Muhammad: A Consistent Protector of Minority Rights
During this month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims are celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him. He was born in the sixth century in the […]
Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission about Ahmadiyya Persecution
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 […]
UNAOC Welcomes World Interfaith Harmony Week
The UN Alliance of Civilizations High Representative, President Jorge Sampaio, has welcomed the establishment of the World Interfaith Harmony Week from 1 to 7 February, 2012. On October 20, 2011, […]
Taslima’s book launch cancelled
Source: BDNews24 Dhaka, Feb 1 (bdnews24.com) – Kolkata Book Fair cancelled the release of Taslima Nasreen’s latest book, Nirbashan, which was scheduled at 3 pm Tuesday. The organisers of the fair, Publishers and Booksellers Guild, telephoned the publisher to cancel the auditorium booking, The Times of India said. “We were […]
Ewan-e-Tauheed under threat of demolition
DAWN.COM By Faiza Mirza RAWALPINDI: Worshippers at Ewan-e-Tauheed, which is the main worship site for Ahmadis in Rawalpindi, fear that the building will be demolished because of the recent propaganda […]
What People Talk about Before They Die
Source: CNN Author: Kerry Egan As a divinity school student, I had just started working as a student chaplain at a cancer hospital when my professor asked me about my […]
Liam Neeson says he is thinking of becoming a Muslim
Source / Courtesy: National Post Scott Maniquet Jan 25, 2012 – 4:31 PM ET Chief Editor’s comment: We extend a cordial invitation to Liam Neeson to visit the Muslim Times […]
Calling it sharia shouldn’t make it scary
Philadelphia – What’s so scary about sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court – one level below the Supreme Court – […]
Atheism and Pancasila
Atheism does not violate Pancasila. All Indonesians may consciously and rationally choose their own beliefs. The country’s very foundation protects their right to do so.’ Alexander Aan, a civil servant […]
The religious case for legalized abortion
Credit: Washington Post Religious leaders have been in the forefront of the movement for abortion rights for more than fifty years, advocating for women to be able to make their own moral decisions. Leaders of all faiths should offer their counsel compassionately, competently, and justly to individuals and to families. […]
A Cordial invitation to Sir David Attenborough to be a Theist
First of all I want to thank Sir David Attenborough for all the great documentaries he has produced about nature, animal and plant kingdom. I have watched most if not […]
Asad Leopold Weiss: A prominent scholar
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABBEWS He was a journalist, a writer, a linguist, a thinker, a reformer, a diplomat, a political theorist, a scholar and translator of the Holy Qur’an. […]
Judaism and Islam in America –
http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/104712/sec_id/104712 Dialogue with Radical Muslims is Dangerous for American Jews by Jerry Gordon (January 2012) Introduction Jewish interfaith dialogue with Muslims has moved beyond mere episodes to one of joint services and soon, joint sanctuaries. It is an insidious form of Da’wah (call to Islam) that some Jewish communal groups […]
Jamaatud Dawa don’t want Ahmadis praying in Pindi
Tribune: The threats against the Ahmadi community keep coming. This time a ‘banned’ Jihadi organisation is joining hands with local traders to hold a rally near an Ahmadi religious centre […]
Human Empowerment Through Female Education.
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How to Integrate Europe’s Muslims
Source: NY Times Op Ed. By JONATHAN LAURENCE, Associate professor, Boston College. TWO weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand after a 30-year-old truck driver, Wissam El-Yamni, was roughed up and then died while in police custody. The uproar underscored the hostility of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims
Relegion and Ethics: KIM LAWTON (Correspondent): In New York’s Times Square, it was an unexpected sight: Nestled amid ads for rum and hit TV shows, a sign proclaiming that Muslims […]
The threat within
REPORTS of an attempted coup in Bangladesh by serving and retired military officials in connivance with a banned Islamist group, Hizbut Tahrir, having been foiled by Bangladeshi authorities over the weekend is a reminder of the potentially catastrophic nexus between radical Islam and the armed forces in Pakistan too. The […]
Muslims Seek to Educate Lawmakers about Shariah
Oldest American-Muslim organization calls for end to fear mongering The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA calls for an end to the growing fear of Islamic Shariah in the United States. Shariah is not a threat to our nation. Instead, Shariah is a set of Islamic regulations and guidelines that govern the […]
Foiled Coup, fingers pointed at religious fanatics
Source: The Daily Star. Bangladesh Civil society members’ reaction – Noted economist and academician Prof Muzaffer Ahmad said the coup attempt is the result of ‘unrest’ prevailing in society. “The military force is not isolated from our society. The force is influenced by ongoing unrest in our society,” he said. He […]