catchnews.com: Yesterday wasn’t a good day to be Aamir Khan – and that in itself is odd. It’s been pretty good to be Aamir Khan, one imagines, for the past 15 years. Blockbuster movies. Serious respect in the industry. A few hundred crores at the box office. Awards. A hyper-influential […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ben Wood; Labour Party Activist It is increasingly likely that parliament will vote in the coming weeks to give Cameron a mandate for intervention in Syria – if they choose to, MPs will be giving an extraordinary mandate to a man that fails to see the […]
Bigotry veiled as liberation Source: Middle East Eye By Adam Walker Earlier this month, the European court of human rights (ECHR) issued a judgment in which it rejected a challenge to the controversial 2011 French law banning the wearing of face veils in public. The ruling has since sparked […]
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BBC: A boy who was arrested for taking a homemade clock to class is seeking $15m (£10m) from his city and school. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was held by police and […]
Colonialism, interventions, the war on terror: the West’s Realpolitik has failed. We have to fundamentally change our relationship with the Muslim world. Von Bernd Ulrich 24. November 2015 The West is in mourning and despair over the deaths in Paris and it shows it. This honours the West, this honours […]
theguardian: by Roy Greenslade — New York Times article questions the west’s support for the Wahhabist kingdom One of the commenters to my posting, UK newspapers call on Vladimir Putin to keep calm over downed jet, asked: “What irreconcilable opposing interests do Russia and the west have? Excuse the […]
By Dr. Nasir Gondal, New York In Pakistan everybody who watches TV knows Ghamidi. Outside of Pakistan he is perhaps not as well-known as he should be. Like any one […]
A woman wearing a niqab, a garment also banned under new rules in Ticino. Photo: Antoine Taveneaux MPs in Swiss canton of Ticino back burqa ban Published: 24 Nov 2015 09:36 GMT+01:00 Wearing a burqa in public in the Swiss canton of Ticino will be an offence punishable by a […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Saving a life is like saving all humanity. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Ottawa (CNN) Justin Trudeau’s newly elected government has confirmed it […]
Source:ET ISLAMABAD: The police are responsible for the Jhelum tragedy as the high-ups failed to address the religious sentiments of a mob which not only led to displacement of some 1,200 Ahmadiyya community members but also caused them huge business losses, according to a preliminary report said presented to Prime Minister […]
Source: Think Progress BY JACK JENKINS NOV 23, 2015 2:04PM The mayor of Dallas is pushing back against politicians who say Americans should be skeptical of Syrian refugees, saying he is […]
Tribune: There seems to be no bottom to the cesspool of Islamophobic rhetoric coming from Republican candidates. The tone of anti-Muslim musings post-Paris attack has become so poisonous that it cannot portend anything positive. In the latest, the Republican front-runner said the United States would have “absolutely no choice” but […]
(CNN)Shocked by Donald Trump’s call for the creation of a national database to register all Muslims living in the country to prevent terrorism, one former U.S. marine came up with the perfect comeback. Tayyib Rashid, who describes himself as an “Ahmadi Muslim—Marine—American—Dad—Husband” on his Twitter account, wrote to the 2016 […]
Huff Post: In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, we’d all be wise to listen to the 5th Khalifa of theAhmadiyya Muslims Community who has repeatedly been giving viable solutions to remove the poison of ISIS while exhorting Muslims to be true to the faith they follow. He condemned the […]
Reasons to oppose recognition of polyamorous relationships don’t do well under scrutiny. Steve Chapman | July 2, 2015 Creative CommonsIf you’re one of those rare people who think one spouse is not enough, your prayers may be answered. After the Supreme Court decision in favor of gay marriage, conservative critics […]
Wanted suspected terrorist Salah Abdeslam and Hasna Ait Boulahacen, who died on in Wednesday’s terror raid. Photo: Police nationale/AFP The Paris jihadists who had little time for Islam Published: 20 Nov 2015 16:56 GMT+01:00 Some of the Islamist terrorists who were involved in last week’s Paris attacks were hardly […]
Commandment –O Prophet! why dost thou forbidthyself that which Allah has made lawful to thee, seeking the pleasure of thy wives [66:2] O Prophet! why dost thou forbid thyself that which Allah has made lawful to thee, seeking the pleasure of thy wives? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. [66:3] Allah has […]
Source: Religion News Service By David Gushee | Nov 17, 2015 | 51 Comments My pen was quiet for the last two weeks, as I was lecturing in western Europe. My path took me to Paris — just 36 hours before the horrific terror attacks, my wife and I were in that grand […]
Epigraph: Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and caused water to come down from the clouds, and brought forth therewith fruits for your sustenance; and He […]