Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Reza Aslan and Harris Zafar / February 29, 2012 There are those who would have you believe that Islamic law, or sharia, is taking over America. […]
Good discussion, by two non-Ahmadi Canadian-Muslims, trying to bring outrage against religious discrimination and violence in Pakistan. Separation of Mosque-Church and State is a pressing issue in our Global Village and the Muslim Times has a tab for it under Law and Religion, with several insightful articles and other contributions […]
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int’l Desk, Source/Credit: The News | Pakistan By Khalid Hurral | February 27, 2012 JHANG: Four Danish nationals have been booked under the blasphemy law in Jhang. […]
THERE are many in Pakistan who argue that the problem with the country is not its uneducated millions, but its educated: those who ought to know better (and too often, to the detriment of the rest of the country, operate under the belief that they do). Let us take the […]
Dawn: Hajra Mumtaz: THERE are many in Pakistan who argue that the problem with the country is not its uneducated millions, but its educated: those who ought to know better […]
Dailytimes: Opinion: Yasir Latif Hamdani: To Jinnah, the question of representation of the legitimate interests of the Muslim minority in United India was a political question and not a religious one. […]
The Jakarta Post For the umpteenth time we have heard President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono speak about his commitment to human rights protection and religious tolerance. But several cases recently give […]
CTV News A mandatory ethics and religion course in Quebec schools is constitutional, Canada’s top court ruled Friday. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously the course doesn’t violate freedom […]
Whilst democracy as practiced by the present dispensation ekes out its revenge upon the Pakistani nation, accompanied by the contempt held, not only for the Supreme Court of the land but for the people at large, an unhealthy segment of the national mindset is sinking into the national sewerage system. […]
The Daily Telegraph: Christians must choose between their religion and obeying the law, according to Trevor Phillips, the human rights watchdog. He declared that Christians who want to be exempt […]
Express Tribune: A majority of Pakistan’s internet users say they consider themselves ‘Muslim first’ (49%) , ‘Pakistani’ second (28%) while 23% voted ‘Other’, a survey conducted by The Express Tribunefound. On the […]
By Zia H Shah MD Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon (Courtesy: Wikipedia) The Judgment of Solomon refers to a story from the Hebrew Bible in which King Solomon of […]
In the 10-years following 9/11 Osama bin Laden had a lot of time to ponder his decisions, and some of the conclusions he came to have just come to light through the man’s brother-in-law. Julian Thompson at The Sunday Times reports bin Laden pressed his two younger children, four and five […]
Source: Alislam-eGazette By Abdul Haq Compier Religious tolerance may seem very self-evident to the modern reader, who is educated to believe that tolerance is one of the fundamental values upon […]
Barred: Lawyers ban drink on court complex The Express Tribune: By Rana Yasif The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) has banned Shezan drinks from subordinate court complexes and vowed tough action […]
The Daily Telegraph: The sensational prediction was allegedly made by Cardinal Paolo Romeo, the archbishop of Palermo in Sicily, on a recent visit to China. Cardinal Romeo reportedly made the startling prediction of the Pope’s death during a trip to China in November 2011. He seemed so sure of the […]
NY Times: Of 14,000 murders last year in the US not a single was attributed to Islamist radicalism. A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not […]
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – A challenge to Utah’s bigamy law made by the stars of television’s “Sister Wives” will move forward, a federal judge ruled, but […]
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 […]
Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-025-2012 February 3, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The Ahmadiyya community has once again been targeted […]