Tag: Muslims

Sparing the life of an ant is a favour that even Prophets can’t appreciate without God’s help

By PropheticGuidance [Facebook page]   Sparing the life of an ant is a favour that even Prophets can’t appreciate without God’s help. Allah Almighty said: “And when they came to the Valley of the Ants, one ant said, ‘Ants! Go into your homes, in case Sulaymān and his hosts unwittingly crush you.’ Sulaymān smiled broadly at… Read More ›

Anti-Muslim messages found in books left at Bothell mosque

Christine Willmsen Worshipers at the Islamic Center of Bothell are fearful of what may happen next after discovering 10 books with hate-motivated language in the mosque’s parking lot Saturday. Bothell police are investigating the incident and other incidents that have happened at the mosque in recent months. Sunday, the Washington chapter of the Council of… Read More ›

Why are Sikhs exempted for having beard in armed forces, while Muslims are not?

DTT: The double standards are clearly seen here.   The advocate representing National Cadet Corps (NCC) was literally left speechless on Wednesday when Justice Anand Byra Reddy’s simple enquired, why are only Sikhs exempted for having beard in armed force, while others are not? The Central Government advocate representing the Ministry of Defence said he… Read More ›

Denmark’s ritual slaughter ban says more about human hypocrisy than animal welfare

Andrew Brown To complain about the halal or kosher slaughter of battery chickens or factory farmed veal is a truly monstrous absurdity “Animal welfare takes precedence over religion” declared Denmark’s ministry of agriculture when a ban on ritual slaughter came into effect this week. There were immediate accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia from Jews and Muslims,… Read More ›

Lima Balla, an Albanian Muslim that helped save 17 Jews in WWII

Six inspiring stories of Jews saving Muslims and Muslims saving Jews

Both the Mishna and the Quran state ‘Whoever destroys a single life is as though he had destroyed the entire world, and whoever saves a single life is as if he had saved the entire world’ 1. How the Albanian nation saved their Jews In 1930 Albania, a small Balkan country, had a mere 803,000… Read More ›

Marine Le Pen, a French politician and the president of the Front National (FN), notorious for her virulently Islamophobic rhetoric. (Photo: Reuters)

Islamophobia in France

By EMRE DEMİR French Muslims are shocked by yet more Islamophobic remarks from political figures. This time, a right-wing mayor, Claude Goasguen, said that it was impossible “to teach the Holocaust in secondary schools as we are afraid of the reactions of those drug-addicted Muslims in mosques.” These words, however, didn’t make the headlines. Yes,… Read More ›

Attacks on halal butcher, mosque shock Quebec community

DTT: When the Canadian environment gets poisoned with words by some politicians and media outlets this is the result you get. A Halal butcher shop and a mosque was vandalised in Quebec, Canada. One must remember, a person at home does not all of a sudden wake to hurt or break another person’s property because… Read More ›

The reality of Life – Work, Buy, Consume, Die

The reality of Life – Work, Buy, Consume, Die

Jewish-Muslim group wins top interfaith award

 Rosa Doherty An organisation which works to foster links between Jews and Muslims has won a national interfaith award. The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester was named as winners of the Spirit of Britain prize at the British Muslim Awards 2014 last night. The Forum’s company secretary Heather Fletcher, who accepted the award at… Read More ›

A matter of honour to Albanians who protected Jews

 Jay Grenby The role of Albanians in rescuing Jews from the Nazis was told to more than 400 people at a Pinner Synagogue HMD event by the country’s UK ambassador, Mal Berisha. Albania was the only occupied country in Europe to end the war with more Jews than at the beginning, Mr Berisha said. “It… Read More ›

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