TDM Contracting was only a month old when it won its first job, an $8.2 million contract to build the Harmony School of Innovation, a publicly financed charter school that opened last fall in San Antonio. It was one of six big charter school contracts TDM and another upstart company […]
By MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The permanent committee for issuing religious edicts, chaired by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, has banned the mingling of men and women at offices and educational institutions. “Women are not allowed to work with men. For example, they cannot work as secretaries for […]
Sexual addiction forces sensible and successful men to resort to senseless behavior. The Quranic teachings aim at promoting chastity and purifying human character by introducing modesty in dress and some restraint in interaction with opposite gender. For example, the Holy Quran says: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes […]
BANGKOK – ALMOST 100 Pakistani refugees have been freed from Bangkok’s overcrowded immigration prison in an initiative spearheaded by Thai human rights activists. The Thai Committee for Refugees says the 96 members of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslim sect were freed on bail on Monday in the first such large-scale release of […]
By MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Social Development Forum, opened by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal on Saturday, discussed a number of new initiatives to boost social development. It also emphasized the need to promote education and volunteer services. There was a special session on the role of […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is currently discussing a proposal to finance the construction of a new SR600 million parliament complex in Albania, a nation with a predominantly Muslim population in southeast Europe. The Kingdom, in a gesture of solidarity and support for Albania, is willing […]
The Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, was Rahmatullil Almeen – mercy for all the worlds, his entire life is manifestation of great love and mercy towards all mankind as well as animals. Few examples of his mercy towards animals are presented below. He used to relate the story of a woman who found a […]
DURING the first half of the 20th century, millions of Muslim women decided to abandon the head coverings their mothers had used; in the second half of the century, millions of Muslim women resumed wearing the veil. How and why these fluctuations of personal habit affected so many across the […]
By NASIM CHOWDHURY | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Grand Mosque in Makkah is a very long distance in every sense of the word from Camp Delta, the infamous US Navy detention center at the base at Guantanamo Bay, but life has its ironies and this one involves the journey made […]
Muslim Americans deserve a break. There are as many as six to eight million Muslims living in the United States and contributing to the country as doctors, engineers, artists, actors and professionals, but for a decade many have found themselves and their religion wrongly equated with the acts of terrorists […]
By CECILIA NASMITH, NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY PORT HOPE — The Port Hope Public Library hosts an open house on the Holy Quran tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is one of three taking place in Ontario that day as part of a tour by representatives of the Ahmadiyya […]
Bangladesh, in a dramatic U-turn from secularism, will adopt Islam as the state religion and allow religion-based political parties to function. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came out in favour of retaining Islam as the state religion, moving away from/flouting the secular provisions in the constitution that were incorporated […]
JENNIFER O’BRIEN, QMI AGENCY LONDON, Ont. – A UWO-affiliated college is caught in the crossfire of a decision to accept money from two Muslim groups — one local, one international — to help fund a new chair in Islamic studies. Critics contend there’s a link there to violent jihadism and […]
United Nations Human Rights Council, 16th session, Geneva – 28 February 25 March 2011: Agenda Item 8: General Debate on Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Oral Statement by Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam On behalf of International Club for Peace Research Madame President, […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The introduction of advanced technology to make Haj and Umrah more comfortable for pilgrims will be the main topic at a forum looking at the annual pilgrimages. The forum of Haj studies will be organized by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute of Haj […]
OFTEN people object to the term ‘feminism’ as being a western one. One maulana when invited to speak in a workshop of this title refused to come as he considered feminism un-Islamic. Is the use of this term objectionable from an Islamic viewpoint? Not at all. In fact, Islam is […]
An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead to the inevitable conclusion that Muhammad, may peace be on him, was the Light of the Dark Ages. John Davenport writes in an apology for Mohammed and the Koran: “It is in the compositions of Friar […]
KLANG: The Sultan of Selangor hopes the newly-constructed Masjid Istana Diraja will be used to strengthen family ties among members of the state royalty. “I understand there are about 1,000 of my kin and Selangor royalty (kerabat). “I hope this mosque will be a suitable centre to unify them and […]
By ROBERTA FEDELE Considered an emblem of the Christian Middle Ages and a central author of the Western tradition, Italian writer Dante Alighieri unintentionally reveals a lot about the influence of Islamic thought and models on Christian Europe. This is especially true of his masterpiece, “The Divine Comedy”, regarded as a prodigy […]
The president of the Republic (of The Gambia) has once again denounced the use of the noble Islamic religion by “extremists” as a coat to engage in violent activities that are catastrophic and done in the name of “so-called jihad” waged on innocent people, especially Muslims. He denounced these acts […]