32 beautiful reasons to visit Ireland
Source: CNN (CNN)Ireland might be famous for its clubs, but it offers much more spectacular views than the bottom of a pint glass. This St. Patrick’s Day, we’re celebrating Ireland’s […]
Donald Trump’s history of controversy with women
Source: CNN CNN)Tweet by tweet, Donald Trump could undermine the GOP’s efforts to close the gender gap, a strategy that is critical to the party’s hopes of retaking the White House in November. Miffed that an anti-Trump super PAC targeted his wife by using a racy photo of her, Trump […]
The Catholic Church puts one foot forward on the path to including women
Source: The Washington Post In her 50th Easter season as a nun, Sister Antonia Sanchez participated in something new. For the past 49 years, since she joined the order of Religious […]
Digital Mammograms Could Also Reveal Heart Disease Risk
Source: Huffington Post Reuters Health – Mammograms performed to check the health of the breasts could also give clues to the health of the heart, researchers say. That’s because the […]
11 Wild Scenarios That Could Happen At The GOP Convention
Source: Huffington Post As the lacy cherry blossoms bloomed along the majestic Tidal Basin in Washington, marking the renewing rites of spring, the capital’s political class turned its attention to … CLEVELAND. Yes, though four months away, the Republican convention dominates the turbid thinking of candidates, handlers and reporters alike. You know […]
Lahore attack: Pakistan PM Sharif demands swift action on terror
Source: BBC Pakistan’s PM has urged better co-ordination between security agencies against terror, a day after a suicide bomb killed more than 70 in Lahore. At a meeting of security officials, Nawaz Sharif said the nation’s resolve to deal with militants was growing. A number of arrests were made […]
Who Speaks For the 1.6 Billion Muslims?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we have countless experts in the West, in almost […]
Bangladesh Court Rejects Removing Islam as State Religion
By JULHAS ALAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS, abcnews.go.com DHAKA, Bangladesh — Mar 28, 2016, 7:58 AM ET Bangladesh’s top court rejected a 28-year-old petition Monday to remove Islam as the official religion of the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. The decision by the three-judge High Court panel had been widely expected. The court said the 15-member group […]
Children say: ‘Extremism and Terrorism are Satanic Religions’
Terrorists are Satanists, psychopath, inhuman and corrupt people, follow no religion. “We feel sad and gloomy for heartbroken families of Brussels terrorist’s attacks”, say young children, Moorside and Heaton Manor schools, Newcastle, at AMAN’s forum. Report by Nabeela Ali, Bureau Chief Newcastle Anti radicalization Mentoring and Awareness Network has organized […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago celebrates Maseeh-e-Moud Day – A Report
Messiah has come to promote peace. -Imam Shamshad. Report by: Nadeem Raza Chicago Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago West (North & South) celebrated Masih Moud Day on March 20th 2016. A good gathering of the people from the community attended this event. The program comprised of recitation and English translation […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chicago condemnS Brussels attack
“The religion of Islam which doesn’t permit to waste water, how that religion can permit shedding blood?” -Imam Shamshad A. Nasir (Chicgo) Belgium, a symbol of love, respect and peace in the European world, has been attacked by ISIS. Death toll has reached 31 while 300 people got injured. Such […]
How Would Muhammad Treat the Christian Brethren and Sisters?
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Pakistanis Hunt For Militants Behind Lahore Easter Bombing
Source: Huffington Post LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities launched a hunt on Monday for militants behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 65 people in an attack that […]
Where the US presidential candidates stand on foreign policy
Source: Aljazeera The 2016 presidential election in the United States may lead to a sea change in foreign policy. Each of the five main Republican and Democratic candidates have their own opinions on how to handle issues from Israel/Palestine to relations with Russia. The way the next US president […]
Pakistan army called in to quell blasphemy law protest
Source: Aljazeera Thousands of protesters have clashed with police near parliament in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, against the execution of a man charged with murdering a governor for his criticism […]
American, Muslim, and under constant watch: the emotional toll of surveillance
Source: The Guardian By Rose Hackman Ahsan Samad sits on the sofa in the living room of his small family home in Brooklyn, New York. The 30-year-old plumber leans forward […]
Prominent Muslims call for unity after Glasgow shopkeeper’s killing
Source: The Guardian Prominent members of Glasgow’s Muslim community have called for calm and solidarity following the fatal stabbing of a shopkeeper whose messages of interfaith harmony united his multicultural […]
These Tory messages show us why faith has no place in politics
Source: The Guardian Britain is a Christian country, David Cameron has taken to asserting each Easter. In terms of sheer numbers, this is not true. There are more people who […]
“This is not the radicalization of Islam, but the Islamization of radicalism”
France’s Oedipal Islamist Complex http://foreignpolicy.com/: France is at war! Perhaps. But against whom or what? Last November, when the Islamic State staged the shootings that killed 130 in Paris, it did not send Syrians. A year ago, when al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula purportedly ordered the deadly attack on […]