Is criticising blasphemy laws blasphemous?
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench hearing an appeal filed by Mumtaz Qadri – the murderer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer – asked his defence team whether […]
Wingnuts’ latest meltdown: Conservatives go nuts over Obama’s remarks on Christianity and Islam
Epigraph: Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to […]
Literature: Four blasphemy suspects declared proclaimed offenders
ET: LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Shehzad Raza declared four blasphemy suspects proclaimed offenders on Friday for not appearing in court. The suspects had earlier been granted after-arrest bail by Lahore High Court. The district and sessions court also issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the suspects and ordered action […]
Video: Queen Rania joins thousands at Amman rally against ISIS
6 February 2015 Last updated at 15:51 GMT Thousands have rallied in Jordan’s capital, Amman, in support of their government’s military response to the killing of a Jordanian fighter pilot […]
Promoting Peace: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan launches ‘Muslims for Peace’ Campaign
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is one of the oldest peace-loving Muslim Communities in Japan who had started their Missionaries activities since 1935 from Kobe. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan is launching a […]
Mayor Colley: SIC stance on Ahmadiyya not an executive decision
Source: standard.gm The chief ruling-APRC advocate has distanced his party from the comment made by opposition-UDP leader Ousainou Darboe that it would be ‘disastrous’ if the Supreme Islamic Council’s decision to […]
The Big Questions Debate: “Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?”
Additional Reading The Muslim Times Leading the Discussion on Free Speech and Its Limitations
POLITICS : UK court says spies’ Internet surveillance was unlawful Landmark British court ruling says mass surveillance of UK residents gathered by NSA contravened EU human rights norms.
UK spies had acted illegally when they scooped up data on British residents’ online communications that was gathered by the US National Security Agency, a British court has ruled in a landmark judgment against Britain’s security services. But the judges said in the verdict on Friday that now, since details […]
Imam is free to leave
Source: thestar.com | blogs.windsorstar.com The controversial Imam in Montreal, Hamza Chaoui believes that democracy and Islam are “parallel lines that never intersect and that the vote is a sin” But he should look at […]
Bart Ehrman interview – Hidden Christianity
In Forged, Ehrman reveals: The Apostle Peter was illiterate, and therefore could not have written two letters (1 & 2 Peter) credited to him in the Bible. Six of the […]
IS cleric removed for objecting to pilot burning: monitor
Source:Arab News Beirut: A cleric with the Islamic State jihadist group has been removed from his post after objecting to the burning alive of a captured Jordanian pilot, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the cleric, known by the nom-de-guerre Abu Musab Al-Jazrawi, raised objections […]
Integrating Europe’s Muslims – Javier Solana
Epigraph: Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a […]
US News Anchor Brian Williams credibility gone with wind
“I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] fire. I was instead in a following aircraft.” for 12 years he did not say otherwise By Dr. Fred http://www.fortruthssake.com/2015/02/brian-williams-credibility-is-gone-with-the-wind/ Losing one’s credibility is not easy for most of us to […]
Terrorism is Not Jihad
By Nabeela Ali, who used to work as a professional journalist in Islamabad Pakistan, when journalists were not highly paid in terms of respect and money It’s hard to define terrorism but according to many people when it comes to Muslims, it becomes crystal clear that Muslims are terrorists and Islam […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 371. Commandment – And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you
371. Commandment – And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you [5:6] This day all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you, and […]
Canada: Radicalization of students by Muslim Students Association
Awso Peshdary, Khadar Khalib ran ‘Syrian fundraisers’ By Keaton Robbins, Ottawa Sun First posted: Thursday, February 05, 2015 08:10 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, February 05, 2015 08:55 PM EST […]
Moshairah – An evening of Poetry, in the presence of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba)
Source: keepvids.net Click to watch Moshairah – An evening of Poetry, in the presence of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba)
UK: Interfaith Walking to help promote unity & friendship in Keighley
Source: keighleynews.co.uk Successful outing for first Keighley Community Through Unity Friendship Walk A SMALL group of people enjoyed an eight-mile walk to help promote unity and friendship in Keighley. Paul Skinner […]
President Obama: ‘People Committed Terrible Deeds In The Name Of Christ’
Source: huffingtonpost.com “In today’s world, when hate groups have their own Twitter accounts and bigotry can fester in hidden places in cyberspace, it can be even harder to counteract such intolerance,” […]
Drawing new battle lines
Source:ET New battle lines have been drawn. The military-mullah alliance that shaped and sustained our deeply entrenched policy on Afghanistan and Kashmir is now under severe strain. Secrecy has been an important tool used by the security apparatus to fight the war on terror — much of which was fought […]