Radio Free Europe WASHINGTON — Religious freedom is on the decline in many parts of the world, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department, which calls the trend “worrying.” The 2012 International Religious Freedom Report alsodocuments what it calls “a continued global increase in anti-Semitism.” Secretary of State […]
Source: The Daily Star The United States has identified forced disappearances, discrimination against marginalised groups, and poor working conditions and labour rights are the significant human rights problems in Bangladesh. In its annual human rights report, the State Department criticised a host of human rights problems in Bangladesh, particularly arbitrary […]
Source: Indian Express. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to maintain secularism as Bangladesh’s state policy, amid countrywide celebrations Sunday to mark the Bengali New Year, seen by right-wing Islamists as […]
Source:CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia may block access to popular Internet messaging applications like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if telecommunication providers there don’t comply with rules and regulatory conditions, according to the country’s official news agency, SPA. A statement from Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission released via SPA […]
Source: Toronto Star Reader’s Letters Re: A tricky juggling act, Editorial Feb. 20 There is a problem associated with Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom that the media does not seem to be covering. It is being established at the time when the basic definition of “religious freedom” is actually […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA. “As one of America’s oldest Muslim organizations, our Community firmly believes in the value of the democratic process,” said Amjad Mahmood Khan, National Director of Public Affairs for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and event organizer. “Our annual ‘Day on the Hill’ event reflects our […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: The headline has been changed by us. Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper (center) with Andrew Bennett the new Ambassador and Lal Khan Malik, National President of […]
LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran DAWN.COM | 2 hours ago A strongest contender for Pakistan’s top position in the next elections, Superstar Imran Khan, leader of Tahrik-e-Insaf in a recent Indian TV interview told the female host that his stop priority will be establishing “the rule […]
Epigraph Exceptions to freedom of speech, recognized in European Convention on Human Rights interests of national security territorial integrity or public safety prevention of disorder or crime protection of health […]
Source: Jakarta Post Insight: Protecting all members of our human family By: Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, New York | Insight I am a great champion of the power of […]
Source: NY Times. A short video on Terry Jones’s hate speech attempt in Times Square, 2011. Click here to play the video.
The Freedom of Thought 2012 report: the non-religious are still being persecuted By Waleed Alhusseini (Getty Images) Like many non-religious people around the world, I use the internet to express my thoughts. Especially in a country where the vast majority believe in one religion, and do not like to hear any […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times First of all, let me applaud our great country, USA, it gives us freedoms, for an […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The title of the first chapter of Geert Wilders’ recent book against Islam, Marked for Death: Islam’s War […]