Turks divided over Erdogan’s Islamic direction
Dawn: WASHINGTON – As Turkey prepares to vote for its first ever directly elected president, a new US survey says the Turks are divided over the current government’s efforts to […]
Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor, dies of EVD after caring for over 100 patients
Dailykos.com: Umaru Fofana and Adam Bailes bring us the sad news that Sierra Leones’ top specialist in Ebola and viral hemorrhagic fever diseases, Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, died of Ebola after being exposed by one of the more than 100 patients he has heroically cared for. Their article, Top Ebola […]
Pakistan’s shrinking minority space
The Hindu: The desire of Islamist extremists to ‘purify’ Pakistan has resulted in a major catastrophe for the minorities. The country cannot emerge as a modern pluralist state until the reversal of this culture of intolerance The murder in Gujranwala of an elderly woman, a seven-year-old girl and an infant […]
Boston subway ads are shocking– ‘and so is the reality on the ground’
Mondoweiss: by Annie Robbins — (Photo:Ads Against Apartheid) Bostonians have been checking out the “ONE WORD” campaign in their subway system, describing Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. The ad campaign was launched this week by Ads Against Apartheid (AAA), a local Boston-based nonprofit. The ads are currently running in Boston’s downtown State Street Station where they […]
US, UN announce deal on 72-hour Gaza cease-fire
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
The Guardian’s view on the killing of children in Gaza
theguardian: Editorial — Displaced Palestinian Hajar Muharram, five, sits in a classroom where her family of seven now lives, at a UN school, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Wars kill people, including teachers in their classrooms, nurses in their hospitals, and farmers in their fields. But […]
Do Shias have a future in Pakistan?
Do Shias have a future in Pakistan? By Soha Jafri Published: July 25, 2014, blogs.tribune.com.pk/23393 26 CommentsShare this Print Email So far in Pakistan more than 10,000 Shias have been killed (in direct attacks only). PHOTO: AFP How this could be possible? I shook my head in disbelief. “Ibn-e-Raza has […]
Nigeria Kano blast: Boko Haram blamed for six deaths
At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a college in northern Nigeria’s biggest city, Kano, witnesses say. The female bomber is reported to have blown herself up as students queued to check their names on an admission list. Meanwhile the government says a 10-year-old girl […]
HSBC closes some Muslim groups’ accounts
HSBC bank has written to Finsbury Park Mosque and other Muslim organisations in the UK to tell them that their accounts will be closed. The reason given in some cases was that to continue providing services would be outside the bank’s “risk appetite”. The wife and teenage children of a […]
Gaza UN shelter attack ‘totally unacceptable’ – White House
The US has said the shelling of a UN shelter in Gaza is “totally unacceptable and totally indefensible”. In its strongest criticism yet of Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory, the US – Israel’s closest ally – urged Israel to do more to protect civilian life. A quarter of Gaza’s […]
যুদ্ধ ও জিহাদ (War and Jihad) – আহমদ তৌফিক চৌধুরী (Bengali)
Source: http://www.ahoban.org যুদ্ধ ও জেহাদ যুদ্ধ কে আরবীতে বলে কিতাল । যুদ্ধের নাম জেহাদ নয় । জেহাদ জাহদ শব্দ থেকে । এর অর্থ পরিপূর্ণ রূপে চেষ্টা প্রচেষ্টা করা (তাজুল উরুস ) নিজের প্রবৃত্তির বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রাম করা সব চাইতে বড় জেহাদ , জেহাদে আকবর (মেশকাত) মহানবী (সাঃ) বলেছেন নিজেদে ন নফসের […]
মাহযার নামা (স্মারকলিপি) – Mahzarnama (Bengali)
Source: Ahoban.org মাহযার নামা (স্মারকলিপি) – Mahzarnama (the Memorandum) “মাহযার নামা“ সেই গুরুত্বপূর্ন ঐতিহাসিক দলিল, যা আহমদীয়া জামা’ত ১৯৭৪ সনে পাকিস্তানের জাতীয় সংসদের পূর্ন হাউস সমন্বয়ে গঠিত বিশেষ কমিটির সামনে নিজেদের মুসলমান হবার, নিজেদের মৌলিক ধর্মীয় বিশ্বাসসমূহ ব্যাথ্যা-বিশ্লেষনসহ প্রাণ্জলভাবে তুলে ধরার এবং এই জামা’তের বিরুদ্ধে উথ্তাপিত অমূলক অপবাদসমূহ খন্ডনের উদ্দেশ্যে […]
Turkey: Women Should Not Laugh in Public
Turkish Deputy PM: Women Shouldn’t Laugh in Public cause it’s immodest Hundreds of women posted photos of themselves laughing to protest remarks that women should refrain from laughing in public. Tue, July 29, 2014 clarionproject.com Pictures uploaded by Turkish women to social media The Deputy PM of Turkey Bülent Arınç said today […]
Islamic State’s Persecution Of Christians Is A ‘Crime Against Humanity’: Human Rights Lawyer
USA Today | By Kirsten Powers (RNS) Iraq’s Christians are begging the world for help. Is anybody listening? Since capturing the country’s second largest city of Mosul in early June, the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, has ordered Christians to convert to Islam, pay taxes levied on non-Muslims, or die. […]
Islamic State's Persecution Of Christians Is A 'Crime Against Humanity': Human Rights Lawyer
USA Today | By Kirsten Powers (RNS) Iraq’s Christians are begging the world for help. Is anybody listening? Since capturing the country’s second largest city of Mosul in early June, the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, has ordered Christians to convert to Islam, pay taxes levied on non-Muslims, or die. […]
Kerry Stresses U.S.-Germany Relationship Amid Spying Allegations
Source: Huffington Post VIENNA, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing alongside Germany’s foreign minister, on Sunday stressed the strategic importance of relations between the two […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates Eid-ul- Fitr
Glen Ellyn, Chicago, Illinois: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Glen Ellyn Chapter celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on July 29th which marked the end of 30 day fasting in the month of Ramadhan. In Ramadhan Muslims […]
An open letter for the people in Gaza from doctors and scientists
Source: The Lancet We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics […]