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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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The Islamic State group is not part of Islam

By Adnan Ahmed
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Letters, Loyalty, United States
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Originally published on the Pittsburgh Post Gazette I was extremely saddened and hurt when I found out about the attacks in Paris and Beirut, which resulted in the loss of more than 170 lives. The perpetrators did this under the guise of Islam and by loudly proclaiming “Allaho Akbar,” which literally means God is the greatest. But their actions were brutal, inhumane and of a very low standard. My...

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