Pemra mutes Amir Liaquat Hussain – for hate mongering
By Dawood Rehman | Published on January 26, 2017 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has banned TV anchor Amir Liaquat and his programme over hate speech, according to […]
Charges of Blaspheming Islam in Court
Source: Time By Yenni Kwok Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, is set to face blasphemy charges in court, the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office (AGO) told journalists Wednesday. […]
A liberal mother of six jailed for challenging Saudi taboos
Source: Associated Press AYA BATRAWY In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 photo, Saudi women’s rights activist Souad al-Shammary puts on a head… Read more JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — When Souad al-Shammary posted a series of tweets about the thick beards worn by Saudi clerics, she never imagined she would […]
Pakistani Ministers target Ahmadi Muslims in Punjab Assembly | Rabwah Times
Decades of persecution and a full ban on the Ahmadiyya faith has not changed the Government’s attitudes toward Pakistan’s most persecuted faith group. Ministers in Pakistan’s Provincial Assembly of Punjab continue to make sure the Ahmadis are not given any rights or recognition. On August 31st, Minister for School Education, […]
Meet the man paying off burqini fines in France
Businessman Rachid Nekkaz. Photo: AFP Published: 22 Aug 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 A businessman has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he’ll keep “fighting to the death” for freedom. Even though the burqini has been banned in over a […]
Commemorating 100 years in Nigeria Ahmadiyya Women [Lajna Ima’illah] discuss “Role Of Women In National Peace” in the Annual Islamic Conference
Source: thegazellenews.com | Breaking.com.ng Ahmadiyya Women Group To Meet On National Peace, Order In Abuja August 23, 2016 | News By Jumu’ah Abiodun, London The Ahmadiyya women group, Lajnal Immaillah, women between the ages of 15 to upwards are holding the 100 years commemoration annual Islamic conference in Abuja from 26th to […]
Building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for Justin Trudeau
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting Islamic State
Source: The Guardian By Jamie Grierson and Vikram Dodd Notorious hate preacher faces up to 10 years in prison after swearing allegiance to Isis, it can now be revealed Anjem […]
Demystifying Freedom of Speech from the Holy Quran
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; Summer 2016 By Zia H Shah MD As I write this article in April of 2016, two very dramatic events have occurred in the domain of […]
Egypt sentences 6 people to death, including 2 Al Jazeera journalists
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN)An Egyptian court handed down death sentences to six people, including two Al Jazeera journalists, for alleged spying. The six, along with former President […]
Pemra bans Hamza Ali Abbasi from hosting Ramazan show
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has barred actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and TV show host Shabbir Abu Talib from hosting their Ramazan shows on Aaj TV […]
US urges action by Bangladesh to prevent killings
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting […]
Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death
Source: BBC Bangladesh police say a top gay rights activist and editor at the country’s only LGBT magazine is one of two people who have been hacked to death. The […]
Two gay rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh
Source: Aljazeera Editor of magazine for transgender community among latest victims of murders targeting liberal activists. Two people, including the editor of a magazine for the transgender community, have been […]
Bangladeshi university professor hacked to death in Rajshahi
Source: BBC A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to killings of secular bloggers and atheists by suspected Islamist extremists. […]
‘They hacked his head with a machete’: Another atheist activist murdered in Bangladesh
Source: Rawstory A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists […]
France: Le Pen fined over Holocaust remarks
Source: BBC Former French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been fined 30,000 euros (£24,000; $34,000) for calling the Nazi gas chambers a “detail” of World War Two. He was […]
Video: President Obama beautifully describes role of journalism in our democracy
Note: Obama comes on at 20 minute mark of this video. Obama rails against vulgar politics in speech at Syracuse University event By Mark Weiner | mweiner@syracuse.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – […]
To Fulfill Its Potential Pakistan Must Return to The Original Intent of The Lahore Resolution
Source: Huffington Post On March 23, 1940 the All India Muslim League adopted a historic resolution in the city of Lahore. This resolution has since come to be known as […]
Rafael Nadal: 14-time Grand slam champion to sue over doping claims
Source: BBC Rafael Nadal plans to sue an ex-French government minister who said his seven-month absence in 2012 was “probably due to a positive doping test”. The Spaniard is upset […]