Charlie Hebdo or Blasphemy Laws: Fallacy of False Dilemma?
Epigraphs: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) Call […]
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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
Obama and Cameron Press Conference”everyone” had a role to play in keeping communities safe, warning: “You cannot simply rely on policing and security.”
Source:BBC However, he stressed that “everyone” had a role to play in keeping communities safe, warning: “You cannot simply rely on policing and security.” More:
UK: Concerns that Muslim satellite channels ‘broadcasting hate speech’
Source: asianimage.co.uk Young Britons could be getting radicalised by satellite television channels that the broadcast regulator may struggle to monitor as they are in obscure dialects, the Commons has heard. Labour’s […]
Gorbachev Interview: ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’
English Site>World>Ukraine>Gorbachev Warns of Decline in Russian Western Ties over Ukraine Gorbachev Interview: ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’ Interview Conducted by Matthias Schepp and Britta Sandberg Denis Sinyakov/ DER SPIEGEL In a SPIEGEL interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the dangers of poor relations between Russia and the […]
Meet the vigilante who hacks jihadists
By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery January 16, 2015 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Anonymous isn’t doing anything new by hacking Islamic extremist websites. A mysterious figure known as “The Jester” has been […]
2014 Was Hottest Year on Earth in Recorded History
Source: NY Times: Last year was the hottest in earth’s recorded history, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring scientific warnings about the risks of runaway emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped. Extreme heat blanketed Alaska and much of the western United States last year. […]
Grabar-Kitarovic becomes Croatia’s first woman president
Source: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of the Croatian Democratic Union was declared winner of Croatia’s presidential run-off with 50,43 percent of the vote, the country’s electoral commission announced late Sunday at the press conference held in Zagreb. More:
Falling oil’s next victim: banks
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Big energy companies aren’t the only ones losing out on the dramatic fall in oil prices. Banks are in the hot seat, too. Hundreds of banks were forced to shut down in Texas when the state fell into a recession in 1986 during a steep decline in […]
China sacks 32 Xinjiang officials engaged in organizing Mecca pilgrimage
Source:TOI BEIJING: China has begun investigating a significant aspect of the lives of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, which concerns the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. It has sacked 32 officials for sending “unqualified people” on government organized tours to Mecca from the disturbed province. Officials removed from their post include Aniwar […]
Has Saudi Arabia bought world’s silence on human rights abuses?
Source:CNN Just two days before the Paris rally, my friend Raif Badawi was removed, in shackles, from a mini-bus outside the Al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah as a large crowd gathered around him after Friday prayers. According to eyewitnesses, he closed his eyes and raised his head skyward as a security […]
The Pope is wrong on religious speech
Source: CNN (CNN)The popular Pope Francis is taking some hits himself after some lighthearted comments that included a pretend punch to a colleague. The comments came while trying to make the point that free speech should have some limits, including on the right to insult another’s faith. More:
Wrong Responses to Charlie Hebdo
Source: NY Times: Leaders in Europe are justifiably trying to figure out what they should be doing to prevent terrorist attacks like the recent massacre at the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Regrettably, some politicians are proposing the kind of Internet censorship and surveillance that would do little to protect […]
‘Anti-fascist’ mob
Source: The Local A mass of 600 people stormed through central Leipzig on Thursday evening, attacking local government buildings, smashing shop windows, destroying police vehicles and spray painting anti-fasacist slogans along the way. More:
Prophet Muhammad’s Example Is the Key to Stopping Terrorism
Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Source: The Huffington Post It is imperative humanity remains united against all forms of extremism with education, compassion, and justice. Prophet Muhammad’s example […]
France: Lassana Bathily, Muslim Hero At Kosher Market Siege, To Get French Citizenship
Source: huffingtonpost.com Lassana Bathily, 24, saved at least six people during the Jan. 9 attack on the kosher market where he worked in Paris. For his bravery, the Malian immigrant will […]
Pope Francis On #CharlieHebdo: ‘You Cannot Insult The Faith Of Others’
Pope Francis called on Muslim leaders in particular to speak out against Islamic extremism ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of […]
Just because you can ridicule Prophet Muhammad doesn’t mean you should
Source: The Baltimore Sun By Faheem Younus After 36 straight hours of managing sick patients, I was beat. “Last patient,” I said to myself before examining a frail lady in […]
Malta Today: “We need more dialogue between religions, which should spread love not hate”, says Laiq Ahmed Atif, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta
“We need more dialogue between religions, which should spread love not hate”, says Laiq Ahmed Atif, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Source: maltatoday.com.mt In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo […]
Khalifa of Islam explains the importance of financial sacrifice in Islam
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Khalifa announces Waqfe Jadid year The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered his weekly Friday Sermon at the […]
‘There is no place for terrorism or extremism’
SourcE: gazette.net When I look at the Middle East, I cannot help but think why individuals are running towards ISIS. As an Ahmadi Muslim, we have always been taught to love, […]