Dr Aslam Abdullah is the Director-Imam of the Islamic Society of Nevada. He also teaches Islamic Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, OLLI program and is the chief editor of the Detroit-based weekly newspaper Muslim Observer THE BELIEVERS AGAINST THE BELIEVERS in Dr Aslam Abdullah, Insight, WHAT’S HOT February […]
The humanitarian catastrophe that has resulted from the conflict could be a breeding ground for extremism By Khalid Bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, foreign minister of Qatar As we mark the fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil war, the humanitarian consequences of the conflict are simply staggering. On top of the estimated […]
Leader of Denmark’s Jews voices “disappointment” over Israeli leader’s “come to Israel” plea following deadly anti-Semitic attack By Robert Tait, Jerusalem Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with Denmark’s chief rabbi after seizing on Saturday’s deadly shootings in Copenhagen to call on European Jews to emigrate en mass to Israel. Rabbi Jair […]
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven […]
By Katherine Locke FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Reuters) – Friends and colleagues of Kayla Mueller, the aid worker who died while a captive of militants of the Islamic State group in Syria, […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yvonne Ridley Ridley in 2009 Born 23 April 1958 (age 56) Stanley, County Durham, England[1] Nationality British Ethnicity English Occupation Journalist Religion Islam Website http://www.yvonneridley.org Yvonne […]
Summary Is it significant that U.S. congressman John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat who also happens to be Jewish, issued a statement Thursday saying he would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Yarmuth also speaks openly about political and electoral dynamics that generally are not discussed in […]
Summary Copenhagen police said early Sunday they had shot a man dead hours after fatal gun attacks targeting the Danish capital’s main synagogue and a debate on Islam and free […]
PARIS — Meet Nassrin Abdallah. With her diminutive height and broad smile, it doesn’t seem like she should strike fear into the hearts of hardened militants from Daesh terror group. […]
The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has said for the first time since the revolution that we use simple language to develop mutual understanding with the world. The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has described Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to the youth in Europe and […]
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven […]
Posted by Rafiq A. Tschannen Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one […]
Rabwah.net: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association categorically condemns the callous attempt at mass killing Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), an auxiliary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, categorically condemns today’s unconscionable shooting […]
ET: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’, ‘Never again’, ‘united we stand’ and similar expressions of resolve and the severity of the situation post-APS, Peshawar were all natural, and perhaps justified in that moment of grief, and above all, horror. The All Parties Conference, the National Action Plan, the moving to tear tribute songs; […]
khabarsoutheastasia.com: Indonesian Ahmadis are no strangers to persecution. Attacks and discrimination against them are rife, but Iskandar Gumay hopes that things for the minority Muslim sect will improve under Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Indonesia’s new president. Ahmadi Muslim cleric Iskandar Gumay prays at al-Hidayah Mosque in Jakarta on January 21st. He […]
Houston Islamic center fire was deliberately set rawstory.com Arson investigators have found evidence that some form of accelerant was used in the suspicious fire at a Houston, Texas Islamic center on Friday. ABC News reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking law enforcement to investigate the fire as […]
Atlanta (CNN) Jimmy Carter has seen a lot in his 90 years. As a son of the South, a governor and president, and as a man who spent decades tackling problems […]
Story highlights Copenhagen police kill a gunman during a shootout Sunday He’s suspected in Saturday’s deadly attacks at a free speech forum and near a synagogue By Holly Yan and […]
NOTE BY THE EDITOR: I wrote this article from Kosovo in the year 2000. It has a renewed interest as now-a-days more and more Kosovars are leaving the country (again). The reality of the current predicament in Kosovo by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo […]
This is the moment a frail woman apparently confronted Islamic State militants in an extraordinary act of bravery. The remarkable footage appears to show the woman branding the men “devils” during the angry exchange, thought to have taken place in Syria. More…http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/watch-incredible-moment-brave-pensioner-confronts-islamic-state-militants-and-brands-them-devils-10046111.html