A Muslim’s Christmas Message
Source: Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry Physician, writer and human rights activist Christmas is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar. Granted it has largely been turned […]
If Islam Is Un-American, so Are Christianity and Judaism
Source: Huffington Post By Warren J. Blumenfeld Independent Writer “[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our representatives can figure out what’s […]
A Religious Forecast For 2050: Atheism Is Down, Islam Is Rising
Source: NPR By the end of the century, Muslims could outnumber Christians for the first time in history, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center. “Another way of […]
On Muslims, Democrats Turn To An Unlikely Ally: George W. Bush
Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Taunted by Republicans to declare war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” Democrats are turning to an unlikely ally: George W. Bush. President Barack Obama, under […]
An Open Letter to Fellow Educators & Leaders Regarding Religious Literacy in Schools
Source: Huffington Post By Anisha Ismail Patel Founder & CEdO of InnovusED . Global Educator. Social Entrepreneur . Promotes Women & Youth Service Leadership As 2015 rolls to a close, […]
Prevent will discourage the very students who can help fight extremism
Source: The Guardian By Hicham Yezza It’s the stuff of farce. A Muslim postgraduate student of counter-terrorism, spotted reading a textbook entitled Terrorism Studies in the library, isaccused by his own […]
Prevent programme ‘lacking referrals from Muslim community’
Source: The Guardian A fraction of referrals to a key government anti-terror scheme are being made from within the Muslim community, leading to widespread distrust and threats of a national […]
How ‘Islamic’ is ISIS? This debate does not matter
Saturday, 26 December 2015 Abdullah Hamidaddin In recent weeks, there has been much debate about how “Islamic” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is. Some people falsely claim it represents “pure” Islam, while others insist ISIS is totally out of line with the teachings of the Prophet Mohammad, […]
Jinnah, Islam, Secularism and Pakistan: Resolving Contradictions
By Dr. Abdul Alim for The Muslim Times: On the eve of Christmas and the day before the birth anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan Yesterday I […]
24,000 Sign Letter Of ‘Radical Love’ In Support Of American Muslims
Source: Huffington Post More than 24,000 people have signed a letter of support for America’s Muslim communities, promising to build a “circle of protection” to defend them from hate and […]
Uneducated Kenyan Muslims smarter than Trump and Many Republicans
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Any one who saves a life would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity; by his or […]
A Message From Your Muslim Neighbors
Source: Huffington Post By Melody Moezzi Author, Attorney, Activist, UN Global Expert As someone who writes about the news, I can’t exactly ignore it. Still, lately, I have been tempted. So […]
Do Christians, Muslims and Jews worship the same God?
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: We all pray to and believe in God the Father in the Christian tradition and so did Jesus. Source: CNN (CNN) – Pope Francis surprised […]
The Islamist war on secular bloggers in Bangladesh
Source: The New Yorker On the afternoon of February 26th, Avijit Roy was in Dhaka, finishing a column for BDNews24, a Bangladeshi Web site of news and commentary. Its title, […]
Promised Messiah: The exalted status of The Holy Prophet (saw)
Alislam.org: By Khalifa of Islam; After greeting everyone with “Assalamo-Alaikum wa Rahmatullah” – peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah – and bearing witness to the absolute Unity of Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger and Servant, and seeking the protection of Allah against Satan, Huzur Aqdas […]
Is Indonesia winning its fight against Islamic extremism?
Source: BBC Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but are its local Islamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism? As I thread my way through crowds […]
Video: Here’s What Happens When People Think Bible Passages Are From The Quran
Source: Huffington Post How do people perceive Bible verses if they think they’re coming from the Quran? Dutch YouTube duo Dit Is Normaal decided to conducted a social experiment following […]
Muslim Brotherhood are possible extremists, David Cameron says
Source: The Guardian David Cameron has described members of the Muslim Brotherhood as possible extremists but stopped short of banning the group after a long-delayed official inquiry into its activities […]
Pakistan is still trying to get a grip on its madrassa problem
Source: The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a country that has more than 20,000 religious schools, Pakistani investigators say the madrassa where Tashfeen Malik studied the Koran doesn’t stand […]
America Needs More Imams
Source: Slate One of many ugly patterns since Sept. 11, 2001, is that those who say they are worried about Islamic terrorism often fight to keep mosques out of their […]