by Haris Qamar “Jihadi!” “Allah-hu Akbar! Look out, BOMB!” This is what I hear when I sit down on the bus back home. I understand that most of my colleagues are joking and aren’t sufficiently aware of  the teachings of Islam, thereby leading them to make these statements. In addition, what they say is primarily…

By Zain Pal On December 5th four Ahmadis were arrested and nine charged under anti-blasphemy laws by the Counter Terrorism Department of the Punjab government in Pakistan, who is trying them as terrorists. These police officers raided the publication offices of Tehrik e Jadid and Zia ul Islam Press of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for no…

by Zafir Ahmed Last month, I heard hope, felt peace, and saw love. These emotions were quite contrary to what  I had the morning after this year’s election. I remember feeling really confused and insecure about what the future held for me, a young Muslim living in America. About a month ago, members of the…

by Adil Khan “My dear, cherished fellow citizens, my loved ones. What has happened to you? Why have you not learned from 245 years of slavery that is a great sin and stain upon my great, beloved country’s history under whose “Reconstruction” many of our African American brothers and sisters are still rotting and wasting…

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