Source: thestar.co.uk Some 32 young men from South Yorkshire attended a regional conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association. The event brought together more than 100 young men from all over Yorkshire to affirm their pride in being both British and Muslim. Shahzad Ahmad, youth leader for the South Yorkshire branch […]
Source: spyghana.com Madam Zainab Abdul-Salaam, Headmistress of Fomena T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (SHS), has asked parents to take responsibility, and do more to protect children through good moral training. This, […]
Source: thenorthwestern.com | Umair Ahmed “There is no moderate Muslim because there is no moderate Islam.” This is the message that a self-proclaimed expert on Islam, Usama Dakdok, is bringing to Oshkosh, on April 8. Those gathered at St. John’s Lutheran church that day will probably learn astonishing proclamations such as President Obama […]
Source: batleynews.co.uk Community leaders say the exclusive use of Urdu by some Muslim clerics, including a number who speak no English, means sermons denouncing violent militants are not understood by many British-born Muslims. All of the mosques I know preach the right message but most young people go through a phase […]
Source: Huffington Post The Huffington Post | By Alexandra Svokos Posted: 04/07/2015 At Boston College, a Jesuit Catholic university where 70 percent of students identify as Catholic, Fatmah Berikaa says […]
Source: Huffington Post The Huffington Post | By Alexandra Svokos Posted: 04/07/2015 At Boston College, a Jesuit Catholic university where 70 percent of students identify as Catholic, Fatmah Berikaa says […]
MOSCOW — Welcoming the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, to Moscow at a time of badly strained relations between Russia and Europe, President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday declared that the visit “could not have come at a better time.” Mr. Tsipras, who is in tough negotiations with fellow European […]
Syrian-born former imam shot dead in London Murder investigation launched after Abdul Hadi Arwani, a fierce critic of Bashar al-Assad, found dead in Wembley Abdul Hadi Arwani was found dead in his car in Wembley, north-west London, on Tuesday. Photograph: YouTube Rebecca Ratcliffe and Aisha Gani Tuesday 7 April 2015 […]
By Lora Moftah @LoraMoftah l.moftah@ibtimes.com on April 07 2015 3:57 PM EDT Muslim tourism to Jerusalem is increasing despite longstanding opposition by religious leaders in the Muslim world to visiting Israel. A Muslim is pictured here praying at the compound housing the Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in […]
Epigraph: As to those who disbelieve, and hinder men from the way of Allah and from the Sacred Mosque, which We have appointed equally for all men, be they dwellers […]
Democracy now.org: As Saudi Arabia continues U.S.-backed strikes in Yemen and Washington lifts its freeze on military to aid to Egypt, new figures show President Obama has overseen a major increase in weapons sales since taking office. The majority of weapons exports under Obama have gone to the Middle East […]
Source: Huffington Post Qasim Rashid; Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” How did a rogue band of radicals with such a destructive ideology appear so suddenly and gain such influence in such a rapid timeframe? The answer is an inconvenient truth — but it is one we must accept if […]
By Alexandra Svokos; alexandra.svokos@huffingtonpost.com If you’ve never met a Muslim,” says Fatmah Berikaa, “you’re only getting the images that you see in the media.” Berikaa, a freshman at Boston College, is […]
By Alexandra Svokos; alexandra.svokos@huffingtonpost.com If you’ve never met a Muslim,” says Fatmah Berikaa, “you’re only getting the images that you see in the media.” Berikaa, a freshman at Boston College, is […]
Der Spiegel April 07, 2015 – 06:06 PM Events this past weekend in Germany have left many worried that a dismaying wave of xenophobia may be returning to the country. Early Saturday morning, one or more perpetrators broke into an apartment building in the town of Tröglitz in the eastern […]
Source: Global Research by David J Wasserstein Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it […]
World Bulletin / News Desk A judge in the state of North Carolina ruled Monday that prosecutors could pursue the death penalty against the alleged killer of three Muslim students […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Source: MSN.com Reason number one: Seventy-three percent of couples said a lack of commitment was the main reason their marriage didn’t work. According to the survey, 62 percent of exes […]
The Huffington Post | By Alexandra Svokos This story is part of a series on Muslim college students: Finding Space For Prayer On Campus | Becoming ‘The Other’ In America | Practicing Islam At A Catholic University | Being A Muslim Leader In College | Inside A Muslim Fraternity | […]