UK Deputy PM backs Israel arms embargo, as protesters target Elbit
Source: The Middle East Monitor: British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has added his support to growing calls for an arms embargo on Israel, as the impact of the attack […]
Urdu Video: Lord Tariq on Gaza and Baroness Warsi
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
A call to arms for atheists (minus the arms)
Guardian: I never thought secular society would be something that would, in my lifetime, need defending. Yet, without having become any more religious, en masse, we find that state education has been handed over to any have-a-go Harry that feels up to it, which in a quarter of cases means […]
On The Real War Front Against Islamist Extremism
Lutfblogs: What do you imagine the front line against Islamist extremism looks like? Will this war fix anything? Image courtesy Stars and Stripes. Does it comprise of NATO led troops, security agencies and hired guns fighting against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan? Or is it the […]
British Police Raid Crown Inn Pub In Search Of The ‘Holy Grail’
LONDON (Reuters) – British police raided an English country pub this week in search of a stolen wooden relic believed by some to be the Holy Grail – a cup […]
Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Gujranwala Tragedy
Friday Sermon by the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on this Subject August 1, 2014 ‘By the heaven having mansions of stars, And by the Promised Day By […]
ISIS Is Ignoring Islam’s Teachings on Yazidis and Christians
The news coming out of Iraq is really devastating. The violent extremist group known as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) continues to take over major parts of Iraq, […]
Muslim community should not feel targeted by Government’s counterterrorism laws, academic says
The Muslim community in Australia should not feel targeted by the Federal Government’s proposed expansion of anti-terrorism laws, a Muslim academic says. The Government is proposing a broadening of the counter-terrorism regime that would include making it an offence to visit certain areas dominated by terrorists, without justification. READ MORE…
Canada: Green party shames NDP and Liberals with clear view on Gaza
Unlike federal NDP and Liberal party, Green party Leader Elizabeth May took a principled stand against the violence in Gaza. Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto Star Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Green party Leader Elizabeth May denounced the three main federal parties for “parroting” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Canada: Thousands of Ahmadi Muslims gather in Saskatoon
Source: thestarphoenix.com About 3,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith from all over Western Canada are gathered in Saskatoon this weekend to discuss how best to spread their message of peace […]
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Court outlaws Ahmadis
Source: asianews.it | 07/25/2014 The country’s highest judicial authority rejected the appeal filed by the community for state registration and freedom of worship. In practice, it will also be impossible for Ahmadis to […]
USA: Annual American-Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention to Focus on World Crisis
Source: marketwired.com Over Five Thousand From Across the US to Attend Longest Running American Muslim Convention HARRISBURG, PA–(Marketwired – August 08, 2014) – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, one of the nation’s oldest […]
President Obama Talks to Thomas L. Friedman About Iraq, Putin and Israel
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000003047774&playerType=embed President Obama’s hair is definitely grayer these days, and no doubt trying to manage foreign policy in a world of increasing disorder accounts for at least half of those […]
Obama has no Plans to Defeat ISIS
Source: The Daily Beast: The President didn’t want to strike ISIS in Iraq this week, but he no choice. But there is still no plan to defeat the group, which gets more powerful by the day. The Obama administration moved quickly this week to try to defend U.S. personnel from […]
Cameroon: Ebola Distracts From Worsening Cameroon Cholera Outbreak
Dakar/Younde — A cholera epidemic in northern Cameroon has killed at least 65 people and probably infected about 1,300 people in two months, as international attention has been diverted to fighting Ebola in West Africa, health experts said on Saturday. They said the insurgency by Islamist sect Boko Haram was […]
George McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton to be recognized for commitment to religious freedom Ahmadiyya Muslims in America
Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and a professor of politics, has been selected to receive the 2014 Ahmadiyya Muslim Humanitarian Award for his “tireless commitment to religious freedom.” George, who is also vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will be honored at the group’s […]
How Atheists Can Overcome a Reputation of Arrogance
faithstreet.com: I can empathize with religious groups whose mission is to convert everyone in the world, since I think the world would be better if everyone “saw the light” of secular humanism. But whether religious or secular, I believe the best form of proselytizing is to lead by example. I […]
Spiritual or Religious? False Dichotomy
Huff Post: by Eric Simpson — The notion that one can be spiritual but not religious is like saying you have blood in your body, but don’t care much for the skeleton. Similarly, claiming you need to go to Church to be spiritual is like saying you need to shop […]
From Egypt to Saudi Arabia, the Arab World Has Abandoned the Palestinians
Huff Post: Forget for one moment the timid pronouncements of Barack Obama and David Cameron. When will Arab rulers dare raise their voice against Israel’s pounding of Gaza? “I have never seen a situation like it, where you have so many Arab states acquiescing in the death and destruction in […]
Pakistan: Revoke Suspension of Rights in Islamabad
HRW: (New York) – Pakistan’s government should rescind the suspension of fundamental rights and the grant of military authority for law enforcement in Islamabad, Human Rights Watch said today. Powers given to the military risk misuse in the face of ongoing large-scale political protests. “Pakistan faces very real threats of terrorism, […]