Studying the Holy Prophet Muhammad Pragmatically
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it shall be […]
My brother wanted to be a jihadi – and society is creating many more like him
theguardian: by Robb Leech — Extremism of any kind is a symptom of an unhealthy society and, in order to eradicate it, we should look to treat its cause tremism of any kind is a symptom of unhealthy society Robb Leech’s stepbrother Richard Dart, who pleaded guilty in court in […]
Canada: Edmonton Muslim community disgusted by Ottawa shootings
Source: metronews.ca Muslim leaders in Edmonton said Thursday they’re disgusted by the acts of violence committed in the name of their religion. “We’re very sad and really upset that such things […]
Canada: York U Muslim student group targets extremist views in TORONTO
Source: torontosun.com TORONTO – A York University Muslim student group is launching a campaign to end misconceptions about Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association (AMSA) is hosting an event called Stop the CrISIS […]
Lebanon: Cash aid for refugees succeeds despite donors’ doubts
BEIRUT: For decades, aid groups have assumed they know what’s best for refugees and the poor; a growing body of evidence suggests they’re wrong. Both academic research and practical experience, […]
Residents should throw a street party and mix with immigrant neighbours, councils told
Jane Merrick political editor THE INDEPENDENT Councils should offer their local residents cash to hold street parties with their new immigrant neighbours to foster friendship and integration, a new report […]
7 Underrated Attractive Qualities in a Woman
Attraction can be a seemingly complex topic. Just what is it exactly what makes someone attractive? Why do certain people find certain things attractive, while other people don’t? How important is attraction in the realm of relationships – do you get to know someone til they become attractive, or do […]
Blasphemy charges: Court orders Sindh Leader of Opposition Khursheed Shah to appear on Oct 28
ET: KARACHI: A lower court on Thursday issued notice to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah in response to an application levelling blasphemy charges against him. District and sessions judge Chaudhry Waseem Iqbal directed Shah – who represents Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) – to appear before […]
‘Dead’ hearts transplanted into living patients in world first,
Source: The Guardian In a world first, Australian surgeons have successfully transplanted “dead” hearts into patients at Sydney’s St Vincent’s hospital. The procedure, using hearts that had stopped beating, has been described as a “paradigm shift” that will herald a major increase in the pool of hearts available for transplantation. […]
Isis ascent in Syria and Iraq weakening Pakistani Taliban
Source: The Guardian The dramatic rise of Islamic State (Isis) in Syria and Iraq is helping to tear apart the Pakistani Taliban, the beleaguered militant group beset by infighting and splits. Once the country’s largest and most feared militant coalition, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been on the ropes since […]
Growing use of drones in law enforcement may violate human rights, warns UN expert
Daily Times: UNITED NATIONS: The increasing use of armed drones within domestic law enforcement risks depersonalizing the use of force and infringing upon the rights of individual citizens, a United […]
Where are the bodies of the thousands that have been butchered?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After more than eleven years of fighting, thousands of American casualties and more than half a million Iraqi […]
Canada: Muslims have a role to play in defeating ISIS ideology
Canada’s decision to join the coalition to combat ISIS or the Islamic State by force and aerial bombings is understandable. They are an extremely dangerous set of people bent upon eliminating […]
USA: More than 450 attend Ahmadiyya Mosque’s event: “Muhammad — the Astonishing Story of the Holy Prophet”
Source: mercurynews.com Despite having 1.6 billion Muslims around the world from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, or in spite of it, the religion of Islam and its adherents are still […]
Canada: Holy Quran exhibition at the Library By Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association
The exhibition will run through October 26 at the Library, 425 Holland St. West. The purpose of the exhibition is two-fold. First, to dispel myths and misconceptions about Islam and […]
ISIS ‘School of Jihad’ trains small children how to behead, torture and use AK-47s
Source: TOI LONDON: Forced viewings of beheadings and torture, training with weapons almost as big as they are and daily lessons in extremist theology: if you’re a boy growing up in ISIS-controlled territory across Syria and Iraq, the word education means something very different to the rest of the world. […]
Pope Francis blasts life sentences as ‘hidden death penalty’
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has branded life-long prison terms “a hidden death sentence” in an attack on “penal populism” that included severe criticism of countries that facilitate torture. In a wide-ranging speech to a delegation from the International Association of Penal Law, the pontiff said believers should oppose life-long […]
How ISIS’s Colorado Girls Were Caught
Source: Daily Beast. The Farah girls, aged 17 and 15, told their father they were too sick to go to school on Friday morning. So the father, 68-year-old Ali Farah, let them stay home as he set off for work from the family’s apartment in Arapahoe County in Colorado. At […]
Seismic shift in Rome.
Source: CNN CNN) — It was described as a “dramatic shift” and a “bombshell.” One writer dubbed it a “stunning change.” Even the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBT advocacy organization, announced a “seismic shift in Rome.” So it was all the more disheartening that the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops […]
EUROPE – As Islamists Seek to Fill Ranks, More Western Women Answer Their Call
By STEVEN ERLANGEROCT. 23, 2014 LONDON — The young Western Muslims trying to join radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq now include increasing numbers of young women who are seeking to fight or to become the wives of fighters. It is a new twist on a recruitment effort that […]