1TV: A number of Afghan Islamic scholars gathered in Kabul Saturday to declare terror attacks in the country as unlawful. They called suicide attacks as “haram” or forbidden by Islam. “Daesh, al-Qaeda and Taliban ideologies are imported from abroad,” Click here to read more (external link). Related Khaama Press: Afghan minister Faiz Mohammad Usmani warns against growing extremism
Press TV / January 15, 2016 Leading US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has reiterated his anti-Muslim stance despite facing criticism at home and abroad. During a prime time debate in South Carolina, Trump said Thursday night that he will not change his mind on the proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
Press TV / January 14, 2016 The United States has dropped over 23,000 bombs on six Muslim-majority countries in 2015, according to new statistics, an illustration of how much damage Washington inflicts on the Muslim world. The Council of Foreign Relations (CRF), a New York-based think tank, has estimated that 23,144 bombs were dropped last year by
Press TV / January 9, 2016 US police escorted a Muslim woman wearing a hijab from Donald Trump’s campaign event, after she stood up in silent protest during the Republican presidential front-runner’s speech. Rose Hamid, 56, who was sitting in the stands behind Trump in the rally held in Rock Hill, South Carolina, stood up
AOPNEWS | January 7, 2016 As relations continue to sour between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Afghan leaders, such as Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are expressing their concerns about the escalating tensions. Abdullah stated that the increased tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia will harm Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Ulema Council, which includes both Sunni and Shiite religious
CounterPunch: The Islamic caliphate in any form, much less in image of the fetishized first caliphate (632-661 C.E.), is an utter impossibility, even though the romance of a unified Muslim ummah, free of foreign occupations, comprised of all ethnic communities and denominations, devoted to peace, social justice, piety, and glorification of One God, is a dream
Counter Punch: You continue to struggle, on a daily basis, to develop a sense of belonging, citizenship in societies where you often find yourself rejected and excluded. They demand your ‘assimilation’, yet push you away whenever you draw nearer. It is seemingly an impossible task, I know. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV December 18, 2015 A new report says the United States has not waited for presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s controversial anti-Muslim comments to materialize, as it is already banning Muslims from entering America under different pretexts. According to the Washington Post, US Muslims encounter an array of policies and practices denying them- either citizens
Press TV December 18, 2015 Hate crimes against US Muslim communities have increased sharply in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris and California, new data reveals. According to a report released by a research body in the California State University, crimes such as assaults on hijab-wearing students, arson attacks and vandalism at mosques and
AOPNEWS | December 14, 2015 Donald Trump says that there is a “Muslim problem” in America, and that all Muslims must be tracked. He also says that Muslims were cheering the 9/11 attacks, and even calls for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out