Video: Karen Armstrong: Let’s revive the Golden Rule
Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion’s role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for common good? […]
BBC 2 Debate – Has Human Rights achieved more than Religion? The Big Questions
The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world, for our collection of articles on this theme. #BBC 2 Debate – Has Human #Rights achieved more than […]
NY Times’ Op-Ed: The New Romantics in the Computer Age
Source: NY Times By David Brooks Just once I’d like to have a college student come up to me and say, “I really wanted to major in accounting, but my parents […]
Video: Egyptian Billionaire’s plan to help refugees: Buy them an island
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/7.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/news/2015/09/04/billionaire-refugees-island.cnnmoney Source: CNN Money An Egyptian billionaire is offering to buy an island for people fleeing to Europe from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa. Naguib Sawiris, one […]
US torture report: psychologists should no longer aid military, group says
Epigraph: One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated. The two […]
Is Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
Is Pakistan's Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
Ahmadis referenced in Reclaiming Pakistan by Jibran Nasir: Muslim News, San Franciso
Jibran Nasir on Reclaiming Pakistan references killing of Ahmadis A TALK4PAK EVENT at Fremont Mehran Restaurant By Dr. H. Koya, San Francisco Bay Area. https://fbcdn-vthumb-a.akamaihd.net/hvthumb-ak-xaf1/v/t15.0-10/s480x480/11095245_10207029298151275_706616605_n.jpg?oh=ab4755689b33b51d2ddf83803b542411&oe=55C2B9CC&__gda__=1439360669_b6d55f40a9f3b584bfb3b0f9526f7c70 (Also see attached word doc) FREMONT (Mehran Restaurant) More 200 people attended a hurriedly organized lunch by TALK4PAK group here today featuring visiting public speaker […]
Who is killing the good ones?
Dawn: RECENTLY, civil society activists gathered in several towns to shed their tears for their brutally cut down heroes — Perween Rahman, Rashid Rehman and Sabeen Mahmud prominent among them. Was their wail heard in the halls of power? For years and years, the people of Pakistan have been treated […]
Human Rights, Human Principles, and the Case of Derogatory Cartoons
February 2012 Review of Religions Jonathan Butterworth – UK Background In 2005, the Danish daily newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published derogatory cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad(saw), the Founder of Islam. In its editorial, the newspaper argued that Muslims should endure insults and mockery, like all others. As shockwaves of indignation spread across […]
Freddie Gray death: Baltimore Protest to grow as union compares it to ‘lynch mob’
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Freddie Gray death: Baltimore Protest to grow as union compares it to 'lynch mob'
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Mediterranean migrants: Hundreds feared dead after boat capsizes
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and of unlimited value, regardless of religion, race, nationality or social status, otherwise none is. (Derived from Al Quran 5:33) Source: BBC Hundreds of […]
Jorge Ramos: A Voice for the Immigrants in USA
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Time Jorge Ramos is silver-haired and gray-eyed, but inside that ring of steel beats a heart of gold. Ramos wrangles with President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner; […]
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 […]
Human Rights, Human Principles, and the Case of Derogatory Cartoons
Background In 2005, the Danish daily newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published derogatory cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad(saw), the Founder of Islam. In its editorial, the newspaper argued that Muslims should endure insults and mockery, like all others. As shockwaves of indignation spread across the Muslim world, the uninformed, misled by the Mullah, […]
Video: Debate: Should human rights always outweigh religious rights?
The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world, for our collection of articles on this theme.
Washington Post: I used to be a free speech absolutist; Charlie Hebdo changed that
Washington Post: By Andrés Martinez January 26 2015. Andres Martinez is editorial director of Zocalo Public Square, for which he writes the Trade Winds column. He teaches journalism at Arizona […]
Saudi Arabia publicly beheads woman in holy Mecca as blogger lashings are postponed
Source: independent.co.uk Authorities in Saudi Arabia have publicly beheaded a woman in Islam’s holy city of Mecca, prompting further criticism of the country’s human rights record. More….http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-publicly-beheads-woman-in-holy-mecca-as-blogger-set-to-receive-second-lashing-9982134.html