Source: George Town Journal of International Affairs By Amjad Mahmood Khan Imagine if members of the Mormon or Catholic communities were forced to declare that they were “non-Christian” in order to cast a ballot in the 2012 U.S. elections. In a few months, Pakistanis will take to the polls to […]
Source: PODIATRIC RESIDENTS IN THE NEWS Dr. Tahir Khan, a second year resident at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center has received the “President’s Call to Service Award” from President Barack Obama. This […]
Mohammad Basheeruddin | Zonal Sec Tahrik-e-Jadeed | Mumbai Zone We are pleased to inform you that, by the grace of Allah the Almighty that, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) Mumbai zone […]
These headlines may deceive you into thinking that Islam is to blame for the voilence. In fact, it is the politics and the polical use of religion that has caused such unrest and this is exactly why Islam teaches Separation of Mosque and State Police clash in Bangladesh during […]
Source: Mother Jones A John Deere combine harvests corn. USDA/Wikimedia Commons Every year, nearly 30 percent of US farmland gets planted in corn, and our farmers produce close to 40 percent of the corn produced on Earth each year. So why do we grow so much of this one crop—and […]
Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 13, No. 2, Article 3, 2013. Abstract: The Indonesian Law on Defamation of Religion of 1965 has created serious problems for non-mainstream religious groups, […]
Ynet News: The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor’s Office filed charges on Tuesday against Daniel Karai, 18, of Tiberias, and three other young men, for an attack on Hassan Usruf, a […]
The Jeruslem Post: The Palestine Scholars Association, a radical Islamic body in the Palestinian territories, issued a fatwa on Wednesday banning foreign Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount as long […]
by Rhiannon Williams JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Action Front (IAF) on Wednesday called on the government to take a “decisive” stance against Israeli attempts to change the legal status of Palestinian refugees through UN organisations. In a statement made on Wednesday, the IAF said that Israel is trying […]
Pope Benedict XVI in a Mosque in Turkey Source: The Star, Canada By: Haroon Siddiqui Columnist: He is the Star’s editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears on Thursday and Sunday. […]
Source: Business Insider New Pope Francis isn’t a Hitler Youth like the last guy, but he has his own troubled history. Francis I along with the whole Argentine Catholic Church have faced criticism […]
Daily Telegraph: CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, announced today that after extensive testing it was “looking more and more” like the particle which they discovered last year was the Higgs boson. Finding the Higgs plugs a gaping hole in the Standard Model of physics, the theory that describes […]
Express Tribune: LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party suspended Pakistan-born Lord Nazir Ahmed on Thursday over reports that he blamed a Jewish conspiracy for his imprisonment over a fatal car crash, a spokesman […]
The Real Foundation for Peace is Honesty which Emanates from the Heart: Khalifa of Islam The National Peace symposium, held at the largest mosque in Western Europe, is a key […]
Muslim woman had her veil ripped off at a fairground in Nantes 30-year-old man protested that he was just enforcing French law Veil ban came into force in April 2011 […]
We, at the Muslim Times, extend a hearty congratulations to Pope Francis on his election. Until some of the books and writings of Pope Francis I become available, we want […]
Posted By Josh Rogin Wednesday, March 13, 2013 SOURCE: FP FOREIGN POLICY Secretary of State John Kerry announced $60 million in new U.S. aid for the Syrian opposition late last month, but the State Department has refused to detail how that money will be spent. The Cable has obtained the […]
One man and three women who were sexually assaulted and harassed in the military shared their personal experiences with a Senate subcommittee Wednesday morning–the first hearing on sexual assault in the military in 10 years. Former Army Sgt. Rebekah Havrilla, who was raped by a fellow service member while serving […]
By Nadine Marroushi – Mar 14, 2013 Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest organized Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law. The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a […]
WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies informed the Congress that the upcoming general elections will be a turning point for Pakistan and must be held by May 2013, reported The News International. Director US National Intelligence James R Clapper sent a report to the Congress and noted that “Islamabad is intently focused on […]