Somalia: Al-Shabaab Commander Shot Dead
Somali National and inelegance security services has shot and killed a senior commander of Al Shabaab militant in Mogadishu’s Hiliwaa district, according to Gov’t officials. Read more »
To break bread or to boycott: that’s Muslim Australia’s choice
theguardian: by Joseph Wakim — Many Muslim Australians watched with horror as their American counterparts were humiliated at Barack Obama’s annual Iftar dinner at the White House on 14 July, when he appeared with Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer. With Dermer’s tweeted support, Obama said during the dinner that “Israel has the right to defend itself […]
UN Names Three-Member Panel to Probe Gaza Conflict War Crimes
NDTV: United Nations: The UN has named three experts as members of an independent inquiry commission that will probe possible human rights violations and war crimes committed, particularly in the […]
‘Citizens of Hindustan = Hindus’: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Comment Sparks Outrage
NDTV: Cuttack: A leader of the ruling BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, has controversially suggested that India is a Hindu state and “citizens of Hindustan should be known as Hindus”, provoking a political storm. At a function on Sunday, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said, “The entire world […]
Fed Official Warns ‘Disappointing’ Growth Could Foretell Future
Sounding a somber note even as the economic outlook in the United States brightens, the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 official acknowledged on Monday that global growth had been “disappointing” and warned of fundamental headwinds that might temper future gains. The official, Stanley Fischer, who took over as vice chairman of […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th Jalsa Salana, the Annual Peace Convention
Source: pennlive.com | muslimconventionusa.org Interfaith guest session Date: 08/16/14 Venue: Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex Time: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM Address: 2300 N. Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Description: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand to Organize a peace conference
Source: indianweekender.co.nz | ahmadiyya.org.nz Political strife, conflict between nations, and escalating violence have prompted leaders of different faiths to hold talks in New Zealand in their search for world peace. In Auckland, […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslims bring message of Islamic peace to Saskatoon
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Source: cjme.com More than 3,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims gathered in Saskatoon for their […]
What is it like to be a Muslim in Ireland?
Is it different from any other faith? We found out. Source: thejournal.ie THE MUSLIM POPULATION in Ireland has grown from less than 4,000 in 1991 to nearly 50,000 at the end […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kolkata organizes Eid Milan Party – A Report
Raising the voice in favor of the oppressed is our responsibility. Composed by Fazal Ahmadi 9th August 2014: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kolkata organized Eid Milan Function at Hotel Golden Park, Kolkata. […]
Iraq: The Disturbing Rise of the Islamic State
They’re Killing Us’: The Disturbing Rise of the Islamic State By Katrin Kuntz and Christoph Reuter REUTERS… Der Spiegal International The Islamic State is conquering cities in Syria and Iraq with disturbing frequency and tens of thousands of Christians and Yazidis are fleeing. The US has begun air strikes, […]
Local view: Israeli attack plays into Hamas’ hands
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee on Aug 10, 2014 By withdrawing ground troops from Gaza last week, Israel showed signs of finally winding down its Operation Protective Edge, after nearly a month of pounding Gaza in an attempt to debilitate Hamas. In reality, Israel fell for the sinister […]
UK: Second Foreign Office minister quits in a week
Telegraph: Mark Simmonds resignation follows Baroness Warsi’s decision to quit over the crisis in Gaza. He will stand down as an MP at the election because of the “so huge and so negative” impact on family life. Mark Simmonds became the second minister to resign from the department in a […]
What we lost when Baroness Warsi resigned
Source: The Guardian By Hugh Muir Diversity in the government, as in any workplace, is about valuing different worldviews – if minorities feel their opinions don’t matter, they will be tempted […]
Penelope Cruz Accuses Israel of Genocide
Hollywood Studios Blacklist Penelope Cruz over Gaza Letter Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ By Fiona Keating | IB Times – Sat, Aug 9, 2014- yahoo.news Actress Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have roused the fury of Hollywood producers, with pledges made to snub the Spanish couple. Oscar-winner Bardem and Cruz signed […]
White flags for them, green for us
The Express Tribune: 1954 was the year of the Munir Report; and there haven’t been many like it since. The report raised some of the most profound moral questions splitting Pakistan at the seams, questions that haunt us today. Justice Munir found that, while the ulema were adamant as to […]
What ails the Muslims of India? Mullah’s Of course!!
Daily Times: The solution for the plight of Muslims lies in economic uplift and not tokenism but, unfortunately, even the Indian left and secular forces have engaged in tokenism vis-à-vis […]
Being Ahmadi in Pakistan
Source: The News on Sunday By I A Rehman Forty years ago Zulfikar Ali Bhutto claimed credit for solving the 90-year-old problem relating to the status of the Ahmadiya community. […]
Harrisburg Muslim convention will promote non-violent solutions to world troubles
Source: Pennlive.com By David Wenner | dwenner@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter August 08, 2014 at 2:43 PM Muslims who are firing rockets in the name of Islam are violating the principles of […]
The pattern of widespread and systematic human rights violations in Rakhine State may constitute crimes against humanity
UNCHR: GENEVA (30 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today calls on the Government and people of Myanmar […]