The Diplomat: by Ankit Panda — Amid growing tensions, Pakistan and Iran exchanged mortar fire. According to Pakistani officials, the Iranian army fired six mortar shells into the Pakistani border town of Mashkail early Friday morning. The BBC reports that Pakistan “is then thought to have fired back.” This exchange of fire comes […]
Epigraph: An apple cannot be a rock and a monkey at the same time. Likewise, a man or a dove cannot be God, simultaneously. Concept of God of Islam and […]
274. Commandment to not take pride because of that which He has given to you [57:24] That you may not grieve over what is lost to you nor exult because of that which He has given to you. And Allah loves not any self conceited boaster, [28:77] Verily, Korah was […]
Source: The daily Beast: The Syrian rebel forces the Obama administration hopes to use against ISIS may soon be destroyed by Assad in the country’s second largest city. GAZIANTEP, Turkey — A battle is taking shape that could decide the fate of the Obama administration’s strategy for defeating ISIS, and […]
Islamophobia: the ugly side of the municipal election? Three people vying for positions in Monday’s municipal election have reported racist attacks this week COURTESY MUNIRA ABUKAR Hateful messages were scrawled on some of Ward 2 council candidate Munira Abukar’s campaign signs. By: Daniel Otis News Reporter, Published on Fri Oct […]
3 Denver Girls Played Hooky from School and Tried To Join ISIS October 24, 2014 (CNN) — The first indication that something was wrong was a phone call from his daughter’s Denver area school to let Assad Ibrahim know that she had not come to class. He dialed her cell. […]
In the past: Columbia University organizes “Pakistan’s Ahmadis: Blasphemy, Identity & Persecution” with Pakistani Jurist Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Harward University organizes “Pakistan’s Ahmadis: Blasphemy, Identity & Persecution” with Pakistani Jurist Mujeeb-ur-Rahman The Present Source: its.law.nyu.edu Monday, October 27, […]
Hatchet assault on New York police comes during fears of Islamist attacks By Ben Brumfield, CNN.com updated 4:02 PM EDT, Fri October 24, 2014 Your video will begin momentarily. (CNN) — A hatchet attack on New York City police officers and two back-to-back attacks on uniformed officers in Canada have […]
Muslim group Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at among many which have condemned the Ottawa shootings Source: cbc.ca The Ahmadiyya Muslims Jama’at of Saskatoon will be holding a rally at City Hall Saturday. In […]
RDC is partnering with the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from Calgary to present Monday’s event. It will feature speakers representing a number of different religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Muslim and, for […]
Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslims Serve Their Communities “Because Of” Their Faith “Not In Spite Of” It Source: mediamatters.org From the October 24 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Sean Hannity Show: Click […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) are returning to Chatham over the next two weekends to engage people in discussion about Islam. The non-profit charitable religious organization has 86 […]
Source: cornwallfreenews.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada categorically and unequivocally condemns this morning’s terror attacks on the Canadian Parliament and the National War Memorial as well as on the Canadian soldiers […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The frightening rise and expansion of ISIS, which has now triggered yet another round of American-led foreign military attacks in the Levant, continues to confound many in the region and around the world. Many ask: Where did these killers come from and where do […]
by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary The conviction in a Washington court Wednesday of four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards for their roles in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead and 17 other wounded is a small, symbolic and perhaps significant act […]
Source: ET Mourners gather around the coffins of their community members killed in an attack by gunmen on a passenger mini bus in Quetta on October 23, 2014. PHOTO: BANARAS KHAN/EXPRESS Once again, there has been a mass murder of Hazaras on the outskirts of Quetta. They were all Shia […]
Huff Post — JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered a large stone with Latin engravings that lends credence to the theory that the reason Jews revolted against Roman rule nearly 2,000 ago was because of their harsh treatment. Israel’s Antiquities Authority said the stone bears the […]
By Asif Arif Huff Post: The day throughout Pakistan should celebrate with pride and joy the 88th anniversary of the first Muslim Nobel prize in physics, how not to write a […]
Salon.com: In a Salon piece last week called “Where are the women of new atheism?”, Katie Englehardt described what looks like diminishing participation of women in atheist life. She also encouraged atheist women to more openly embrace their beliefs. But atheist women are very active. These women aren’t visible — […]
Guardian: From the 9th to the 19th centuries, scholars and scribes used Arabic as a lingua franca to debate scientific ideas. Arabic-speaking scholars translated classical Greek, Persian and even Sanskrit […]