The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe
Epigraph Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the […]
Latin America Is Losing Its Catholic Identity
These are heady days for Roman Catholics in Latin America. For the first time, one of their own is serving as pope, providing a visible reminder of the importance the region plays in the global church. But after a century in which nearly all Latin Americans identified as Catholic, the […]
How The Gender Pay Gap Harms Women’s Retirement
Forbes: by Divya Raghavan — Women make up nearly half the U.S. workforce, receive more college degrees than men and are the sole breadwinners in four of 10 American households. Yet, they earn less than men at virtually every job — a persistent problem known as thegender pay gap. And […]
Annual Penguin India Lecture: Decoding Dan Brown
Additional Reading Author Dan Brown: Science And Religion Are Partners If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Da Vinci code and the search for the Holy Grail
The Army Is Making Me Choose Between My Faith and My Country
Huff Post: All my life, I’ve dreamed of serving my country. But when I tried to enlist in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at Hofstra University, I was told I couldn’t because of my religious beliefs. I follow the Sikh faith, which requires that I keep my hair […]
Russian Christians Urge President Of Pakistan To Pardon Asia Bibi
christiansinpakistan.com: Russian Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has sent a letter to the President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, pleading him to pardon the blasphemy convict Asia Bibi. Asia Bibi is a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy. The letter was published on the Patriarchate website. The primate of the […]
Mecca under threat: Outrage at plan to destroy the ‘birthplace’ of the Prophet Mohamed and replace it with a new palace and luxury malls
The site in Mecca where the Prophet Mohamed is said to have been born is about to be “buried under marble” and replaced by a huge royal palace. The work […]
Canada: Ahmadi Muslims hope to stop homegrown terrorism through national campaign
Source: citynews.ca A local Muslim group is reaching out to thousands of youths across the country in the hopes of stopping homegrown terrorism before it starts. Leaders in the Muslim community […]
Isis in Syria: In the shadow of death, a few thousand Christians remain to defy militants
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Just 15 miles from the frontline of Isis, which persecutes their faith, the Christians of Qamishli gathered in the Church of the Holy Virgin for the wedding of Malek Aissa and Ilana Hacho. The bride was a priest’s sister, the bridegroom a computer engineer, and […]
Muslim group aims to fight youth radicalization
Source: torontosun.com VAUGHAN – In the wake of the recent killings of two soldiers on Canadian soil by homegrown jihadists, a Muslim group is launching a campaign to fight youth radicalization. Ahmadiyya […]
Author Dan Brown: Science And Religion Are Partners
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla Author Dan Brown has sparked plenty of intellectual debate during his career as a novelist by exploring the relationship between science and religion. While delivering […]
Slavery – An Anathema to Humanity and Islam
Source: Huffington Post Farooq Aftab, Spokesperson Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Worldwide & AMYA UK, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate, News Commentator, Writer & Public Speaker/Trainer on Islam “One should remember that enslaving the […]
Another milestone for science and humanity: Philae makes historic landing on comet
Source: theguardian.com| cbsnews.com | independent.co.uk The Philae lander has become the first ever spacecraft to land safely on a comet after travelling through space for more than ten years and covering a distance of […]
Interfaith America: Christianity and Islam
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 290. Commandment if you desire to punish the oppressors, then punish them to the extent to which you have been wronged
290. Commandment if you desire to punish the oppressors, then punish them to the extent to which you have been wronged [16:127] And if you desire to punish the oppressors, then punish them to the extent to which you have been wronged; but if you show patience, then, surely, that […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 291. Commandment to bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise
291. Commandment to bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice [5:9] O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with […]
5 Common Myths about Islam Propagated by the Media
by Luis Durani In the last several months, we have seen a large rise in anti-Muslim sentiments expressed especially among commentators and the news media. Since 9/11, Islam has become […]
Militant groups condemned at event in Morden with political and faith leaders
thisislocallondon.co.uk: Islamic militant groups were condemned by political and faith leaders at a peace symposium which drew 1,000 people to Merton on Saturday. International development secretary Justine Greening and energy […]
Beautiful Hadith about Seeking Allah’s Pardon
Reported by Ibn ‘Abbas (RA): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “If anyone constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not.”(Abu Dawud)
‘Lost Gospel’ claims Jesus was married, had children
Source: Fox News It’s called “The Lost Gospel” and it’s based off of manuscripts found in British Library dating back more than 1,400 years written in Syriac, the language spoken by Jesus himself. It claims Jesus had a secret family made up of two sons and a wife. Was Jesus […]