Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of shares
Source: BBC Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they will give away 99% of their shares in the company to good causes as they announce the birth […]
USA: Community Engagement & Tabligh Outreach on Thanksgiving Day – MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE with leaders of diverse Faiths
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful “You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in […]
Muslims Must Stand Against The Persecution Of Ahmadis
Huff Post: Recently, a bloodthirsty mob torched an Ahmadi owned factory in the Pakistani city of Jhelum. In contrast to Canada, where communities galvanize against hate, there were no rallies in defence of Ahmadi neighbours, and social media was ablaze with their “heresies” instead of condemnation of persecution. However, outside […]
Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, but Opposition to Some Forms of Speech
Source: Pew Research Center Americans Especially Likely to Embrace Individual Liberties BY RICHARD WIKE AND KATIE SIMMONS Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent […]
100 Women Live:As it happened
Source: BBC Live Reporting By Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman All times stated are UK Thank you and […]
Pope Francis: ‘Christians And Muslims Are Brothers And Sisters’
The pope took his message of peace to the Central African Republic, where thousands have died in clashes that have split the country along religious lines. Source: huffingtonpost.com Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods on Monday to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of […]
AGREEMENT: Muslims Must Stand Against The Persecution Of Ahmadis | Junaid Jahangir
Source: huffingtonpost.ca The undersigned Muslim leaders and organizations, which include many who affirm religiously plural, gender equal and LGBT affirming safe spaces, call upon a coalition of Muslim groups to not only collectively condemn the Jhelum tragedy, but also make a concerted action to end the decades-long persecution of Ahmadis. Dr. […]
Is it Time to for Pakistan to Revisit the ‘Ahmadi Question’?
Source: huffingtonpost.com Neatly nestled amidst the immaculately kept ‘Bahishti Maqbara’ cemetery in Rabwah, is the final resting place of Professor Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s first Nobel Laureate and the first Muslim to receive the prize. The headstone marking his burial spot is a discreet slab of white marble, distinguishable from those around […]
Combating Islamophobia, the reason to keep Woodrow Wilson at Princeton | Letters
Source: nj.com The Paris terrorist attacks have fueled rising Islamophobia in America. Presidential candidates have called for a national database of Muslims and surveillance of mosques. The House of Representatives has passed the bill to temporarily halt the Syrian and Iraqi refugee program. As a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, I […]
Call for a debate on Islam
Islamic State as godless terrorists who defame and blaspheme Islam Source: theaustralian.com.au I welcome the call for a debate on Islam. It would be a privilege for me to contribute to such a debate and help in removing misconceptions. Those who kill themselves or others can never attract the pleasure of […]
Town Hall: Expert panel talks about the war on terror, how to defeat ISIS
Source: kutv.com WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — An expert panel of guests joined for a town hall discussion with Sinclair to talk about the complications, and possible solutions to defeating ISIS. While opinions varied, experts weighed-in on the issues surrounding the war against extremists, and what it will take to stop […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
662. Commandment – when death comes to any one of you, if he leave much wealth …
662. Commandment – when death comes to any one of you, if he leave much wealth, that he make a will to parents and near relatives to act with fairness; it is an obligation on those who fear God [2:181] It is prescribed for you, when death comes to any one of you, if he […]
One of the world’s favorite fruits is being driven to extinction
Source: Business Insider When it comes to the world’s favorite fruit, history is repeating itself, with the most popular banana at serious risk from the Panama disease – a fungicide-resistant […]
Explosion rattles Istanbul metro station
Source: Al Jazeera An explosion at a metro station in Istanbul has caused a number of casualties, Turkish local media reported. The explosion, which struck during peak hour on Tuesday […]
Nepal’s ethnic Madhesis denounce ‘ruling class racism’
Source: Al Jazeera The leader of Nepal’s ethnic Madhesi community, which is waging mass protests against the country’s new constitution, has accused mainstream political parties of racism. “The mainstream Nepali […]
Seven places that hardly seem real
Source: BBC Where to go to escape the stresses of life, the bustle of the workweek and the noise of traffic? To find out, we turned to question-and-answer site Quora, […]
Take a journey through the sleeping mind
Source: BBC As you drift to sleep tonight, your mind will be doing some remarkable things : charging its batteries, saving your memories and taking you on a trip deep into your imagination Touch the ‘Zzz’ icons to reveal what is happening inside your mind at each stage of sleep. […]
Muslim community group joins in planting peace trees
Source: Slough and South Bucks Observer MEMBERS of a Muslim community spent the day planting 200 trees as a mark of peace. More than 40 members including men, women and […]
Muslim Taxi Driver Shot In Pittsburgh On Thanksgiving Day
Source: Huffington Post A man shot a Muslim taxi driver in Pittsburgh in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day, and local authorities say the incident may have been a hate crime. The driver, who has chosen not to be identified in the media because he fears for his safety, is […]