When free speech costs human life
Source: The Washington Post By Qasim Rashid As with many of you, my Twitter feed spiked Wednesday with tweets about an anti-Islam filmand ensuing murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya […]
Muslim Mobs Insult Muhammad’s Legacy
by Dr. David Liepert Canadian Muslim Leader and Spokesperson, Interfaith Advisor to the Canadian Council of Imams HUFFINGTON POST Whether or not it turns out (as I expect it will) that Middle-Eastern Muslim mobs were duped by jihadist radicals — provoked by an old, fringe video to provide cover for […]
US Warning Over Anti-Islam video
U.S. warns of rising threat of violence amid outrage over anti-Islam video By the CNN Wire Staff updated 10:19 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012 Protesters chant slogans during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13. One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security […]
ICNA – Condemns attack on US Mission
ICNA condemns attacks on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya ICNA issued a press release today condemning the attacks on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, which came after the preview for an anti-Islamic film by an American filmmaker surfaced online. “ICNA strongly condemns the violent attacks […]
US sends Marines to Libya after deadly attack
Credit: TOI Obama vows to ‘bring to justice’ envoy’s killers, sends Marines to Libya BENGHAZI: The US dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday after the mob attack that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans. Officials were investigating whether the rampage was a backlash to […]
LIBYA AND EGYPT Violence Condemned byworld interfaith leader
Head of World’s Largest Interfaith Organization Condemns Libya and Egypt Violence, Calls for Deeper Look into Islamophobia and Intolerance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09-12-12 Contact: Imam Malik Mujahid, malik@soundvision.com Imam Malik Mujahid, Chairperson of the Board of the Council for the Parliament of the World Religions (www.parliamentofreligions.org), said today that the […]
U.S. officials believe Libya attack was planned: Report
Source: Yahoo news The deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya may have been a planned operation and not a spontaneous protest that turned violent, U.S. officials told the New York Times and CNN on Wednesday. Initial reports suggested that protesters in Benghazi, Libya, were angry about an online video […]
US Anti-Muslim Film ‘Designed To Enrage’
An extreme American film that ridicules the Prophet Mohammed and calls Islam a “cancer” provokes violence across Muslim countries. BY Sam Kiley SKY NEWS If there was ever a propaganda […]
US ambassador to Libya, three staff killed in rocket attack
Source: ET BEIRUT: The US ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on Tuesday in the Libyan city of Benghazi, a Libyan official said. More:
Muslim speaker takes a swing at Salafis, Theocracies and dicttatorship
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should […]
Extremists bulldoze Sufi mosque in central Tripoli
TRIPOLI — Attackers bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim tombs in the centre of Tripoli in broad daylight on Saturday, in what appeared to be Libya’s most blatant sectarian attack […]
Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
Islamic summit questioned: Can they make Amends?
Eight Islamic Sects Meet in Saudi, But Can They Make Amends? Leaders of Islamic countries pose during the official photo taking session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Mecca August 14, 2012. Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria’s membership of the OIC at a […]
Iran Summit – Egyptian President to attend
Egypt President To Visit Iran, A First In Decades by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS text size A A A CAIRO August 18, 2012, 05:18 pm ET CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, a presidential official said on Saturday, the first such trip for an Egyptian leader […]
ARAB NEWS – Islamic Solidarity Summit
Final Communiqué of Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah speaks during the OIC summit in Mecca. | | A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345175140851&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=m&text=Final%20Communiqu%C3%A9%20of%20Extraordinary%20Islamic%20Solidarity%20Summit%20%7C%20ArabNews%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129%23.UC2-YlM1NC8.twitter https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DI5V0PLgEMWQ.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!YLz4zcRjznaA2Lb5GQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOZFeBWoUW9R3WD-JeCrvEkHSfOUQ#id=I1_1345175140157&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&rpctoken=970645997&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=100&action=like&font=arial&layout=button_count ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it […]
Libyan government will pay $ 80 billion as compensation to the Jews who were expelled from the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Alseefa.net in its edition that was released on 2 – Aug Aharonot newspaper Alasraúlah of the Jewish political Moshe Katz, an article in which he said verbatim: Israel has obtained a legally binding written undertaking from the Libyan government and the Transitional Council to give the Libyans Jews the amount […]
King Abdullah’s Islamic Unity Vision Applaued
King Abdullah’s Islamic unity vision lauded Faheem Al-Hamid and Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Faal Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Islamic unity vision of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and his initiative to convene the Islamic solidarity summit in Makkah this week has come for all-round praise from Arab and Muslim […]
Miraj physical or spiritual important perspective
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page In the month of Ramadan Muslims around the world struggle to deal with the Miraj – the accession to heaven by the Holy Prophet of Islam that to us Ahmadi Muslim is pretty clear was […]
ICRC vows to maintain presence in Libya
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
FIJISUN – Violence erupts at anti-Islam rally-Sweden and Islam updates
Violence erupts at anti-Islam protest in Sweden The Associated Press Published: Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 – 6:25 am Last Modified: Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 – 8:56 am STOCKHOLM — Swedish activists clashed with police amid a hail of bottles and fireworks in downtown Stockholm on Saturday as they tried to break […]