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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Resurrection, reinvention and linguistics. Barack Obama did the lot. And now he’s taking America to war in Syria as well as Iraq. Oh yes, and he’s going to defeat Isis, […]
Source: dailyheraldtribune.com Grande Prairie will soon play host to its second World Religions Conference. The event is scheduled for Saturday at Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC). Organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: theoaklandpress.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Metro Detroit will host its annual Muslims for Life blood drive Friday, Sept. 12 at its Rochester Hills Community Center. The event runs from […]
Source: blogs.rollcall.com After the Capitol Hill community observed a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, volunteers went to work in […]
Source: blogs.rollcall.com After the Capitol Hill community observed a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, volunteers went to work in […]
Source: The Telegraph, UK By Tim Stanley: Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His new book about Hollywood politics is out in May. Is Isil Islamic or not? It’s an […]
Source: The Telegraph, UK By Tim Stanley: Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His new book about Hollywood politics is out in May. Is Isil Islamic or not? It’s an […]
In an experiment on fruit flies, UCLA biologists activated just one gene, AMPK, which extended their lifespan by nearly a third, by helping them to get rid of “cellular garbage” […]
Shazhad Ahmed Athar from Sheffield has been nominated for Fundraiser of the Year at the 2014 Pride of Britain Awards. Since moving to South Yorkshire five years ago he has […]
Source: The Local. The report from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which has been seen by the Berliner Morgenpost, showed that of the 378 German Islamists who have headed to Syria since mid-2012 just one in four finished high school. Six percent finished post-school training and […]
The book is available online now. “He it is Who has raised among the unlettered people a Messenger from among themselves who recites unto them His Signs, and purifies them, […]
pbs.org: Days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan was shot in the head by Mark Stroman in a hate crime targeted at Arabs. Bhuiyan survived the attack, and Stroman was sentenced to death, but Bhuiyan felt compelled by God to show love and compassion for his assailant. Bhuiyan forgave Stroman many times, […]
Daily Times: BEIJING: China repeated a call on the Dalai Lama on Wednesday to respect what it said was the historic practice of reincarnation, after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader implied in a newspaper interview he may be the last to hold the position.The Dalai Lama, in an interview with […]
Aga Khan Museum of Islamic art to open Friday in Toronto The Canadian Press Published Thursday, September 11, 2014 TORONTO — A $300-million showcase complex that includes the first North American […]