Elections 2013 Results: The False Choice and Ominous Developments for Minorities and the Country
Written for Muslims Times by Abdul Alim: In the hyper righteous hype before the current elections, the chorus of political experts, anchor analysts and pseudo liberal moralists kept exhorting the nation to go to vote and prove that the nation stands united against Taliban. Well the nation went to vote in […]
An International Muslim organisation (Ahmadiyya) is holding an exhibition at Wimbledon Library to dispel the myths about Islam.
Source: http://swlondoner.co.uk The Muslim Association is an international organisation which was founded in the small Indian town of Qadian in 1889. They hold exhibitions and talks all over the world to tell […]
Imran Khan and the Anti-Ahmadiyya playbook
Source: http://blog.tehelka.com During a match in the 1989 India-Pakistan cricket series, K Srikanth started protesting after he was declared out leg-before-the-wicket. Imran Khan, a tiger in the making, gave him a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim leaders Calls for Separation of Religion, State
Source: www.dailybulletin.com BEVERLY HILLS — On the same day that Pakistan parliamentary elections were taking place, the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community delivered a message of peace, unity and separation […]
Homes are peaceful abode for Muslims
Sheikh M. Salih Al-Munajjid ARABNEWS Friday 10 May 2013 AND Allah has made for you in your homes an abode…” (Al-Nahl 16:80) The home is a blessing. Here, Ibn Katheer […]
Jordanians protest against Israeli violations in Jerusalem
AMMAN — Hundreds of Jordanians participated in protests across the country on Friday against Israel’s arrest of the top cleric in Jerusalem, calling for the “liberation” of Al Aqsa Mosque. […]
Brief clashes erupt along Jordanian-Syrian border
by Taylor Luck, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN/MAFRAQ — Brief clashes erupted between Jordanian and Syrian border forces on Friday, security sources claim, as hundreds of Syrians fled to Jordan. The brief […]
Breaking News: The tiger wins it. Nawaz Sherif projected new Head of State.
Source: ET and electronic Media. According to the projected election results based on incoming data, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will emerge victorious with 103 seats, followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) with 32 seats. The PPP is expected to take around 25 seats. More:
Zia ul-Haq passed punitive laws that defined the practice of the Ahmadi faith as a “blasphemous” criminal offense.
Source: NY Times. Yet the birth of Pakistan was not auspicious for minorities. The original claim of Pakistan — religious equality — was the first claim proved false. Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, though he became the first foreign minister, was hounded by religious conservatives, who branded him an apostate because of […]
Nawaz Sharif surges ahead in Pakistan elections
By Katharine Houreld and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD | Sat May 11, 2013 2:41pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/11/us-pakistan-election-idUSBRE9490V620130511 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif, seeking to become prime minister for a third time, appeared far ahead of his rivals in Saturday’s election, according to a partial count of votes cast. The election, in which […]
HISTORIC ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMAAT IN CALIFORNIA
Source: Ahmadiyya Press Desk London The Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered an historic Friday Sermon on 10 May 2013 from the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, California, as his first visit to the West Coast of the United States continued.During […]
COAS Gen Kayani casts his vote
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan credit:Nation He happens to be the first army chief who actually went to a polling station to vote rather than have a ballot delivered […]
Why Putin Can’t Solve Syria
MOSCOW – After marathon meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry here this week, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, hinted that Moscow might finally pressure President Bashir al-Assad of […]
In the land of Cain & Abel – An ancient Sunni / Shiah divide shaping a modern Middle East
Biblical tradition holds that northern Iraq is the land of Cain and Abel. Across post-war Iraq, the ancient parable of fratricide seems to be playing out in a contemporary context: Muslim brothers killing Muslim brothers in spates of violence between the Sunni and Shia sects rippling out in waves across […]
How the Western World Really Lost God?
Has the Western world lost God? Author Mary Eberstadt thinks so and she takes a fresh approach to the question in her book, How the West Really Lost God. It’s long […]
Pakistan’s Tyrannical Majority
Source: NY Times By Manan Ahmed Asif, an assistant professor of history at Columbia, is the author of “Where the Wild Frontiers Are: Pakistan and the American Imagination.” JUST after the […]
Women’s prayer service at Israel’s Western Wall marred by protests, arrests (PHOTOS)
Police kept more than 2,000 protesting ultra-Orthodox men away from a women’s service at the Western Wall. JERUSALEM — A women’s prayer service at Israel’s holy Western Wall Friday was […]
Old rules in New Pakistan
Since Imran Khan revealed his feelings about a minority Muslim group in Pakistan, some young voters’ opinions of him have soured. KARACHI, Pakistan — For the last two years, former cricketing superstar Imran Khan has been trumpeting talk of change to Pakistan’s public. Standing in front of beloved national monuments […]
US to returns more smuggled dinosaurs to Mongolia
The US is to return more than a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaur skeletons to Mongolia. The announcement follows the handing over to Mongolian officials on Monday of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus […]