Muslims advocate peace, not terror: Salma B. Ahmad
Source: thenorthwestern.com I am a believer of responsible freedom of expression but I am not Charlie Hebdo. This is despite the fact that the January attacks on the office of Charlie […]
USA: Rep. Molly White responds to controversial Facebook post
Source: kxan.com http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiTElOIiwicCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJ2IjoiNDMwNTMyIiwicGx1Z2lucyI6eyJkZnAiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%2Fc3o9MXgxMDAwJml1PS81Njc4L2xpbi5LWEFOL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvdGV4YXMtbGVnaXNsYXR1cmUvcmVwLW1vbGx5LXdoaXRlLXJlc3BvbmRzLXRvLWNvbnRyb3ZlcnNpYWwtZmFjZWJvb2stcG9zdC9kZXRhaWwmY2l1X3N6cz0zMDB4MjUwJmdkZnBfcmVxPTEmZW52PXZwJm91dHB1dD14bWxfdmFzdDImYWRfcnVsZT0xIn0sImFuYWx5dGljcyI6eyJwZGIiOiI0MzAxNjg4NiJ9LCJvbW5pdHVyZSI6eyJwcm9maWxlIjoiTElOIiwiYWNjb3VudCI6ImRwc2Rwc2t4YW4sZHBzZ2xvYmFsIiwidHJhY2tpbmdTZXJ2ZXIiOiJsaW50di4xMjIuMm83Lm5ldCJ9fX0 AUSTIN (KXAN) — State Rep. Molly White (R-Belton) says she didn’t realize what a reaction her Facebook comment last Thursday would cause. She can say, hindsight’s 20-20. “I […]
Indonesia’s Ahmadis hopeful about new president Widodo’s law draft
Source: ucanews.com Indonesian Ahmadis are no strangers to persecution, with attacks and discrimination rife, but leader Iskandar Gumay hopes better days are ahead for the minority Muslim sect under new President […]
[Urdu Article] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (41) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazakallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
DILEMMA: Helping Syria: give more aid or accept more refugees?
By Luigi Jorio Swissinfo.ch The number of refugees and internally displaced persons continues to rise worldwide. The war in Syria is one of the main reasons. While Lebanon and Jordan are strained to the limit by the influx of refugees, the question being asked in Switzerland is how can help […]
Robert Fisk: Muath al-Kasaesbeh video: Genghis Khan-style cruelty of Isis shows Jordan and Japan exactly what the militants think of them
The tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims who had demanded the pilot be freed now know what their fellow Muslims in Syria and Iraq had in mind for him So they burned him in hellfire. That was what Islamic State (Isis) wanted to show the world. This was Genghis Khan-style […]
‘Half of UK people’ will get cancer
Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, analysis suggests. Cancer Research UK said this estimate, using a new calculation method, replaced a forecast of more than one in three people […]
ISIS captors ‘didn’t even have the Quran,’ says former hostage
London (CNN) A French journalist’s ISIS captives cared so little about religion they did not even have a Quran, Didier François — who spent over 10 months as the group’s prisoner […]
Nations Must Repeal Blasphemy Laws
Huff Post: What did the terrorist attacks against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and the kosher supermarket in Paris share with the flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in Jeddah last month? Each was an assault on freedom of conscience, religion, or belief. Moreover, in the Charlie Hebdo and Badawi cases, […]
Let Europol and Not the Main Stream Media Educate Us about Terrorism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I find each and every act of terrorism and any loss of innocent human life abhorrent, as […]
TransAsia crash: Twelve dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river
Source: BBC At least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River. Rescuers have cut open the side of the […]
Jordan executes convicted jihadists after pilot’s death
Source:BBC Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants. The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli – both Iraqi nationals – were hanged at dawn, officials said. The executions […]
The Taliban Are Not Terrorists Anymore, says the US
Source:Newageislam.com During the last 13 years, the US, NATO and ISAF deceived all their partners, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, about the real motive behind the war against terrorism in Afghanistan. The US toppled the Taliban government, invaded the country and declared war against terrorism. We were told they had come […]
It will only strengthen us — King
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah said that the killing of pilot Muath Kasasbeh at the hands of the so-called Islamic State will only strengthen Jordanians as they deal with […]
Halal slaughterhouse staff investigated over alleged animal cruelty
Source: theguardian.com Undercover video shot by an animal welfare group appearing to show the brutal treatment of sheep at a Yorkshire abattoir has rekindled the debate over whether animals need to be stunned before they are killed. More…..http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/halal-slaughterhouse-staff-investigated-alleged-animal-cruelty-bowood-lamb-yorkshire
G25 Rep. Farida, ‘We risk being labelled ‘deviant’ for supporting Ahmadis’
Noor Farida said that she uses a Quran with Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s English translation, and the Ahmadi Quran might differ from the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence that she practises. Source: themalaymailonline.com KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin of the group called G25 has defended her recent slight of […]
Gambian press focus on Ahmadiya reaction
Source: en.starafrica.com The Point newspaper on its part reported that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to a statement issued by the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council denouncing them as being non-Muslims, describing the statement as baseless. The sect in its statement argued that it believed in Allah, the Almighty and all His […]
Then they came for me …
Source: nation.com.pk By Shamila Ghyas We Pakistanis are a very caring nation and constantly worry for the plight of others– the Muslims in India (Kashmir), the Muslims in Palestine, etc are […]
UK MPs say yes to three-person babies
Source:BBC MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. The UK is now set to become […]