Prying into Pegida: Where Did Germany’s Islamophobes Come From?
By Maximilian Popp and Andreas Wassermann Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Dresden on Monday evening for the latest march of Pegida, a […]
2014 Was Hottest Year on Earth in Recorded History
Source: NY Times: Last year was the hottest in earth’s recorded history, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring scientific warnings about the risks of runaway emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped. Extreme heat blanketed Alaska and much of the western United States last year. […]
Grabar-Kitarovic becomes Croatia’s first woman president
Source: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of the Croatian Democratic Union was declared winner of Croatia’s presidential run-off with 50,43 percent of the vote, the country’s electoral commission announced late Sunday at the press conference held in Zagreb. More:
Falling oil’s next victim: banks
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Big energy companies aren’t the only ones losing out on the dramatic fall in oil prices. Banks are in the hot seat, too. Hundreds of banks were forced to shut down in Texas when the state fell into a recession in 1986 during a steep decline in […]
China sacks 32 Xinjiang officials engaged in organizing Mecca pilgrimage
Source:TOI BEIJING: China has begun investigating a significant aspect of the lives of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, which concerns the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. It has sacked 32 officials for sending “unqualified people” on government organized tours to Mecca from the disturbed province. Officials removed from their post include Aniwar […]
Has Saudi Arabia bought world’s silence on human rights abuses?
Source:CNN Just two days before the Paris rally, my friend Raif Badawi was removed, in shackles, from a mini-bus outside the Al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah as a large crowd gathered around him after Friday prayers. According to eyewitnesses, he closed his eyes and raised his head skyward as a security […]
The Pope is wrong on religious speech
Source: CNN (CNN)The popular Pope Francis is taking some hits himself after some lighthearted comments that included a pretend punch to a colleague. The comments came while trying to make the point that free speech should have some limits, including on the right to insult another’s faith. More:
Wrong Responses to Charlie Hebdo
Source: NY Times: Leaders in Europe are justifiably trying to figure out what they should be doing to prevent terrorist attacks like the recent massacre at the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Regrettably, some politicians are proposing the kind of Internet censorship and surveillance that would do little to protect […]
‘Anti-fascist’ mob
Source: The Local A mass of 600 people stormed through central Leipzig on Thursday evening, attacking local government buildings, smashing shop windows, destroying police vehicles and spray painting anti-fasacist slogans along the way. More:
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 354. Commandment – To spend your money on the kindred and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and those who ask for charity, and for ransoming the captives
354. Commandment – To spend your money on the kindred and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and those who ask for charity, and for ransoming the captives [2:178] It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is […]
Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close
Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close By Dean Obeidallah- is Arab American comedian January14, 2015 “Or what about the (dare I mention them) Jewish terrorists? Per the 2013 State Department’s report on terrorism, there were 399 acts of terror committed by Israeli settlers in what are known […]
Why French Law Treats Dieudonné and Charlie Hebdo Differently
NY Times: On the same day that the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo immediately sold out an initial run of five million copies of its latest issue—which featured a cover image […]
Duke University announced it would broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from its iconic chapel, then backed down after threats of violence
theatlantic.com: When I was working on the student paper at Duke, we’d get a letter to the editor once a year or so that would lament that the university had lost touch with it religious roots as Trinity College, a Methodist school. The correspondents would invariably cite the university motto, […]
UK: first national helpline for Muslim women and girls
British Muslim women’s helpline: Their voices won’t go unheard again 15 Jan, 2015 Today sees the launch of the first national helpline for Muslim women and girls, tackling problems such as sexual abuse, forced marriage and divorce – still taboo subjects in their communities. Alia Waheed speaks to the people […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Example Is the Key to Stopping Terrorism
Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Source: The Huffington Post It is imperative humanity remains united against all forms of extremism with education, compassion, and justice. Prophet Muhammad’s example […]
France: Lassana Bathily, Muslim Hero At Kosher Market Siege, To Get French Citizenship
Source: huffingtonpost.com Lassana Bathily, 24, saved at least six people during the Jan. 9 attack on the kosher market where he worked in Paris. For his bravery, the Malian immigrant will […]
Pope Francis On #CharlieHebdo: ‘You Cannot Insult The Faith Of Others’
Pope Francis called on Muslim leaders in particular to speak out against Islamic extremism ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of […]
Just because you can ridicule Prophet Muhammad doesn’t mean you should
Source: The Baltimore Sun By Faheem Younus After 36 straight hours of managing sick patients, I was beat. “Last patient,” I said to myself before examining a frail lady in […]
Malta Today: “We need more dialogue between religions, which should spread love not hate”, says Laiq Ahmed Atif, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta
“We need more dialogue between religions, which should spread love not hate”, says Laiq Ahmed Atif, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Source: maltatoday.com.mt In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo […]
Khalifa of Islam explains the importance of financial sacrifice in Islam
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Khalifa announces Waqfe Jadid year The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered his weekly Friday Sermon at the […]