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, […]
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 […]
Dr. Walid Ahmad Fitaihi ‘Gap is widening between application of religious regulations and realities of life’Islam is a practical religion that aims to regulate people’s life in the best possible manner. Since its laws are logical, Shariah has in its inner depths a mechanism to adapt to changing times and […]
by Nina Achmatova The Supreme Court ordered the Centre linked to the Council of muftis, to cease all activities. According to analysts and members of the Centre, the Kremlin wants to bring the Muslim community under the control of a single organization loyal to the state. Moscow (AsiaNews) – According […]
Two traditions that have been mainstays of Judaism are under attack in different parts of the world these days for the same reason: people who feel morally superior have decided that circumcision and Jewish dietary requirements for animal slaughter are cruel and inhumane. As a political progressive, as a member […]
By MAHMOOD RAFIQUE | ARAB NEWS MANAMA: Bahrain has pioneered the modern Islamic finance industry in the region, as its history on Islamic finance goes back to more than 40 years, according to a senior central bank official. “We have continued to play a pioneering role in the Islamic finance […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of judges in Jeddah have started giving alternative punishments instead of imprisonment for crimes on which no clear-cut Shariah rules are available, lawyer Ghazi Al-Sabban, member of the committee to care for prisoners and their families (Tarahum), told Arab News on […]
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) – A frail man sits in chains inside a dank, cold prison cell. He has escaped death before but now realizes that his execution is drawing near. “I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come,” […]
Years of conflict in Iraq have left the country with more than one million war widows and a shortage of young unmarried men – pressures that may be bringing about the return of polygamy. Politicians have suggested financial incentives for men who marry widows. Hanan lost eight members of her […]
MUSCAT: The Majlis Al Shura yesterday approved the recommendations of the Majlis Al Shura Health and Social Committee’s report on the Marriage Support Fund. The Majlis decided to present the report to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. The approval came after expanded and detailed discussions by members of the […]
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The family of a Sri Lankan maid who was murdered by a Saudi sponsor’s wife received SR40,000 as compensation for the death, the Sri Lankan Embassy told Arab News here Friday. The autopsy report of the maid, identified as 36-year-old Pospawalli Selladurai, revealed […]
Mladic’s capture signals that justice will eventually catch up with mass murderers SERBIA has finally “captured” the Serbian mass murderer Ratko Mladic. One of the three Butchers of Balkans — the other two being the late Slobodan Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic — Mladic eluded international justice for 17 years although […]
“The inspiration of this post is the article Forgotten: Sir Zafarullah Khan posted on ATP in February 2007. I wanted to produce the same article with some more references. I must acknowledge that ATP is doing a better job of showing honest past and present of Pakistan than the main […]
Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Sahib Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani diplomat, Pakistan’s first foreign minister, renowned international jurist and a scholar of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Community. Khan was born on February 6, 1893, in Sialkot, India, the son of Nasrullah […]
This newspaper roundly condemned the province of Quebec’s religious studies curriculum in an editorial published May 24, “Moral relativism in the classroom.” The program, known as Ethics and Religious Culture, dares teach children that all religions are worthy of respect. The editors wrote: “Normative pluralism is moral relativism, the notion […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: People in the Grand Mosque will have a rare celestial treat on Saturday when they see the sun straight above them. It is a rare phenomenon that helps worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon is the first this year […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Outraged over the maltreatment of one of its female representatives by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), the German Tourism Commission abruptly bowed out Wednesday of the Riyadh International Exhibition for Travel. Regional director for sales and marketing […]
(CNN) — Police in Serbia have arrested former Serbian military commander Ratko Mladic, the highest-ranking war crimes suspect still at large from the Balkan wars of the 1990s, Serbia’s president announced Thursday. “Today we arrested Ratko Mladic,” Serbian President Boris Tadic said. Tadic said Mladic was detained in Serbia. The […]
The Federal Health Office will launch its latest alcohol prevention campaign on Saturday, beginning a so-called dialogue week. There will be more than 260 different activities, including driving simulations, sport and working in a bar. They will take place at 620 locations across the country such as hospitals and libraries […]
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Madinah Gov. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majed will sponsor on Tuesday the graduation ceremony of the 47th batch of graduates from the Islamic University in Madinah, rector Muhamamd bin Ali Al-Oukala has announced. He said the graduates came from 160 countries around the […]