Pakistan: Website ban for Shias after Ahmadiyya — Protests
In what was possibly the first protest of its kind, a religious organisation was met with aerial firing by the police in Karachi, when they gathered to demonstrate against the […]
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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
‘Love jihad’ bogeyman resurfaces
Credit: Asiatimes: Muslim men, the story goes, are running around seducing girls of the Hindu and other faiths for the sole purpose of converting them to Islam, and (some add) using their wombs to create yet more Muslims and alter India’s overwhelmingly Hindu demographic. The tale – discredited by police […]
Bernanke says Fed prepared to do more to boost jobs
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve stands ready to offer additional monetary support to a U.S. economy that has slowed significantly in recent months, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers on Tuesday. He told the Senate Banking Committee the recovery was being held back by tighter financial conditions due to Europe’s […]
Chaos in Syria overshadows rebel hopes
Credit: Asiatimes. Syrian rebels point to high-profile defections, heightened violence in Damascus and revelations of another “civilian massacre” as signs of a turning point in the uprising – even as insurgents flee fighting in the capital and evidence from the Hama killings suggest they simply resulted from another uneven clash […]
Circumcision Ruling in Germany. Was it a Misfired Shot?
By Zubair Khan Few days back shock waves were sent amongst Jewish and Muslim communities of Germany, when ruling, in the case of a Muslim boy taken to a doctor with bleeding after circumcision, the Cologne court said the practice inflicts bodily harm and should not be carried out on […]
WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention
28 March 2007 | Paris/Geneva – In response to the urgent need to reduce the number of new HIV infections globally, WHO and the UNAIDS Secretariat convened an international expert consultation to determine whether male circumcision should be recommended for the prevention of HIV infection. Based on the evidence presented, […]
Reader’s view: Muslim youth group emphasizes love and loyalty
At a time characterized by an alleged increase in the radicalization of Muslim youth, I attended a national Muslim youth convention with the theme, “Love and loyalty for one’s homeland.” The national convention — organized by America’s leading Muslim youth organization, MKA USA — sought to educate and cultivate loyalty […]
German Ahmadiyy Muslim Group Honoured to visit Jewish Synagogue!
Credit: Sami Khokhar of Hamburg-Germany By Zubair Khan As many readers of Muslim Times know, few days back shock waves were sent amongst Jewish and Muslim communities of Germany when the Cologne court ruling said religious circumcision of male infants was tantamount to grievous bodily harm, a criminal act subject […]
Applauding Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Religious Freedom
The German government says Jewish and Muslim communities should be able to continue the practice of circumcision, after a regional court ruled it amounted to bodily harm. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s […]
Pat Robertson On 700 Club Warns Christian Against Marrying Muslim
Source: HUFFPOST RELIGION Rev. Pat Robertson weighed into the fraught world of interfaith marriage with some advice for a Christian fellow who plans to marry his Muslim girlfriend. “I’ve been with my girlfriend for three years and we’re planning on getting married,” writes Brad in the friendly Q&A section of […]
More than half of GCC population under age 25
Riyadh: Arab News Tuesday 17 July 2012 The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have a low population compared with other regions, totaling 45 million people in 2011, less […]
Jordan bracing for influx of ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Syrian refugees
AMMAN — Jordan is bracing for the potential influx of “hundreds of thousands” of Syrians, officials say, amid an ongoing refugee flow averaging some 500 persons per day. According to a government source, officials are preparing for the potential arrival of up to one million Syrians as part of several […]
Motor Cycle Taxis during Umrah
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Tropical butterfly discovered in Quebec a sign of warming
Agence France Presse ARABNEWS Tuesday 17 July 2012 MONTREAL: Caterpillars belonging to a species of butterfly previously unknown as far north as Canada have been discovered in Montreal, in a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria graduates 43 Hafiz-e-Quran and 22 Missionaries
It is with enormous Gratitude to Allah that I wish to inform all the members of the group that the Jamia Ahmadiyya Nigeria and the Madrasatu Tahfidhul Qur’an Nigeria organized […]
FIJISUN – Political Islam, Christian protest against forced conversion
Christians in Gaza protesting ‘forced’ conversions to Islam Fox News Dozens of Christians in predominantly Muslim Gaza have staged a rare protest, claiming two members of their community were forcibly converted to Islam and are being held against their will. See all stories on this topic » Gaza Christians hold rare protest over […]
US should pressure nations to rescind anti-Ahmadiyya laws
Source/Credit: The Hill’s Congress Blog By Katrina Lantos Swett On June 27, along with members of Congress and other guests, I heard a message of peace and freedom from the Ahmadiyya world leader, His Holiness Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, at a Capitol Hill reception co-sponsored by the U.S. Commission on […]
Courts have a duty to provide people with justice: CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: July 17, 2012 RAWALPINDI: Terming the judiciary as the ultimate protector of citizens’ rights and liberties, Chief Justice […]
The French minister for women has let down Muslim voters
Guardian: Expectations were high when a Muslim woman from a North African background was made an instant star in France’s new Socialist cabinet in May. Not only was Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, 34, […]
Muslim revenge warning to West
Nick Hopkins London The Sydney Morning Herald A BRITISH woman who worked at the top of the US military during the most troubled periods of the Iraq war has said […]