FEATURE How Saudi Arabia exports radical Islam The Week Staff AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili August 8, 2015 Saudi Arabia has spent billions promoting its extremist version of Islam. What has it wrought? Here’s everything you need to know: Why do the Saudis proselytize? To combat the spread of Shiite Islam and […]
Source: Time Magazine Dear presidential candidates: With the first anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown this weekend, America needs to know how the tumultuous events of the last year […]
Is Music Prohibited In Islam? By Naseer Ahmed, New Age Islam 03 august, 2015 There is no verse in the Quran that discourages or bans music and yet, based on several Ahadith that contradict each other, it is commonly believed that music is allowed only in a limited way and […]
Surely 70 years is long enough for us to put to rest the tired canard of the atomic bombings on Japan being “the lesser of the two evils”, and recognise […]
United Nations committee expresses concern that lack of oversight and safeguarding measures could lead to rights abuses and unlawful deportations A UN human rights body has joined a chorus of […]
As media focuses on the news about “radicalized” Muslim youth, a Huffington Post article has shed some light on stories of successful Canadian Muslims, focusing on the positive contribution Muslim […]
551. Commandment – And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is freely professed for Allah. But if they desist, then remember that no hostility is allowed except against the aggressors [2:194] And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is freely professed for Allah. But if they desist, then remember that no hostility […]
Buzz Feed: 1. People in Pakistan do not speak Arabic. Zainab Shah / Via ethnologue.com 2. None of the neighboring countries speak Arabic either. Zainab Shah / Via acdemocracy.org 3. And while we have our maps open: Pakistan is not in the Middle East. Middle East Zainab Shah / Via […]
Press Ahmadiyya: Minister laid out his ‘comprehensive’ plan in Birmingham as part of his renewed effort to up the ante against the crisis of extremism. I thought Cameron’s concern to do […]
A television presenter in Germany has triggered a huge online debate after calling for a public stand against the growth of racist attacks on refugees. Anja Reschke used a commentary slot on Tagesthemen, the nationwide news bulletin of German public broadcaster ARD,to lambast hate-filled commentators whose language she said had […]
By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Friday, 7 August 2015 A picture of two Palestinian men shielding an Israeli policewoman from rocks being thrown by Israeli settlers has gone […]
With God on whose side? Indonesia’s guarantee of religious freedom looks hollow Aug 8th 2015 | JAKARTA | From the print edition The economist image: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/all/modules/custom/ec_bookmark/assets/timekeeper-btn.png image: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/print-edition/20150808_ASP004_0.jpg Ahmadis: always under threat LAST month, just days before Idul Fitri, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, worshippers at the An-Nur mosque in southern […]
Source: BBC Presented by Melissa Hogenboom Our extinct cousins had eyes much larger than ours. Were these giant peepers the reason for the Neanderthals’ demise, or the secret of their […]
The Huffington Post Canadians are about to witness one of the longest election campaigns in the country’s history as Stephen Harper asked the governor general to dissolve parliament last Sunday. […]
Epigraph: Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3) Source: The Daily […]
Source: BBC A Bangladeshi blogger known for his secular views has been hacked to death by a gang armed with machetes in the capital Dhaka, police say. Niloy Neel was […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
Source: Economist LAST month, just days before Idul Fitri, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, worshippers at the An-Nur mosque in southern Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, had a […]
theguardian: by Brandon G Withrow — Stepping away from a faith isn’t just a belief sea change. It’s also a large loss – of culture, and sometimes family You’ve likely heard the numbers by now. Approximately 23% of Americansare religiously unaffiliated (atheist, agnostic and “nothing in particular”). This demographic is expected […]
As Turkey recently ‘joined’ the US assault on the IS militant group in Syria, their renewed attacks on PKK separatists have resulted in an end to a two-year peace treaty with the Kurdish Workers’ Party Bassem Aly , Wednesday 5 Aug 2015 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (C), flanked by Prime […]
