UN religious freedom expert blasts Swiss move to ban burqa
BY ANADOLU AGENCY GENEVA EUROPE MAR 08, 2021 A poster of the initiative “Yes to the burqa-ban” is seen in Oberdorf, in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland, Feb. 16, 2021. […]
Global coalition appeals to EU to probe Islamophobia in France
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL EUROPE MAR 09, 2021 Members of an Italian Muslim association stage a sit-in and prayer to condemn what they see as persecutory acts against […]
Anti-immigration, xenophobia to dominate Dutch elections: DENK Party
BY DILARA ASLAN ANKARA NEWS ANALYSIS MAR 12, 2021 Cyclists at a road crossing near Dutch political party election campaign posters on a billboard in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (Getty Images) As COVID-19 restrictions and anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric come to the fore in the upcoming elections, the […]
Veiled in history: how women have been covered up
Source: Swiss Info In recent years it has mainly been Christian countries, especially in Europe, which have had issues with women wearing the veil, seen today as a form of […]
DEPORTATION – Not safe in Pakistan
Stefan Simonvon More than 200 Ahmadis from Hessen (Germany) are threatened with deportation to Pakistan. In their home country, they are discriminated against, threatened and feared for their lives as […]
Prince William says royals are ‘very much not a racist family’ in first remarks since explosive interview
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page London (CNN) Prince William has denied the royal family is racist in his first public […]
No regrets, says Dutch anti-Islam leader Wilder
Source: Jakarta Post Rutte and other parties have vowed to exclude Wilders from any coalition, a move that the Freedom Party chief calls “very undemocratic”. “The more people vote for my party, the more difficult it will be to exclude us,” said Wilders. He was also unrepentant about past actions, […]
When the details emerged of the fancy-dress party and his calling the fellow cadet a “Paki”.
Source: Jakarta Post But my God, it doesn’t take very long to suddenly become aware of it,” Harry said, reflecting years on from his early 20s, when the details emerged of the fancy-dress party and his calling the fellow cadet a “Paki”. The interview has certainly sparked new debate about […]
Financial Sacrifice Must Be For the Sake of Allah Alone
MAGAZINE: EDITION NOVEMBER 2020 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) Portrait of the Promised Messiah (as) & Imam Mahdi (Guided One), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad […]
Islam and the Happiness Revolution
https://www.reviewofreligions.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/happiness-small-shutterstock_667724323-1024×654.jpg 9th March 2021 Khalid Safir, UK The Quick, One-Step Guide to Happiness It is often believed that religion teaches you to make your life miserable in exchange for paradise in the next life. That is not true. In Islam, the Holy Qur’an explains ‘But for him who fears to […]
WHO advises against mandating COVID-19 vaccine to travel
09 Mar 2021 GENEVA: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday (Mar 8) said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because […]
Faith communities urged to work together to protect women
An elder Catholic woman prays during a mass in Iraq. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/zz894 BENEDICT SPENCE March 09, 2021 LONDON: Speakers at the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity’s (HCHF) Women’s […]
Ten years of international failure in Syria
Author CHRIS DOYLE March 08, 2021 Syrian and Russian soldiers at a checkpoint near Wafideen camp in Damascus, March 2, 2018. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/zy3j6 Conflicts and wars come in […]
Meghan and Harry interview: Tabloid racism ‘large part’ of why we left UK, says duke
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: BBC The Duke of Sussex has said racism from the tabloid press that filtered […]
Why I left the Catholic Church
By Lisa Bartelmus Why I left the Catholic Church In Cologne, the hotline responsible for church exits has collapsed due to congestion. And not because of technical problems, but because […]
Iran’s Rouhani urges Europe to avoid ‘threats or pressure’
By AFP – Mar 08,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo provided by the Iranian presidency on Sunday, shows Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (right) receiving Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs […]
Swiss ‘burka ban’ accepted by slim majority
https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46427250/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/2e64652396588bb44af516847c3c61f5/BB65E60BC3A0E9777AB3B5C3BAF98B91/252322900_highres.jpg women with covered face No longer possible: a veiled woman pictured in Geneva. Keystone / Martial Trezzini Supporters of a people’s initiative to ban face coverings in public have […]
Khalsa Aid nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Canadian MP cites its humanitarian work Updated At: Jan 19, 2021 A Khalsa Aid member works in a flood-hit area in Shahkot. File Sukhmeet Bhasin Tribune News Service Bathinda, January […]
UK Sikh bodies encourage British Sikhs not to classify ethnically as Indian in UK census
NAOMI CANTON 22-02-2021 LONDON: Sikh organisations and gurdwaras in Britain are encouraging Sikhs not to classify ethnically as “Indian” in the online census being carried out in March 2021. The […]
Pope Francis Consoles Iraqi Victims of Islamic State
Amid the ruins of vandalized churches, the pope recalls Christians and others persecuted by the extremist group Pope Francis on Sunday visited Mosul, Iraq, which is still rebuilding after years […]