New York City Public Schools Close For Muslim Holy Day For First Time
New York City public schools were closed Thursday in observance of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. This was the first time the school system that serves 1.1 million pupils […]
PM Modi visit to the US – what’s on the menu at Waldorf Astoria
New York, Sept 24: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will have a dinner date with 47 top American CEOs on Thursday, Sept 24. The much awaited dinner meeting is schedule to be held at the Waldorf Astoria, a luxury five-star hotel in New York. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Ford […]
Palestinians increasingly support war with Israel as confidence in peace process fails – survey
The Independent Lizzie Dearden Support for a new war with Israel is growing among Palestinians as they lose confidence in politicians and the peace process, a survey has found. The Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), an independent think-tank based in Ramallah, said the death of a toddler […]
Novartis offers cheap drugs for developing countries
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE Novartis offers cheap drugs for developing countries SEP 24, 2015 – 11:29 Patients in Kenya, Ethiopia and Vietnam will be the first beneficiaries of the cheap drugs (Keystone) The Swiss pharma giant Novartis has launched a portfolio of 15 affordable drugs for chronic diseases in low- and middle-income […]
Swiss want to ‘shake up’ international community over Syria
ROADMAP FOR PEACE Swiss want to ‘shake up’ international community over Syria SEP 24, 2015 – 10:54 Syrian refugees arrive at the Jordan-Syria border at Al-Rugban on September 10 after fleeing Islamic State fighters and Syrian regime attacks (Keystone) Switzerland is keen to help inject a new political dynamic in […]
Mecca stampede Live: Nearly 717 Haj pilgrims killed in Mina, 863 injured
Mecca stampede Live: Nearly 717 Haj pilgrims killed in Mina, 863 injured [ Photos+Video] By Johnlee Varghese September 24, 2015 Bodies are removed after a hajj stampede in Mena, outside Mecca.Reuters File Muslim pilgrims holding umbrellas to shelter from the heat walk on a […]
594. Commandment – O ye who believe! come into submission wholly
594. Commandment – O ye who believe! come into submission wholly [2:209] O ye who believe! come into submission wholly and follow not the footsteps of Satan; surely, he is your open enemy. [2:132] When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit,’ he said, ‘I have submitted to the Lord of […]
595. Commandment – Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit
595. Commandment – Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit [6:15] Say, ‘Shall I take any protector other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, Who feeds and is not fed?’ Say, ‘I have been commanded to be the first of […]
Ben Carson’s claim that ‘taqiyya’ encourages Muslims ‘to lie to achieve your goals’
Washington Post: Carson, a neurosurgeon seeking the GOP presidential nomination, caused a stir when he declared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he could not support a Muslim becoming president. In a follow-up interview with The Hill, he asserted that he “did not believe Sharia [law] is consistent with the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at provides food to 38 disaster affected families
http://thepoint.gm/: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at on Sunday distributed rice, oil, onion and cash worth over D100,000 to 38 disaster affected families in Salikene in the North Bank Region. The support was part of the Jamaat’s humanitarian efforts to affected families hard hit by windstorm and flashflood. The presentation was held in […]
French Far-Right Politician Will Go on Trial for Comparing Muslims to Nazis
Time: French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen is set to face a trialin October for her past comments likening Muslim public prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials from her party and prosecutors in the eastern city of Lyon said Tuesday. The Lyon prosecutor’s office said Le Pen will be charged […]
Hajj: A Prophecy of Prophet Abraham fulfilled from 4000 years ago. (Al Quran 22:27-28)
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
UK: David Cameron reflects on ‘millions of victims’ of Isil and Assad in Eid message
Telegraph: In his official address to mark the festival of Eid, David Cameron urges British Muslims to think of those “driven from their homes” by Isil and President Assad . David Cameron has urged British Muslims to think of those “maimed, murdered [and] driven from their homes” by Isil […]
Make No Mistake, Ben Carson’s Comments About A Muslim President Were Intolerant, And Wrong
Source: The Daily Caller By QASIM RASHID; Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation … I absolutely would not agree […]
EU urged to secure borders from ‘millions’ of migrants
By AFP – Sep 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants and refugees arrive on Kagia beach near the village of Sykamia, west of the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Wednesday (AFP photo) BRUSSELS — The EU’s president urged leaders […]
At a Damascus market, divided Syria comes together again
By AFP – Sep 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES DAMASCUS — Grapes from rebel territory, watermelons from land under jihadist control, potatoes from a regime-held area — every morning the Syria […]
Canadian elections: Block Quebecois issues anti niqab controversial ad.
Bloc Québécois targets NDP over niqabs, pipelines in controversial new ad Separatist party wants to ban face covering during citizenship ceremony and voting By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News Posted: Sep 18, 2015 8:06 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 18, 2015 8:07 PM ET A new Bloc Québécois ad featuring a drop of oil morphing […]
Toronto: 2 Via Rail terror plotters sentenced to life in prison
2 Via Rail terror plotters sentenced to life in prison Judge says terror plot was ‘designed to result in indiscriminate killings’ CBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2015 10:58 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 23, 2015 3:33 PM ET Play Media 251 shares F Twitte Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories Via Rail […]
India: How to handle media bias against Islam
HOW TO HANDLE MEDIA BIAS AGAINST ISLAM By Moin Qazi, Nagpur India .The sudden wave of interest in Islam across the world seemed to commence just after September 11, 2001. The Western media, television as well as print, devoted reams of paper and time slots to report incidents ranging from […]
Book Review: Polygyny: What It Means When African American Muslim Women Share Their Husbands
Book by Debra Majeed Details: 192 pages 6×9 Cloth: $74.95 ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-6077-4 Pub date: 6/30/2015 Sample Chapter(s): Table of Contents Excerpt “Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women’s realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand.”–Amina […]