Bangladesh Jamaat e Islami being outlawed soon
Source: The Blitz While Bangladesh Election Commission has already served notice on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami asking it to make some changes in its party’s charter which do not conform to […]
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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
Berlin schools ‘racially segregating’ children
Several primary and secondary schools in Berlin are segregating migrant children into classes with “vastly inferior education,” to attract “ethnic Germans,” an NGO has told a United Nations Human Rights […]
Visa Requirement for Turks Could Soon Be Dropped
Source: Spiegel: L Eylem and Jörg Huber’s case was filed on behalf of Eylem’s teenage daughter, who was denied a visa to visit her mother in Germany. Germans can travel […]
Religious freedom in Europe – when both sides go too far
theguardian: Linda Woodhead. Who could have imagined that a court in Cologne would, this year, rule the ancient and sacred practice of male circumcision illegal, or that the previous year the European court of human rights (ECHR) wouldoverturn its earlier ruling that crucifixes should not be displayed in state schools? The see-sawing […]
Message From SA – Ghana, Can We Have Your Democracy?
Source: Allafrica.com We like to think we’re special in South Africa, especially compared to our African neighbours. Trouble is, we’re not so special. There’s plenty that Africa can teach us, and Ghana’s presidential debates are an excellent place to start. It’s been a sad old time in South Africa recently. […]
In Indonesia, Shia blood is halal!
Source: LUBP As darkness hastily falls on the heart of Madura Island, uniquely shaped traditional wooden houses and hamlets begin to throw long shadows in an eastward direction. Traffic, which during the day is extremely light by Indonesian standards, is now ceasing entirely. Just a few noisy scooters remain on […]
Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report
(Reuters) – Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior […]
Banana skin slip stops steak knife stabbing
The Local: A banana skin saved a woman from serious injury when her estranged husband slipped on it while trying to stab her with a steak knife, a German court heard this week. Read More:
Yes, we wept with our Ahmadi brothers in the 2010 carnage, But!
Source: Friday Times: In Pakistan a mosque is not the house of God, but the house of a sectarian God. Although Muslim sects across the world have their own separate mosques for the reasons of Imamat, procedure and methodology of prayers, no one is ever stopped from entering a place […]
US judge jails anti-Islam filmmaker for a year
Express Tribune: LOS ANGELES: The man behind the anti-Islam video blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world was jailed in the US for a year Wednesday for breaching the terms of his probation for a previous offense. Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, will serve the sentence in a US federal […]
The Ideology of Pakistan: A thorny issue
Dawn: by Vaqar Ahmad: If I were a rational person I would not be writing this blog. In the past I have lamented the proliferation of garbage, lauded junkies and […]
The New Illustrious Minister of India, Salman Khurshid Congratulates Barack Obama
The New Illustrious Minister of India, Salman Khurshid Congratulates President Barack Hussein Obama on Re-election: Source: The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Congratulating Barack Obama on his re-election as US President, […]
History of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement
Do you know where and how the Red Cross started? Please click on the links below and find out! For more pictures and explanations throughout the years please click on […]
Women In Islam, From The Prophet’s Wife To Gunned-Down Pakistani Teen
By Asma Afsaruddin* LE SOIR/Worldcrunch -Essay- As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making […]
Man behind anti-Muslim film sentenced to prison
GREG RISLING, Associated Press, LINDA DEUTSCH, Associated Press seattle PI LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the […]
Power struggle looms for Syria’s Kurds
Patrick Markey | Reuters ARABNEWS IN the northeast corner of Syria a power struggle is developing over the promise of oil riches in the remote Kurdish region, threatening to drag […]
Experts rate Saudi roads as among the world’s most dangerous (or: Should the Saudi Ladies drive instead?)
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Road safety experts rated Saudi roads as among the world’s most dangerous at a recent conference in Abu Dhabi highlighting road safety in GCC countries. On average 19 road fatalities occur every day in the Kingdom. Zeina Nazer, secretary-general of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Arabia, said […]
Obama win ‘opens way for new Mideast push’ (or: why should it?)
ARAB NEWS WASHINGTON: World leaders have hailed US President Barack Obama’s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the US on fighting the world economic slump and maintaining security across the globe. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman congratulated Obama and wished […]
CAIR: Okla. Muslim Told She Needs Bank Escort Because of Hijab
By Council on American-Islamic Relations OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 — Muslim civil rights group asks Tulsa bank to review discriminatory ‘no hats’ policy OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on Tulsa’s Valley National Bank to review […]
The Funny Moments of 2012 Election Campaign
The Funny Moments of 2012 US Election Campaign