News around the Muslim World on Thursday 2 October 2014

“Virtually everyone who has ever lived has looked up at the moon; and many of us have wondered, ‘How did those dark areas get there?’” says Maria Zuber, geophysics professor and vice president of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. 

volcanoes on the moon

Source : Christian Science Monitor

If freedom of speech means that every has a right to express their views then why are those who want to put uncomfortable truths to the americans not extended this facility in the US. 

It seems freedom of Speech means free to criticise Islam but not to defend it.

Source : Gatestone Institute

                                                                         

WE BELIEVE THAT, UNLIKE THE QADIANI JAMAAT

1. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's only claim was that he was a mujaddid. The Messiah and Mehdi were simple titles used for him by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) describing aspects of his reform. Qadianis believe that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a real prophet.
2. All those who recite the kalima are Muslims and no one has the right to say that a reciter of the kalima is a heretic (kafir). Qadianis believe that in addition to reciting the kalima, to become a Muslim, a person has to take the baiat on their khalifa's hand.
3. We believe that the verse Khatam an nabiyeen in the Holy Quran (33:40) means that no prophet shall come after the Holy Prophet (s),  whether he is an old prophet or a new one,  as the Holy Prophet said in hadith. Qadianis say that it means new prophets will be made with the Holy Prophet's (s) seal.

                                                                         

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