Hajj and Universal Brotherhood and Sisterhood
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times More than two million have performed Hajj this year. Hajj is the best symbol for universal brotherhood and the […]
Happy Eid Mubarak and Hajj to All Our Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for you
Eid Mubarak to all our readers from our Editorial team. The Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year, Eid-ul-Fitr and the other, which comes about 10 weeks later, is called Eid-ul-Adha. […]
Ahmadiyya/Humanity First Croatia completes another Humanitarian Project.
Source: Muhammad Munawwar Rana On 16.08.2018 there were happy faces both of children and parents as school going kids were given few essentially required school items. This humanitarian project was […]
Why Israel keeps punishing Corbyn (and interfering in UK politics)
Israel-Palestine is not an equal conflict – for that reason we can’t let people like Corbyn be tarnished as terrorist sympathisers A clash between a nation-state with a defence budget […]
Naturalisation: Couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal
This content was published on August 17, 2018 The Hotel de Ville in the centre of Lausanne in western Switzerland (© KEYSTONE / LAURENT GILLIERON) A couple who refused […]
None of the Western European countries PEW surveyed do a majority believe in God of the Bible
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
75% Reject Islamophobia in Australia
Multicultural Australia rejects “Muslim ban” Source: The Australian Muslim Times By Zia Ahmad, who is the Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Muslim Times AMUST and is based in Sydney. Senator Fraser […]
The Quran And the Bible and the Wars?
Finding Peace Within the Holy Texts Source: NY Times Nov. 17, 2015 By David Brooks It’s easy to think that ISIS is some sort of evil, medieval cancer that somehow […]
The Spiritual Crisis in Catholicism
‘It’s Really Hard to Be a Catholic’: The Pain of Reading the Sex Abuse Report Source: NY Times By Campbell Robertson and Sharon Otterman PITTSBURGH — John Cabon stood quietly […]
Rise of institutional Islamophobia in the West
MUSHTAK PARKER Protesters hold banners during a demonstration organized under the slogan “New Islam Law? Not with us!” in front of the parliament building in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 24, […]
Muslim woman wins handshake discrimination case in Sweden
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL IHA Photo A Muslim woman will get 40,000 Swedish krona ($4,366) in damages from a company that discriminated against her faith-based choices during a […]
Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row
Source: BBC Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is caught up in a bitter row over racism. Ms Faruqi, […]
Should the UK ban the burqa?
Source: CT Not much happens in August, news-wise, which in part explains the furore over remarks made by a back-bench MP about burqas. When the MP is Boris Johnson, however, publicity is guaranteed. Boris was rude about women in burqas, the all-enveloping garment worn by some Muslim women out of […]
If You Wanted a Muslim Times’ App: ‘Feedly,’ is Answer to Your Prayers
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many of my friends have suggested to me that many readers would like to read the Muslim Times’ […]
Audio: Pushing People Up by Joel Osteen
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism and […]
Five Swiss cantons to extend pilot scheme to offer jobs in agriculture to refugees
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 9 August 2018 migrationagriculture A participant in the program. Photo: Union Suisse des Paysans. The trial phase launched in 2015 saw 30 refugees or people on […]
Italy says Britain should take in Gibraltar-flagged rescue boat carrying 141 migrants
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA ROME Migrants rest after being rescued by SOS Mediterranee organisation and Doctors Without Borders during a search and rescue (SAR) operation with the MV Aquarius […]
Alienating Immigrants Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
Boris Johnson must apologize !
Boris Johnson must apologise for veil remarks, says Stevenage Muslim leader JP Asher jp.asher@archant.co.uk @journo_JP PUBLISHED: 15:10 10 August 2018 | UPDATED: 17:49 10 August 2018 Conservative MP and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in 2014. Picture: Danny Loo Boris Johnson should apologise for his comments about women’s veils, and […]
Jews and Muslim can of course be friends
As Jewish and Muslim friends, we have worked out what we have in common and how we can set a positive example Source: Independent We have learned that the will of […]