Was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty a Muslim woman?
Was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty a Muslim woman? Researchers say French sculptor turned ‘veiled peasant’ designed for the Suez canal into Lady Liberty Before he worked on […]
Muslims empower youth to live Islam’s true values
miamiherald.com: While serving Thanksgiving meals as a volunteer at a local community center, a fellow volunteer remarked “So you are doing the ‘American’ thing?’ ” Taken aback, I politely elaborated on how being American is perfectly congruent to being a Muslim. It was not a clichéd reply. My organization, the Ahmadiyya […]
Saudi must stop financing fundamentalist mosques abroad: Merkel’s deputy
Tribune: BERLIN: German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on Sunday said Saudi Arabia must stop financing fundamentalist mosques abroad which are accused of breeding extremism. “From Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi mosques are financed throughout the world,” said Gabriel. #SueMeSaudi goes viral after Saudi govt threatens to sue anyone comparing them to ISIS “In […]
Video: Obama reassures the nation and patriotic Muslims and promises to destroy ISIL
Epigraph: “Freedom is more powerful than fear.” Obama The White House has tweeted his 13 minute speech: Watch President Obama’s address to the nation on the threat of terrorism and […]
Italy rules out joining Syria airstrikes, says another strategy needed
Sunday 6 Dec 2015 File Photo: Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi June 10, 2014 (Photo: Reuters) Italy has no intention of joining a U.S.-led coalition that is attacking Islamic State targets in Syria, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Sunday, warning that the air campaign would only add to […]
Syracuse Islamic group condemns the California shootings
Source: Syracuse.com By Marnie Eisenstadt | meisenstadt@syracuse.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on December 04, 2015 Syracuse, N.Y. — When Dr. Muhammad Iqbal heard about the mass shootings […]
ISIL Q&A: Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad on West vs ISIL
Veteran politician blasts Western policy in the Middle East and warns air strikes risk worsening Syria crisis. Kate Mayberry | 04 Dec 2015 Source: Al Jazeera Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir […]
Russia accuses Turkey’s Erdogan over Daesh oil trade
By AFP – Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Daesh militants, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara’s downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes. The Turkish leader […]
How Mass Shootings Are Changing Americans’ Views Of Mortality
Source: Huffington Post By Jaweed Kaleem Senior Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post A few days ago, while driving to a movie near his Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood, Patrick O’Malley suddenly feared […]
Canada: #JeSuisHijabi campaign sparking discussion about Muslim faith
Source: City News Canadian Muslim women have launched a national campaign called #JeSuisHijabi in an effort to help others understand their identity, and their religion. Since the attacks in Paris, there have been a few reported hate crimes targeting Muslim women in Toronto. The organizers of the campaign, a […]
Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free
Source: Time He made the announcement at a church Former President Jimmy Carter says he is now cancer-free. Carter, 91, announced the news at a Sunday school class at Maranatha […]
4 Surprising Ways Science is Battling Aging
Source: Time New strategies could mean big advances in staying young For humans, death in old age has always been life’s great punchline. It takes 70 or 80 years to […]
Video: Charter for Compassion by Karen Armstrong
In this video and a similar video linked below, Karen Armstrong describes the insight of Hillel, a Jewish teacher of Jesus’ time, when a potential convert approached Hillel and asked […]
Ted Talk: Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion
Click here or on the picture to listen to 15 minute video in Ted Talks. The term “compassion” — typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy — has fallen […]
Muslim Americans fear demonization of Islam after mass shooting
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the […]
Arm yourselves against ‘Islamic terrorists’, Liberty U. president tells students
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Christian-based Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, is encouraging students to carry concealed weapons on campus for protection, a local newspaper […]
One amazing substance allowed life to thrive on land
Source: BBC Mud. Muck. Dirt. Although we have plenty of words for it, we rarely give soil a second thought. But without soil, we would certainly be dead. Soil is […]
White Obama, Black Putin
Their political roles today are more consistent with as if Putin is black and Obama is white. Let us coexist regardless of race or religion.
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim community is doing the great jihad against Extremism since the past 125 years
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is doing great jihad against Extremism and radicalization for the past 125 years,” said Imam Shamshad Nasir Report by Azhar Ahmad Ahmadiyya Muslim community Glen Ellyn chapter dedicated the Friday prayers for the Humanity and especially the victims of San Bernardino Massacre in California. “We condemn this […]
USA: Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hope to heal community with prayers and education
For the second time this week, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community prayed for the victims of the San Bernardino attacks, while also trying to educate the larger community that terrorism isn’t part of Islamic teachings. Source: pennlive.com http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Vigil For San Bernardino VictimsCommunity members speak about San […]