2.5 million throng Two Holy Mosques
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 More than 2.5 million people attended prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Friday, the first […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Switzerland: The case for giving foreigners the vote, or not
by Gaby Ochsenbein in Neuchâtel, swissinfo.ch Of the roughly eight million people living in Switzerland, 1.8 million are foreigners, largely excluded from the political process. Immigration expert Gianni d’Amato tells […]
Switzerland: Police fined for harming (Eritrean) teenager
A Swiss district court has imposed suspended fines on two Lausanne police officers for their treatment of a young Eritrean. Aged 16 at the time, the victim was taken from […]
India seeks global arms trade treaty to defang terror groups
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: India wants a global arms trade treaty (ATT) to be decided by consensus with all “stakeholders”, where the big players in weapons trade like the US and China sharing obligations to prevent illicit trafficking of arms to terrorist groups. It is more difficult to […]
No voice from Muslim World for the voiceless Rohingya Muslims
sOURCE: Two Circles By Suhail Reza, The founder of self reliant modern Malaysia, Mahatir Mohammad who snubbed the US and West to flex the muscles of his country on the path of progress in master-peace speech in OIC meet on in 2005 remarked on Arab Centredness vision, the delineation from […]
58 civil groups issue statement on Myanmar Rohingya Anti-Muslim violence
Source: Mizzima A coalition of 58 civil society groups has condemned what it says is a “wave of abuse launched by state authorities in Myanmar against the Rohingya community,” in a statement released on Tuesday. It also charged Bangladesh with flouting international law in its attempts to prevent fleeing Rohingya […]
Lightning Bolts: Why do all the top sprinters come from Jamaica?
(CNN) — When the fastest men on the planet contest the Olympic 100 meters final in London on August 5, it will be a major upset if the winner does not come from the small Caribbean island of Jamaica. Read more
Khalifa of Islam: All Praise Belongs to Allah
Alislam.org: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih gave a discourse based on ‘Alhamdolillah’ (All praise belongs to Allah). He said that in general when we see or mention God’s blessings and favours, majority […]
Romney’s tax returns, Obama’s birth certificate and the end of trust
Washington Post: By Marc Fisher, Published: July 21 The more Americans mistrust politics, the news media, business and virtually every other major institution, the more demand there is for the documents, the proof, […]
Ahmadis may face hard times during Ramadhan
Jakarta Post: While Muslims in big cities are busy shopping and stockpiling for the Ramadhan fasting month, some 140 Ahmadiyah followers in West Nusa Tenggara have to face the reality […]
Global banks are the financial services wing of the drug cartels
Guardian: “Steal a little,” wrote Bob Dylan, “they throw you in jail; steal a lot and they make you a king.” These days, he might recraft the line to read: […]
Barakat-ud-Dua – The Blessings of Prayer – Part 1
Even the most stone cold individual would spare a dime or two for the poor who beg and plead for money. How then can we believe that God does not listen to […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque opens to the public
examiner.com: It was this day that many had waited for, this day that they yearned for, financially sacrificed for, and prayed for above all else. The Ahmadiyya mosque in Chantilly, Virginiaopened its doors for its first Friday Prayer service to the public. Named Masjid Mubarak, meaning House of Blessings, Muslims from near […]
Cranky Old Man
This message, despite being falsely attributed to several sources, hits a universal tone within each of us. When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the […]
Actions Don’t Always Speak Louder Than Words, at Least, Not When It Comes to Forgiveness
ScienceDaily (July 18, 2012) — People are more likely to show forgiving behavior if they receive restitution, but they are more prone to report they have forgiven if they get an apology, according to Baylor University research published in theJournal of Positive Psychology. The study underscores the importance of both restitution and apology […]
FIJISUN – Tennessee Muslims feel blessed – updates
Tennessee Muslims feel blessed this Ramadan after federal court rules in their … Washington Post … year as they worshipped Friday. Opponents spent two years trying to halt construction of a new mosque for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, but a federal judge ruled this week the congregation has a right to worship there […]
FIJI – Concerns raised over Fiji’s draft constitution
Concerns raised over Fiji’s draft constitution Radio Australia The commission has reviewed the draft and this week released a statement objecting to the inclusion of the immunity clause. Chairman Yash Ghai told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program the immunity clause was too broad. “The international laws and … See all stories on this […]
Religious History of Fasting: How it Establishes the Truth of the Holy Quran!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Source / Credit: Ahmadiyya Gazette USA يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ […]
Saudi women can divorce smoking husbands, judge says
Those who knew about the habit prior to finalising their marriage contract excluded By Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Saudi women who suffered as a result of […]
Syria embodies the end of colonialism – by Rami G. Khouri
The Daily Star, Lebanon The accelerating pace of events inside Syria has raised expectations that Bashar Assad’s regime is on the verge of collapsing, though nobody seems to know when and how this will happen, or how the post-Assad transition will play out. The regime is fatally injured, because it […]