Islam is simple, don’t make it complicated
DEANA NASSAR The Qur’an says: “We have sent down the Book to you which manifests the truth about all things and as guidance and mercy and good news for […]
Preparing for final journey
A.S. HALAWANI Published — Friday 17 April 2015 When you pass away, do not worry about your dead body as fellow Muslims will take good care of it; they will take off your clothes, wash your body up, and wrap it in a clean white shroud; they will take […]
Editorial: Education black hole Daily Star, Lebanon
The Daily Star The release of a report this week on conditions in the Middle East is unlikely to gain much attention from global media outlets – probably because the words “extremism” or “ISIS” aren’t in the title. But the announcement by UNICEF and UNESCO that 21 million children in […]
IRAQI ODYSSEY : ‘Nostalgia as a weapon against fundamentalism’
By Islah Bakhat APR 17, 2015 – 11:00 1959: A year after the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown, Samir (still a little boy, the second from the right) and his family picnic outside Baghdad with some friends. An image from a revolutionary era (Dschoint Ventschr) In Iraqi Odyssey, film director Samir […]
Canada: Women Wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Help Dispel Misconceptions on Islam
Stop the Crisis talk held at Tansley Woods Community Centre Source: insidehalton.com | By Melanie Cummings Special to Burlington Post Local Muslims plan to ‘Stop the Crisis’ of radicals bent on destruction, one […]
India: Press Release of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Response to Inflammatory Statements by Religious Leaders
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USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds third annual “Muhammad: The Messenger of Peace” Seminar
During the third annual “Muhammad: The Messenger of Peace” seminar Wednesday evening, Detroit’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community chapter joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association to discuss Islam and to portray a […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Calgary holds 7th Annual World Religions Conference at Cochrane RancheHouse
The evening featured a panel discussion on “Freedom of Expression and Respect for Religious Sanctities.” Four panelists represented Baha’i, Christian, Muslim and Stoney Nakoda First Nation views. Source: cochraneeagle.com | cochranetimes.com By David […]
Africa: Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement (AMM) urged Ghanaians to strengthen religious tolerance
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement (AMM), has urged Ghanaians to go the extra mile to strengthen the religious tolerance in the country, to sustain peace and facilitate the development of the country. Source: spyghana.com According to the Movement, peace was an essential commodity which could only be attained in a transformed tolerant […]
Ghana: Cape Coast Crime Officer Urges Religious Leaders To Preach Against Crime at the first annual rally of the Ahmadiyya Youth
The Cape Coast Metropolitan Crime Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ken Kuntogli, has urged religious leaders to consistently preach against crime and its effects, which he believes, will go a long way to reduce the increasing number of criminal activities in the country. Sources: spyghana.com He said the recent increase […]
Preventable rabies kills 160 people per day
Source: BBC Around 59,000 people die every year from rabies transmitted by dogs, with the poorer regions of the world worst affected, says a report by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control. The report authors said more should be done to vaccinate dogs, particularly in low-income countries. Vaccines for bite […]
Glasgow Muslim group and Amnesty International hold election hustings – Ukip declined to attend
CANDIDATES fighting for votes in the General Election have affirmed their commitment to human rights in a hustings. In an event organised by Amnesty International, seven parties attended in the Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Glasgow in the west end. Speakers included the Scottish Conservatives’ Meghan Gallacher (candidate for […]
New curriculum to encourage religious freedom, says Khuhro
Dawn: LARKANA: The Aug 11, 1947 speech of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in which he spelled out rights of minorities and called for an end to faith-based discrimination, is being incorporated in the curriculum on the directives of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. This was stated by senior […]
Jorge Ramos: A Voice for the Immigrants in USA
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Time Jorge Ramos is silver-haired and gray-eyed, but inside that ring of steel beats a heart of gold. Ramos wrangles with President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner; […]
Building a Collection of Articles to Refute Islamophobia
Epigraph: And help one another in righteousness and piety; but help not one another in sin and transgression. (Al Quran 5:3) The largest Gurdwara in Glasgow Lead post collected by […]
Why Kids Need Spirituality
New York Magazine: By Lisa Miller You are Jewish; your husband, a lapsed Catholic. Neither of you believes, much, in God, although occasionally you like to meditate and you both […]
Tajikistan: No Hajj, No Hijab, and Shave Your Beard
In a Muslim-majority country, state control of religious expression tightens. Technically, freedom of religion is enshrined in the constitution of Tajikistan. But in reality, religious practice–at least for members of […]
UN base in Mali hit by deadly suicide bombing
A suicide attack on a UN base in northern Mali has killed three civilians and wounded nine peacekeepers, the UN has said. The bomber attempted to drive into a UN camp in Ansongo town when his explosives detonated, it added. At least 35 UN troops have been killed and more […]
BBC’s Mishal Husain named broadcaster of the year
BBC: Mishal Husain, who hosts BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and television news bulletins, has won broadcaster of the year at the London Press Club Awards. Husain was nominated alongside […]
BBC's Mishal Husain named broadcaster of the year
BBC: Mishal Husain, who hosts BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and television news bulletins, has won broadcaster of the year at the London Press Club Awards. Husain was nominated alongside […]