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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: The New York Times Lawyers for the 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after taking a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school say he was publicly mistreated and deserves […]
Source: The New York Times By Mehdi Hassan is the host of the Al Jazeera English show “UpFront.” WASHINGTON — AS a Briton who, like millions of my compatriots, opposed […]
Source: The Muslim News LAGOS, (AA) – Nigerian Muslims have rejected a ban on a ‘long hijab’ for female college graduates enrolling for national service. One Muslim group has described the […]
theguardiaan: by Jason Wilson — Calls for a reformation are cynical, counterproductive and ignore the bloody facts of history ‘It started with Josh Frydenberg saying over the weekend that the more recent massacre in Paris was down to a “problem within Islam”’ Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian On the […]
Source: The Guardian By Roy Greenslad, who is is professor of journalism at City University, and was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1990-91 US academic puts the west’s political reaction to […]
Source: The Guardian By Jason Wilson On the topic of Parisian massacres, consider this. On 24 August 1572, Charles IX of France ordered the assassination of prominent Huguenot Protestants […]
Source: The Guardian BY Masuma Rahim I have despaired at much of what I have seen and heard over the past 15 years. There was a time when people asked […]
Source: BBC Scientists will set out this week to drill a hole into the Indian Ocean floor to try to get below the Earth’s crust for the first time. They […]