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A group from the Virginia branch of American Muslim Ladies Club (AMLC), consisting of four adults and 13 young ladies, visited the Smithsonian Sackler Art Museum, where 51 items were on loan from the prestigious Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey….
“Every soul will taste death….” (Holy Quran 3:185). Oft times when we think of mawt, thoughts of growing old and passing away peacefully or from an illness come to mind; transitioning to the next life with thoughts of Jannah (heaven)…
The Turkish EU Affairs Minister says Ankara should rethink its deal with the EU signed 12 months ago which has helped to drastically reduce the migrant inflows into the continent. When dangerous sea journeys from Turkey should still be prevented,…
The whistleblower website Wikileaks has published online a trove of what it claims are thousands of secret CIA files. They detail hacking tools used to evade security on phones, apps and handheld-devices for spying. The Wikileaks cache reveals what it…
Showkat Nanda grew up hard in Indian-run Kashmir, a child of war, iron-fisted rule and relentless tragedy. He was seven years old in 1989 when rebels — some in their teens, some barely out of them — mounted an insurgency…
February is the time of the year in America when politically and socially astute minds turn to the observance of African American History month. The recall of this history is quite profound at this time, especially in light of the…
Srinagar, March 5, 2017 – A 15-hour long gun battle between Indian security forces and Kashmiri freedom fighters ended in Tral, South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday morning. The encounter began the night before, after security forces blocked off the…
Both Venezuela and Bolivia have come out to reject a new narcotics report from the U.S. State Department and Washington’s attempt to impose its drug policy of “double standards” on the South American countries, arguing that in contrast to the…
Mexico has opened legal aid centres in its 50 consulates across the United States to defend its citizens amid worries of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The centres will provide free legal assistance to Mexican citizens who feel that their…
The murder of environmental activists has reached unprecedented levels throughout Latin America – and nowhere is this more pronounced than in the Central American nation of Honduras. Since Honduras’ government was overthrown in 2009 in a coup backed by the…
Just a matter of days after John McCain’s “unusual” trip to Syria and Turkey, the Turkish government has cut off water supplies from the Euphrates River into northern Syria, violating international conventions on water rights. While some measure of stability…
Hancock, NY — The date of February 16, 2017, will forever be commemorated as a day of victory by the American Muslim village of Islamberg in upstate New York. It is the day that Robert Doggart, a right-wing extremist, self-described…
February 16, 2017 is a day that will live on in infamy for the American Muslim communities as Robert Rankin Doggart, American terrorist, was found guilty on all counts charged. Many of us were exuberant over such a victory, especially…
Former Congressional candidate Robert Doggart said he would like to use hand grenades in a planned militia raid against a Muslim community in New York, and he said he wished someone would kill President Barack Obama. The testimony came in…
Hussein Adams, The Muslims of America executive director, and Tahirah Clark, TMOA legal counsel, speak about the recent conviction of Robert Doggart, who planned to attack Islamberg in Hancock, NY, during a press conference in Binghamton (via PressConnects).
The premeditated and cold-blooded murders committed by Alexandre Bissonnette at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center left six sons, brothers, husbands and fathers dead, and nineteen others wounded. Bissonnette has been charged with first-degree murder (six counts), as well as five…
Former Congressional candidate Robert Doggart said he would like to use hand grenades in a planned militia raid against a Muslim community in New York, and he said he wished someone would kill President Barack Obama. The testimony came in…
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Dec. 23 it “rejects” a resolution by the UN Security Council that demands an end to the Jewish settlements, and will not obey the resolution. A fierce statement issued by the office of Prime Minister…
France’s far-right National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen © Benoit Tessier / Reuters French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that NATO exists only ‘to serve Washington’s objectives’, and that she planned to hold a Brexit-style referendum, in an…
Egypt’s interior ministry said on Sunday that it has arrested an Egyptian producer with the Qatari-based news network Al-Jazeera for “incitement against state institutions and broadcasting false news with the aim of spreading chaos”. The ministry said in an official…
November 12, 2016 – This is a call for all people of the Book (Holy Qur’an, Torah and Gospel) to come together based on religious commonality in response to the situation developing as a result of the presidential election. The…
For decades, the process of recycled water in residential areas has plagued, especially city dwellers, with poisonings and diseases. Much of 2016 found Americans engrossed in the tragedy and scandal surrounding the city of Flint, Michigan. Untreated water pumped into…
In the twilight of his historic presidency and during a tumultuous period for American Muslims, President Barack Obama took the bold move of nominating Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the federal bench of the United States District Court for…
For the past 7 decades, Muslim citizens of Jammu and Kashmir have been subjected to India’s inhumane reign of terror. There has been no cessation in the brutality perpetrated by Indian security forces against innocent Kashmiris living under the forced…
IP – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declared a ‘state of emergency’ when for two days and nights, hundreds of protesters poured onto the streets near the scene in Charlotte where a disabled African American man was killed. Witness accounts…
Technology is causing havoc to our health and longevity. We have become dependent on the use of numerous devices -including microwaves. Research, however, has shown that microwaves are harmful to our health. Undoubtedly, technology holds great promise; yet, technology often…
“Hijabis”, as the term has now been coined, are Muslim women who cover their heads out of obedience to Allah and respect to their Islamic faith. The hijab is more important today as a symbol of womanhood than as ever…
August 15 marked India’s Independence from Britain. However, Indian independence is in direct contrast to Kashmiri independence. In 1949, a five-member United Nations commission passed Resolution 47, which called for a referendum on Kashmir and laid the groundwork for a…
(Hancock, NY) The greatest miracle in the history of mankind, a manifestation of the One Almighty God’s personal name, Allah, remains present after six years on the wall of an American masjid, serving as a continuous signs of the growth…
Records filed in a Tennessee federal court have revealed the names of a man and woman involved in a plot to bomb an upstate New York Muslim community in the spring of 2015. In support of his motions to suppress…