The Answer to the ‘Christian Right’
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com In a country that is increasingly polarized politically and religiously, it’s always a breath of fresh air to encounter a group or a movement that strays from the social […]
This is Syria’s great chance for change
It is crucial that all sides approach June’s international conference with hope as well as caution When Ban Ki-moon opens the promised international conference on Syria in Geneva next month, the war-ravaged country will experience the first sliver of hope it has dared to feel for months. A year has gone by […]
Prophet Muhammad and the Founding Fathers were kindred Spirits: Dr. Craig Considine
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about the Prophet MuhammadEpigraph: And We have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) By Dr. Craig Considine, from his website Although they are typically seen to represent overwhelming opposites, the Prophet Muhammad and […]
Domestic violence conference focuses on honor killings
Source: Buffalo News By Matt Spina | News Staff Reporter Right off the bat, the moderator agreed they were about to discuss “not too pleasant a topic for a sunny Sunday afternoon” – domestic violence and its ugly extreme, honor killings. Domestic violence involves one person out to control another, said Deborah […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadis Face Rising Persecution, Violence
Source:RADIO FREE EUROPE VIA WASIM SR Ahmadi community members carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony in 2010 for victims of a militant attack on one of the sect’s prayer halls, which killed some 80 people. According to a new report by the U.S. State Department, the religious minority Ahmadis […]
Church Whistle-Blowers Join Forces on Abuse
Source: NY Times They call themselves Catholic Whistleblowers, a newly formed cadre of priests and nuns who say the Roman Catholic Church is still protecting sexual predators. Jeffrey Phelps for The New York Times The Rev. James Connell, in Sheboygan, Wis., is a member of Catholic Whistleblowers. Several members of […]
Ahmadis forced to board up Tulungagung mosque after it was wrecked by Islamist Savages
Ahmadiyah Board Up Their Mosque in East Java By Camelia Pasandaran, The Jakarta Globe: Police and residents in Tulungagung, East Java, allegedly forced a member of an Ahmadiyah community to […]
Hefajat leader -‘Siege was designed to oust govt’
Source: The Daily Star A top leader of Hefajat-e Islam has told a court in Dhaka that the group’s May 5 Dhaka siege programme was designed to oust the Awami League-led alliance government, according to court sources. The BNP-led 18-party opposition combine financed the programme, Hefajat Secretary General Junaid Babunagari […]
LHC judge forced to withdraw order
The Express Tribune: by Rana Tanveer. Moeed Ayaz, Asmatullah, Razaullah and Ghulamullah, employees of Black Arrow Printing Press, were arrested by Islampura police on January 7. On Friday, their bail petitions under Sections 295B (defiling the Holy Quran) and 298C (an Ahmadi calling himself Muslim or preaching his faith) of […]
State Dept. Report Says Countries Have Repressed Religious Freedom With Laws
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising […]
Why I’m protesting against Gap over Bangladesh
Source: CNN Money By Emily Jane Fox NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Anu Mandavilli is joining a protest against Gap, at the clothing company’s annual meeting on Tuesday. Her beef: Gap doesn’t do enough to improve worker safety in Bangladesh. “I own Gap clothing and I don’t think it’s acceptable that this […]
What Is it About Bedtime?
Huff Post: Rabbi Menachem Creditor. What is it about bedtime? On the one hand it’s an in-between moment: Daylight is fading, eyelids are drooping — a gentle goodnight seems natural. On the other hand, there is the “simple task” of getting a child to bed, tucking them in, and finally […]
Muhammad the Pinnacle of Mercy – Even to Animals
Epigraph: “And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all the worlds.” (Al Quran 21:108) Prophet Muhammad’s Kindness to Animals By Aisha Stacey (© 2010 IslamReligion.com) Published on […]
Japan’s New Optimism Has Name: Abenomics
TOKYO — After years of grinding malaise, Japan suddenly has some of its bling back. A humbled Sony — once a titan of Japan Inc. — recently sprang back into the black for the first year in five years, courtesy of a plunging yen. Honda, another corporate icon, triumphantly announced […]
British Columbia’s New grand mosque
LARISSA CAHUTE, VANCOUVER DESI British Columbia’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community finally has a place to call home. The local and Canada-wide community raised $8 million for their new mosque on Delta’s River Rd. and nearly 5,000 people — including Ahmadiyya Muslim leader from the U.K., Mirza Masroor Ahmed — came out […]
U.S. mess in Iraq
STORY SUMMARY Responsibility for the mess that is Iraq today can easily be laid at the doorstep of the United States, since the Bush administration decided to proceed with the […]
Hezbollah role in Syria grows more prominent
STORY SUMMARY Hezbollah was drawn deeper into Syria’s civil war as 28 fighters from the group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, opposition activists said Monday. The […]
Saudi Arabia: Chaos at deportation centers
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED & KHALED AL-SUBIANI ARABNEWS Tuesday 21 May 2013 Chaos prevailed yesterday across deportation centers in Jeddah as expatriates rush to register for repatriation. Thousands returned unsuccessfully after […]
Israel bars UNESCO from entering Jerusalem
Israel on Monday barred a UN commission from visiting Jerusalem to investigate ongoing violations of religious freedom against Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land. “Israel has cancelled the delegation,” […]
UN Pressures Germany to Bow to ‘Hate Speech’ (Hysteria)
Editor’s note: Please note that this is taken from an Islamophobic website to illustrate thier approach and twist on these issues. FrontpageMAG.com: A recent decision by the United Nation’s (UN) Committee on the […]