Happy Cinco de Mayo and What is the Muslim Times doing for You?
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy Cinco de Mayo to all our readers, from the whole of […]
Is India still secular?
Source: The Tribune Express By Shamim Ahmad; Published: May 3, 2015 “We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic Republic…” — […]
Islam and the Muslims in Europe: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
The Muslim Times’ Continued Focus on Racism
Epigraph: An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab. A white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any superiority over a white. — The Prophet Muhammad […]
The Muslim Times' Continued Focus on Racism
Epigraph: An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab. A white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any superiority over a white. — The Prophet Muhammad […]
Austria’s Islamic Reforms
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
Islam and Muslims in UK, Germany and France
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 may […]
Scientists Discover the Secret to Keeping Cells Young
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Time By Alice Park @aliceparkny April 30, 2015 Researchers say it may be possible to slow and even reverse aging by keeping DNA more stably packed together in […]
Report on American Psychological Association’s Role in Bush-Era Interrogation Program
Source: New York Times A new report by a group of dissident health professionals and human rights activists argues that the American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of […]
Jordan: Why I Teach Evolution to Muslim Students
Source: Nature Why I Teach Evolution to Muslim Students By Rana Dajani, who is associate professor of molecular biology at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, and a visiting scholar at the Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, UK. 22 April 2015 Certain problematic attitudes towards science have been imported into Muslim societies as […]
Survey: Islam Will Become World’s Largest Religion in 2070
Source: Voice of America At a youthful 1,400 years, Islam is the youngest of the world’s major religions — and it’s on track to be the largest sometime this century. […]
Islam finds a place in Germany's classrooms
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
Islam finds a place in Germany’s classrooms
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
#MuslimApologies is a witty and informative response to Western Islamophobia
Source: The Independent, October 2014 By AMMAR IBN AZIZ AHMED As an increasing number of people fail to see the difference between Isis and peaceful followers of Islam, Muslims have been […]
Religion and Philanthropy, A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us […]
UK: England Cricketer and Young Ahmadi Muslims to Raise 2 Million Pounds for Charities
Source: ad-hoc-news.de LONDON, April 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Former England Cricketer and Young Muslims to Raise 2 Million Pounds for Charities Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK United Kingdom Young Muslims from around the […]
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 […]
Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad Followed "The Golden Rule"
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Do to others what you want them to do to you. […]
Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad Followed “The Golden Rule”
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Do to others what you want them to do to you. […]
Russia says ISIL emergence outcome of US ‘activities’ in Mideast
Russia says ISIL emergence outcome of US ‘activities’ in Mideast Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:30PM Source: Press TV Russia’s foreign minister says the emergence of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists stems […]