Little hope in Gaza ruins a year after devastating war
By AFP – Jul 05,2015 – Last updated at Jul 05,2015 Gaza City — In the ruins of what used to be his home, Gaza Strip resident Rabah Abu Shanab […]
Sam Harris and William Lane Craig debate: Is Good From God?
Epigraph: And by the soul and its perfection — And He revealed to it what is wrong for it and what is right for it — He indeed truly prospers […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s leader calls for actions against radicals
Source: en.shafaqna.com SHAFAQNA – Rafiq Hayat, national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, says that moderate Muslims fear and despise Islamic State barbarism just as much as the rest of the British […]
“I am a Muslim and I am angry”, BY TARIQ AL MAEENA
I am not a Sunni or a Shiite or an Ahmadi or a Khawani. I am a Muslim! I am not a Salafist or a Sufi, a Ja’afari or a […]
UK: PRESS RELEASE – Glasgow stands up for Saudi blogger – Raif Badawi
From: Global Minorities Alliance Glasgow stands up for Saudi blogger – Raif Badawi The Glasgow based human rights organisation Global Minorities Alliance (GMA) has called on the Scottish Government for immediate intervention for the release of the imprisoned Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi. Mr Badawi has become an icon for the […]
519. Commandment – Study of the Universe is like seeking of His bounty
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 519. Commandment – Study of the Universe is like seeking of His bounty 519. Commandment – Study of the Universe is like seeking of His bounty [30:23] And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity […]
Fareed Zakaria GPS Special – Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World
See the trailer in CNN Published on May 13, 2015 Fareed takes an in-depth look at ISIS: its threat, its aspirations, and what life is really like deep inside its […]
The Real Problem With Women as the Family Breadwinner
Time: by Bellinda Luscombe Fox News isn’t all wrong, but it ain’t (just) about the money Watching the recent kerfuffle over whether it’s sexist to think that marriages might be threatened when wives make more than husbands is a bit like watching a person trying to change a flat on […]
Ministers back to Vienna for final Iran nuclear deal push
Source: Indian Express VIENNA: Foreign ministers from major powers were expected back inVienna Sunday seeking to score a huge diplomatic success by nailing down a nuclear deal with Iran after […]
Palestinian unity is a priority
Jul 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Musa Keilani The new Palestinian government formed this week is facing a big challenge to reinstate the foundations of unity among the different strata of the Palestinian people, especially between Gaza and those in the West Bank. For the last eight years, a nascent […]
Schooling and social change in Pakistan
Jul 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Muhammad Nawaz Sharif The importance of education — and especially schooling — cannot be overestimated. Not only has the expansion of primary and secondary education been linked to accelerated economic growth, poverty eradication, and improved income equality, but education also appears to be closely […]
Did Prophet Muhammad Warn Us of ISIS?
Huff Post: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — In separate attacks last week, ISIS terrorists killed 39 tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and close to 30 worshipers at a Shia Mosque in Kuwait. The onslaught came shortly after the group called on its militant Jihadi sympathizers to expand operations […]
Area Muslims respond to ‘Death to Islam’ sign in West York
Source: Ydr.com By Brett Sholtis; bsholtis@ydr.com @BrettSholtis on Twitter When she’s not busy working as a marketing and communications consultant, Rabiya Khan likes to take photos, kayak on Lake Redman and organize family parties. The 38-year-old York woman was born in London, went to high school in Lancaster and moved to […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: Statement condemning recent terror attacks
Press Ahmadiyya: Following the terrorist attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait last week, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Hate speech: Prayer leader sentenced to 10 years in prison
Tribune: BAHAWALPUR: An anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced a prayer leader to 10 years and four months imprisonment after he was convicted of making hate speeches after Fajr prayers. Judge Khalid Arshad also fined Abdul Ghani Rs750,000. Prosecution said Ghani had delivered provocative speeches following Fajr prayers at a mosque in […]
UK Muslims decry move to host Prophet Muhammad exhibit
Muslim organisations in the UK have condemned a move by an anti-Sharia campaign group to host an exhibition featuring cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in London in September. Azad Ali, chair of the Muslim Safety Forum based in London, told Al Jazeera on Friday the proposed “Muhammad Cartoon Exhibit” by UK-based Sharia […]
Video: Islamic Curriculum On Peace and Counter Terrorism, by Dr. Tahir ul Qadri
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Urdu: محمد طاہر القادری) (born 19 February 1951) is a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar of Sufism.[3] He was also a professor of international constitutional law at the University […]
Prime Minister David Cameron: British Schools Must Root Out Muslim Extremists
Religion News Service | By Trevor Grundy Posted: 06/30/2015 1:54 pm EDT CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Headmasters and teachers at Britain’s privately owned and state-run schools have been ordered to be […]
Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer
By Nick Thompson, CNN Cairo, Egypt (CNN) Summer days: They’re what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the […]
Muslims Celebrating Independence Day in the United States
Epigraph: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right […]