A small but growing number of Muslims are abandoning their faith May 9th 2015 | From the print edition IDENTIFYING Muslims who have renounced their faith is tricky. Few are open about doing so, even in safe and secular Britain. But among the country’s Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, who overwhelmingly describe […]
Manama: When FIFA president Sepp Blatter addresses delegates at the 26th Asian Football Confederation congress on Thursday at least four men watching him are likely to be imagining themselves standing […]
Review of Religions: Islam, Democracy, and Khilafat: A Response to The Economist Nakasha Ahmad – USA, Shehzad Ahmad – UK Is Islam compatible with liberal democracy? Can Sharia law be […]
Huff Post: Analysts and researchers have recently begun to study “sacred values” that are basically deeply-rooted ethical or moral precepts that we hold dear regardless of whether they are political, religious or personal. When these values are provoked, even offering incentives to compromise over them is likely to backfire as […]
Source: The Daily Beast Pmela Geller et al. do it? Sure, they believe it. But they get bankrolled to do it—and on a major scale. People keep asking me why does Pam Geller spew so much anti-Muslim crap? Is it part of her work as a pro-Israel activist? Did she […]
MAKKAH — The Makkah Municipality is inviting tenders for the construction of smart car parks in the city’s Al-Ghazza neighborhood in front of Al-Maala Cemetery. The location has been selected to […]
A record of 13 Muslim MPs, up from 8 in 2010, have been elected in one of the most unpredictable and extraordinary general elections in Britain. Eight of the Muslim […]
PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK: Published on Thursday, 07 May 2015 13:59 PNN/ Ramallah/ Chief Palestinian negotiator and PLO member Dr. Saeb Erekat said, in his first official comment on the new Israeli government formed by Netanyahu, said that it was just another one of war and extremism. In an interview with […]
PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK: Published on Thursday, 07 May 2015 13:59 PNN/ Ramallah/ Chief Palestinian negotiator and PLO member Dr. Saeb Erekat said, in his first official comment on the new Israeli government formed by Netanyahu, said that it was just another one of war and extremism. In an interview with […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Saturday 9 May 2015 Social media networks including Facebook and WhatsApp are playing a big role in increasing the number of divorce cases in Saudi Arabia. According to one report, more than 30,000 divorces take place in the Kingdom every year and 82 […]
Commandment – Prohibition of division into sects [30:32] Set your face to God, turning to Him in repentance, and fear Him, and observe Prayer, and be not of those who associate partners with God — [30:33] Of those who split up their religion and have become divided into sects; every party rejoicing in […]
(CNN) Police in Dover, Delaware, have released dashcam video showing one of their officers kicking a man in the head, allegedly “rendering him unconscious.” Cpl. Thomas Webster was indicted Monday […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/7.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/news/2015/04/06/new-york-teen-accepted-ivy-league-schools.cnnmoney Source: CNN Money The New York high school senior who was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges has made his decision. He’s heading to Yale. Harold Ekeh actually […]
Report by Basheer Sahab (Sydney, Australia) 3-Day Successful Marathon Tabligue Program in Kannur, Kerala Payangadi, Kannur: By the grace of Allah, Payangadi Jamaat in Kerala has successfully organized Seeratunnabi Programs at […]
Zahir Mannan, Meriden The writer is education and devotion director for the Connecticut Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Source: courant.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA urges calm after the deadly […]
Zahir Mannan, Meriden The writer is education and devotion director for the Connecticut Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Source: courant.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA urges calm after the deadly […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
Source: ET GILGIT: The ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and four others were killed when an army helicopter crashed in Naltar area of Gilgit on Friday, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Norwegian envoy Leif H Larsen, Philippines ambassador Domingo D Lucenario Jr, wives of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors and two pilots were killed […]
Source: ET With Iran emboldened and the United States seen in retreat, President Barack Obama faces the vexed task of restoring lost trust and influence when he hosts Gulf leaders at Camp David next week. It is a meeting that Gulf officials privately describe as “a welcome gesture,” “thrown together” […]
What will religion and spirituality look like in the future? We asked 10 millennials to envisioned the future of their tradition or area of interest. We didn’t ask them to predict, but rather to share their hopes for the direction spirituality might take and inspire us to imagine a world […]