Source: News Track India New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the right to education act that mandates unaided private schools keeping 25 percent of seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. However, the court made it clear that […]
Source: India Today Deoband, the influential seminary, has directed Muslims in India to avoid practising polygamy, an initiative that has won instant approval much like the 2008 advisory that denounced terrorism as a grave sin against Islam. Responding to a query from a person who wanted to marry again while […]
HONG KONG — The outlook for the Chinese economy may finally be looking a little less worrisome. Data released by the authorities in Beijing on Friday painted a picture of an economy that has lost much of the breakneck speed of previous years and that still relies on government-directed stimulus, […]
Source: Jakarta Globe Author: Pramudya A Oktavinanda I wonder how many people are aware of this, but our Legislative Board (DPR) is currently in the process of drafting a law on […]
Reuters | Apr 12,2012 | JORDAN TIMES KUWAIT — Kuwaiti lawmakers voted in favour of a legal amendment on Thursday which could make insulting God and the Prophet Mohammad punishable by death, after a case of suspected blasphemy on Twitter caused an uproar in the Gulf Arab state. Members of […]
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Hadith is the great wealth of Islamic literature. This is the collection of pearls of wisdom from orations and actions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). There are hundreds of companions of the Prophet who preserved this knowledge through oral transmission. Later tens […]
By JEDDAH: DIANA AL-JASSEM Umrah performers from all over the world have started to arrive in Jeddah, but Syrian people are banned from doing Umrah this year due to the cancellation of all flights and bus trips, according to a member of the Haj and Umrah committee at the Makkah […]
Dailytimes: Syed Kamran Hashmi: These politically motivated religious columns yield benefits to the author socially and reward the politician in the polls He starts his essay with a Quranic verse […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Our Correspondent Published: April 13, 2012 PESHAWAR: “You want to feed them so they grow stronger and attack us” an angry Maulana […]
The Jakarta Globe: Frequently at Sahabat Anak (Child’s Friend), people ask us, “Who is a street child?” A street child lives a complex life and as someone once remarked to […]
the guardian Democracy and Islam can flourish together, David Cameron will declare on Thursday as he uses a landmark speech in Indonesia to tell the Muslim world that it can reject a “dead-end choice” between extremism and dictatorship. In one of his most significant speeches on Islam, the prime minister will say that the world can […]
HYDERABAD, India: The Inter Faith Forum, an affiliate of the Confederation of Voluntary Organisations, on Wednesday condemned the mindless violence that rocked parts of the Old City on Sunday and pledged to clean and undertake repairs in places of worship that were desecrated. The forum of religious leaders also announced […]
Source: Times of India INDORE: In its bid to promote greenery and renewable source of energy, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is likely to announce tax rebate for green roof and solar panels in its budget on Wednesday. The IMC is expected to offer rebate […]
Source: NDTV Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s new king called for equality for all in the multi-ethnic Asian nation as he was enthroned on Wednesday in a lavish ceremony steeped in centuries-old […]
Express Tribune: Human rights activists have criticised the National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) apparent policy to refuse to change ‘Islam’ as a person’s religion in their records. MPA Rana […]
By MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed relevant authorities to complete demolition work in the northern courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah […]
Eurasiareview.com: By Murad Khan: The mother of a 6-month-old girl has been wrongly jailed for more than a month, as Pakistani authorities have failed to file a charge sheet within the […]
by Taylor Luck | Apr 11,2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPPIED JERUSALEM/AMMAN — Minor scuffles broke out between worshippers and Israeli settlers on Wednesday as the latest in rising tensions at […]
Source: Standard Today (Manila) SUSPECTED extortionists bombed a bus in North Cotabato in Mindanao on Wednesday, killing three passengers and wounding 16 others, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. The military initially reported 10 dead but regional commander Lt. Col. Benjie Hao later revised the death toll. Muslim rebels […]
Israeli settlers attacked and chased a group of Palestinian farmers last Thursday, causing a tractor to flip over during the chase, causing the death of the Palestinian driver. On Thursday, April 5th, armed settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Itamar attacked a group of Palestinians en-masse. In haste and […]