Islamic organizations

In a wide-ranging interview, O'Donnell asked the crown prince about the reforms he's bringing to Saudi society, including emancipating women. "Today, Saudi women still have not received their full rights," Crown Prince Mohammed said on the broadcast. "These are rights stipulated in Islam that they still ...

As a US lawmaker, Pompeo co-sponsored the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015, which identified the movement as a terrorist organization and linked three US-based Islamic groups — the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America and the North ...

The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Yousef Al-Othaimeen meets Pope Francis. (SPA). The secretary-general of the ... He praised the OIC's “clear and decent position” toward terrorism, saying that terror has nothing to do with Islam. Al-Othaimeen also held talks Vatican ...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary-general met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday and thanked him for his stance on the plight of ... and crossed into Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community, according to Amnesty International.

From the House floor, he claimed that the “silence in the face of extremism coming from the best-funded Islamic advocacy organizations and many mosques across America is absolutely ... In Congress, Pompeo sponsored legislation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. If passed ...

I was a teacher in Islamic schools in Ontario and Quebec for seven years. I have studied with shayukh (religious scholars) in Canada and the US. I have also been mentored by people who really live by what Islam embodies. I was part of the organizing committee of Reviving the Islamic Spirit for a few years ...

It's a social center, it's Islamic center. So we do a lot of things that are, so we have more freedom to do things. It's big thing for us. And it's not just for people from Concord. People from all over the state can come here? Exactly. Yes, exactly. So as a Muslim we don't have, like, imitation. Like everybody is like ...

"It is the time when divisiveness and the political rhetorics are widely spread, not only against Muslims and Islam, but against all marginalized minorities. This is the time that we open our hearts and open our doors and we engage in more interaction with each other. Taufique said their next open house is slated for early ...

AMJ is the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908). Ahmad claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus and the divine guide whose advent was foretold by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammadsa. AMJ believes ...

In the ensuing ten years, he fended off the attacks of the indomitable Christian army with courage, bearing the inescapable loss of his Islamic kingdom and his consequent exile from Spain with dignity. Boabdil broke the mould of previous Muslim rulers in preferring negotiation over violence, peace with the ...

Sri Lanka's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in several central hill towns could spread. ... it would affect life on the South Asian island nation, where Buddhist-Muslim tensions have flared in recent years with the growth of extremist Buddhist organizations.

I am often asked about women's role in Islam. The reality is that women are an integral part of both Islam and Britain alike. The Qu'ran regards men and women as equals in the sight of God. It's time, then, that we champion the success of Muslim women such as Malala Yousafzai, Mishal Husain and Nadiya ...

In response to the surge of Islamophobic policies and violence, Muslim organizations have begun training their communities to defend themselves. ... Seventy percent of DRUM's membership is Muslim and a majority are undocumented, putting the organization in a unique position to address the concerns ...

Imam Mustafa Akaya speaks to his congregation at the Islamic Society of Greater Concord's new mosque Friday, March 2, 2018. The organization closed on the former Capital Offset building at 181 Main St. in November, but wasn't able to move in until two weeks ago. Caitlin Andrews—Monitor staff » Buy ...

Learn about Islam and the Muslim community from the source while enjoying an international dinner at the Open House Invitational Dinner Saturday at 5:30 at the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Go to iscf.org. An exhibition of the largest existing painting by American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, ...