Huff Post: This type of ignorance isn’t bliss. Americans have a tendency to overstate the number of Muslims living in the United States — and at least 13 other countries are dealing with the same misconception. Only 1% of America’s more than 319 million residents are Muslim, according to the […]
theguardian: by Mark Williamson — Caring for someone else can boost your happiness. We’re constantly bombarded with messages about what makes for a good life. Advertisers tell us it comes from owning and consuming their products. The media associate it with wealth, beauty or fame. And politicians claim that […]
Chicago Teen Charged With Attempt to Support ISIS Voice of America Mohammed Hamzah Khan in an undated passport photo. VOA News November 03, 2014 7:18 PM Authorities in Chicago have charged 19-year-old Mohammed Hamzah Khan with attempt to leave the United States and join Islamic State fighters in Syria. He […]
Do you know this? If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute Hands? Which US president is credited with introducing French fries to America? Where was Florence nightingale born? What kind of person does […]
By Mahfooz Kanwar March 30, 2009 Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is getting flak from the usual suspects, but he deserves praise instead. Recently, Kenney pointed out that while at a meeting in Toronto, members of Canada’s Pakistani community called on him to make Punjabi one of Canada’s official languages. […]
1 Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes. 2 If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there’s a 50% chance you’ll die within the next 3 years. 3 There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly […]
By Theresa Corbin Editor’s note: Theresa Corbin is a writer living in New Orleans. She is the founder of Islamwich and a contributor to On Islam and Aquila Style. A version […]
Al Jazeera Airing Documentary on USS Liberty What we have been told is an excellent documentary on Israel’s 1967 attack on the USS Liberty is airing Friday and Saturday on Al Jazeera America (check your local cable channel listings or visit http://america.aljazeera.com). Called “The Day Israel Attacked America,” it was […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazkallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
The UK company behind the McVitie’s, Jaffa Cakes and Penguin brands has been bought by Turkish food group Yildiz Holdings for a reported £2bn. United Biscuits (UB) was put up […]
The death of Osama bin Laden seems as the death of Al-Qaeda but until now Al-Qaeda still exist. Shooting Osama bin Laden to death does not stop Al-Qaeda from operating. The same logic goes for IS. Source: berkeleydailyplanet.com | Khalida Jamilah Khalida Jamilah is a UC Berkeley student majoring in Peace and Conflict […]
Source: yourlocalguardian.co.uk The largest mosque in Western Europe will host politics, faith and civic leaders at a peace symposium next month. More than 800 guests are expected to descend on Morden’s […]
Source: dailyrecord.co.uk GLASWEGIAN members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will be collecting for the Poppy Appeal at city locations on Sunday. YOUNG Muslim Glaswegians are teaming up with […]
Source: blogpreston.co.uk A group of young Muslims have raised £600 for the Royal British Legion. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association sold poppies at Preston North End’s home game with Fleetwood Town […]
Source: prnewswire.co.uk LONDON, October 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Western Europe’s largest mosque to host historic symposium A worldwide Islamic Caliph (Khalifa) is to deliver a keynote address at the 11th National Peace Symposium before an […]
cbc.ca: An annual gathering of Calgary Muslims took on a different tone this year, as hundreds came out to protest terrorism ahead of the holy day Ashura. READ MORE…
Source: cbc.ca “We love Canada!” members of Hamilton’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community chanted as they marched through the cold rain near city hall on Friday afternoon. The group of about 60 staged […]
THE HAGUE—This city is wrestling with a new generation of homegrown Muslim radicals, 10 years after a member of a local terrorist cell brutally killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam. More than a quarter of the 140 Dutch jihadists who the government says have traveled to Syria to […]
sciencedaily.com: Few topics can prove more divisive than religion, with some insisting it promotes compassion, selflessness and generosity, and others arguing that it leads to intolerance, isolation and even violence. New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion’s […]
A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a Shia religious ceremony in north-east Nigeria, killing about 20 people, eyewitnesses have told the BBC. The bomber joined the ceremony in Potiskum town and blew himself up, the witnesses said. No group has said it carried out the attack, but suspicion […]