Haj pilgrims advised to plan ahead for visas
ABDUL HANNAN TAGO |ARAB NEWS STAFF Tuesday 28 August 2012 RIYADH: With the number of Muslims coming for Haj rapidly increasing every year, the Ministry of Haj has advised Muslims […]
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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
A Q Khan floats own political party
Credit: TOI ISLAMABAD: Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan has floated a political forum ‘Tehrik-e-Tahaffuz Pakistan’ and said he plans to launch a countrywide youth awakening programme ahead of the general election. Khan, in continous feud with the country’s establishment , said he plans to motivate the youth “regarding […]
Gaza not ‘liveable’ by 2020 barring urgent action — UN
GAZA — Gaza will no longer be “liveable” by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to improve water supply, power, health, and schooling, the United Nations’ most comprehensive report on the Palestinian enclave said on Monday. “Action needs to be taken now if Gaza is to be a liveable place […]
Muslims in Pakistan, show compassion and justice
Credit CNN via Wasim Sroya of Selvenia. Editor’s note: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, one of the key figures in the plan for an Islamic center near ground zero, and author of “Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women 33rd National Convention
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association holds 33rd National Annual Convention Ghana News Agency 27, GNA – Dr Maulvi Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, has said that it is important for all Ghanaians to approach the up-coming elections with honesty and in all seriousness. He said peaceful and […]
Abolish Abused Blasphemy Law – Arsalan Iftikhar
Pakistan should abolish overly-abused blasphemy laws Source: The Washington Post By Arsalan Iftikhar Local women walk past the locked house of a Christian girl in a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan on Aug. 20, 2012. (AP) My grandfather was one of the most well-known literary figures in Pakistan’s history and once famously told […]
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Sultan Endorses Islamic Scholarship
Sultan endorses N0.5m Islamic studies’ scholarship | Print | E-mail Written by Biola Azeez, IlorinTuesday, 28 August 2012 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced an annual donation of half a million naira to the best graduating student from the Department of Islamic Studies, University of Ilorin. Speaking at the opening of […]
U.S. troops tried to burn 500 copies of Koran, investigation says
U.S. troops tried to burn about 500 copies of the Koran as part of a badly bungled security sweep at an Afghan prison in February, despite repeated warnings from Afghan […]
Up to 100 desperate miners barricade underground with explosives: No this is Europe not Africa
Russian TV: Sardinian miners armed with hundreds of pounds of explosives have barricaded themselves over 1300ft (400m) underground in Italy’s only coalmine, presumably threatening to blow themselves up unless the […]
New Pakistan?: Churches, temples to be protected from land mafia with new bill
Express Tribune: The Sindh provincial government has moved a step closer to ensuring minority places of worship are protected from the tentacles of the “land mafia”. “Religious buildings are only […]
Who will be the next blasphemer?
Dawn: by Faiza Mirza: When Jinnah said that “religion and state should be kept separate”, he could not have more appropriately warned the people of present-day Pakistan where the constitutionally […]
A Miracle of the Holy Quran: Relevance to the Religious Landscape in the Latter Days
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The opening chapter of the Holy Quran, Sura Fatihah, which has only seven verses, alludes to the Christians and the Jews in […]
Deportations leave record number of children with no parents
RT: As the US government deports tens of thousands of immigrants, children are increasingly watching their parents handcuffed and dragged away as they get handed to social workers and denied contact with their broken up families. Nearly 45,000 parents who were illegally in the US were deported in the first […]
FIJI NEWS – DISCOVERY OF FIJI CAPITAL SUVA
Discovering Fiji: SUVA Solomoni Biumaiono Sunday, August 26, 2012 Suva was officially declared a city in October of 1953 when it extended its one square mile boundary to include Walu Bay, Tamavua, Samabula, and Muanikau. But it began the year as the centre of the celebrations in the Fiji colony […]
Myanmar T-shirts spread message of tolerance
Source: Myanmar Times By Tim McLaughlin Volume 33, No. 641 August 27 – September 2, 2012 Ko Htuu Lou Rae with one of ‘COEXIST’ t-shirts he has created. Pic: Yadanar THE first screen-printing shop Ko Htuu Lou Rae visited refused to make his t-shirts. The workers looked at his design, […]
Ulema Council, Pak Interfaith League to investigate Rimsha Massih case
Source: Pakistan Today ISLAMABAD – All Pakistan Ulema Council and Pakistan Interfaith League on Monday formed an Alliance to promote Interfaith Harmony and Peace in the country and stand united to curb all acts of religious extremism. Both the parties decided to form a special committee for investigating the present situation regarding […]
How University made me a better Muslim
by Amatullah http://muslimmatters.org/2012/08/27/how-university-made-me-a-better-muslim/ It was 2010 and I had just returned from my studies in Cairo. I was in a “Muslim bubble,” having just come from a place where I heard the adhān every day and I was just another covered woman walking in the streets. Coming back home was […]
PAKISTAN – MUSLIMS SHOW COMPASSION AND JUSTICE
Muslims in Pakistan, show compassion and justice By Feisal Abdul Rauf, Special to CNN updated 1:42 PM EDT, Sun August 26, 2012 Pakistanis gather in Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 22 outside the closed house of a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. STORY HIGHLIGHTS A young Christian girl in Pakistan was accused of burning […]