World needs to hear of US religious freedom: booted Muslim
A Muslim woman booted from a Donald Trump rally, urged President Barack Obama to tell the world about religious freedom in the U.S., ahead of his State of the Union […]
Two Muslim women save a life of a man who suffered a heart attack on the plane.
The Deen Show The Deen Show Why is the Media not reporting on this? Two Muslim women save a life of a man who suffered a heart attack on the Plane During a Thai airways flight from Bangkok to Sydney, a man suffered a heart attack. Flight attendants made an […]
LIVE: 10 killed, at least 15 wounded in explosion in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet
ISTANBUL – Doğan News Agency AP photo An explosion occurred on Jan. 12 in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square, killing 10 while wounding at least 15, Istanbul governor’s office has said. According to reports by private broadcaster CNN Türk, the explosion occurred by the obelisk of Theodosius in the touristic […]
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos pour millions into new cancer test
Source: CNN A new cancer test is getting some serious investment from two of the richest people in the world. Tech luminaries Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have led a […]
White Supremacists Campaign For Trump Because “We Don’t Need Muslims”
The American Freedom Party said it placed about 200,000 “robocalls” in Iowa and may also target New Hampshire. 01/11/2016 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the […]
An interesting twist
BY RABIA AHMED Bias has much to do with systems that are being eroded in Pakistan It’s interesting how the blowback following recent terrorist incidents has forced people all over the world to re-examine their convictions. You wish we’d do the same, here in Pakistan. Dr Larycia Hawkins, who […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi man from Chanab Nagar (Rabwah) gunned down
Ahmad, younger brother of Darul Yamen chapter president, Ghulam Tahir, is reported to be approximately 25 years of age. He was employed by Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan. Ahmadiyya Times | […]
Why does God allow suffering?
From WikiAhmadiyya, the free encyclopedia on Islam and Ahmadiyyat http://www.wikiahmadiyya.org/beliefs/god/suffering This article discusses why God allows evil and suffering to occur. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Evolutionary need for suffering 1.2 Small amounts of suffering may prevent greater suffering 1.3 Suffering Human-made 1.4 Solutions to suffering worse than suffering itself […]
Convoy reaches besieged, starving Syrian town
By Reuters – Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Aid vehicles wait on the outskirts of besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya, on Monday (AFP photo) MADAYA, Syria — An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are […]
Why economists put health first
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford. But is “health for all” — also known as universal health coverage — really possible, not just in rich countries, but […]
Saudi council urges more space at Hajj stampede site
By AFP – Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s shura council recommended Monday an expansion of roads leading to the site of a ritual in the annual Hajj pilgrimage where more than 2,000 pilgrims died in a stampede last year. Muslim pilgrims blamed the stampede on […]
Muslim millennials’ views on religion
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine. We had been commissioned […]
Bias has much to do with systems that are being eroded in Pakistan
Pakistan Today: By Rabia Ahmad: It’s interesting how the blowback following recent terrorist incidents has forced people all over the world to re-examine their convictions. You wish we’d do the same, here in Pakistan. Dr Larycia Hawkins, who teaches political science at Wheaton College near Chicago, remarked on Facebook recently […]
Why Every Muslim Should Join the Islamic Caliphate
Faithstreet.com: have a message for Muslims everywhere: it is time you accept the Caliphate. Before you object, before you let the vitriol and misunderstandings of the Caliphate make you stop […]
An antidote to Islamophobia
Boston Globe: IN 1979, WHEN I was a child, the Michigan community center that my father and great-grandmother founded to help Arab immigrants was gutted by fire. Investigation found that the center was targeted by racists. With the help of community residents — white, Latino, and black as well as […]
Women in Sheraniland: A Case for Secularism
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
Spate of racist mob attacks shocks Cologne
Photo: DPA Spate of racist mob attacks shocks Cologne Published: 11 Jan 2016 Gangs of thugs attacked groups of immigrants in central Cologne on Sunday night after far-right groups called for a “manhunt” on social media. Syrians, Pakistanis and African men were among the victims of Sunday’s mob violence in […]
Turkey unsettled by ‘anti-Islamic’ messages in U.S. presidency race: minister
Source: Reuters Turkey is unsettled by “anti-Islamic” messages in the U.S. presidential campaign, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, citing the 2016 race for the White House that has […]
UN summit on settling Syrians set for Geneva
UN headquarters building in Geneva. Photo: The Local UN summit on settling Syrians set for Geneva Published: 07 Jan 2016 18:03 GMT+01:00 The United Nations will hold a conference in Switzerland where countries will be asked to pledge resettlement places for people fleeing the Syrian conflict, the UN’s new refugee […]
Hundreds of French mosques open their doors to the public
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and […]