2014-12-24T19:41:04-05:00

By Rasheed Reno Follow Rasheed on Twitter @RasheedReno When I first accepted Islam more than 20 years ago there were a number of changes that I made in my life. I began observing Islamic practices such as prayer and fasting. Likewise, I discontinued some of the things that I had done before such as consumption of alcohol and pork. Another significant change was related to the holidays I celebrated. For example, like all Muslims I began celebrating the Islamic holidays... Read more

2014-12-19T00:17:47-05:00

By Qasim Rashid Today in Pakistan at least 132 sets of parents will remember this Jummah as their first Jummah without their precious child. This Jummah they will be forced to remember the crushing weight of small coffins. I left Peshawar in the 1980s, not long after Dictator Zia implemented death for blasphemy, death for apostasy, and anti-Ahmadi laws. I left as a schoolboy, with wide eyes and an open heart. And when I returned to Pakistan in the mid... Read more

2014-12-18T13:56:13-05:00

by Ayesha Noor The Peshawar I left 12 years ago is not the Peshawar I saw on television yesterday. The brutal killing of Army Public School’s children is beyond a national tragedy. In my eyes, ‘tragedy’ is an understatement, almost a deceitful statement for such a horrible incident. Those kids’ heart–breaking pictures, their tears, their broken smiles and their resilience haunted me all day and night. My people’s continued vulnerability before extremism felt like something more than mere tragedy. I... Read more

2014-12-13T21:48:16-05:00

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian. Ahmadi Muslims adhere to every Islamic tenet as taught by the Master Prophet Muhammad (sa) and laid out in the Qur’an, Sunnah, and Hadith. This page will serve to champion Islam’s true essence as a religion dedicated to the worship of one God, and the service of all humanity. While the official views of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are available on www.alislam.org, this... Read more

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