Source: dispatch.com Not too long after the horrific Charlie Hebdo shootings, a radical fringe of Pakistani Muslims called for death sentences for the Charlie Hebdo staff for committing the “worst act of terrorism.” Being an Ahmadi Muslim, I […]
“In this day and age the media has great power – if it is irresponsible then it can fuel disorder and unnecessarily provoke, but if it is responsible then it […]
Epigraph: “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 spirit of […]
Source: Independent By Joan Smith Sucking up to the Saudis didn’t stop the 9/11 attacks, the Chibok kidnappings, or Paris What do you call the unelected leader of a state […]
Guardian: Former Tory chairwoman accuses government she served of undermining the fight against religious extremism Baroness Warsi says the British Council of Muslims is unrepresentative, but not extremist. Photograph: Paul […]
Vox.com: Saudi Arabia’s deceased King Abdullah, according to just about every obituary in major Western publications, was a reformer. The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, and NPRall describe Abdullah as a ruler committed to reforming Saudi Arabia’s notoriously repressive practices. Sen. John McCain called Abdullah an advocate for peace; IMF head Christine Lagarde called […]
The Independent: Muslim pupils across Britain are suffering a backlash of bullying and abuse following the Charlie Hebdo massacre amid a broad rise in Islamophobia in schools which the Government […]
Source: The Independent By Ziauddin Sardar, who is editor of the quarterly journal ‘Critical Muslim’. His book, ‘Mecca: The Sacred City’, is published by Bloomsbury The West’s best hope of dealing […]
Source: the-japan-news.com | The Yomiuri Shimbun The recent case in which two Japanese men were taken hostage by a group believed to be the Islamic State has drawn widespread criticism from Muslims living in Japan. “Islam does not condone persecution or violence,” Muhammed Rasit Alas, a 30-year-old imam dressed in white, told devotees […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK in Milton Keynes have signed a £500 cheque for the chosen charities of the Mayor of Milton Keynes. Source: miltonkeynes.co.uk Usman Chaudhary told the […]
Source: The Telegraph Prime Minister’s promise to allow security services to access encrypted mobile data “compromises protection for everybody on everything” says Microsoft chief By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Davos The world’s […]
Source: alislam.org The Concept of Khilafat in the Holy Quran For our discussion, we would like to make a distinction between “khilafat” and “caliphate” for reasons other than mere etymological development […]
“We believe that as a community in New Zealand it is our duty to be loyal to values, integrate with all the communities in New Zealand and that we safeguard […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com PARIS (AP) — A leading Muslim group says there have been at least as many anti-Muslim acts in France since the terror attacks this month as for all of last year. The French Council for the Muslim Religion said Friday 128 anti-Muslim actions or threats were reported from Jan. […]
Source: nationalmirroronline.net Ten Hufaz (those who have memorized the Holy Qur’an) at the Hafizul Quran School established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at at Ilaro,Ogun State Southwest, Nigeria joined other young Hufaz […]
Source: thestar.co.uk A Sheffield Muslim group has welcomed comments by Secretary of State for Communities Eric Pickles calling for extremism to be rooted out. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Sheffield has joined […]
Continue reading the main story in BBC Of the many buzzwords making the rounds in Davos this year, “skills gap” is the most ubiquitous. The great and good attending the […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com What is the biggest danger facing religion today? One could make an argument for declining numbers or morality debates, but Rabbi David Rosen says there’s something else that looms […]
India has more than 50 percent of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65 percent are under 35 years old. Source: huffingtonpost.in More than half of the […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com The world has seen a surge of religious violence in recent years — from the recent attacks on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to the Wisconsin […]