Sixth Annual Interfaith Seminar in Buffalo, NY
Epigraph: And when thy Lord brings forth from Adam’s children — out of their loins — their offspring and makes them witnesses against their own selves by asking them: ‘Am […]
One Woman, Many Surprises: Pacifist Muslim, British Spy, WWII Hero
Noor Inayat Khan, one of the heroines of World War II, had a short, astonishing life, one that took her from a pacifist childhood to a daring career in covert […]
Urdu Video: Was Jesus Faster than Light?
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1982-2003) A Man of God (Biography) The Promised Messiah and founder of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani’s […]
Pakistan: Josh Malihabadi – South Asia’s apostle of secular humanism
Josh Malihabadi – South Asia’s apostle of secular humanism Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:39 Email viewpointonline.net Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 – February 22, 1982) of Malihabad, known by his nom de plume as Josh Malihabadi, was not a particularly popular poet in his native […]
USA: For Jihad Recruits, a Pipeline From Minnesota to Militancy
For Jihad Recruits, a Pipeline From Minnesota to Militancy By JACK HEALYSEPT. 6, 2014 NYTimes Photo Riverside Plaza in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, which is home to the country’s largest Somali population. Credit Tim Gruber for The New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — It was a friendship that began in […]
UK: Rotherham Abuse of Girls & Pakistani Gangs
The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim The extraordinary story of Ruzwana Bashir: the Oxford-educated entrepreneur brought up in a British-Pakistani community shares her own story to tear down the wall of silence around the exploitation of Asian girls […]
“There is no scope for a counter response from Ahmadis”
The News on Sunday: On September 7, 1974, exactly 40 years ago, the Second Amendment to the Constitution that declared Ahmadis as non-Muslims was passed. It was a kind of culmination of their social ostracisation that began after the intense and violent anti-Ahmadiyya movement of the early 1950s. Thereafter, they […]
Muhammad One of the World’s Greatest Geniuses: Karen Armstrong
“If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen […]
Muhammad One of the World's Greatest Geniuses: Karen Armstrong
“If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen […]
9/11 Families Launch Anti-Islamophobia Campaign For Anniversary Of Tragedy
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Family members of September 11 victims are taking a stand against Islamophobia with a new bus ad campaign designed to promote religious tolerance and […]
Nasa: Asteroid 2014 RC to safely fly past Earth
Source: BBC A small asteroid about the size of a house will fly past Earth on Sunday, US space agency Nasa says. The asteroid, 2014 RC, will pass over New […]
Violence against women a national emergency, say Our Watch campaigners
theguardian: by Helen Davidson — A comprehensive national initiative is focusing on distorted ideas of gender equality as part of plans to tackle the “national emergency” of violence against women and children. Our Watch was established by the commonwealth and Victorian governments last year, and on Friday revealed its strategy […]
Domestic violence is a problem we are barely managing. But we need to end it
Epigraph: It is lawful for you to make love to your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for […]
Refugee policy – Syrian migrant who lost baby on train journey gets asylum
A Syrian woman who controversially experienced a miscarriage on a train sending her back to Italy through Switzerland has received asylum in Italy along with her family. In July, the family of Syrian migrants had been travelling on a train from Milan to Paris – which passes through Switzerland – […]
Prince Zeid of Jordan sworn in as UN human rights commissioner
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
Protests break out in West Bank following Israeli land grab
Clashes between protesters and the police and military have broken out in the West Bank after the biggest Israeli land grab in 30 years. The Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, […]
‘Don’t send us to our death’ plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
'Don't send us to our death' plead Irish Muslims – Ireland to deport 60 Ahmadis to Pakistan, where they face persecution for their religious beliefs
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore
Global Post: Look at that face. You’re suddenly a bit more serene, a bit more contented than you were a minute ago, aren’t you? Maybe you’re remembering the year — was it 2002? 2003? — when you gave every single one of your friends and family a copy of “The […]
Hate attacks against Muslims after beheadings of US journalists
Dawn: NEW YORK: Since the beheadings of two American journalists by the Islamic State (IS), Muslims living in Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn have been threatened by extremist hate groups, New York’s media reported on Thursday. On Wednesday two advocates of Arab civil rights were attacked by a man who […]