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 […]
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 […]
Huff Post: by Justin Thornburgh — The Orwellian named in Religious Freedom Restoration Act Indiana looks like it is about to become the law of the land. The gist of this act is that it would allow businesses to refuse service to anyone they believe is acting against or contrary […]
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 […]
Washington Post: Americans tend to pick and choose who should be afforded civil liberties to some degree, a centuries-old issue that has flared up once again after a video of racist chants by University of Oklahoma fraternity brothers went viral. The university’s president David Boren last week expelled two students filmed making the racist chants. […]
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 […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Additional Reading The Muslim Times Leading the Discussion on Free Speech and Its Limitations
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 […]
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times is using a different title Biopic of Prophet Muhammad Divides Sunni and Shia Muslims Source: Newsweek BY CATHERINE PHILLIPS 1/30/15 AT 1:42 PM Amid global […]
Source: dallasnews.com | SAIMA SHEIKH Anti-blasphemy laws that punish profane or contemptuous speech, writing or actions concerning God or anything held as divine are nothing new. They’ve been around for centuries. According to […]