By: Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Malta Each year, with the start of December, many discussions, publications, activities are directly focused on the topic of ‘Christmas’; in brief, Christmas becomes the talk of the town. Streets become brighter with different lights and decorations; homes, shops and offices are also very well decorated, in […]
The Roman Senate deified Augustus on September 17, 14 CE less than a month after his death. He was now divine not only for his ancestry and adoption but in his own right, for his achievement in unifying Roman Empire internally and its consolidation externally. Jesus was crowned with divinity in an age when people […]
Arabs are Semites and Arabic is a Semitic language and hence Islamophobia is antisemitism by definition! In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical “Shem“, Hebrew: שם, translated as “name”, Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Deism (pronounced /ˈdiːɪzəm/, us dict: dē′·ĭzm) is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this can be determined using reason and observation of the natural world alone, without the need for either faith or organized religion. President Thomas Jefferson, Thomas […]
The Islamic concept is that the hell is not eternal and every one who does not believe in Islam is not condemned; mitigating circumstances apply. According to Islam everyone will be judged based on his or her life experiences. The same cannot be said for the conventional view of Christianity, but liberal authors like Pastor […]
This is the story of an astonishing man. He leads a holy war of words to unite all the world’s religions under Islam. God speaks to him directly he says and guides all his decisions. When General Zia, back then President of Pakistan, persecuted his followers, he challenged him to a prayer duel as Muhammad, […]
This book covers several themes and many messages to different groups of Muslims around the world. The underlying message is that under a defeatist mindset, Muslim scholars adopted politically expedient positions through fatwas many of which are contrary to the scripture. This was established through the Investigative Commission established in Pakistan in 1953-54. Their report […]
This article is to collect different debates between Christians and atheists and to catalog the limitations of both in different debates. Idea is to create Islam as a clear third choice for my readers in the West, Islam as presented by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Often the limitations of atheism that the Christians highlight are […]
This is a very useful book by Walter Bauer originally written in German and translated in English in 1970s. It clarifies the Catholic Church’s propaganda about the early history of Christianity. Some reviews The Reception of Walter Bauer’s “Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity” during the Last Decade Daniel J. Harrington The Harvard Theological Review […]
When believing Christians look at any information with the assumption that Jesus died for their sins on the cross and rose from the dead on the third day, then regardless of the information, they bend it to their ends, as they are looking through the colored lenses of their biases and preconceived ideas. However, if […]
Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Malta was interviewed by Mr. Ivan Bartolo in his morning show “Stenbaħ” on Favorite Channel on 20.12.2011. In this interview the campaign of Peace Leaflets was discussed and Atif explained this campaign and the message of Loyalty, Freedom, Respect, Equality and Peace.
Laiq Ahmed Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Malta was interviewed by Mr. Ivan Bartolo in his morning show “Stenbaħ” on Favorite Channel on 20.12.2011. In this interview the campaign of Peace Leaflets was discussed and Atif explained this campaign and the message of Loyalty, Freedom, Respect, Equality and Peace.
Source / Courtesy: Muslim Sunrise, Winter 2011 volume By Zia H Shah MD Christopher Hitchens has been called one of the four horsemen of neo-Atheism. In a very well attended and televised debate in Mexico in 2009, regarding evolution and religion, he along with Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett represented atheism against theist debaters. In a friendly […]
We are Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. The main site to know about Ahmadiyyat: True Islam is Alislam.org. We are the official website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to present Islam to the Christian, agnostic and atheist readers in a user friendly fashion. Additionally, this is a forum, where readers […]
Encylopaedia Britannica states about Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan: “Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, and international jurist, known particularly for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations (UN). The son of the leading attorney of his native city, Zafrulla Khan studied at Government College in Lahore and received his LL.B. from King’s […]
This article examines the root cause, regardless of the religious or the political affiliation of the perpetrator. There is an often quoted saying, “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” In […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN Ventura, California (CNN) — A Southern California teen who pleaded guilty to killing a gay classmate was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison. Brandon McInerney, 17, will serve time in a juvenile detention center until he turns 18, at which point he will be transferred to the custody of the […]
If Martin Luther King had survived till today and not martyred, he would have added: I have a dream … I have a dream that Islamophobia does not become the new Racism! I have a dream! I have a dream that freedom rings through out our global village. Let freedom ring in Mecca! Let freedom […]
This article starts with a chapter of a book ‘Deliverance from the Cross’ by Sir Zafrulla Khan. It also includes the article on this topic from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and much more. If the Catholic Church believes that it is not the real thing then why hang on to it so fiercely, let the […]
By Zia H Shah MD According to a BBC survey, in 2007, one billion people world wide are suffering from anxiety and depression. Which world view will give you contentment and peace, Sigmund Freud’s or Carl Jung’s? This is the question, the answer of which you owe to yourself! The answer may predict your sanity […]
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo news WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The Federal Reserve is expected this week to release a set of proposed rules detailing how much reserve capital big banks will need to keep on hand in the future. Wall Street is watching the rulemaking closely. Higher capital cushions would directly impact banks’ ability to lend, […]
Courtesy of: Islamophobia Watch: Documenting anti Muslim bigotry Islam and Muslims are not monolithic. The Muslims come with different theological, political and social views. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes in complete separation of Mosque and State and shrines religious freedom for every human being. To those Christians, who are excelling in their Islamophobia let me […]
This Debate occurred on 8th December 2011 and was co-hosted by One Law for All and UCL-ASHS. Debate: Sharia Law Negates Human Rights. For the motion: 1) Maryam Namazie – Human rights campaigner, spokesperson One Law for All. 2) Anne-Marie Waters – Lawyer, spokesperson One Law for All. Against the motion and defending Islam: 1) […]
For Christians, To be Born Again in Islam! 