Source: cbc.ca The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has a controversial history in its treatment of radical Islam. Islam, however, is not alone among its targets: others have included former Pope Benedict XVI and Orthodox Jews. Charlie Hebdo’s history Started as monthly Hara-Kiri in 1960, slogan ‘dumb and nasty.’ Became weekly Hara-Kiri […]
“Nothing justifies this barbaric and inhumane attack,” said Nasim Rehmatullah, vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the US. Source: albawaba.com “Islam and the Prophet Muhammad teach that life is sacrosanct, and Islam specifically forbids any worldly […]
Source: independent.co.uk Dated: 08.01.15 An American group that claims to represent the interests of US Catholics has criticised the French magazine where 12 people were killed yesterday, arguing that the victims “provoked” their own slaughter. In a statement released yesterday headlined “Muslims are right to be angry”, Bill Donohue, the […]
Source: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and television journalist Reham Khan’s nikkah ceremony took place on Thursday at the politician’s residence in Bani Gala. The nikkah, which was […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most ‘mean’ (Muhammad);” while true honor belongs to Allah and to […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and job cuts declined for a second straight month in December, adding to signs of a strengthening labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped by 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 294,000 for the […]
Ahmadis played a key role in founding Pakistan, but today face persecution and killings. Source: examiner.com A leader of the Pakistani Christians in the United States has condemned the killing Saturday of an Ahmadi man and called upon the government of Pakistan to annul the second amendment in the the 1973 […]
Source: pressahmadiyya.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community categorically condemns the attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris earlier today, where it is reported that a number of people have been […]
Source: thestarphoenix.com Imam Zahid Abid wants to ensure that calls for a violent jihad fall on deaf ears here in Saskatoon. Abid leads the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and says his congregation […]
Source: ahmadiyya.us Calls for prayer, patience, and dialogue to overcome extremism The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA categorically condemns the barbaric attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, and mourns with the families of the victims. Reports indicate that two culprits have killed at least 12 innocent civilians and injured several more. The Community […]
Source: prnewswire.co.uk LONDON, January 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Rafiq Hayat, National President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, has condemned the ruthless attack by gunmen on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris today. […]
Recent terrorist attacks around the world prompted the Saskatoon Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association to start an education campaign in hopes of ending radicalization. Aaron Streck reports. Source: globalnews.ca SASKATOON – Recent terrorist attacks around the world prompted the Saskatoon Muslim group to start an education campaign in hopes of ending radicalization. […]
Source: latimes.com Muslim advocacy groups across the U.S. joined the chorus of voices condemning an attack on a satirical magazine in France that left 12 people dead on Wednesday, calling the morning shootings “cowardly” and “inhumane.” Nihad Awad, executive director of the Washington D.C. based Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the […]
“We denounce [the attacks], and we don’t think it is the right away to express anything,” said Dr. Mohammad Iqbal AlNadvi, chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams. Source: thestar.com Toronto […]
Source: france24.com Latest update : 2015-01-06 The square around the Cologne Cathedral was plunged into darkness Monday evening after the historical landmark shut down its lights in silent protest of weekly rallies in Dresden against the perceived “Islamization” of Europe. More…
Source: HR on line.de. Mr Zafraullah Khan, local secretary of AMJ Germany Frankfurt Chapter could never expect that the Ahmadiyya program scheduled after noon 07.01.2015 will go live side by side with barbaric attack in Paris. This program was planned many days ago. Same day at 11.30 terrorist attack happened […]
Source:telegraph.co.uk Date: 08.01.15 Muslim places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday. Three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight in the city of Le Mans, west of Paris. A bullet hole was also found in a […]
Source: Stratfor Three suspected Islamist militants attacked the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo with high-powered assault rifles, killing 12 people. Among the dead are the editor and cartoonist Stephane Charbonnier, who was on a hit list appearing in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Inspire magazine for “insulting […]
Source: NY Times: “This is a dangerous moment for European societies,” said Peter Neumann, director of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King’s College London. “With increasing radicalization among supporters of jihadist organizations and the white working class increasingly feeling disenfranchised and uncoupled from elites, things are […]
Source: NY Times: Officials said late Wednesday that two of the suspects were brothers. They were identified as Said and Chérif Kouachi, 34 and 32. The third suspect is Hamyd Mourad, 18. News reports said the brothers, known to intelligence services, had been born in Paris, raising the prospect that […]