Ghamidi’s Video: Secularism vs Islam?
Promoted post: Dr. Israr Ahmad: How Not to Read the Quran in A Rigid And Islamist Paradigm? and Urdu Videos: Dr. Israr Ahmad Versus Ghamdi: Islamism Versus Secularism Presented by […]
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk: Turkey Is “Clearly on the Side of the West”
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk on Russia’s War of Aggression In an interview, Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk says that autocrats like Vladimir Putin will ultimately lose in the long run. He […]
Iranian ambassador to UK removed from post over hijab incident
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Mohsen Baharvand ordered back to Tehran after video shows some women with heads uncovered at embassy reception The Iranian ambassador to the UK […]
Video: Mohammad Tawhidi On Islamism
Mohammad Tawhidi is an Australian Shia Muslim influencer and reformist Imam.[1][2] Tawhidi has been embraced by a number of Western far-right[3][1][4] and Islamophobic groups.[3][1][5][6] Tawhidi had earlier held Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi as his marja taqlid. Since 2015, Tawhidi has stated that […]
The Fall and Rise of the Taliban
Source: Dawn Zahid Hussain It was a breathtaking 11-day blitz across Afghanistan that got the Taliban forces to Kabul. All the big cities on the way had fallen without any […]
Imran Khan’s dangerous bid to export Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Source: Spectator By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid mran Khan appears to want to impose Islamic blasphemy laws across the world. ‘I want the Muslim countries to devise a joint line of […]
The danger of Dawat-e-Islami
by J.M. Phelps American Spectator November 18, 2020 Barelvi Islam is one of the leading Islamic sects of South Asia. Despite its leading role in anti-French threats and protests in recent weeks, the Barelvis and their Sufi practices are often otherwise praised as the moderate counterpoint to more extreme manifestations […]
If We give up Islamism and Jewish and Christian Sharia in State Affairs, What is Left is Human Rights and Coexistence
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century My main suggestion to the open minded […]
Does UK Need a British Islam: BBC Big Questions Debate?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for promoting secularism in every country of the world I came to a screeching halt when I saw […]
Ordinance XX- A legal analysis
Source: Daily Times Last week marked 36 years since the mighty General, Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth and longest-serving head of the state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan promulgated the infamous […]
Can Islamist moderates remake the politics of the Muslim world?
Source: THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR By Taylor Luck Alaa Faroukh insists he is the future. After nearly a decade in the Muslim Brotherhood, he says that he has finally found harmony between […]
Austria to shut seven ‘political’ mosques and expel imams
Source: BBC Austria has said it will close down seven mosques and expel imams who it says are funded by foreign countries. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the move was a […]
Encourage moves toward religious freedom by Islamic leaders
By Johnnie Moore, who is a Southern Baptist minister from California and was the 2017 recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “medal of valor” for his work on behalf of […]
Our Renaming of Dawn’s Editorial: Pakistan’s March to Islamism
Dawn Editorial: Faizabad surrender is a blow to the legitimacy of government and all state institutions Source: Dawn IT is a surrender so abject that the mind is numb and […]
Book Review: Boko Haram – The History of an African Jihadist Movement
Publisher: Princeton University Press Author: Alexandar Thurston, is visiting assistant professor of African studies at Georgetown University and the author of Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching, and Politics. A comprehensive […]
Islamic world replete with conflicts over who is actually a Muslim
Source: Cleveland.com By Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in North Carolina, where he is a member of the Muslim Student Association. The […]
Bangladesh clerics issue fatwa on Islamist killings
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo News Bangladeshi clerics said Monday they have issued a […]
Muslim nations form coalition to fight terror, call Islamic extremism ‘disease’
By Ed Payne, CNN (CNN) Calling Islamic extremism a disease, Saudi Arabia has announced the formation of a coalition of 34 predominately Muslim nations to fight terrorism. “This announcement comes from […]
Demystifying Prophethood, Theocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship
August 17, 2015 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Today, Egypt’s al-Sisi imposed strict anti-terrorism laws. The laws establish special courts and […]