Labour party candidate and son of a London bus driver, Sadiq Khan, 45, was recently elected the new Mayor of London, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor (and also the first Muslim mayor of any capital city in the European Union). In his victory speech, he referred to his humble origins and said he had…
Vatican: On 23rd May, 2016, Pope Francis, global head of the Catholic Church, met the grand imam of Egypt’s highest Islamic authority, Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed al-Tayeb, at the Vatican. Since becoming Pope in 2013, Pope Francis has put great emphasis on improving interfaith relations. “The message is the meeting,” the pope told reporters. The…
By Belinda F. Espiritu The message left behind by an American woman named Peace Pilgrim (1908″ 1981), who had the extraordinary calling of making a pilgrimage for peace by walking thousands of miles in all the fifty states of America, the ten states of Canada, and some parts of Mexico, remains as needed today, in…
Muslims must categorically condemn the ideology that terrorists propagate and instead promote a pluralistic mindset with clarity and confidence. By Fethullah Gulen Words fall short to truly express my deep sadness and revolt in the face of the carnage perpetrated by terrorist groups such as the so-called ISIS. I share a profound frustration with a…
What a joy it was to see the God-given human balance restored at the Parliament of World’s Religions, held in USA in October 2015. Over 50% of the participants were women, and nearly 30% of attendees were youth. By Mike Ghouse Congratulations to the Chairman, Trustees, Board members, staff, volunteers, presenters and attendees of the…
Terrorist groups have the audacity to interpret from the Quran selectively to suit their own agendas and add an “authoritative” dressing to their views. By Dr. Shawki Allam Terrorist groups who flagrantly use religion as a cloak to cover up for their acts of violent extremism fall into some serious ideological flaws which reveal their…
Muslims seem to have got lost in the literal world of dogma, leaving somewhere behind the soul and spirit of a generous, powerful faith. By Aijaz Zaka Syed Of all the angry speeches, sound bites and opinion pieces that the Charlie Hebdo massacre generated, the best one came from an unexpected quarter “ Pope Francis.…
Islam, my Islam, the Islam of 1.6 billion followers condemns the killing of children. It is a religion of peace and mercy. By Queen Rania of Jordan Yesterday morning, all over the world, mothers kissed their children and waved them off to school, like they do every day of term, content that they would be…
Mainstream Muslims must express our rejection of extremism in clear terms, while doing whatever we can to stop young people from radicalizing. By Yasmine Bahrani This summer, many Muslims marched in the streets of London, Paris and other cities to condemn the deaths of Gazans at the hands of Israel . Of course it makes…
In my dialogue with Europeans, I had to admit that the image of even practising Muslims has been changed in the minds of people not only in the West, but in the Arab world as well. By Abdul Ilah Jadaa The savage killing of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff cannot be justified in…
