Pursuit of Light
Asia Bibi is a Christian mother of five who currently lives in a Pakistan jail on death row. She was imprisoned under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. Apparently, she got into a fight with local Sunnis after she drank water from the same cup as them. A governor who sought a mercy plea for her was subsequently…
Imam Atta-Ul Naseer is a prominent Imam in Athens, Greece. He heads the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s mission in that country, and is known for his vocal condemnation of religious extremism in general, and ISIS in particular. Recently, he organized and led a peace campaign in Athens. As part of this outreach initiative, he distributed fliers…
On the one hand, Islamophobes tirelessly troll me on Twitter, attacking the noble person of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), calling him all kinds of obscene names, and on the other, anti-Ahmadi extremists and trolls fill my timeline cursing the noble personality of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. I am used…
I shared a story yesterday about a Pakistani Television actor who said some nasty things about Pakistani Ahmadis. Since then, a lot has transpired. Arjumand Hussain, the activist and actor in question, reached out to me through a mutual friend. We exchanged numbers and spent two hours on the phone. I have never been on…
In 1974, Pakistan’s Bhutto government called on the leading clerics of Pakistan to discuss the constitutional status of the Ahmadi Muslims, whom the clerics insisted were non-Muslim infidels. Although this was a cross-examination, it was advertised as a ‘debate.’ The Ahmadiyya Muslim delegation was led by the then Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza…
1400 years ago, Prophet Muhammad foretold of the emergence of ISIS in surprising detail.
The word invokes a lot of fear. But what does Jihad really mean?
Spencer is a well-known Islamophobe in the United States. I confronted him while he was attacking Islam on social media. Here is our exchange.
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…
Pakistan’s premier body of religious jurisprudence, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is notorious for its repressive fatwas. In the past, the body has recommended that DNA be rejected as evidence in cases of rape. They have opposed the Women Protection Bill. They are also deeply sectarian, haven suggested in a recent meeting that the…