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White House invites Taliban sympathizer to speak at Interfaith Campus Challenge

The U.S. Department of Education and the White House invited a Taliban sympathizer to speak at PICSCC ( President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge). The PICSCC was introduced by President Obama in 2011 to build bridges of understanding across communities by bringing together people from different religious and non-religious backgrounds. This year, the two-day challenge was held at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. which saw speakers from dozens of countries and various organizations come together and discuss various issues …

Is Dr. Yasir Qadhi an Extremist ?

Shaikh Yasir Qadhi is an American Sunni Muslim scholar and Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute. In a very passionate Facebook Post, Mr. Qadhi recently lamented the rise of sectarianism and the practice of Takfir (anathematization, or refusing to identify sect of Islam as Muslim) amongst Muslims. He said: “Sadly, sectarianism is still well and alive in the Ummah. Recently, a large group of scholars, primarily of a Sufi/Ashari trend, gathered in Chechnya for a conference whose pre-planned and coordinated conclusion was to claim …

Ahmadiyya convention takes place in Dhaka after previous site torched

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bangladesh marked its 100 year anniversary by holding its Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) in Dhaka on Thursday. The Convention was moved to the community’s headquarters in Dhaka after the previous venue in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila was attacked by two to three thousand Muslim extremists on 6th February, The mob led by fanatical religious clerics from ‘Jamaat Islami’, Khatm e Nabuwat and other groups, entered the stadium and set the area alight. According to  National Ameer of the community Mobasherur Rahman the …

Extremist religious groups threaten Ahmadi Muslim students

Malice, hatred and discrimination against Ahmadi Muslim students is growing in Pakistan as part of a wider scheme to cripple Ahmadis educationally, economically and socially. Ahmadis were declared a non Muslim minority in Pakistan by the amendment in the Constitution and they cannot perform their religious duties in open places, nor can they declare themselves Muslims. And even then, they cannot enjoy the rights of the minorities as guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan. A campaign against Ahmadi students, particularly …