How The Saudis Churn Out ‘Jihad Inc.’
Source: The Daily Beast By Asra Q. Nomani, 5 January 2016 From mass executions to ISIS and the San Bernardino attack, the manifestations of Saudi Arabia’s Salafi extremism are everywhere—and […]
Dolce & Gabbana is catering to a soon-to-be $484 billion market most retailers ignore
Style.com Arabia announced on Sunday that Dolce & Gabbana was debuting a line with abayas and hijabs, a first for the brand. Style.com Arabia, which exclusively revealed the line for the […]
Gambia: ‘Islam Gives No One Authority to Harm Others’ Says Youth President of Ahmadiyya
http://allafrica.com/: The national youth president of Ahmadiyya, Tahir Ahmad Touray, has revealed that Islam is a peaceful religion and gives no authority to anyone to harm others. He made the statement on Friday at the 32nd annual national Ijtema of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya held at Nusrat Senior Secondary School in Bundung.It […]
America is not a Christian nation: The dark capitalist roots of our country’s most destructive myth
Source: Salon Reviewed by Andrew Aghapour Princeton professor Kevin Kruse on Christian libertarianism and what we get wrong about America’s religious revival According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that […]
India Supreme Court considers banning websites for jokes that mock Sikhs
By Priyanka Mogul, January 5, 2016 12:36 GMT Jokes mocking Sikhs have been popular in India for a number of years, bearing a resemblance to jokes in the west that mock […]
The Case of the Murdered Goats: Exploring Germany’s Far-Right Rumor Mill
By Matthias Bartsch and Anna Clauß AFP False rumors of misdeeds by Muslim refugees are everywhere in the Internet. But where do they come from? Absurd, unfounded reports about asylum seekers are circulating on German social media. They are part of a targeted misinformation campaign by right-wing extremists designed […]
REFUGEES IN ZURICH Custom shelters replace flawed IKEA models
JAN 5, 2016 – 10:23 The plywood shelters were put up in an exhibition hall near Zurich (Keystone) A first group of refugees has moved into an exhibition hall near Zurich where they are occupying small wooden houses specially built for them after models purchased from IKEA were deemed unsafe. […]
WAGE DISCRIMINATION Women paid up to 20% less than men for same work
WAGE DISCRIMINATION Women paid up to 20% less than men for same work JAN 5, 2016 – 10:00 In Switzerland, salaries for equally qualified men and women doing the same job can vary by as much as 20% in men’s favour. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/SRF) To narrow that gap, the Swiss […]
Media’s Obsession with Muslim Terrorism, Possibly Leads to another Sikh being killed in California
Fresno, California’s First Homicide Victim of 2016 Is Another Sikh American Man Source: Identities.mic On New Year’s Day, a 68-year-old liquor store employee named Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed […]
Why Justice Scalia says government should favor religion over nonreligion
Source: Religion News Service Guest post by Daniel Bennett, who researches the conservative legal movement. He is a professor of political science at Eastern Kentucky University. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a small […]
Alislam-eGazette Publishes First Volume of the Year: Tackling Islamophobia
Alislam eGazette is an electronic gazette by Alislam.org, the main website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, emailed to several thousand members. NOTE: The Al Islam eGazette is not published in […]
India: A fantastic Report About Jalsa Salana Qadian 2015 in ‘The Tribune’ Jalandhar Edition
A fantastic Report About Jalsa Salana Qadian 2015 in ‘The Tribune’ Jalandhar Edition Jan 3, 2016
USA: A Report on 2nd Annual Tarbiyyati Ijtema in Baitul Jamey Mosque Chicago, IL
“If we want to give peace to the world then train your children from childhood and teach them good moral right from the start.” -Imam Shamshad. Report by: Azhar Ahmad Islam is a proactive religion. It gives commandments which helps establish peaceful family units in the community, which collectively give […]
Not a Terrorist until Proven Muslim, a Seminar organized by Dipu Ahad, Muslim Councillor
Report by Nabeela Ali Bureau Chief Newcastle, Nawa-i-Jang London. Dipu Ahad has organized a seminar on Wednesday, January the 13th at 7pm at Royal Station Hotel Newcastle, about Islamophobia, terrorism; […]
Good Without God in 2016
Source: US NEWS By Robyn Blumner Now that news editors have assembled and disseminated their end-of-year lists – Top 10 of This, Worst 5 of That – I’d like to […]
Millennials’ views of news media, religious organizations grow more negative
Source: Pew Research Center Younger generations tend to have more-positive views than their elders of a number of institutions that play a big part in American society. But for some […]
Electric power for an icon of the atomic age
Source: BBC In the world of postwar scooters, the Czechoslovakian Čezeta is not universally beloved. Its barrel-shaped body and snout of a front fairing — which made it more practical […]
Iran-Saudi Arabia row: Kuwait recalls ambassador from Tehran
Source: BBC Kuwait has announced it is recalling its ambassador to Iran as a regional row over the execution of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia deepens. Saudi Arabia’s embassy […]
Western Pa. religious leaders extend hands to Muslims
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review By Natasha Lindstrom ISIS had just claimed credit for a deadly siege of Paris, and the Rev. David Carver felt perturbed by derogatory remarks about Muslims […]