The Muslim Post

OPINION – After California shooting, will Americans let fear prevail?

Barack Obama says the US is entering a “new phase” of the terrorist threat. But Americans are unlikely to heed his call to be “strong and smart” in fighting the Islamic State group, writes FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor, Douglas Herbert. Whenever Americans have succumbed to fear throughout their freedom-fighting history, bad things have generally […]

JAMES LYONS: Reforming Islam

Perhaps one of the most crucial peace proposals of our time was made on Jan. 1, 2015, when Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi challenged leading Sunni jurists and theologians with initiating a reformation of Islam that has not happened in more than 1,400 years. Eventually, such a reformation must include the leading Shiite clerics as well. […]

YouTube returns to Pakistan after 3-year ban imposed in response to anti-Muslim video

Pakistan has ended its 3-year ban on YouTube after the video-sharing site agreed to create a country-specific portal that allows government regulators to easily flag offensive content for removal. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom said in a statement on Monday that the government restored access to YouTube within its borders after the the […]

Muslims, Christians and Jews to unite over dinner in Easton

Muslims, Christians and Jews to unite over dinner in Easton

With the Islamic State Group, Syria and terrorism in Paris making headlines, now is the time to build bridges between cultures — not walls, according to a local rabbi. Rabbi Melody Davis at Temple Covenant of Peace in Easton is organizing a multicultural dinner and discussion at her synagogue to show that Jews, Christians and […]

Majority of Americans says Obama hasn’t done enough to protect U.S. from terrorism

Forty-three percent of Americans are satisfied with the nation’s security from terrorism, marking a 16-point drop since last year and a 26-point decline since 2014. Fifty-five percent said they were dissatisfied with the country’s security from terrorism, according to Gallup poll results released Monday. In 2015, 59 percent had been satisfied and 36 percent had […]

Suicide bomber kills five worshippers at mosque in Cameroon

Yaounde (dpa) – At least five Muslim worshippers were killed Monday morning when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in northern Cameroon. The attacker had joined an early prayer session at the mosque in the locality of Guetchewe in Cameroon’s Far North Region, regional governor Midjiyawa Bakary told dpa by phone. “He later detonated his […]

Ulema must educate youth about extremist propaganda: Ashrafi

Pakistan Ulema Council Central Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has said that it is the responsibility of ulema, imams, clerics and religious scholars to educate Muslim youths about the false and evil propaganda of extremist and terrorist organsiations. Addressing a training session workshop for ulema and seminary students on Sunday in Lahore, Ashrafi emphasised […]

US school expels 2 for bomb threat from Muslim pupil’s email

Two students have been expelled from a US school after they sent a “bomb threat” to more than 600 current and former students from the email account of a Muslim pupil. The subject line of the mail sent out by the two students of the high-performing Washington Latin Public Charter School said ‘Bomb’ and the […]

Cameron calls to end Muslim discrimination against women

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday called to stop the discrimination against Muslim women from within their own communities, and help them learn English to gain independence and better integrate. According to Cameron as quoted by The Times, it is time to confront the “backward attitudes” of Muslim men who have “damaging control” over […]