By Zubair Khan According to media reports many youngsters who are Muslims by birth and youngsters who recently entered Islam are being attracted by views of Jihadi groups in the western civilized world and are making their way to Syria and Iraq. The majority amongst them is boys but also […]
Source:US government commission via Wasim Ahmad. Washington: Expressing concern over the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, including attacks on minorities like Hindus and Christians, an independent, bipartisan US government commission has told lawmakers that Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom. In her testimony before the Committee on […]
Source:US government commission via Wasim Ahmad. Washington: Expressing concern over the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, including attacks on minorities like Hindus and Christians, an independent, bipartisan US government commission has told lawmakers that Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom. In her testimony before the Committee on […]
theguardian: by Nicky Woolf — Controversial blogger and activist Pamela Geller has paid $100,000 to place advertisements on New York City buses and in subway stations that feature anti-Islamic messages and images including one of James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by Isis in August. The campaign, which is being funded by […]
Peacocks pay a steep price for impressing peahens, or so scientists have long hypothesized. The idea is that the extra weight and bulk of their elaborate tails make it hard for peacocks to get off the ground in a hurry–and thus makes them more vulnerable to predators. But surprising new research from […]
Peacocks pay a steep price for impressing peahens, or so scientists have long hypothesized. The idea is that the extra weight and bulk of their elaborate tails make it hard for peacocks to get off the ground in a hurry–and thus makes them more vulnerable to predators. But surprising new research from […]
Source/Credit: The Times of Malta, by Laiq Ahmed Atif. Atif is president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Malta. amjmalta@gmail.com God’s creation is wonderful indeed. The solar system, of which our earth is but a small part, is vast, varied and orderly and, yet, this system is but one of hundreds of millions, some […]
Two of the world’s leading scientists have made an unprecedented call on religious leaders to spark a “massive mobilisation of public opinion”, insisting that only through God can we save the environment. Writing in the journal Science, Cambridge University’s Partha Dasgupta and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, of the University of California, have […]
A Muslim academic has opened a gay-friendly mosque in South Africa, despite receiving death threats and fierce criticism from parts of the local Muslim community. Women will be allowed to lead prayers at Taj Hargey’s “Open Mosque” in Cape Town. “We are opening the mosque for open-minded people, not closed-minded […]
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
239. Commandment to speak to men kindly [2:84] And remember the time when We took a covenant from the children of Israel: ‘You shall worship nothing but Allah and show kindness to parents and to kindred and orphans and the poor, and speak to men kindly and observe Prayer, and […]
239. Commandment to speak to men kindly [2:84] And remember the time when We took a covenant from the children of Israel: ‘You shall worship nothing but Allah and show kindness to parents and to kindred and orphans and the poor, and speak to men kindly and observe Prayer, and […]
240. Commandment to lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [26:216] And lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [9:128] Surely, a Messenger has come unto you from among yourselves; grievous to him is that you should fall into trouble; he is […]
240. Commandment to lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [26:216] And lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [9:128] Surely, a Messenger has come unto you from among yourselves; grievous to him is that you should fall into trouble; he is […]
The Washington Post: The idea that during sleep our minds shut down from the outside world is ancient and one that is still deeply anchored in our view of sleep […]
Wide Gaps over Teaching Faith, Tolerance, Obedience As the public grows more politically polarized, differences between conservatives and liberals extend their long reach even to opinions about which qualities are […]