British Politicians Woo ‘Muslim Vote’ With Pledges
Source: The Clarion Project By Soeren Kern; April 30, 2015 British Politicians Woo ‘Muslim Vote’ With Pledges British Muslims — who voted overwhelmingly for Labour in the 2010 general election — […]
British Politicians Woo 'Muslim Vote' With Pledges
Source: The Clarion Project By Soeren Kern; April 30, 2015 British Politicians Woo ‘Muslim Vote’ With Pledges British Muslims — who voted overwhelmingly for Labour in the 2010 general election — […]
DOUBLE STANDARDS OF CHARLIE HEBDO
Author: Atif Munawar Mir Published in Spring 2015 Issue of Muslim Sunrise Freedom of speech and expression is a corner stone of western democracy. Islam equates freedom of speech and expression with human dignity.[1] This freedom ensures the free flow of ideas in social and political spheres making possible the […]
The Muslim Times Condemns Killing of Another Secular Blogger in Bangladesh
Washiqur Rahman: Another secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh (CNN) When American writer Avijit Roy was hacked to death on a Dhaka, Bangladesh, street in full view of horrified […]
India’s Supreme Court strikes down law criminalizing ‘offensive’ online posts
By Paul Armstrong, CNN Updated 9:15 PM ET, Tue March 24, 2015 Story highlights Supreme Court rules Section 66A of the 2008 Information Technology Act was “unconstitutional” Offenders previously faced […]
India's Supreme Court strikes down law criminalizing 'offensive' online posts
By Paul Armstrong, CNN Updated 9:15 PM ET, Tue March 24, 2015 Story highlights Supreme Court rules Section 66A of the 2008 Information Technology Act was “unconstitutional” Offenders previously faced […]
Freedom of Speech with Islamic Characteristics
The outpouring of rage over Islamic extremism in Europe has reignited the familiar critique of Islam as an intolerant faith whose adherents are inherently pre-modern and unable, or unwilling, to […]
Islam: A Totalitarian Philosophy or One Teaching at a Time?
Epigraph Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
The Muslim Times Condemning the Brutal Murder of a Bangladeshi-American Writer
American writer hacked to death in Bangladesh spoke out against extremists (CNN) In his writings, author Avijit Roy yearned for reason and humanism guided by science. He had no place for […]
Breaking News: US Supreme Court appears in favor of headscarf claim
Source BBC A majority of US Supreme Court justices appear to be supportive of an argument that Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against a Muslim teenager. Samantha Elauf argued she was […]
US Supreme Court to Start Hearing Muslim Hijab and Discrimination Case Today
Epigraph: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” — First Amendment to […]
The Big Questions Video Debate: Is the time coming to lay the Holocaust to rest?
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and of infinite value. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:33) Among those taking part are Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, […]
Ahmad: Mocking prophet insults human decency
Source: Stafford County Sun By Shehla Ahmad, a Stafford County resident, is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and strives to promote peace and understanding through her writings. “One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one cannot make fun of faith.” … “There is a limit. Every […]
Dissenting voices silenced in Pakistan’s war of the web
Suggested Reading: A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times Source: Guardian YouTube is banned and tweets are censored, while pornography thrives and foreign Islamist militants have their […]
Denmark attacks: Police kill gunman suspected in fatal shootings
Story highlights Copenhagen police kill a gunman during a shootout Sunday He’s suspected in Saturday’s deadly attacks at a free speech forum and near a synagogue By Holly Yan and […]
Denial in Muslim students’ deaths: Column
Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid The shootings in N.C. are about more than parking dispute. Anti-Muslim attitudes are rife. Three college students killed on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., […]
US Senate Resolution Proposes to Repeal Blasphemy Laws Internationally
Source: sputniknews.com According to US Senator Jim Inhofe, a new US Senate resolution urges the United States to work toward repealing existing blasphemy laws internationally. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A new US Senate […]
Is criticising blasphemy laws blasphemous?
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench hearing an appeal filed by Mumtaz Qadri – the murderer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer – asked his defence team whether […]
The Big Questions Debate: “Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?”
Additional Reading The Muslim Times Leading the Discussion on Free Speech and Its Limitations
USCIRF: Nations Must Repeal Blasphemy Laws
Source: Huffington Post By Katrina Lantos Swett, she is chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) By M. Zuhdi Jasser, he is a USCIRF Commissioner What did the terrorist attacks against […]