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Muslims: To Stop ISIS and Other Terror Group from Disparaging Islam, We Must Clearly Explain the True Concept of Jihad

By Seidu Malik

In Ahmadiyya, Blasphemy, Human Rights, Ignorance, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Loyalty, Op-eds, Service, United States

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Originally published on Patheos The year 2015 can be remembered as the year Daesh (ISIS) dominated the news media in the Western world, from beginning to the end. It began with the merciless attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that drew worldwide condemnation, enslaving of Yazidi women, burning of a Jordanian pilot and ending with a spectacular attack in France and inspiring mass murder...

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really ‘shirk’ to wish someone a Merry Christmas?

By Kashif Chaudhry

In Ahmadiyya, Blog, Human Rights, Ignorance, International, Islam, Loyalty, Service, Truth

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Originally published in the Express Tribune As Christmas is nearing, I am starting to see the occasional anti-Christmas messages on the internet that say that greeting on the occasion of Christmas is haram (forbidden) according to scholarly consensus. Some are claiming that saying “Merry Christmas” is tantamount to committing “shirk” or associating partners with Allah. Of the many clerics that...

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APS horror

By Muslim Writers Guild of America

In Ahmadiyya, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Letters, United States

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Originally posted in Dawn  IMAGINE sending your child to school in uniform in the morning, and finding him in a casket in the afternoon. Imagine having your child’s blood-stained clothes brought back to you, the dreams that you had for them shattered. Instead of your child arranging for your burial one day you have to pick up the greatest load in your life — the casket of your child. More than...

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I Don’t Want Another Trumpistan

By Kashif Chaudhry

In Ahmadiyya, Ignorance, International, Islamophobia, Op-eds, Politics, United States

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Originally posted in The Daily Caller In his latest — and most provocative — statement, Trump has called for a ban on all Muslim immigration. I was hoping he would backtrack in the recent GOP debate, but he doubled down instead. Other politicians appeasing America’s far right have voiced similar bigotry in the past, but the fact that a presidential candidate is bagging more influence with his...

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Three Steps Toward Defeating ISIS That Are Better Than Those Heard At Last Night’s Debate

By Harris Zafar

In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, Ignorance, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Loyalty, Op-eds, Politics, Service, United States

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Originally published in The Daily Caller Last night, those vying for the Republican nomination spent two hours arguing why they would make this nation more safe and secure than anyone else on the stage. Aside from the false or gray statements that are already being debunked by fact checkers, I was amazed by the general solution being proposed to stop the growth and terror of Daesh (otherwise...

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Extremists Endanger Muslims, Too

By Osaama Saifi

In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Loyalty, Op-eds, United States

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Originally published in the Santa Barbara Independent According to them, it is an act of Islamic virtue to fire a pistol or gun at an innocent person. Where are those who will act like the Companions of the Holy Prophet and remain patient while suffering torture? Has God commanded us to capture complete strangers and cut them to pieces or to shoot them without reason or proof of an offence? Can a...

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The path back to greatness

By Nasir Ahmad

In Ahmadiyya, Ignorance, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Letters

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Originally posted on New York Daily News As an American Muslim, I agree with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump that “we are at war.” However, he must realize that we are at war not with Islam, but with inhumane ideologies that neither The Koran nor Prophet Muhammad’s life support. I also agree with Trump that extremism exists within some parts of the Muslim world. However, he must...

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Islam Condemns Religious Extremism

By Muslim Writers Guild of America

In Ahmadiyya, International, Islam, Loyalty, Op-eds

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Originally posted in The Huffington Post The spate of violent crimes being committed by mentally deranged, religious hypocrites is very concerning, and could not have been ordered by God the Almighty. Thus crime and terrorism such as San Bernadino, Paris massacre, Charlie Hebdo shooting and other violent acts perpetrated by terrorist groups like Boko Haram, Al- Qaeda and ISIS have no connection...

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Is Pakistan Just a Huge Trumpistan?

By Kashif Chaudhry

In Ahmadiyya, Blasphemy, Human Rights, International, Islam, Op-eds, United States

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Originally published in The Huffington Post I am a Pakistani immigrant to the United States. With the recent rise of Islamophobia here in America, we Pakistanis have suddenly become experts on minority rights. My social media timelines are filled with my friends urging the West to accommodate Syrian refugees escaping persecution, and be more accepting of pluralism. I also see them condemning the...

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President Obama, Terrorism and Guns

By Nasir Ahmad

In Ahmadiyya, International, Islamophobia, Letters, Loyalty

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Originally posted in The New York Times As a Muslim-American, I completely agree with President Obama’s comments that Muslim leaders must speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of Islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance. Muslim leaders have a major role to play in the war against terrorism. Perverse interpretations of Islam are the...

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