Hillingdon, UK: Baitul Aman Mosques’ open day hailed a success
Source: getwestlondon.co.uk Mansur Ahmed, Imam of the Baitul Aman Mosque in Royal Lane, Hillingdon, hosted a neighbourhood party to mark the end of the month of Ramadan – a period of […]
eDigest: If China is Anti-Islam, Why Are These Chinese Muslims Enjoying a Faith Revival?
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Iranian Woman wins Highest Prize in Math – Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani, a Professor at Stanford, was one of four winners honored Wednesday at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul. She was honored in 2014 and she died of […]
NY: Sikh Doctor victim of Another Hate Crime
Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra, Victim Of Another Alleged Sikh Hate Crime, Urges Message Of Forgiveness The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 08/11/2014 3:16 pm EDT Updated: 08/11/2014 3:59 pm EDT Doctor Jaspreet Singh Batra came forward on Monday as the victim of an alleged Sikh hate crime that took […]
Pakistan aids persecution of Ahmadi Muslims by extremists
Telegrapgh.co.uk: by Adam Walker — For most Muslims, Eid marks the happy end to a month of fasting and spiritual development. It is a day filled with prayers, warm embraces and the smiling faces of children as they open their presents. For extremists, however, Eid only brings joy if it […]
Robin Williams… and My Dad
Source: The Huffington Post By Rev. Chuck Currie: United Church of Christ minister The shocking news about Robin Williams’ apparent suicide isn’t really shocking so much as it is commonplace. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control reported 39,518 suicides, which makes suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. In […]
How Will Radical Islam Affect Development In Africa?
According to the AP, at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Tuesday U.S. President Barack Obama announced $14 Billion USD in investment commitments from U.S. companies including such heavyweights as General Electric, Marriott and IBM. Even with this massive announcement, former President Bill Clinton went out of his way to point […]
Why Muslims Hate Terrorism More
Here we go again. Another so-called Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, is committing horrific atrocities. And Muslims are again called upon to denounce them. How can anyone believe that small groups […]
MAULANA ABDUL WAHID(FAZIL) FACED DAUNTING TASK IN FIJI: FIJISUN USA
I had a rad time uploading Maualana Wahid sahib’s picture. The whole doc is uploaded here if you wish to see his picture. http://www.scribd.com/doc/236672854/Abdul-Wahid-FAZIL Maulana Abdul Wahid, Fazil, faced with a daunting task in Fiji By Fiji sun USA editor Dr. H. Koya As the first Ahmadiyya Muslim missionary to […]
Praying for Peace
Huff Post: by Fr. Peter-Michael Preble — I try not to choose sides especially in events that do not directly involve me or events that are so complex I do not understand them. Sometimes, however, we are forced to take sides but if we do I hope we have all […]
How Religion Affects Children’s Judgment of What Is Real and What Is Pretend
Huff Post: by Kathleen Corriveau — Some media reports about our research have said, on the basis of these results, that religious children cannot tell fact from fiction. We doubt such a conclusion is warranted. Our interpretation is different. Religious children are encouraged to think that miracles are possible — […]
Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to denouce IS brutality
ET: VATICAN CITY / BAGHDAD: The Vatican on Tuesday called for Muslim leaders to denounce the brutality of Islamic State (IS) militants who have swept across Iraq, saying there was no […]
U.S. Actions in Iraq Fueled Rise of a Rebel
NY Times: BAGHDAD — When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Sunni insurgency, they got the hard-core militants they had been looking for. They also picked up an apparent hanger-on, an Iraqi man in his early 30s whom they knew nothing […]
Muslim Londoners must stand against hatred
The Standard: At a restaurant in Knightsbridge last week, I saw more Arabs on the streets than I do when I am in Dubai Mall in the Emirates. I am […]
Wife beating: Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, Feminist eZine
The Feminist eZine Toronto Website Design & Toronto SEO Disobedient Muslim Women Anger over the word “idrib” Laleh Bakhtiar laboured over her English translation of the Qur’an for seven years, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Persecution Newsletter August 2014
Source: pressahmadiyya.com In this month’s issue we regret to report the murder of four Ahmadi Muslims. Two victims were children, attacked by Anti-Ahmadiyya Mobs who set their homes on fire, while […]
PBS Documentary: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, transliterated: al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah al-Ahmadīyyah; Urdu: احمدیہ مسلم جماعت) is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835–1908). The original movement […]
The Muslim Times’ Response to Rising Suicide Rate in Contemporary Society
Epigraph: Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort. Those who believe and do good works — happiness shall be theirs, and an excellent place of return. (Al Quran 13:29-30) Robin Williams […]
Robin Williams, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide
By DAVE ITZKOFFAUG. 11, 2014 NYTimes Continue reading the main story Slide Show Slide Show|14 Photos Robin Williams in Pictures CreditJay Paul for The New York Times Robin Williams, the comedian who evolved into the surprisingly nuanced, Academy Award-winning actor, imbuing his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of […]
Why Should a Successful Actor Like Robin Williams Commit Suicide?
Epigraph: Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort. Those who believe […]