Britain’s defacto blasphemy law – and what we must to do to combat it
Guardian: Paris attacks: unless we overcome fear, self-censorship will spread We take on the powerful – and ask you to admire our bravery – only if they are not a […]
In amendment’s aftermath, religious right faces an existential crisis
Dawn: ISLAMABAD : In the aftermath of the 21st constitutional amendment, the country’s main religio-political parties are faced with an existential crisis, but the nature of the crisis differs for each party. However, acknowledging the gravity of the problem facing them, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Wafaqul […]
Muslim man hailed for life-saving courage during Paris siege
Washington Post: PARIS — At a kosher supermarket in Paris, a quick-thinking Muslim employee hides several Jewish shoppers in the basement before sneaking out to brief police on the hostage-taker […]
Individual Responsibility or Guilt by Association?
An association fallacy is an inductive informal fallacy of the type hasty generalization or red herring which asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by […]
Book Review: Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim al-Khalili
Source: The Guardian Book reviewed by Tim Radford The ‘bubbling invention’ of the Islamic world lit up the dark ages. The relay-race model of intellectual history is simple enough: a […]
Liam Neeson considers converting to Islam following trip to Istanbul
Source: Daily Mail ‘The call to prayer happens five times a day, and for the first week, it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit, and […]
Reverberations felt close to home after Paris terror attacks
Source: 660news.com Racist comments, including the words “leave Canada,” are being painted over up after they were spray-painted on an Edmonton temple Friday. A spokesperson for the Sikh place of worship […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community “Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad” condemns Terrorist Attacks in France
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad prays for peace in the world The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has categorically […]
Ahmadi community calls for discipline among Ghanaians
Source: ghanaweb.com | spyghana | zongonews Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, Ameer and Missionary-In-Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has called on Ghanaians, Muslims, and the Ahmadi community to uphold the act of discipline […]
ctv News: Canadian Ahmadiyya Muslim leader Lal Khan Malik on Paris attack
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Fitchburg’s Ahmadi Muslim leader says violence not the answer
Source: sentinelandenterprise.com FITCHBURG — The response to cartoons that degrade and insult Islam needs to come from the pen, not the sword, according to local Muslim leader Bashir Mehmud. Mehmud, 72, […]
Germany: Islamic Exhibition at the historical University of Göttingen
Source: youtube.com Islam Exhibition at the historical University of Göttingen (Germany) from the 5th to 9th January 2015… It was visited by more than 8100 guests.
Does Islam Really Forbid Images Of Prophet Muhammad?
Source: huffingtonpost.com Muslims the world over have strongly condemned Wednesday’s terrorist attack against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed by masked gunmen. The paper is believed to have been targeted because of its history of publishing provocative cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. But what do […]
From France to India, Charlie Hebdo Reminds Us of the Real Promise of Free Speech
Source: huffingtonpost.com It took less than a day after the massacre of staffers, policemen, a visitor and asecurity guard at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris for the discussion in India […]
Soldier Surprises Wife With Romantic Breakfast, She Surprises Him Back By Shooting Him
Source:INQUISITR A solider at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, tried to bring his wife a surprise breakfast in bed Friday morning, but as his reward for the romantic gesture, he found himself in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Police believe the shooting was simply a mistake, but […]
Muslim groups fear backlash after terrorist attacks in Paris
Source: Euro News: “This is what I am saying to Muslims around the world … don’t isolate yourself, don’t be on the margins, come into the mainstream, be visible, be vocal, be the voice of the voiceless, of the silent majority that are all against what is happening” More:
Amid Heavy Security, Huge Crowds Gather for Unity March in Paris
Source: NY Times: PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris to join top French officials and world leaders for a rally and march under extraordinary security in a government-sponsored show of unity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks. The somber march began […]
Arson at German paper ….
RT: A German newspaper, the Hamburger Morgenpost, that reprinted the Charlie Hebdo cartoons says it suffered an arson attack overnight. The incident happened at about 2 am local time.Unidentified people […]
France’s New Hero Is The Muslim Police Officer Killed Confronting The Charlie Hebdo Gunmen
JIM EDWARDS JAN. 9, 2015, 7:20 AM The police officer executed by gunmen in a street outside the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris was a Muslim. His name was […]
ROBERT FISK : Charlie Hebdo: Paris attack brothers’ campaign of terror can be traced back to Algeria in 1954 Algeria is the post-colonial wound that still bleeds in France
Algeria. Long before the identity of the murder suspects was revealed by the French police – even before I heard the names of Cherif and Said Kouachi – I muttered the word “Algeria” to myself. As soon as I heard the names and saw the faces, I said the word […]