Practicing patience while facing problems
ABU AMEENAH BILAL PHILIPS Published — Friday 12 September 2014 If we look at the obstacles in life we can put them under a variety of headings: Personal problems, family […]
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three UN-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and August, killing Palestinian […]
5,000 hired to clean holy sites
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID Published — Saturday 13 September 2014 The city of Makkah has hired 5,000 workers to clean the holy sites during this year’s Haj, an official told Arab […]
Grand mufti: Drugs more dangerous than A-bombs
The Kingdom’s grand mufti and president of the Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, has called for tough action against those who smuggle, promote and sell drugs. “Drugs are more dangerous than atomic bombs,” he said, and warned that users face ruin and loss of their morality. Al-Asheikh […]
Fremont Muslim Woman of the Year Moina Shaiq for School Board: Argus
Prominent San Francisco Bay Area Muslim business and community leader Moina Shaiq is ready to take a shot at Fremont School Board Supervisor position. Muslim community leader honored State senator names Moina Shaiq Woman of the Year By Matthew Artz, STAFF WRITER FREMONT – It’s not easy keeping up with […]
For 3000 Lives taken by Extremists on 9/11, American Ahmadiyya Muslims Will save 30,000 Lives
Muslims For Life: American Muslims Stand Up to Save Lives on 9/11 SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 BY QASIM RASHID LEAVE A COMMENT Like Tweet We shall never forget the 3,000 who lost their lives […]
PM Stephen Harper and Aga Khan open Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum
The Toronto Star “Pluralistic spirit” shared by Canadians and Aga Khan goes back to 1972, when Canada welcomed a significant Ismaili refugee populations from Uganda as they were expelled by […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
AIMPLB OPEN SESSION FOR PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS TO CLEAR MISCONCEPTIONS ON ISLAM INDIAN EXPRESS
Written by Mohd Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | Posted: September 11, 2014 9:10 am Opening its door for non-Muslims, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will hold an open house session for people from other religions for clearing the misconceptions and myths associated with Islam, “which often leads […]
Bill Maher Vs. Charlie Rose on Jihadism
Bill Maher clashed with Charlie Rose over Islam during an appearance on Rose’s Bloomberg Television program this week. Maher, the host of Real Time on HBO, scoffed at Rose’s numerous attempts to link Islam to Christianity and to try to disavow radical Muslims as representatives of the religion. Rose contended […]
SanDisk SD memory card ‘largest ever’
Source: BBC Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space – the highest capacity ever released. The card, which is the size of […]
SanDisk SD memory card 'largest ever'
Source: BBC Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space – the highest capacity ever released. The card, which is the size of […]
U.S. Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTISEPT. 11, 2014 BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama’s determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in […]
Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to serve in Palestinian territories
Innocent people under military rule exposed to surveillance by Israel, say 43 ex-members of Unit 8200, including reservists Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem The Guardian, Friday 12 September 2014 Forty-three veterans […]
Muslim Heritage and The First North American Museum Devoted to Islamic art
Epigraph: You (the moderate Muslims) are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have surely been better for them. Some of them are believers, but most […]
RAISING THE STAKES: The ‘unprecedented’ challenge posed by Islamic State
By Peter Siegenthaler Amid international action against Islamic State militants, neutral Switzerland has limited its involvement to humanitarian and diplomatic efforts. United States President Barack Obama’s pledge to extend air strikes to Islamic State targets in Syria relies on other states’ readiness to participate in military action against the terrorist […]
‘Jilbab’ phenomenon: Religious or cultural?
The Jakarta Post: How do we deal with the so-called jilboobs, an Indonesian term for Muslim women wearing the jilbab (Islamic headscarf) while at the same time wearing clothes that […]
Oscar Pistorius: A lesson in how fame can have disastrous consequences The people of South Africa have lost a national hero, and world sport has lost an inspiration
BY CHRIS MAUME, THE INDEPENDENT Oscar Pistorius was not the first in his family to sleep with a gun close to hand. His parents divorced when he was six, and […]
Ireland: Galway asylum seekers (Ahmadi Muslims) living in fear
Source: connachttribune.ie Twenty Galway-based asylum seekers are living in constant fear of being deported to Pakistan where they face persecution, if not death. The Ahmadi Muslim Community in Galway is concerned […]
Scottish independence: Ireland since 1919 is a lesson for Scotland in what a Yes vote means
The last divorce from the United Kingdom was painful and acrimonious, but ended in harmony and prosperity. So why should independence north of the border turn out any differently? BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Seventy per cent of UK citizens in the land voted Yes to independence, they left the […]