Source: Independent By Mariam Hakim Monday 15 February 2016 17:12 BST There are references to sex slavery in the Quran – but when you read them in context, the meaning […]
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Executive Summary of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities 25th-27th January 2016 WHEREAS, conditions in various parts of the Muslim World have deteriorated dangerously due to the use of violence and armed struggle […]
01/19/2016 Kabir Helminski; Sufi shaikh and author A kind Rabbi, interested in building bridges between Islam and Judaism, recently wrote to me and suggested that I would be destroying my credibility by “trying to whitewash Islam.” I thanked him for taking the time to write and for offering his opinion. […]
February 11, 2016 – News Code : 734443 Source : Agencies A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. While pursuing her […]
02/08/2016 John BartonProfessor (Pepperdine University), African development partner (Kibo Group), interfaith activist Recently, a teenage Muslim in Pakistan cut off his own hand because he believed it caused him to commit blasphemy. At the local mosque, the imam asked for a show of hands of those who do NOT love […]
02/12/2016 Michael A. MoodianWriter, educator, nonprofit leader, Southern California native Southern California has a thriving and eclectic fine arts scene, and the husband-wife team of painter Sandow Birk and ceramicist Elyse Pignolet are two of the region’s finest visual artists. Birk and Pignolet are notable for capturing the zeitgeist of […]
The Independent: An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found killing and destruction occur more frequently in the Christian texts than the Islamic. Investigating whether […]
Source: Independent The Old Testament was found to be more than twice as violent as the Quran An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living The […]
By Olamide Oni; who is a Senior Associate at Pulse. She is a creative writer, music lover, and a borderline-obsessed Harry Potter fan. When she isn’t working on her first […]
Source: Gulf News Dubai: A leading UAE scholar has called for more research into the oldest Quranic manuscript found at the University of Birmingham, after new theories have shed light […]
Source: Arab News By SHAHUL HAMEED Is it really good to get the correct message of Islam and so become a believer? How about those who never received the message […]
Source: The Sun Chronicle ATTLEBORO In an effort to bridge the faiths of Muslims and others, the Quran, Islam’s holy book, is being displayed at Attleboro Public Library. A major […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) Summit of Mount Sinai Highest […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame? Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Source: Huffington Post BY JONATHAN LANDAY, WARREN STROBEL […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH LALEH BAKHTIAR LALEH BAKHTIAR, USA As the first American woman to translate the Quran into English, Laleh Bakhtiar corrects often misinterpreted verses on women’s treatment by re-infusing the translation with a feminine perspective. In this interview with Muslima curator Samina Ali, Laleh discusses her experience interpreting the […]
Source: BBC When the University of Birmingham revealed that it had fragments from one of the world’s oldest Korans, it made headlines around the world. In terms of discoveries, it […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Istanbul: Prof. Dr Svetan Teofanov, a Classical Arabic Studies lecturer at the Sofia University, has […]
Source: Huffington Post How do people perceive Bible verses if they think they’re coming from the Quran? Dutch YouTube duo Dit Is Normaal decided to conducted a social experiment following […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Kamaldeen Ayodele Muili Research Scientist, Ohio State University The spate of violent crimes being committed by mentally deranged, religious hypocrites is very concerning, and could not have been ordered by God the Almighty. Thus crime and terrorism such as San Bernadino, Paris massacre, Charlie Hebdo shooting […]