Curbing on Ahmadiyah
The Jakarta Post: In reference to the news report “Ministries reaffirm curbs on Ahmadiyah” published in The Jakarta Post on May 31, the report is in connection with an event […]
World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think
BY DREW DESILVER 1.6billion There are about 1.6 billion Muslims, or 23% of the world’s population, making Islam the second-largest religion. An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are […]
Staunchly Catholic Croatia opens major Islamic center
AFP, Rijeka-Croatia – Some 20,000 Muslims from Croatia and abroad gathered in the Adriatic port city of Rijeka on Saturday to inaugurate an Islamic center and the third mosque in […]
PEW Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
Islamophobia-Wall Street Journal’s Denial
Huff Post: Nathan Lean. Any reasonable person would look at this growing phenomenon and conclude that we’ve reached an ugly new level of prejudice against religious minorities in this country. But not Jonathan Schanzer, a hawkish Bush-era terrorism analyst whose predictable (and unethical — I’ll get to that later) review […]
How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam
Science News How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam Jan. 2, 2013 — Medieval Afghanistan, Iran and the one-time Soviet Central Asian states were frontiers in flux as the Islamic Caliphate spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh through 10th centuries. As such, different groups, such as the new Arab […]
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)-asked-me-for-fare-money-to-go-to-Madinah-Tahir-ul-Qadri
Source: Munir Ahmad Munawwar of Austria Click HERE to watch weeping TQ and playing with sentiments of Muslims.
Prophet Muhammad’s Rules of War
Epigraph: But if they (enemies) desist, then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is freely professed for Allah. But if they (enemies) […]
10 Weird Questions I’m Often Asked, But am Happy to Answer
By Manar Hijaz As I prepare to say goodbye to 2012, I hope that I’ll also be saying goodbye to these 10 interesting questions I am occasionally asked. I am not providing this list to make fun of the individuals who have asked these questions, but as a means to […]
Ahmadiyya convention sends out message of ‘love for all, hatred for none’ to the world
Yahoonews: Qadian (Punjab), Dec.29 (ANI): The world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at has sent out a message of “Love for All, Hatred for None”, to the world. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day annual convention being held in Qadian in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district here, Maulana Inam Ghouri, the chief secretary of […]
Muslims have obsession with India Israel and the US
Source: Two Circles In August of this year, two Muslim youth died and about a hundred injured when a program in Mumbai organized to protest anti-Muslim violence in Assam and Myanmar turned violent. This has brought into question the logic of protest. Why do we protest? What issues bring Indian […]
REVERTS ON THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE TO ISLAM: ONLINE ISLAM
Reverts on the Path of Knowledge to Islam By Sumayyah Meehan Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:00 Your reason for seeking knowledge is to please God and draw nearer to Him {And say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge} (Ta-Ha 20: 114) What’s the first thing you do after acquiring a new tech […]
Islam, Liberalism and Egypt, Dr. Khalid Batarfi: Saudi Gazette
OPINION Islam, liberalism and Egypt Last Updated : Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:38 AM Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi What’s going on in Egypt? I keep receiving questions about events in Egypt and not only from non-Arabs. Saudis and Egyptian expatriates are confused, too. Among the most frequent questions: Is it […]
Islam fastest growing in UK: Rupee News
Islam fastest growing in UK: 2nd religion. 5% Muslims Posted on 23 December 2012. English: The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum 2009 report on world Muslim populations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “All indications are that a growing number ofBritons who grew […]
International Halal body to be set up
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Wednesday 19 December 2012 Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, secretary-general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL), will chair the maiden meeting of the general […]
Three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat to begin on December 29
TOI: Yudhvir Rana. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community within Islam was founded in 1889 and spans over 250 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions having current headquarters in UK, informed Secretary Press Committee, Sheikh Mujahid Ahmad while talking to TOI on Tuesday. AMRITSAR: Ahmadiyya’s from across the world including Pakistan would converge at Qadian in Gurdaspur […]
Militancy in the name of Islam and its ramifications
Daily Times: Qaisar Rashid. Islam is very particular about the differentiation between the real intent and the declared objectives of its followers. Can militancy serve the cause of Islam? Why do followers of a (divine) religion resort to militancy? Is it to get the voice of the religion heard or […]
‘No Religion’ Is World’s Third-Largest Religious Group After Christians, Muslims According To Pew Study
Reuters | By Tom Heneghan HUFFPOST RELIGION REUTERS – People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world’s faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus. The study, based on extensive data for the year 2010, […]
Christians most populous of world’s religions: Report
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Christians are the world’s biggest religious group, numbering some 2.2 billion people, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Pew assembled data on the size and geographic distribution of eight major religious groups, including non-believers. It found that […]
Diminishing Cadre of Muslims in Pakistan
Source: The Daily Dunya News: By Nazeer Naji Read the Original Article