Source: The Independent Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Around 300 years ago, the bazaars of the Middle East were overflowing with luxury goods. The commercial centres of the region attracted all variety of fortune seekers, speaking numerous languages. There was nothing to indicate that the region would not continue to be […]
theguardian: Haroon Siddique. The call to prayer sounds and a serious-looking man with a bushy beard stares intently at the camera. At first appearance it is a familiar image of an angry Muslim but as the man breaks into laughter and begins to talk about his pride in being British, […]
Prologue If the Muslim Times’ highlighted articles are boring to you, it may be that you need to read more of them, as was suggested by John Cage, who was […]
Source: Examiner The belief that the last prophet, Muhammad (PBUH), has already come and gone and the assertions that Jesus (as) would descend to earth as a prophet after him […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Prologue There are only 100 Senators in USA Senate, two from each state and they are the elite of […]
By: Rabbi Rachel Gartner Source: The Huffington Post The Talmud teaches that Hanukkah menorahs should be placed in the window to fulfill the commandment of pirsumei hanes, publicizing the miracle. The Hanukkah miracles of resilience and faith are meant to be shared. Because the miracles we choose retell are the ones […]
Riyadh: The editor of a Saudi Arabian website could be sentenced to death after a judge cited him for apostasy and moved his case to a higher court, the monitoring group Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. Raif Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website to discuss the role […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “Once the world of ideas has been transformed, reality cannot hold out for long.” “The history of the world is none […]
CGNewsService: Robert Amir Berry. By avoiding stereotyping and making sure headlines and quotes do not misrepresent a situation, editors and journalists can help reduce those same stereotypes, and arguably instances of violence as well. New York City – The question of how media can play a role in defusing or […]
Huff Post: Wardah Khalid. Just outside the front doors stood several men holding signs that insulted the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They had planted themselves there several hours prior to the start of the convention and were making it quite clear that they were vehemently opposed to Islam and any Christians […]
Daily Times: Babar Ayaz. Extremists give religious cover to all anti-women social and cultural values of the tribal and feudal societies and innovation: Ijtihad or Ijma Women rights activists are gearing up the world over to celebrate the ‘One Billion Rising’ of women and men against ‘violence against women’. The […]
The following is an incident from the life of our beloved Holy Prophet(saw) taken from the Book, The Introduction to the Study of The Holy Quran: The Holy Prophet fell ill. For some days he continued to visit the mosque and lead the prayers. Then he became too weak to do […]
Epigraph: “And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’” (Al Quran 81:9-10) Source: By Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN, Times of India MUMBAI: After studying repercussions of one-sided pronouncement of talaq by Muslim men for months, several Muslim women groups have demanded a ban on […]
by Nadeem Qureshi (who is NOT a member of the Ahmadiyya Community). an interesting blog: for the full article please click here: ( I invite the readers to join me […]
Extreme anti-Islam posters to cover New York subway stations next week The National Post: Anti-Islam posters with depictions of the World Trade Towers in flames will be plastered around 50 different New York MTA stations beginning December 17. The $10,000-plus campaign is part of an ongoing campaign by Pamela Geller, […]
Baroness Warsi may have opted for shalwar khameez for her first meeting of the cabinet in May 2010, but for many Muslim women, the struggle is to downplay ethnic or religious difference in order to find acceptance – and employment. A recent parliamentary report found that Muslim women often feel […]
DR. MUZAMMIL H. SIDDIQI ARABNEWS Friday 7 December 2012 God has granted intellect to human beings. The intellect entails responsibility. The more intellect a person has, the more he/she is […]
Dawn.com: By Munir Akram, former Pakistan ambassador to the UN FROM the desert of the Sahel to the islands of the Pacific, Muslim peoples and states are today afflicted by conflicts and violence of varying dimensions and intensity. The malicious myth propagated by Islam’s adversaries is that Muslims are prone […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD In a recent CNN video clip, in the context of the World AIDS Day, it was documented that the Secretary of State, […]