Five things I've learned from Muslim women's groups
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
Islam and America: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
An Era of Reporting Under Fear
Source: Huffington Post By Raza Rumi, who is a writer, journalist and international development practitioner. C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Media […]
Vatican officially recognizes Palestine
Epigraph: Article 1. • All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in […]
Pakistan gunmen kill 43 on Karachi Ismaili Shia bus
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death
Source: BBC A secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police say. Ananta […]
By 2050, India to have world’s largest populations of Hindus and Muslims
Source: PEW Research Center By Conrad Hackett; who is a demographer focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. In the coming decades, India will have the distinction of having the […]
Muslim daughter and Christian mother celebrate unity on Mother’s Day
By Colleen O’Connor For The Denver Post When Alana Raybon converted to Islam, her mother, Patricia, — a devout Christian — was devastated, feeling that she had failed her faith […]
Muslim daughter and Christian mother celebrate unity on Mother's Day
By Colleen O’Connor For The Denver Post When Alana Raybon converted to Islam, her mother, Patricia, — a devout Christian — was devastated, feeling that she had failed her faith […]
Happy Mother's Day to All the Mothers of the World
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Happy Mother’s Day to All the Mothers of the World
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Pope Francis To Send Out Priests To Forgive The 'Sin' Of Women Who Have Had Abortions
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=554cfe242b8c2a8eb10011e8&autoPlay=false Source: Huffington Post The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 05/08/2015 7:11 pm Pope Francis is reportedly planning to offer a special pardon of sins to women who […]
Pope Francis To Send Out Priests To Forgive The ‘Sin’ Of Women Who Have Had Abortions
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=554cfe242b8c2a8eb10011e8&autoPlay=false Source: Huffington Post The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 05/08/2015 7:11 pm Pope Francis is reportedly planning to offer a special pardon of sins to women who […]
Court rules NSA program illegal
Washington (CNN) A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of Americans’ phone records, first revealed by Edward Snowden, is not legal under the Patriot […]
Germany: Ex-Pegida Frontwoman Kathrin Oertel Apologizes for Anti-Islam Statements
HuffPost Germany | By Susanne Klaiber Posted: 05/06/2015 The speech is touching, in a way. Sometimes, it’s even astonishing. But in the end, it’s not as revealing as we might […]
What Pamela Geller Advocates Is Not Free Speech
Source: Time By Qasim Rashid is an attorney, author of EXTREMIST, and national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. There’s an important history behind America’s free speech laws to which […]
Four held in Germany over alleged plot to attack mosques
4 suspected right-wing extremists arrested in Germany By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Updated 5:40 AM ET, Wed May 6, 2015 (CNN) Four people have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning […]
This is What Happened on the First Cinco de Mayo
Source: Time By Lily Rothman @lilyrothman The annual celebration traces its origins back to a time when France tried to invade Mexico These days, the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo is considered […]
On Public Transport: Support Free Speech, Not Hate Speech
Source: Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier; President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding I am a strong supporter of the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the […]
Prophet Muhammad recognized as a great law-giver by US Supreme court, since 1935
Epigraph: Have We not opened for thee (Muhammad) thy bosom, and removed from thee thy burden, Which had well nigh broken thy back, and We exalted thy name? (Al Quran […]