The Muslim Times’ Response to Peres’ Proposal ‘UN for Religions’ to Pope at Vatican
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Pakistan: Josh Malihabadi – South Asia’s apostle of secular humanism
Josh Malihabadi – South Asia’s apostle of secular humanism Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:39 Email viewpointonline.net Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 – February 22, 1982) of Malihabad, known by his nom de plume as Josh Malihabadi, was not a particularly popular poet in his native […]
“There is no scope for a counter response from Ahmadis”
The News on Sunday: On September 7, 1974, exactly 40 years ago, the Second Amendment to the Constitution that declared Ahmadis as non-Muslims was passed. It was a kind of culmination of their social ostracisation that began after the intense and violent anti-Ahmadiyya movement of the early 1950s. Thereafter, they […]
Prince Zeid of Jordan sworn in as UN human rights commissioner
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
Protests break out in West Bank following Israeli land grab
Clashes between protesters and the police and military have broken out in the West Bank after the biggest Israeli land grab in 30 years. The Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, […]
No one likes the Dalai Lama anymore
Global Post: Look at that face. You’re suddenly a bit more serene, a bit more contented than you were a minute ago, aren’t you? Maybe you’re remembering the year — was it 2002? 2003? — when you gave every single one of your friends and family a copy of “The […]
ISIS IS NOT ONLY UN-ISLAMIC, IT IS ANTI-ISLAMIC NIHAD AWAD (CAIR): TIME
OPINION FOREIGN AFFAIRS ISIS Is Not Just Un-Islamic, It Is Anti-Islamic Nihad Awad @NihadAwad Sept. 5, 2014 ISIS Militants Raqqa Syria Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of the northern Raqqa province in Syria, June 30, 2014. Reuters If we want to stop ISIS, […]
Rai: Israel seeks regional divisions to justify presence
The Daily Star BEIRUT: The conspiracy to divide the Middle East into sectarian states is still alive, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai warned Saturday, saying it was being used to justify Israel’s presence as a Jewish state. “The project of the new Middle East is not dead, but it is in play in light of […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands
228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good.
Qur’an lesson for today: 228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands
228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good.
Afghans Say Taliban Are Nearing Control of Key District
Source: NY Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Local Afghan officials say more than 200 police officers and soldiers have been killed during a fierce Taliban offensive in Helmand Province that has lasted all summer and now threatens to overwhelm a key district. Officials at the national level have downplayed the violence […]
Why Muslims must challenge ISIS atrocities, propaganda
Source: CNN (CNN) — Last night, a video emerged of the execution of American journalist Steven Sotloff, at the hands of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s ISIS, the extreme jihadist group that has illegitimately declared the establishment of a militant “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. This latest execution video follows that of […]
Peres Proposes ‘UN for Religions’ to Pope at Vatican
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
World-class safety measures in place at Grand Mosque expansion projects
JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Saturday 6 September 2014 A technical committee tasked with ensuring safety inside the Grand Mosque held a meeting with the Ministry of Higher Education to […]
Pakistan’s perennial crisis
The Hindu: The Pakistani military does not realise that its meddling makes Pakistan more unstable, not less, as does its insistence on a narrow definition of the national interest, which civilians are not allowed to alter Pakistan’s current political turmoil should be seen as the symptom of a deeper malaise. […]
Islamic State claims Pakistan and Afghanistan for its 'caliphate'
Telegraph: The Islamic State is challenging the Taliban and al-Qaeda in its Afghanistan and Pakistan heartlands and claiming both countries as part of its ‘caliphate’. Islamic Slate leaflets proclaiming the group’s intention to bring its barbaric form of Islam to Pakistan and Afghanistan were posted throughout Peshawar, the capital of […]
Islamic State claims Pakistan and Afghanistan for its ‘caliphate’
Telegraph: The Islamic State is challenging the Taliban and al-Qaeda in its Afghanistan and Pakistan heartlands and claiming both countries as part of its ‘caliphate’. Islamic Slate leaflets proclaiming the group’s intention to bring its barbaric form of Islam to Pakistan and Afghanistan were posted throughout Peshawar, the capital of […]
The war within Islam: Ahmadiyyas versus Salafists
Courtesy: Shahid Pervaiz, India Source: Times of India September 3, 2014, 5:28 PM IST Mrutyuanjai Mishra in Mind The Gap | World | TOI “I do not regard the Ahmediyyas as Muslims”, says a female medical student emphatically to […]
Iran: Rise of Islamist extremism fails to stir progressives
Rise of Islamist extremism fails to stir progressives Canada is brimming with liberal voices that have a long record of activism but seem to have a blind spot when it comes to Mideast extremists. This file image posted on a militant website on June 14, 2014, appears to show militants […]
Is Human Life Sacred: The Body and the Spirit?
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]