In Defense of the Secular Narrative of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
Justice: The Most Important Quranic Theme
Justice in the Quran from Wikipedia Justice is a central theme in the Qur’an, dictating the traditions of law and how should put into practice. There are two ways in […]
Sir David Attenborough and President Obama: The Full Interview About Global Warming
President Obama and Naturalist Sir David Attenborough sit to discuss and contemplate the natural world at the White House in 2015.
Terrorism has changed. Blaming Islam is blinding us to the new reality
Source: The Guardian By Joumanah El Matrah, who is the CEO of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights and a PhD student at Swinburne University Today’s […]
Believing in the Blasphemy Laws is ‘the Real Blasphemy’: But, There is No Worldly Punishment
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times An antiterrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Shiite man to death for committing blasphemy in posts […]
Why Secularism Is Compatible with the Quran and Sunnah — And an ‘Islamic State’ Is Not
Source: Huffington Post By Akbar Ganji — Iranian journalist and human rights activist Introduction Extremist Islamic groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra Front in Syria, have transformed […]
Use astronomy to determine start of Ramadan: scholars
Source: Gulf News Astronomical calculations have determined accurately when it starts every year since 1993 UAE: Islamic scholars and astrophysicists in the UAE believe the Muslim world should rely on […]
Is Ramadan different for American Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post Ramadan Mubarak! Insha’Allah, the first fast day of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in the United States, Canada and the Americas. Is Ramadan different […]
A Wonderful Description of the First Revelation of the Prophet – by an Agnostic Biographer
Mohammad -“The First Muslim” by Lesley Hazelton Lesley Hazleton tells the dramatic life story of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, in her biography “The First Muslim.” Watch an interview with […]
Americans No Longer Believe the Bible to be Literal Word of God
Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God Source: Gallup Story Highlights 24% believe Bible is literal word of God, the lowest in Gallup’s 40-year trend View of […]
Does the Qur’an Sanction Theocracy?
Source: Muslim Sunrise By Arif Humayun Politicized Muslim clerics around the world clamor for the implementation of Islamic Law (shariah) in Muslim majority countries; they denounce Western policies as satanic; […]
Between Two Masters: Qur’an or Science? – Ziauddin Sardar
Source: Ziauddin Sardar The headline in the Bulletin of the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa announces a staggering discovery. Canadian scholar confirms Quran and Ahadith on Human Embryology (1). The story […]
Q&A: Pew Research Center’s president on key issues in U.S. polling
Source: Pew Research Center BY JOHN GRAMLICHLEAVE A COMMENT Even as the polling industry tries to recover from real and perceived misses in U.S. and European elections in recent years, new studies have provided reassuring news for survey practitioners about the health of polling methodology. In this Q&A, Michael Dimock, […]
Unlike their Central and Eastern European neighbors, most Czechs don’t believe in God
Source: Pew Research Center BY JONATHAN EVANS The vast majority of adults in Central and Eastern Europe identify with a religious group and believe in God, according to a recent […]
4 cardinals press pope to clarify divorce-remarriage stand
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD Yesterday VATICAN CITY (AP) — Four conservative cardinals who publicly questioned Pope Francis’ opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics are pressing their case […]
Dubai residents stock public fridges for needy during Ramadan
Source: The Guardian Scheme launched by an Australian activist becomes city-wide phenomenon, with more than 170 fridges delivering ‘a small act of kindness’ during holy month Children in Dubai get […]
Vatican defends appointment of philosopher who once voiced support for limited abortion
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna | June 20, 2017 VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Catholic Church remains opposed to abortion despite the controversial appointment of a British philosopher to […]
Pressure grows to classify Muslim girl’s slaying a hate crime
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Jouvenal A Virginia teen found dead after she was attacked as she walked to a mosque was being remembered at vigils set in the […]
Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden makes history as July cover star of ‘Allure’
Source: USA Today BY Sara M Moniuszko From pageants to print — hijab-wearing Halima Aden is breaking beauty boundaries. Aden, 19, is the cover star of Allure’sJuly issue, which celebrates American […]
Pope backs proposed Italian law to better integrate migrants
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD Yesterday VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis threw his support behind proposed legislation aimed at better integrating migrants into Italian society and the workforce, […]
Turkey says liberal German mosque ‘incompatible’ with Islam
Turkey’s religious affairs agency has expressed distaste over a new mosque in Berlin where men and women mingle freely, saying it was incompatible with the principles of Islam. Read more…..https://www.thelocal.de/20170622/turkey-says-liberal-german-mosque-incompatible-with-islam
Shock and anger in Mosul after mosque destroyed
Mosul/Baghdad: “When I looked out of the window and saw the minaret was no longer there, I felt a part of me had died.” For Ahmad Saied, a 54-year-old Iraqi schoolteacher, and many others Mosul can never be the the leaning minaret that had graced his city for nearly 850 […]
Israel calls for Saudi Arabia ties and state visits
Israel’s intelligence and transportation minister has called on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Riyadh to establish full diplomatic relations. Speaking at a conference in Herzliya on Thursday, Yisrael Katz also asked King Salman to send newly appointed crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to Tel […]
Ahmadiyya Imam: More apprehension than ever before.
Source: RNS Farhad Ahmad, an imam at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center near the attack site, said Muslims in the neighborhood are living with more apprehension than ever before.“The situation in the country, there is so much more division,” he said. “You see a change in the tide. The three […]
Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden makes history as July cover star of Allure
Source: RNS In the cover photo, the Muslim model wears a Nike hijab, and in her interview, she discusses her views on the garment. “It’s how I interpret my religion,” she said. “Society puts so much pressure on girls to look a certain way. I have much more to offer […]
Christians find God in US national parks
Source: RNS BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Utah (Deseret News) The short, black cross is almost an afterthought, wheeled out of a supply closet moments before introductions begin. Its arrival wraps up 20 minutes of guitar practice and nervous chatter, all part of prepping for a weekly worship service. “You have […]
Indonesian Ahmadiyya Muslim members say they’re denied state IDs over their beliefs
Source : RNS JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) Members of an Indonesian Islamic sect have issued a complaint that their human rights were breached by a local government refusing to issue them state ID cards unless they renounce their belief, a rights group said. The Ahmadiyah identify themselves as Muslims but believe another […]
Boys wear skirts in uniform protest
Source: BBC Some 30 boys have worn skirts to school in protest at being told they were not allowed to wear shorts. The pupils from ISCA Academy in Exeter asked permission to modify their uniform because of the hot weather. One of the boys who took part in the protest […]
ISIS blew up famous Mosul mosque
Source:CNN The United States and Iraq said ISIS blew up a historic mosque in Mosul that was the ideological heart of the terror group and the birthplace of its self-declared caliphate. ISIS, through its news agency, said US warplanes were responsible for the loss late Wednesday of the Great Mosque […]
