Rohingyas and Ahmadiyya: Some Parallels between Burma and Pakistan
Monks, military and Myanmar – a Pakistani’s déjà vu by Tahir Mehdi Dawn: In my young age, I had a fascination for mandirs(temple). I wished to see one. I didn’t know […]
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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
‘Locked-In’ Coma Survivor Describes Hearing Doctors Discuss Ending His Life
Business Insider: Two days after regaining consciousness from a massive stroke, Richard Marsh watched helplessly from his hospital bed as doctors asked his wife, Lili, whether they should turn off his life support machine. Marsh, a former police officer and teacher, had strong views on that suggestion. The 60-year-old didn’t want […]
Iran to unplug from Web to escape West’s ‘Internet monopoly’
RT: Tehran plans to remove its key ministries and state bodies from the Internet next month, calling the worldwide web “untrustworthy.” The action is the first phase in a planned Iranian project to replace the Internet with a domestic intranet. The country’s key ministries will be unplugged from the global […]
Bangladesh seeks more control over Grameen Bank
Source: Daily News The founder of Bangladesh’s pioneer micro-lending institution, the Grameen Bank believes that the government’s latest move to expand the power of the chairman could hurt the millions of poor borrowers. Last year Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was fired from his position at the bank by the government […]
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro granted temporary occupancy
MURFREESBORO — The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has been granted a temporary certificate of occupancy, valid for 30 days, by the state fire marshal’s office. County codes officials conducted a […]
Gaza panics as Sinai bloodshed severs tunnel trade
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – “If this closure continues it will be a disaster,” says Abu Taha, who runs one of hundreds of cross-border smuggling tunnels that were closed after a […]
Video: Ahmadiyya spokesman on whether politicians have fermented a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment?
Source: Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer Harris Zafar, national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, and “Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer discuss the possibility that the gunman behind the mass shooting […]
Christians join Dubai Ramadan charity efforts
DUBAI Parishioners of St Mary’s Church are joining their Muslim brethren in Ramadan-related charity work by collecting groceries and personal items for construction workers in Dubai labour camps. “We’ve started collecting the goods from generous parishioners and we’re hoping to deliver hundreds of ‘Bags of Hope’ at the end of […]
‘Swimming upstream,’ white supremacist groups still strong
(CNN) — Hundreds of white supremacist groups are active in the United States today and are experiencing a kind of resurgence, experts say. They are in the spotlight this week […]
Veiled French Muslim woman charged with inciting riot
A French Muslim woman has been charged with assault and inciting a riot after she refused a police ID check because she was wearing a banned full-face veil, a police source said Tuesday. The 18-year-old is to appear in court in the northern city of Lille on October 30 charged […]
Muslims help Jains for temple construction during Ramadan in India
Source: Deccan herald Patna July 28, 2012, (IANS): In an example of communal harmony in India, Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan have helped in the construction of a […]
ICRC vows to maintain presence in Libya
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
Prophet Muhammad: Master of Tolerance
Source: Onislam.net By Raya Shokatfard God has always chosen prophets with the best of characters, morals and spirits. Since God is All-Knowing, All-Wise, and has ordained human’s destiny before their birth, it is feasible to think that He has already chosen His Prophets before even their entrance to the world. […]
Morocco: Report Lauds Interfaith Efforts
Source: Eurasia review August 7, 2012 By Hassan Benmehdi Morocco is becoming a trailblazer in the Arab world in terms of countering extremist ideology and promoting “tolerance, respect and dialogue among religious groups”, according to a just-published report. In its latest study on religious freedoms around the world, the US […]
Ahmadi charged with posing as Muslim for second time in Sargodha
Source: The Express Tribune LAHORE: An Ahmadi jeweller in Silanwali, Sargodha was charged with blasphemy for the second time in his life for “posing as a Muslim” and for putting up a translation of the Quranic text in his shop. Muhammad Ashraf, who was earlier charged along with his co-workers in […]
Disinformation flies in Syria’s growing cyber war
PETER APPS | REUTERS ARABNEWS Tuesday 7 August 2012 LONDON: On Sunday, it was a hijacked Reuters twitter feed trying to create the impression of a rebel collapse in Aleppo. On Monday, it was another account purporting to be a Russian diplomat announcing the death in Damascus of Syrian President […]
UAE mobile field hospital to serve Syrian refugees in Jordan
UNFPA clinics to serve Syrian women Jordan Times | Aug 07, 2012 | AMMAN — The UAE mobile field hospital arrived in Jordan on Sunday night to provide health and humanitarian services to Syrian refugees in the Kingdom. The hospital will start receiving patients during the coming few days, the […]
Institute holds interfaith roundtable with Australians
Jordan Times | Aug 07, 2012 | 00:25 AMMAN — The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) on Sunday held a roundtable on “Religion and Society in the Middle East” in collaboration with the Australian embassy in Amman. According to a statement from the institute, the Australian participants were headed […]
The Difference Between Muslims and Sikhs.. Misses the Point
Paul Brandeis RaushenbushSenior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post In the immediate aftermath of the horrific shooting at the Sikh Gurdwara (that’s the name of a Sikh House of Worship, not temple, not church), the media began to emphasize the difficulty many Americans have distinguishing between Sikhs and Muslims. As Jian […]