Pending blasphemy cases: Govt orders arrest of accused
It is pertinent to mention here that over 960 people had been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan from 1980 to 2009. Of these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, […]
Shariah Law Concept of Enforcement
Source / Courtesy: Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2011 By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman The idea of implementation of Shariah Law through the legislative process of a country is not new. Muslim […]
Israel ministry waits for Jewish ruling on letting women eulogize
Ministerial committee to advance status of women decided recently that Religious Services Ministry should amend burial society licenses so that women may accompany dead to graves, eulogize them at funerals. […]
Islamic Law in Western Nations
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source of the article: The Muslim Sunrise By Azhar Ahmed Hussain: a Juris Doctor candidate at Hofstra University School of Law. Islamic law and western countries have a unique relationship that spans nearly 900 years, […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or […]
Central Moscow bans alcohol for New Year: Inching towards religious prohibitions
RT: Getting a drink in Central Moscow on New Year’s eve is going to be impossible. Authorities are to ban the sale of alcohol in the city centre on New Year’s Eve night. All shops is central Moscow will stop selling all alcoholic drinks at 7pm local time on December […]
Let’s Make a New Way to Get Married and Get the State Out of the Matrimony Business
By Dr. Keith Ablow Source: Fox News com As I have predicted in the past, a new Pew Foundation study of U.S. Census data confirms what I’ve been saying — marriage in America is falling out of fashion. Among those aged 18 to 29, only 20 percent are now married, […]
Polygamous family launches challenge of Utah law
SALT LAKE CITY – Reality TV stars Kody Brown and his four wives say they just want one thing: to be left alone. As authorities investigate them for bigamy, the […]
Foundation of our morality: Islamic and Judeo-Christian tradition!
If we examine our morality in its extreme situations we may realise that clearly there are religious implications and our morality came from God and perhaps cannot fully exist without God. Our morality is rooted in the prophets of God who revealed to us the absolute standards of our Creator […]
The Root Cause of Terrorism: An Unholy Thought
This article examines the root cause, regardless of the religious or the political affiliation of the perpetrator. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
Spanish Inquisitions
This is a Wikipedia article and reproduced here to ensure longevity of its contents The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was a tribunal established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II […]
Celibacy or Islamic teaching of Chastity: that is the question?
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Hadhrat Ayesha’s Age at the Time of Her Marriage
By Shazim Ahmad (Facebook) Hadhrat Ayesha (ra) was the third wife o f the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) and the daughter of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hadhrat Zaynab (ra) (Um Rumaan). She was young when she married the Holy Prophet, but her age was never an issue until it […]
Married couples at a record low
By Carol Morello, The Washington Post The proportion of adults who are married has plunged to record lows as more people decide to live together now and wed later, reflecting decades of evolving attitudes about the role of marriage in society. Just 51 percent of all adults who are 18 […]
Religion, Politics and Human Rights
Those who do not understand the paramount necessity of the separation of Mosque-Church and State, have not read their Bible: Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the LORD […]
Polygamy: The social consequences of abuse
By TALA AL-HEJAILAN, ARABNEWS Since the turn of the 21st century, the Saudi population has grown nearly 18 percent. At present, it is estimated that Saudi Arabia’s population is expanding at a rate of 2.06 percent annually. A recent Saudi-based study shows that 34 percent of the Saudi population is […]
Bishop’s sex education remarks criticised
The bishop of the diocese of Basel, Felix Gmür, has spoken out against a controversial statement about sex education by the bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder. Gmür told the SonntagsZeitung newspaper that “teaching about human sexuality is the job of the school. It shouldn’t be relinquished”. Gmür, a member of […]
Separation of Mosque-Church and State
Source: September 2011 Alislam-eGazette This post is part of the Muslim Times’ campaign to demystify Sharia Law and diffuse the propaganda of the fundamentalist Christians and power grabbing politics of the […]
Netanyahu backs law to ban loudspeakers at mosques
Source: TOI JERUSALEM: In a controversial move, Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his support for a proposed law that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to call people to pray, stressing that “there is no need to be more liberal than Europe”. The law popularly known as the […]
Marriages of convenience now becoming a trend
By MARIAM NIHAL | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Modern-day marriages of convenience are becoming a trend according to many expatriates in the Kingdom. The expatriate community feels the rules of marriage […]