CategoryService

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
4 Min read
M

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...

Read onRead later

really ‘shirk’ to wish someone a Merry Christmas?

By Kashif Chaudhry
In Ahmadiyya, Blog, Human Rights, Ignorance, International, Islam, Loyalty, Service, Truth
5 Min read
r

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...

Read onRead later

A growing climate of Islamophobia

By Madeel Abdullah
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, Ignorance, Islam, Islamophobia, Loyalty, Op-eds, Service, Truth, United States
2 Min read
A

Originally published on Philly.com Hostile climate The recent act of throwing a severed pig’s head at the Al Aqsa Islamic Society mosque in North Philadelphia was clearly an act of Islamophobia, signifying grave disrespect toward Muslims. But it is much more than that. The act also reflects a growing climate in this country of intolerance aimed at practitioners of Islam. It represents an...

Read onRead later

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
4 Min read
T

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...

Read onRead later

Muslim Detained on a Flight: I’m Your Biggest Ally

By Bilal Rana
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Letters, Loyalty, Service, United States
4 Min read
M

Originally published on Time.com I’m a Muslim American. On Nov. 15, two days after the Paris attacks, I boarded a plane from Newark to Houston. I had just returned from a formal event, so I was wearing a plain white “shalwar,” a shirt that stops at the knees and is commonly worn by South Asians. As is my routine, I purchased in-flight WiFi to catch up on emails. But the WiFi was out on the plane...

Read onRead later

The Origins of Terrorism are Geopolitical, Not Religious

By Sheheryar Ahmad
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Letters, Loyalty, Politics, Service, United States
4 Min read
T

Originally published on Patheos.com Why didn’t we hear the term “Muslim terrorist” or “Jihadist” before the 1980s? Islam has been around for more than 1400 years but “Islamic” terrorist organizations were not to be found prior to 1980. The first Islamist terrorist attack was the bombing of the Tyre Headquarters in 1982. Was Islam different prior to the 1980s or was there some sort of fundamental...

Read onRead later

Retaliation against terrorists justified

By Muslim Writers Guild of America
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Jihad, Letters, Service, United States
1 Min read
R

Originally published on GoErie.com By targeting a soccer game, restaurant and concert hall, Islamic State terrorists tried to upset the normalcy of ordinary Parisians. Places like those targeted are the sort of spots where the ordinary young folks of Paris gather on the weekends to unwind after a week of work. Now the responsible powers of the civilized world should give the terrorists an...

Read onRead later

Giving blood, not taking it

By Haseeb Sheikh
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters, Service
1 Min read
G

Originally published in Dallas Morning News Fourteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, a tragedy shook the foundations of not only buildings, but of society worldwide. A generation has been raised in a decade of two wars and violent conflicts. Islamophobia has also affected innocent children and families across Western civilization. In the confusion regarding the tenants of Islam, a new movement took...

Read onRead later