Source: Huffington Post It’s the latest development in a contentious legal battle over government-sponsored religion and prayer. By Nick Wing A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that a government […]
Source: NPR BY MICHAEL MILLER In 1925, the Scopes Trial sparked national debates about creationism and secularism, and put Dayton, Tenn., on the map. Now another debate is happening in […]
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol In June, Americans in about two dozen cities joined a “March Against Sharia.” For these protesters, the Arabic term is a code […]
Source: Arab News JEDDAH: The winner of the King Faisal International Prize 2017 for Islamic Studies, Prof. Ridwan Al-Sayyid, has underscored the importance of revisiting Islamic political thought and heritage in Islamic sources. Al-Sayyid was giving a lecture on Islamic political thinking, organized by the general secretariat of the King […]
Source: Guardian India’s Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide. The government order aimed to “prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The prophet Muhammad had participated in several battles in the larger defensive war after his migration to Madinah […]
Source: Huffington Post By Whitney Buchanan, who is an American analyst and commentator on MENA affairs. She is also the founder of Middle East Collective. Whitney is currently based between […]
Epigraph: “Indeed, Islam rests on the foundation of Tauheed, the oneness of God, oneness of universe and oneness of mankind with liberty and justice. If Quran, the holy book of […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Missouri church seeking state funding in a case that tests the boundaries of separation between church and state. The case concerns Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri, which applied for a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to help renovate […]
Source: The Indian Express Written by Nirupama Subramanian | Updated: June 27, 2017 12:31 am Junaid Khan’s brother Shaqir, who was stabbed five times, at AIIMS It was the day […]
The commentary written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The article, the Quran as source of Islamic Law, by Ahmad Muhammad al-Tayyib This is my […]
By Lien Yeung, for CBC News Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill appointed to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster Sikhs from Canada to India are celebrating a B.C. woman’s historic appointment […]
Source: Pew Research Center Varied views on whether Quran should influence laws in countries BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues to make headlines, from the militant […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise By Arif Humayun Politicized Muslim clerics around the world clamor for the implementation of Islamic Law (shariah) in Muslim majority countries; they denounce Western policies as satanic; […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid 1. What does Shariah mean? Shariah is the law of the Qur’an and literally means “A path to life giving water.” In fact, the […]
Source: Asia Times By Syed Afreen Why are increasing numbers of educated young Pakistanis falling for the message of hate peddled by extremists online and among their social circle? The […]
Why Secularism Is Compatible with the Quran and Sunnah — And an ‘Islamic State’ Is Not Source: Huffington Post By Akbar Ganji — Iranian journalist and human rights activist Introduction Extremist Islamic […]
Source: Huffington Post By Akbar Ganji — Iranian journalist and human rights activist Introduction Extremist Islamic groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra Front in Syria, have transformed […]
Source: CNN By James Masters and Steve George, CNN London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May claimed there was “too much tolerance” of Islamist extremism in the UK as she vowed […]
