Twitter Celebrates Ramadan 2014 With 'Hashflags' And Much More
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Ramadan 2014 is upon us and Twitter is joining in the celebrations this year with special icons, instant iftar times, and an interactive map. […]
Vatican Admits Most Catholics Reject Its Teachings On Sex
Source: The Huffington Post | By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican conceded Thursday that most Catholics reject its teachings on sex and contraception as intrusive and irrelevant and […]
Pakistan’s forgotten minorities: Who has given these so-called ‘Muslim clerics’ the authority to arbitrate on issues of belief and disbelief?
Telegraph.co.uk: by Imam Abdul Quddus Arif — Early on a Monday morning last month (May 26), I was awoken by a very distressing text message which read ‘an Ahmadi doctor has been martyred outside of Bahishti Maqbara [an Ahmadi Muslim cemetery in Rabwah, Pakistan]’. I did not know who this […]
Pakistan's forgotten minorities: Who has given these so-called ‘Muslim clerics' the authority to arbitrate on issues of belief and disbelief?
Telegraph.co.uk: by Imam Abdul Quddus Arif — Early on a Monday morning last month (May 26), I was awoken by a very distressing text message which read ‘an Ahmadi doctor has been martyred outside of Bahishti Maqbara [an Ahmadi Muslim cemetery in Rabwah, Pakistan]’. I did not know who this […]
Caught between government and militants, Iraqis despair
GERMAWA CAMP, Iraq — Amsha’s family decided to leave the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar after shelling one night killed their neighbour as he used his outdoor toilet. The 24-year-old now lives in a tent with the other eight members of her family at the Germawa camp in the […]
Algeria through but Russia’s Akinfeev distracted by laser for Slimani goal
Algeria have done it. For the first time in their history they have reached the knock out phase of the World Cup, where they will face the team that denied them that opportunity thirty-two years and one day ago. But their moment of triumph was marred by controversy, with Russia’s […]
Qur’an lesson for the day: When thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected
161. When thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected [16:99] And when thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.
Qur'an lesson for the day: When thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected
161. When thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected [16:99] And when thou recitest the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.
American History: The amazing arrogance of a slave owner and his former slave’s response
To My Old Master In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdon — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now […]
American History: The amazing arrogance of a slave owner and his former slave's response
To My Old Master In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdon — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now […]
Khilafat-ala-Minhaj-e-Nabuwwat (Successorship to Prophethood)
A’ouzo billahi min-aash-shaitan-ir-rajeem (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed) Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful) Dear reader: Peace be with you and the mercy and blessings of God. I’m here to distribute those treasures which were buried for thousands of years. […]
Uganda Muslims urged to sight Ramadan moon
KAMPALA: Muslims in Uganda are being urged to help sight the new moon of Ramadan to determine the start of the holy fasting month. “All Muslims need to watch out for the moon on Friday,” Haji Nsereko Mutumba, the spokesperson of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, told Anadolu Agency. “Whoever […]
$2.5bn fund: IDB, Gates declare war on poverty
JEDDAH: KHALIL HANWARE Published — Thursday 26 June 2014 ARABNEWS.COM The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and billionaire entrepreneur Bill Gates plan to set up a $2.5 billion fund for the […]
Peace walk raises more than £220,000 for UK charities
The local Guardian: by Louisa Clarence-Smith — L-R: Qaim Zaidi, British Heart Foundation; Rafiq Hayat, national president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.; Waseem Ahmad, UK National Head of the Elders Association Muslims from across Britain raised more than £220,000 for 40 charities during a weekend walk for peace. More than 1,600 […]
Stop Saying “Moderate Muslims.” You’re Only Empowering Islamophobes.
New Republic: Last week’s Heritage Foundation panel on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi was bound to be an ugly affair, what with the presence of panelist Brigitte Gabriel, a self-described “terrorism analyst” with a laundry list of offensive statements about Islam and Arabs. Sure enough, when attendee Saba Ahmed, an American University law school […]
Stop Saying “Moderate Muslims.” You're Only Empowering Islamophobes.
New Republic: Last week’s Heritage Foundation panel on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi was bound to be an ugly affair, what with the presence of panelist Brigitte Gabriel, a self-described “terrorism analyst” with a laundry list of offensive statements about Islam and Arabs. Sure enough, when attendee Saba Ahmed, an American University law school […]
Barcelona Bullfighting Ring may become Europe’s Largest Mosque
Guardian: The site of a former bullfighting ring in Barcelona could one day house the largest mosque in Europe, members of Barcelona’s Muslim community have said after announcing they have found […]
Barcelona Bullfighting Ring may become Europe's Largest Mosque
Guardian: The site of a former bullfighting ring in Barcelona could one day house the largest mosque in Europe, members of Barcelona’s Muslim community have said after announcing they have found […]
U.S. says Pakistani ‘charity’ front for banned militants
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has named a self-proclaimed Pakistani charity as a “foreign terrorist organization”, a status that freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction. Jamaat-ud-Dawa calls itself a humanitarian charity but is widely seen as a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based group accused […]