For Muslims, a month of fasting, character building begins
Source: al.com Ramadan — pronounced “ramazaan” — is the ninth month of Islamic calendar. Muslims believe that it was during the blessed month of Ramadan that God began sending down his […]
Metro Detroit Muslims begin Ramadan observances
Source: detroitnews.com Moneera Kassim calls Ramadan “a time of the year like no other.” Like thousands of Muslims across Metro Detroit observing the holy month, which starts this week, the Hamtramck […]
8 Simple Online Privacy Tips Everyone Needs to Know
Source: in.finance.yahoo.com It’s important to be aware of what you’re doing online — and how much of your own personal information you may be allowing others to access. Everyone knows (or […]
Bangladesh Forex reserve over $15 bln
By Abdur Rahim Harmachi Chief Economics Correspondent, bdnews24.com For the first time, the central bank’s foreign exchange reserve has remained above $15 billion-mark after paying dues of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU). The reserve had come down to $14.78 billion after clearing ACU’s $718 million on Monday. Bangladesh Bank’s Forex […]
Ahmed Assem: the Egyptian photographer who chronicled his own death
The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building. By Robert Tait and Magdy Samaan, Cairo9:30PM BST 09 Jul 2013 He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens. The film […]
Gulf Support for Mohamed Morsi’s Ouster in Egypt
Erin Kilbride* Gulf leaders love a good revolution as long as it is someone else’s. Messages of congratulations and praise for Egypt’s armed forces have been pouring out of Gulf states since the military-led ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday, July 3. Many of these statements have incorporated […]
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Introduces Legislation to Recognize the Beginning of Ramadan
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Washington, DC – (Tuesday, July 9, 2013) – Yesterday evening, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced a resolution in honor of the commencement of the Muslim holy month of […]
Blessings of Ramadan
Blessings of Ramadan Summary of Friday Sermon delivered by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community October 7th, 2005 (NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon Back home from his European tour Huzuraba delivered Friday sermon at Bait ul […]
Breaking: Chief Security Officer of President Zardari Killed in a Blast in Karachi
ET: KARACHI: Security in-charge Bilawal House, Bilal Sheikh was killed along with three police officials in a blast that took place in the Jamshed Quarter area, near Gurumandar, Karachi on Wednesday, Express News reported. […]
Islam: A Short History By Karen Armstrong
NY Times: The external history of a religious tradition often seems divorced from the raison detre of faith. The spiritual quest is an interior journey; it is a psychic rather […]
Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on Muslim headwear in schools
Russia Today: A branch of Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a group of Muslims for the right of schoolgirls to wear traditional religious attire, specifically the hijab, […]
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan continues: Asian Human Rights
PAKISTAN: Ahmadis are once again persecuted even as the new government is formed June 4, 2013 For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. […]
Should Muslims avoid the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this October?
global post: The World Health Organization plans to convene an emergency meeting today to discuss the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in light of the upcoming Islamic hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Concerns are being raised in particular that the pilgrimage this October will raise the likelihood of a pandemic outbreak (the […]
Ahmadis consider this year’s Ramadhan another test of faith
The Jakarta Post: While almost everybody else is welcoming Ramadhan with happiness and smiles, for 116 Ahmadis who are now living at the Transito house in Mataram, this year’s Ramadhan […]
Google celebrates Ramadan with livestream of the Islam’s most sacred building, the Kaabah
Source: The Venture Beat: By John Koetsier Non-Muslims may never enter the city of Mecca or see the mysterious Kaabah, Islam’s most sacred building. But Google’s now giving you a […]
Book Review: The Wrong Kind of Muslim
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Book by Qasim Rashid, USA Reviewed by Dr. Naseer Tahir, Rochester, USA On a Saturday morning, after Fajr salat, I started reading this book. I could […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rejects transition plan
Maggie Michael, Associated Press USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday rejected a new timetable announced by the military-backed interim leadership that sets a fast track for amending the Islamist-drafted constitution and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections by early next year. The quick issuing of the […]
Fugitive Snowden likely Venezuela bound – US journalist
July 10, 2013 – 02:57 By Paulo Prada SWISSINFO.CH RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will likely accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in the United States, said Glenn Greenwald, the U.S. journalist who first published the secret documents that Snowden leaked. In […]