The Islamic State was created by the United States and the West
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 15, 2015 – In the Middle East almost everything is slightly off center. Weekends are on Thursdays and Fridays, calendars are lunar rather than solar, reading is done from right to left instead of the other way around and there are dozens of other examples where nothing is quite the way it […]
Chicago area’s Muslim youth fight stereotypes, suspicion
GLENVIEW, Ill. — Aasiyah Bhaiji knew the boys in her class were just clowning around, but their words stung just the same. As they headed inside from an ultimate Frisbee game at Springman Middle School in Glenview, Ill., one of them wrapped his team’s colors around his head like a turban. “Are you trying to […]
Obama praises Muslims in first mosque visit
In his first visit to a U.S. mosque, President Obama thanked American Muslims for their contributions to the nation, promised they will be treated with sensitivity in counterterrorism probes and said Islam is not to blame for terrorist attacks. “I want to say two words Muslim Americans don’t hear often enough: Thank you,” Mr. Obama […]
Americans split on whether president should criticize Islam: Poll
As President Obama visits a mosque in the U.S. for the first time Wednesday to show support for Muslims, a new poll finds that Americans are divided along partisan lines about whether the next president should criticize Islam when speaking about terrorists. The Pew Research Center survey found that 70 percent of Democrats and independents […]
Don’t let terrorists define American values
The events in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., were outrageous. There is no way to predict when or where the next atrocity will occur. My first reaction to these events was that we should bomb the Islamic State into oblivion, cut off their money supply and destroy their leadership. I sounded like some of our […]
Killing of people nothing to do with Islam: Fazl
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl(JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that terrorists engaged in killing innocent people across the country are harming the interests of the country and have nothing to do with Islam. He expressed these views after offering Dua’a for the martyrs of Bacha Khan University Charsadda here at Parliament’s House mosque. Quran Khawani and special […]
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 […]
Morocco arrests Belgian citizen linked to Paris attacks
A Belgian national of Moroccan origin directly linked to the Paris attacks has been arrested in Morocco, according to a local newspaper quoting Morocco’s interior ministry. Hespress reported on Monday that a Belgian national has been arrested in al-Muammadia port city on the west coast of Morocco, between Casablanca and Rabat, in the region of […]