has started […]
Muslims label AfD ‘Nazis’ over plan to ban minarets
An election poster in Hesse reads “realists vote AfD” in March. Photo: DPA Muslims label AfD ‘Nazis’ over plan to ban minarets Published: 18 Apr 2016 10:46 GMT+02:00 Updated: 18 Apr 2016 13:35 GMT+02:00 The Central Council of Muslims responded in unequivocal terms to a hard anti-Islam stance announced by […]
Family in handshake row wants to be Swiss
Photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 18 Apr 2016 The family of the two Muslim schoolboys who refused to shake hands with their female teachers has applied for Swiss citizenship, a local […]
Swiss immigration policy has always put pragmatism first
APR 18, 2016 – swissinfo.ch So-called guest workers, mainly from Italy, supplied Switzerland’s need for labour after the Second World War (RDB) Switzerland is still wrestling with the thorny question of how to reconcile immigration quotas with the accord on the free movement of people. History may hold some answers – or […]