Source: NY Times By MANNY FERNANDEZ and CHRISTINE HAUSER SEPT. 16, 2015 HOUSTON — Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade alarm clock got him suspended from his suburban Dallas high school and detained and […]
Niqab ruling to be appealed to Supreme Court, Tories say Conservatives vow to reintroduce niqab ruling within 100 days of re-election By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Sep 16, 2015 10:04 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 16, 2015 4:02 PM ET Play Media Jason Kenney on appealing the niqab decision to the Supreme Court 1:26 […]
Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/ (CNN)When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he’d made from a pencil […]
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives a new kiswa (the Kaaba cover) from the senior guardian of the Kaaba, Saleh Al-Sheibi, in Jeddah on Tuesday. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, and his deputy Sheikh Mohammad bin Nasser Al-Khozaim […]
By AFP – Sep 15,2015 – CAIRO — Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who offered to buy a Mediterranean island to help hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing war, said Monday he was in talks to buy two private Greek islands. The businessman announced earlier this month he was looking […]
Sep 15,2015 – Last updated at Sep 15,2015 When Zionist Haganah militias carried out Operation Yiftach, on May 19, 1948, the aim was to drive Palestinians in the northern Safad District, which had declared its independence a mere five days earlier, outside the border of Israel. The ethnic cleansing […]
Alana Yzola Aug. 23, 2015 China has historically followed ancient religions like Buddhism and Taoism for about 2,000 years, according to China’s State Council. But a recent map published by Reuters shows that the country’s belief systems have become increasingly diverse. Fenggang Yang/ReutersThis map shows the new religious make up of […]
After Nana Patekar, actor Akshay Kumar extends helping hand to drought-hit farmers Posted by: Mukul Kumar Mishra Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 12:48 [IST] Share this on your social network: Akshay Kumar Mumbai, Sept 16: Taking inspiration from actor Nana Patekar, yet another Bollywood star has extended helping hand […]
theguardian: by Ben Child — Slumdog Millionaire composer posts letter insisting that he acted in good faith after Mumbai-based clerics accuse film of mocking Islam ‘My decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith with no intentions of causing offence’ … AR Rahman. The […]
Source: Reuters An appeals court rejected the Canadian government’s ban on face coverings worn by some Muslims during citizenship ceremonies, the Canadian Press reported on Tuesday. In response, the ruling […]
http://www.rabwah.net: In a press release issued on September 14th 2015 America’s oldest Muslim group urged President Obama to accept more Syrian refugees. In Monday’s statement The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA expressed […]
Source: Huffington Post By Aman Ali; Storyteller, Performer and Reporter Fourteen years ago today, I almost beat the living snot out of a kid in my high school. It was the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post And the majority of them say they are unlikely to return to the church. Roughly half of Americans […]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Toronto Star OTTAWA—A Federal Court of Appeal panel has dismissed a government appeal over a ban on face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. The three justices ruled from the […]
You Cannot Eat a Beef Burger in Kashmir, India; Thanks to the Hindu Mullahs ‘Why can’t you respect our religious values?’: Kashmiris react to news of beef ban Scroll.in: […]
Keleti train station as never before Seeing at firsthand the hopelessness of refugees 11. September 2015 – by Alexander Stemp in Politics There has been much talk and media coverage about the human tides of refugees pouring into Europe this summer, with Budapest Keleti train station playing its part as […]
Muslims’ freedom of worship crying out for help at al-Aqsa Israeli soldiers raid al-Aqsa Mosque, attack peaceful Muslim sit-inners September 15, 2015 – 2:06 PM Muslims’ freedom of worship crying out for help at al-Aqsa Ahlul Bayt News Agency – The Israeli occupation soldiers on early Tuesday morning broke into […]
The Reason Why I Will Never Go For Hajj By Akif Kichloo 12/09/2015 On one side, there 2 million displaced Syrian refugees in great distress and on the other, more than 2 million Muslims, totally disconnected from the tragedy, spending their life savings to indulge in a 1400-year-old ritual Fa […]
Source: Huffington Post By Dr. David Liepert; Canadian Muslim Leader, Spokesperson, Author and Educator Of all the crazy things going on around the world right now, perhaps the craziest is […]
The contours of a new deal should be ready by year-end, a former Syrian politician says Image Credit: AP Russian President Putin with his Syrian counterpart Al Assad. Russia is ramping up up military aid to Syria, which analysts see as a harbinger of future plans for the countries […]