The jihad industry and the Muslim Identity Crisis
Source: Dawn This is the fourth and final part of a series on the Muslim identity crisis. Find part one here, part two here and part three here. The Muslim crisis of identity is […]
OSCE calls for Muslim umbrella organisation
Experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have recommended the establishment of an umbrella organisation for all Swiss Muslims. In their report, seen by the Swiss […]
Literature conference set to counter terrorism
By ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 6, 2012 01:24 Updated: Feb 6, 2012 01:24 RIYADH: Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University will organize a conference on literature to counter terrorism on Tuesday. The conference will be held under the auspices of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. It aims […]
The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World: Is it only a war against Christians?
Courtesy Newsweek: Ayan Hirsi Ali: We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because […]
Overcoming Islamophobia in American elections
Individual tolerance or fear of different groups is not confined to political elites by DR. MUQTEDAR KHAN, ARABNEWS Islam has become an important part of American discourse leading up to the 2012 federal elections and candidates everywhere appear eager to take a position on Islam for political gain. Across the […]
Libyan Sufis mark prophet’s birthday despite tension
TRIPOLI — Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, defying radical Salafi Muslims pressuring them to scrap the centuries-old tradition. Chanting hymns to the beat of drums and cymbals, marchers choked the narrow alleys of the walled old […]
Signifying Eid Milad-Un-Nabi (12th Rabi-Ul-Awwal) From Qur’an And Hadith Perspective
Source: This is not the Muslim Times’ original but the source is not available online since publication Celebrating in an event of happiness to express joy is quite human. That […]
More than Fifty different simultaneous translations of the Holy Quran in English
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Ancient Islamic architects created perfect quasicrystals
Source: Physicsworld A researcher in the US reports to have found the first examples of perfect quasicrystal patterns in Islamic architecture. Her upcoming paper also describes how the designers were […]
Multiculturalism: A blasphemy or a blessing?
Courtesy Reuters: John Lloyd Multiculturalism is a Western ideal, amounting to a secular faith. Every Western government at least mouths its mantras – that a mix of peoples in one […]
ABORTION IN THE U.S.A.
ABORTION IN THE U.S.A. In 1972, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand, there were 184 abortions per 1,000 live births in the United States; however, […]
The Rights of Children upon their Parents
Apart from the parents’ rights over their children, the Holy Qur’an also clearly mentions the rights of the children upon their parents. It declares: “They have suffered heavy loss who […]
Abortion In Islam
“And kill not the soul which Allah has forbidden save for just cause. And whoso is killed wrongfully, We have surely given his heir authority to demand retaliation, but let […]
Police: Vandalism at Mosque Likely Not a Hate Crime
The evidence at the scene indicates that the crime was a random act of destruction. By Mary C. Stachyra, CentrevillePatch Fairfax County Police believe that the recent vandalism at the construction site of a new Chantilly mosque was probably a random act of vicious vandalism, Captain Purvis Dawson, the commander […]
Stefan Weidner’s Book on Islam and the West – The End of Imperialism
Source: Qantara With his new book, Stefan Weidner would like to straighten out our simplified, cliché-ridden perception of Islam by looking at phenomena such as Sharia from an unusual perspective. […]
Omar Hamdan, Professor of Islamic Theology – The First of His Kind
Source: Qantara Germany’s first Centre of Islamic Theology was recently opened at the University of Tübingen. The head of the centre is the Koranic expert Omar Hamdan, who so far […]
Israeli millionaire builds mosque in France
Jewish businessman Robert Harush who grew up in Ashkelon spends fortune on renovation of large Muslim house of worship in Montereau, in effort to promote co-existence. He grew up in […]
Prince Charles lauds Kingdom’s hosting of Hajis
By ARAB NEWS LONDON: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne, opened the exhibition of “Haj: Journey to the Heart of Islam” in London’s British […]
Arabs to Davos: Invest in us, don’t fear us
By REUTERS ARABBEWS DAVOS: Leaders of the Arab Spring sought to assure the world’s elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy, and pleaded for help creating jobs and satisfying the hunger of their people for a better life. Politicians, activists and entrepreneurs […]
“I will not accept this”.
by Markus Schoch, Thurgauer Zeitung (Switzerland) ROMANSHORN. History repeats itself: Twice the people of Romanshorn denied Guelsen Karasu the request for Swiss citizenship. Now the naturalization commission also denies her […]