Epigraph: “The extinction of race consciousness is one of the most outstanding moral achievements of Islam.” Arnold Toynbee Source: On Faith By Elizabeth Evans Successful movements for women’s ordination and […]
About 120 million girls around the world – slightly more than one in 10 – have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20, a UN report says. The children’s agency Unicef also says 95,000 children and teenagers – most of them in Latin America and the Caribbean […]
The Swiss cabinet has advised parliament not to adopt a motion from a rightwing parliamentarian to ban women from wearing headscarves in their passport photos. Oskar Freysinger of the Swiss […]
AFP | Sep 04, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES Ragheda, the wife of Lebanese soldier Sgt. Ali Sayid who was beheaded by Islamic militants, mourns as she carries their 10- month-old daughter, Rahaf, during his funeral at his hometown in Fnaydek, Akkar north Lebanon, Wednesday. Sayid went missing around the […]
Re-opening this airport, closed since 2001, and ending Gaza’s isolation is a key demand of the Islamist Hamas movement and was at the heart of the 50-day Gaza-Israel conflict […]
The Haj Ministry has embarked on a unique program to welcome pilgrims once they are through passports and customs procedures and leave the airport’s lounges at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz […]
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has strongly denied reports that surfaced in Western media outlets claiming that the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) […]
By Ludovica Iaccino The insurgence of the Islamic State, previously known as Isis, is causing hundreds of deaths in Iraq and Syria. The killings perpetrated by the militants, who recently posted online videos in which they beheaded two American journalists, have prompted many people worldwide – including several Muslim institutions – to publicly condemn […]
Huff Post: by Gary M. Burge — Are Muslims violent? Yes. Are Jews and Christians violent? Yes. The problem is not one’s religious affiliation. The problem is spiritual: There is something bent inside each of us that inspires us to distort the higher values of the faith we profess. I […]
theguardian — An Indian village has banned unmarried women from using mobile phones for fear they will arrange forbidden marriages that are often punished by death, a local official said today. The Lank village council decided unmarried boys could use mobile phones, but only under parental supervision, said one council […]
theguardian — Rights activists hail Himachal Pradesh’s decision to outlaw ‘barbaric’ slaughter of animals in Hindu temples A court in remote northern India has banned a long tradition of sacrificing animals for religious reasons, deeming the practice cruel and barbaric. The high court in Himachal Pradesh has asked police and other […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which has members in tens of millions and established in more than 200 countries worldwide, came together at their Annual Convention, the Jalsa Salana, in Alton, Hampshire, UK this past weekend. The convention began on Friday, August 29 and ended on Sunday, […]
Vaughan Citizen Sep 4, 2014 te 0 0 UPDATED: Controversial Islamic project proposal nixed by Vaughan councillors Community project quashed Nick Iwanyshyn The Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto (ISIJ) applied to build two 17-storey residential towers, 61 townhouses and retail spa ce on its 11-hectare property at 9000 […]
Author: Imam I. H. Kauser *Pilate and his wife converted to Christianity * Pilate beheaded for helping Jesus escape Pontius Pilatus is the Latin form of the name. The meaning […]
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk By John Sargeant, A Blogger on Homo economicus’ Weblog Four million people are discriminated against in a land of 180 million. The Second Amendment of the constitution is devoted to enshrining the […]
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk By John Sargeant, A Blogger on Homo economicus’ Weblog Four million people are discriminated against in a land of 180 million. The Second Amendment of the constitution is devoted to enshrining the […]
Here in the heart of the world’s most populous Muslim nation, you encounter a different vision of Islam than the one most Americans see beamed out of the Middle East. Source: religionnews.com […]
Source: driffieldtoday.co.uk Muslims from East Yorkshire were among thousands who gathered at Britain’s largest ever Islamic convention to pledge allegiance to the Caliphate. Please click the image to see the video. More […]
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. […]