Local Muslims fight radicalization
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 […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns attack on Charlie Hebdo
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 […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns the Attack on Charlie Hebdo
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. […]
Saskatoon Muslim group seeks to stop radicalization through education
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. […]
Council on American-Islamic Relations & Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemn Paris attacks
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 […]
Muslim Canadian Congress condemns Charlie Hebdo shootings
“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 […]
Thousands protest against Germany’s ‘anti-Islam’ rallies
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…
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Program goes live side by side Paris incident.Source
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 […]
Paris shootings lead to firebomb attacks on French mosques
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 […]
Paris Attack Underscores a Deeper Malaise
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 […]
“This is a dangerous moment for European societies,”
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 […]
Suspects Identified in Attack on French Newspaper
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 […]
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
Informed Comment: by Joan Cole — The problem for a terrorist group like al-Qaeda is that its recruitment pool is Muslims, but most Muslims are not interested in terrorism. Most Muslims are not even interested in politics, much less political Islam. The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other […]
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
NY Times: local newspaper Charlie Hebdo skewers people of all faiths and backgrounds. One cartoon showed rolls of toilet paper marked “Bible,” “Torah” and “Quran,” and the explanation: “In the toilet, all religions.” Yet when masked gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo’s officesin Paris on Wednesday with AK-47s, murdering 12 people in […]
Beleaguered denomination: Ahmadis running from pillar to post to return to their homes
ET: LAHORE: Nearly 125 Ahmadis from 23 families are still running from pillar to post to return to homes they had vacated after an enraged mob set alight eight houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyya community on July 27 in Gujranwala, The Express Tribune has learnt. Four people were burnt […]
An Ahmadi Muslim’s Open Challenge to Amir Liaqat
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Amir Liaqat is re-enacting ancient history. And as a result, innocent people are dying. A thousand years ago during the European Dark Ages, religious minorities and women lived in particular peril. Jews were publicly demonized, forced to convert to Christianity, […]
Antibiotics: US discovery labelled ‘game-changer’ for medicine
By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists. Their novel method for growing bacteria has yielded 25 new antibiotics, with one deemed “very promising”. The last new class of antibiotics to make it to clinic was […]
Christian Missionary works in India, Father Lefroy & Messiah Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)
Written by Shahid Parvez Badruddin, Banglore One of the aspects of the British Rule in any country they conquered was to spread their religion Christianity. The missionary work in India was […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting Organizes Litter Picking & Garden Cleaning program in Wandsworth
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting Organizes a Litter Picking & Garden Cleaning program in Wandsworth Borough Council. To Start the new year Tooting Jamat organised Tahajud prayers at 5:45am followed by […]
Ghana: President John Mahama praises the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana
Source: xfmnewscenter.com President John Mahama has praised the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana for its role in maintaining peace in the country. He showered the plaudits on the mission when a two […]