Why We Cannot Settle for a Secular Society
Faith Street.com: In a famous 1863 speech, President Lincoln said, “We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace . . . and we […]
Qasim Rashid: ‘Why We Cannot Settle for a Secular Society?’
Source: On Faith By Qasim Rashid In a famous 1863 speech, President Lincoln said, “We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace . . . and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by […]
Canada: Lifestyle stores market to modern Muslims
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Good community relations mean young Muslims in Scotland eschew extremism
theguardian: by Hara Rahim — Unlike in England, there is mutual respect between the Scottish government, the Muslim communities and the police ‘English nationalism has an impact on whether a person expresses “Islamophobic” attitudes, whereas Scottish nationalism does not appear to My first emotion when I moved to London […]
Anorexia Crackdown: France Bans Fashion Models Who Are Too Thin
nbcnews.com PARIS — France will ban excessively thin models and expose modeling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to possible fines and even jail, under a new law passed on Friday. France joins Italy, Spain and Israel which all adopted laws against too-thin models on catwalks or in […]
Obama has justified his Nobel Prize with Iran deal, Zarif & Kerry would be good choices this year
Epigraph: Whoso saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called […]
528. Commandment – Ponder over the fruit thereof when it bears fruit, and the ripening thereof
528. Commandment – Ponder over the fruit thereof when it bears fruit, and the ripening thereof [6:100] And it is He Who sends down water from the cloud; and We bring forth therewith every kind of growth; then We bring forth with that green foliage wherefrom We produce clustered grain. […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association hosts Annual Ramadan Interfaith Dinner at Baitul-Huda Mosque, Sydney
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The Latest On Iran Deal: Obama Says Deal Provides New Way Forward
Source: NPR The United States and five of its allies have reached a historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. As we’ve reported, the deal puts restrictions on Iran’s […]
Meet America’s Only Openly Gay Imam
He’s black. And he’s Muslim. Think that’s not hard enough? He’s gay. Think that’s still not hard enough? He’s an Imam. And he loves life. Think you have challenges in your life? What do you think the challenges are for a gay, black, Muslim who is the United States’ first […]
An Empire Strikes Back
Source: Stratfor: The key event was the Greek referendum on the European Union’s demand for further austerity in exchange for infusions of cash to save the Greek banking system. The Syriza party had called the vote to strengthen its hand in dealing with the European demands. The Greek government’s view […]
Hadron Collider discovers new particle
Source: BBC Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much […]
First rule of refugees – don’t be a Muslim if you want help
We now treat each refugee on the grounds of their race, religion or purpose of flight. We do not treat them as human beings by Robert Fisk, The Independent Nineteenth-century Americans were on safe ground when they inscribed the words of Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me […]
Eating disorders at Ramadan: One teenager’s experience
Source: BBC By Anisa Kadri; BBC Asian Network It is coming to the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between dawn and sunset for a month. The 18-hour spiritual fasts are […]
Breaking: Iran, major powers reach historic nuclear deal in Vienna, diplomats confirm
Dawn: VIENNA: Iran and six major powers have reached a historic nuclear deal, which will grant Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat […]
526. Commandment – Go forth early in the morning to your field (for farming)
526. Commandment – Go forth early in the morning to your field (for farming) [68:23] Saying, ‘Go forth early in the morning to your field, if you would gather the fruit.’
527. Commandment – Ponder over every noble species on earth
527. Commandment – Ponder over every noble species on earth [26:8] Have they not looked at the earth, how many of every noble species have We caused to grow therein? [26:9] In that there is a Sign indeed; but most of these would not believe.
525. Commandment – Allah has made the earth for you a wide expanse, ‘That you may traverse the open ways thereof
525. Commandment – Allah has made the earth for you a wide expanse, ‘That you may traverse the open ways thereof [71:16] ‘Have you not seen how Allah has created seven heavens in perfect harmony, [71:17] ‘And has placed the moon therein as a light, and made the sun as a lamp? [71:18] ‘And Allah […]
Iran nuclear agreement ‘reached’ – diplomats in Vienna
Source: BBC A deal on limiting Iran’s nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say. Under the agreement, access for […]
Bill Maher and Fox News’s Muslim feminism: How Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Nomani embrace the soft Islamophobia of Western expectations
Salon.com: In his Nobel lecture on Dec. 11, 1950, British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.” Noble motives, he added, deserve our inquiry, for they’re often but façades. The revival in recent months of public appraisals of […]