BY ROSS DOUTHAT, THE NEW YORK TIMES FEBRUARY 10, 2015 In my Sunday column on the controversy surrounding President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech, I tried to explain what I saw as the problems with the president’s “high horse” references to Western Christian sins without letting the column get sucked […]
Source: USA Today Three Muslim students, who were honored by thousands in a candlelight vigil at Chapel Hill, N.C., will be buried Thursday in Raleigh as authorities try to determine […]
Source: NY Times: MINSK, Belarus — A renewed cease-fire and an overall agreement to end the war in Ukraine was announced here on Thursday by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France after marathon overnight bargaining that nearly collapsed at the very end. The cease-fire is scheduled to begin […]
The Telegraph: by Padraig Reidy — Is slaughter made more or less awful if we more strictly categorise the perpetrator Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. Craig Hicks has been charged with their murder Stephen Hicks, the man charged with the murder of young […]
The New York Times — It is important to remember that the hangings, burnings and dismemberments of black American men, women and children that were relatively common in this country between the Civil War and World War II were often public events. They were sometimes advertised in newspapers and drew […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their advantage.’ (Al […]
More than 400 rabbis from Israel, Britain and around the world have called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes. By IMEMC News | February 10, 2015 […]
by Michael Young, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary Today, even Arab countries opposed to Assad have made the campaign against ISIS a priority, undermining the primacy of the struggle against a brutal Syrian regime. Terrorism is the new catchword and has fragmented those opposed to Assad. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has […]
Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid The shootings in N.C. are about more than parking dispute. Anti-Muslim attitudes are rife. Three college students killed on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 12 February 2015 Sometimes during a war, one picture changes the flow of events and put an end to the war. Observers may recall the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The picture shows […]
Issues call for patience and tolerance Source: ahmadiyya.us The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA mourns with the families of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, […]
As many anticipate the upcoming “Saving the Savior: Jesus in Islam” event scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, it naturally brings up the question about the role […]
Source: theeagle.com | SALMAN MUNIR The violence continues and more blood has been shed; ISIS has beheaded two Japanese hostages Huruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto and released a video of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz Kasabeh, being burned alive. [We just learned that American aid worker Kayla Mueller has been killed buy ISIS.] This […]
ICNA offers condolences in NC killings, calls for full investigation (The Muslim News team in San Francisco Bay Area shares the pain and concerns of the family members of these innocent Muslim students killed in North Carolina yesterday. Our deepest sympathies and prayers for them and the families). -—FOR IMMEDIATE […]
The Journey Bullfights, Flamenco, Gachas, Spanish guitar, Siesta and castles come to mind when a tourist packs his bags for Southern Spain. For a Pakistani traveler, however, Spain is only […]
Dawn: OVER the years, as self-anointed ‘defenders of the faith’ have multiplied in a rightward-drifting Pakistan, the number of people accused of ‘offences against religion’ has gone up exponentially. As reported in this paper, the Punjab prosecution department, in collaboration with the home and police departments, has shortlisted 50 undertrial […]
Spyghana: The three wings of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana have called for an end to the rampant killing of Ahmadi Muslims worldwide due to their faith and beliefs. […]
How Scholars View All-Women Mosque (In-depth) By Shari`ah Staff, Thursday, 05 February 2015 00:00 onislam.net 29051 The recent opening of an all-women mosque in Los Angeles, USA, raised debate among Muslim communities and scholars especially in the US.The Women’s Mosque of America is the first in the US to be […]
Embracing other cultures: Group asks passers-by if they will give a hug to blindfolded Muslim ‘terrorist’ in bid to fight Islamophobia Experiment conducted by group to eliminate Muslim stereotypes Blindfolded […]
Huffington Post: I’ve prayed in downtown Toronto mosques, on multiple occasions, in the last week. According to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that means I may be a frequent visitor to […]