Op-Ed When hope dies, you breathe it back to life again!
Syed Ishrat Husain December 26, 2019 DAILY TIMES On December 27, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto held a rally at Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi, the venue named after the country’s first […]
Did Modi Government Ignore The Most Persecuted Minority In World Under New Citizenship Bill?
Published on December 13, 2019 By EurAsian Times With the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the Modi Government had laid a path to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted migrants i.e. Hindus, […]
Ahmadi, A dangerous word to utter in Pakistan: AC Attock had to apologize
Some topics in Pakistani society are too sensitive to be discussed openly. However, is there any policy to de-radicalize the youth to enable them for peaceful dialogue and logical […]
A biopic of Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam is going to be on Netflix soon: ‘Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate’ will be showcasing the Nobel laureate’s extraordinary life
By Maha Ali – September 19, 2019 Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate is reported to hit Netflix on the 1st of October of this year. The film […]
Rabbi sits down with imam for frank conversation about faith, discrimination
Nick Enquist | Staff Writer In an effort to promote more interfaith communication, the East Valley JCC has started two new speaker series, the first of which launched on […]
Hashtag campaign against Pakistani religious minority group during PM Khan’s US visit
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
Criticism of ‘True Islam,’ by a Christian Apologist
William Kilpatrick: ‘Beware of Muslims Bearing Pamphlets’ By William Kilpatrick, who taught for many years at Boston College. He is the author of several books about cultural and religious issues, […]
The young imam fighting hate
BBC News•June 7, 2019 Sabah Ahmedi is one of the UK’s youngest Imams and is trying to tackle hate crime in the country. He’s a member of the Ahmadiyya […]
Pakistan PM accused of sowing division
A new report says Imran Khan fanned religious bias against the Ahmadiyya during the 2018 election campaign Pakistani civil rights activists protest the killing of Ahmadis in Lahore in May, […]
Bangladesh: Shafi demands Ahmadiyya Muslims be declared as non-Muslims
Source: The Dhaka Tribune By Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, Panchagarh His written speech was read by his son Anas Madani Hefazat-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi has demanded the Ahmadiyya Muslim community—also […]
Pakistan as a Cautionary Tale of Religious Fanaticism
As the BJP champions sectarianism in India, Pakistan’s trajectory is a striking example of the consequences of enabling and capitulating to religious zealots. By now, you are sure to […]
Hazrat Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan r.a.
29th March 2019 Hazrat Chaudhry Sahibra was a companion of the Promised Messiahas, member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, judge of the Federal Court of India, president of the International […]
There’s a Muslim caliphate at the end of the District Line
Source: MyLondon The word “caliphate” has become so loaded that the mere suggestion there could be one in London is enough to make anybody do a double take. But it’s […]
Belize: Canadian delegation participates in annual Muslim Convention
By Dalila Ical Posted on 16 hours ago The Canadian Delegation is being led by Lal Khan Malik, the president of that country’s Ahmadiyya’s Muslim Jama’at. Malik spoke about the […]
Beyond religious bigotry and secular freedom
Source: The News By Sher Ali Tareen, who is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College in the U.S. He received his PhD from Duke University. stareen@fandm.edu […]
On the follies and failures of secular convictions-I
Sher Ali Tareen December 30, 2018 1 Comment Furthering the conversation around the interaction of religion, secular power, and minority suffering in Pakistan and beyond My mid-September essay in […]
On the follies and failures of secular convictions-II
Sher Ali Tareen January 6, 2019 The sovereign separation of religion and politics is the hallmark of a secular political theology Ali Usman Qasmi’s response to my essay, also […]
Making Sunni-Shia Unity a Reality
Source: Patheos One of my life-long dreams came true at the Sunni-Shia Unity Conference to launch efforts to promote Intra-Faith dialogue on December 15, when a group of dedicated local […]
Algeria upholds prison terms for Ahmadi sect members
Authorities aren’t cracking down on heterodox beliefs but on ‘groups that operate clandestinely’, says official By Abdul Razak bin Abdullah ALGIERS December 19, 2018 An Algerian appeals court on Wednesday […]
Pakistan’s first Nobel winner was shunned for being Ahmadi. A documentary brings him back
By Aastha Singh, 21 November, 2018 Dr Abdus Salam won the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics. But in his home country Pakistan, he is all but forgotten because of his […]