WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said in updated figures on Monday the average daily cost of the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants has risen to $8.3 million, or a total of $580 million between Aug. 8 and Oct. 16. The new average reflects an increase in the intensity of US operations […]
RAMALLAH — An Israeli plan to build more than 1,000 new housing units for settlers in occupied East Jerusalem is likely to cause an “explosion” of violence, a senior Palestinian official warned Monday. “Such unilateral acts will lead to an explosion,” Jibril Rajoub told reporters at a news conference in […]
kashifmd.com: Let us start with how a typical conversation with a new atheist goes on who a true Muslim is. ISIS: “Peaceful Muslims (eg Malala, or the majority of Muslims, including all Ahmadis) are not true Muslims.” New Atheists: “Yes!! Ahmadis are non-Muslim heretics/bad Muslims/”nominal” Muslims. Malala is also a […]
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Anglican priests should no longer be bound by the centuries-old principle of confidentiality in confessions when they are told of sexual crimes committed against children, the Church […]
Ottawa citizen.com: by Emma Loop — SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT A booming organ thundered through Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Ottawa on Sunday as those at an interfaith memorial service sang a heartfelt O Canada following the past week’s deadly shooting attack in the heart of the capital. Leaders of Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths all […]
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and […]
Islam’s conversion problem Is enough being done to either stop or support troubled young converts? Adnan R. Khan Mcleans.ca October 27, 2014 11 All three men came from troubled backgrounds. All three suffered some degree of mental anguish, battled drug addiction and turned to Islam for purpose and meaning. All […]
This is our Jihad! This is our way of responding to allegations against Islam. The Islamic Way! Without violence and terror! By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat National Publications Secretary, Ahmadiyya […]
By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat National Publications Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association, Canada Following the recent attacks on Parliament Hill, Canadian Ahmadi Muslims are making all efforts to promote the […]
While the world obsesses over the atrocities committed by Isis, the plight of those forced to flee the country has been largely forgotten. Robert Fisk takes a heartbreaking tour of […]
Toronto Watch this memorable video, Prof. Dr Pervaiz Pervazi interviewing Prof. Mubarak Ahmad Abid, televised on RAWAL Tv Toronto. Prof Mubarak Ahmad Abid is a renowned poet of Ahmadiyya community. His poem ‘aye fazle umar’ has been a hit with young and old members for a long time. Prof Abid […]
Source: Pakistan Observer: M A Kaiserimam Monday, October 27, 2014 – London—Thousands of people supporting the Kashmir cause participated in the “Million March” here on Sunday to expressed solidarity with Kashmiri people for their decades-long struggle for the right of self-determination. The Million March started from London’s Trafalgar Square and […]
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and […]
Tablet | By Mark Oppenheimer Posted: 10/10/2014 11:49 am EDT On Aug. 25, 2014, Fr. Bruce Shipman, the chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Yale University, in a letter to the editor of the New York Times, wrote that “the best antidote to anti-Semitism would be for Israel’s patrons abroad to […]
Ottawa, au Canada. Personne ne s’y attendait et pourtant, l’irréparable a été commis. Un jeune converti à ce que les médias appellent benoîtement l’islam, a commis un attentat contre une institution et un bâtiment officiel. Outre l’insulte que cet attentat a suscité au regard des différentes institutions publiques, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau […]
Washington Post: By Rachid Ghannouchi October 24 Rachid Ghannouchi is founder and chairman of Tunisia’s Ennahda party. As Tunisia prepares to hold its second free and fair election on Sunday […]
Salon.com: If there’s a single historical moment that captures what the author Karen Armstrong wants to convey in her new book, “Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence,” […]
Suggested Reading: Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran LUBP: We welcome the tolerant and inclusive approach shown by Mualana Arshad Madni, senior Deobandi cleric of India’s Darul-Uloom Deoband […]
The News: Forty years ago, Pakistan’s parliament passed the Second Amendment to the 1974 Constitution, declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslims. The move, taken presumably under Saudi pressure, has led to far-reaching consequences that are tearing the country apart. Pakistan’s Ahmadi citizens, who first supported the call for the new nation and […]
Source: BBC Travel Despite being officially atheist, and historically most closely associated with Buddhism, China has a deep-rooted relationship with Islam, dating as far back as the 7th Century. At […]