Defending Islam

By Ejaz Khan   First we had the “Terrorism in SA” fear mongering attempts in SA media all those years ago…Thankfully, those stories died a painful death, due to lack of any substance to the claims. Then they realized that ‘no name brands’ don’t sell too well, so they registered a …

‘Keep calm and don’t give the peddlers of lies room to celebrate’ Cii News | 05 Jumadal Ula 1436/25 February 2015 A community that has remained largely unscathed by the effects of the global ‘War on Terror’ (sometimes dubbed a ‘War on Islam’), is for the first time facing unprecedented …

 What South African media is NOT telling you about  Cii News | 06 Jumadal Ula 1436/26 February 2015 The Spy Cables, a leak of hundreds of secret intelligence papers from agencies all over the world, is offering a glimpse into the murky world of global espionage. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit …

Posted On 21 Feb 2015 A deeply troubling alarmist report by Graeme Hosken in The Times (February 20, 2015), “Al-Qaeda at the gates”, is best described as a perfect specimen of news manipulation (see report). My analysis of it allows me to use it in MRN’s media workshops as an example …

Translated by Zameelur Rahman [Al-Ubbi said:]Al-Shafi‘i said: “Allah (Glorified is He) singled out the Messenger of Allah by obligating on him things which He alleviated from other than him, in order to increase his (Allah bless him and grant him peace) sanctity, and He permitted for him things which He …

Ebrahim Moosa – Cii Radio | 29 Rabi uth Thani 1436/19 February 2015 As a US federal inquiry commences its investigations into the killing of three Muslim students in North Carolina, and amidst reports that an Islamic center in Houston, Texas, was intentionally set on fire last Friday, a new …

Parking Space Terrorism By Ramzy Baroud 19 February, 2015 Countercurrents.org The murder of three American Muslims at a University of North Carolina condominium on Tuesday, 10 February, was no ordinary murder, nor is the criminal who killed them an ordinary thug. The context of the killings, the murder itself and …

Falling down hard  by Hamza Yusuf Posted by: MV Media  How do we make sense of the murder of three American Muslims? Sudden and brutal murders are always troubling but never so much as when they seem inherently mad and senseless. When a young man strides into a school and …

Tuessday | Rabi ath-Thani 28, 1436 AH | February 17, 2015 Masjids Between Hate and Fear: A Reflection on Houston’s Islamic Institute of Quba Fire  Assalamu alaikum: Muslim sisters, especially those who wear Hijab, have become a target of hate. We pray for you. Please watch out and move safely. …

By Joseph R. Spencer 18 February,2015 Countercurrents.org Yet again the call comes from capital hill, and the cowling press that due to American-Zionist backed ISIS and their brutal tactics in Syria and Iraq, that the Unites States should, and most likely will, put combat troops on the ground in Iraq. …