Feting pluralism in Ramadhan
The Jakarta Post | Editorial There is no better theme to celebrate during this year’s Ramadhan than pluralism. The fact that Muslims in Indonesia are widely divided about when the […]
Peres posts peaceful Ramadan message
Times of Israel President uploads video on YouTube in which he talks of shared values of justice, compassion and peace during Islamic holy month Shimon Peres wished the Muslims of […]
A federal judge ordered Rutherford County to conduct a final inspection of Tennessee Mosque
By Steve Almasy and Melissa Abbey, CNN (CNN) – Worshippers at an Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will have to wait a few more weeks before they can use their new mosque, officials said Thursday. The mosque – subject of a two-year battle marked by legal wrangling, vandalism and anti-Muslim […]
WHY WHAT IS GOOD FOR GEESE IS NOT GOOD FOR GANDER?
The members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at are being tortured and mercilessly killed; their houses and mosques are damaged and looted, and their basic human rights, to practice and preach their faith, are being violated and denied in some Muslim countries. Recently, in Pakistan, minarets of a mosque were demolished with […]
Contemporary Issues: Religious Tolerance in Canada
A forty five minute talk show.
End Myanmar Rohingya Muslim Atrocities; Muslims, Buddhists Urge
Source: OnIslam & Newspapers Muslim and Buddhist groups in India called Tuesday, July 17, for the Indian government to intervene to end the ongoing atrocities committed against Muslims in neighboring Myanmar. “There are continuous news reports of atrocities and killing of ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar which has caused a […]
Feeding hungry in Ramadan: Who will feed Rohingya Myanmar Muslims?
Source: Dawn.com AID groups have warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe in western Myanmar as authorities attempt to isolate tens of thousands of the displaced ethnic Rohingya minority in camps described by one aid worker as “open air prisons”. Aid has struggled to reach those affected by sectarian unrest in […]
RAMADAN KAREEM!
In Saudi Arabia and surrounding countries, such as Jordan, Ramadan will start tomorrow, Friday, 20th July 2012. At this moment the first Tarawaee Prayers are being broadcast from Makkah al Mukaramah Live on Saudi 1 TV station.
Dutch and Muslim are not mutually exclusive
by Marianne Vorthoren Source: bikyamasr http://www.bikyamasr.com/73242/dutch-and-muslim-are-not-mutually-exclusive/ Rotterdam, Netherlands – A few years ago, I had a conversation in a mosque in Rotterdam with two Muslim girls who were about 6 or 7 years-old. They asked me, in fluent Dutch, if I was Turkish. I explained that I was Dutch, and […]
Muslim cleric shot dead in Russia’s Tatarstan
By MANSUR MIROVALEV, Associated Press Source: US NEWS com MOSCOW (AP) — A top Muslim cleric in Russia’s Tatarstan province was shot dead Thursday and another was wounded by a car bomb, attacks that the province’s leader and local religious authorities said were probably related to the priests’ criticism of […]
Picture of the day: Afghan Hospitality
An Afghan elder offering tea to American soldier on duty. Source: Google images
Judge grants Tennessee mosque’s petition, orders county to move ahead with opening new building
Source: Fox News Published July 19, 2012 Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Muslims in a Tennessee congregation prepared Thursday for the holy month of Ramadan a day after a federal judge ruled they have a right to occupy their newly built mosque, overruling a county judge’s order that was keeping […]
When silence replaces celebration. Dr. Abdus Salam dishonored in Pakistan !
Source: THE NEWS Kamila Hyat Thursday, July 19, 2012 From Print Edition. We should, right now, be celebrating. The announcement by physicists in Switzerland last week that they have all but proven the existence of the Higg’s Boson, a subatomic particle, also known as the “God particle,” which pulls together […]
Officials Turn Blind Eye as Religious Tensions Rise in Indonesia
Source : The New York Times By SARA SCHONHARDT Published: July 18, 2012 ……. Intolerance has also led to attacks on Christians, whose churches have been closed under pressure, and on members of the Ahmadiyah, an Islamic sect many mainstream Muslims consider heretical. …… “Five years ago this trend was […]
No rush to war in Israel over Bulgaria bombing
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel signaled on Thursday it would not rush into any open conflict with Iran or its Lebanese guerrilla ally Hezbollah despite blaming them for a deadly attack on its citizens in Bulgaria. A suicide bomber killed eight people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists […]
Govt needs to take stern action to stop violence against minorities
University of Indonesia (UI) has set up Abdurrahman Wahid Center (AWC) to serve as a forum to discuss issues related to democracy, global peace and social conflict. JakartaPost: The government […]
Convention and community; the Ahmadiyya
Michael Simpson, Staff Writer PART 1 – Convention While a few thousand Ukrainians got down to business celebrating their culture in Vegreville over the weekend of July 6-8, nearly 20,000 […]
High-level huddle discusses ISI chief’s strategy in US
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Our Correspondent Published: July 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: A high-powered gathering of the country’s civil and military leadership here on Wednesday finalised a […]
When silence replaces celebration
Credit: The News via Wasim Sroya The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor We should, right now, be celebrating. The announcement by physicists in Switzerland last week that they have all but proven the existence of the Higg’s Boson, a subatomic particle, also known as the “God […]