Bangkok’s little-known population of Pakistani asylum seekers uses community action to respond to the challenges facing refugees without a camp. In an unremarkable concrete apartment block on the outskirts of Bangkok, over 100 families from Pakistan wait. They are a fraction of the 8,000-strong population of refugees and asylum […]
Aljazeera: Reports emerged last week that Saudi Arabia intends to imminently execute more than 50 people on a single day for alleged terrorist crimes. Although the kingdom hasn’t officially confirmed the reports, the evidence is building. Okas, the first outlet to publish the report, has close ties to the Saudi […]
Foxnews.com: SAN BERNARDINO, Cali. — The mass shooting during a holiday party at Inland Regional Center on December 2 in San Bernardino, California, is the deadliest since the 2012 incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Here are some ways you can help and support victims and the San Bernardino […]
By Iram Ahmad MD In his 1580 essay, “On Presumption,” French essayist Michel de Montaigne wrote: … It is that I lower the value of the things I possess, because I possess them, and raise the value of things when they are foreign, absent, or not mine… between two similar […]
Source: en.protothema.gr ” The word Islam is derived from the root word “Salema” which mean peace, purity, submission and obedience which are completely opposite to the basic definition of terrorism” By […]
Source: vvdailypress.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Thursday condemned the San Bernardino shooting and announced it had scheduled a prayer vigil for 6 p.m. Thursday at a mosque in Chino. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA also urged calm after 14 people were killed and 17 were injured Wednesday at the Inland […]
Source: BBC San Bernardino in California remains in shock after a shooting at a disabled service centre, in which 14 died and 17 were injured. The motive is still unknown. […]
Source: Aljazeera Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, Lebanon – The once-bustling main street of Lebanon’s most over-populated Palestinian refugee camp is noticeably empty. Storefronts, where dozens of chain-smoking young men perched […]
Source: Aljazeera By Khaled A Beydoun An assistant professor of law at the Barry University Dwayne O Andreas School of Law. Fourteen killed, and tens more injured. At approximately 11am […]
Source: The Irish Times Northern Ireland’s Catholic bishops have declared themselves “profoundly shocked and disturbed” by words used by a Belfast High Court judge in a landmark abortion ruling. Mr […]
Source: The New York Times Rising seas are claiming a vulnerable nation. BY CORAL DAVENPORT. PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO BY JOSH HANER. EBEYE, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Linber Anej waded out in low […]
Source: pe.com The faith-based community has begun to organize vigils and memorials for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting in which 14 people were killed and 17 wounded Wednesday, Dec. 2. Crossover Outreach Church, which held a vigil Wednesday night near Orange Show Road and Waterman Avenue, is planning a […]
Source: Time (NEW YORK) — Dozens of black pastors pressed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language. While some left the […]
Source: nytimes.com | yourallen.dallasnews.com Muslim Leader Laments ‘Senseless Loss of Life’ Ahmadi Muslims belong to a sect that has been denounced and persecuted by extremists for adhering to an interpretation of Islam propounded more than a century ago by the sect’s messianic founder. A New York Times article gave an overview of the […]
Source: The New York Times The invitation arrived by email, bearing the seal of the State of New Jersey and the name of its new governor, Chris Christie. It asked […]
Source: northumberlandtoday.com PORT HOPE – Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association has begun a nation-wide campaign to spread peace, demystify Islam and create religious harmony through a series of presentations. Port Hope will be one of their stops on Saturday, as the youth of Ahmadiyyat hold more […]
Source: graphic.com.gh The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has appealed to Imams not to allow themselves and their mosques to be used for partisan politics. According to the General Secretary of the […]
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) Faith-based agencies that resettle refugees in America stand to gain more than a clear conscience if the United States — after what is expected to […]
Source: The Baltimore Sun Federal court in Maryland has ruled that a cross-shaped war memorial in Prince George’s County is constitutional, after an organization argued the structure’s presence on public […]
Source: Reuters Saudi Arabia will let divorced women and widows manage family affairs without approval from a man or a court order, a state-aligned newspaper said on Wednesday, a […]