Rumi: The Meeting Point of the East and the West
Epigraph: “Out beyond the ideas of right-doing and wrongdoing, there is a field I will meet you there. It’s the world full of things to talk about.” Rumi Written and […]
Guantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify
Source: The Guardian By Julian Borger in Guantánamo Bay Techniques included waterboarding and other forms of torture Hopes that trial will cast more light on scale of program The two […]
Urdu Video: Building our compassion rather than our dogma
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Nobel Prize for a noble woman Refuting Islamophobia: Demystifying ‘the Other’ by Harris Zafar PM New Zealand: ‘The believers in […]
India: Citizenship Bill Discriminates Against Muslims
Source: Human Rights Watch Draft Law Favors Hindus, Other Non-Muslim Immigrants The Indian government’s proposed law to grant citizenship based on religion violates India’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch […]
Catholic abuse legal reckoning: New wave of lawsuits could cost church over $4B
Source: Global News By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the […]
Rumi and his holistic human rights theory
Source: Daily Sabah By Ergin Ergul; Associate professor in General Public Law and Rapporteur-Judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey Human rights, in its broadest definition, mean […]
A lawsuit argued the LSAT discriminates against the blind. Now it’s changing for everyone
By Ryan Prior, CNN (CNN) A man in Michigan has won a legal settlement that will change the test all prospective lawyers take to get into law school. Angelo Binno […]
Every mosque should be ‘a beacon of peace and sympathy for mankind’ – Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened in Almere by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 1stOctober 2019, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
European Court orders Bosnia to remove Orthodox church
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bosnia to remove a Serbian Orthodox church that it says was illegally built on land owned by a […]
PM Imran Khan’s Complete Speech at 74th United Nations General Assembly Session
Suggested reading US steps up pressure on China over treatment of Muslims Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe Senator Bernie Sanders: An Outstanding Jewish Champion of the Muslim Human Rights Obama: What Muhammad Ali […]
[Video] A report on the humanitarian efforts carried out by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community #HumanityFirst
Source: mtaOnline1 Serving mankind is a crucial and integral aspect of the religion of Islam. This is a feature documentary about the humanitarian efforts carried out by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the name of Islam. Production of MTA International Canada Studios
Senator Bernie Sanders: An Outstanding Jewish Champion of the Muslim Human Rights
Suggested reading for the Jewish / Muslim collaboration Houston: Islamic group hosts Sanders and Castro as rightwingers protest Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem? How can we build the Third Temple together? Archaeologists […]
Imran Khan in New York Times: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
Source: New York Times By PM Imran Khan If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer […]
In the context of Eid and Hajj: What sacrifice is all about
What sacrifice is all about JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Eid Al Adha, literally the holiday of sacrifice, is upon us, and it is time to remind believers what the holy […]
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
Source: CNN By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his […]
Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Source: Reuters BY Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday defended signing a letter along with 36 other countries in support of China’s policies in its western region […]
Sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall: Indonesia president
published : 28 Jul 2019 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the […]
Aisha Sultan: Going back to where you came from
By Aisha Sultan | July 25, 2019 A few years ago I went back to visit the country from where my parents had immigrated to America. It’s in […]
A global vision for peace by the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslims
Source: Alislam.org Fractured societies are becoming ever more polarised and are rapidly reaching a breaking point, with tensions threatening to boil over at any point. At an international level, various […]
Muslim scholar catches flak for serving on new State Department rights panel
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) — One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly […]