Source: ABC In the latest interpretation of sharia law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, it is now “haram” — or religiously forbidden — for a woman to sit at the same […]
Source: Free Malaysia Today By Ainaa Aiman KUALA LUMPUR: Four women panellists at a pro-polygamy forum last night insisted that polygamy benefits women more than it does men. The four […]
Laws banning Muslim women from wearing face-covering veils are largely in line with Western European attitudes on the issue: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/yLVMAaNsBB — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 17, 2018 % […]
Epigraph: Jesus said “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21) With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to […]
China to regulate online religious activity amid crackdown Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is rolling out new rules on religious activity on the internet amid an ongoing crackdown […]
Source: Politico By ZACHARY YOUNG PARIS — Islamists have an “intellectual monopoly” over public debate among Muslims in France and the state must intervene to limit foreign influence over worshippers, […]
Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین; pronounced [əlt̪aːf ɦʊseːn]; born 17 September 1953 in Karachi) is a politician from Pakistan and the founder of party MQM.[1] Since 2015, he has been […]
If India discards religious beliefs that perpetuate caste and gender inequalities, it could more than double its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth of the last 60 years in half the time, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of a new study. Secularisation precedes economic development and not the other way around as […]
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE RISE OF THE MILITANT BARELVI Source: Dawn News Over the years, a large percentage of analysis penned on the issue of religious radicalisation in Pakistan, has almost […]
Source: ANI | Updated: Sep 07, 2018 13:59 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 07 (ANI): The newly formed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has axed economist Atif R Mian from the Prime […]
Walk the Talk Source: Daily Times By Syed Kamran Hashmi, who is a US-based freelance columnist. He tweets at @KaamranHashmi and can be reached at skamranhashmi@gmail.com As long as we stay […]
Source: Associated Press By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Amish couple with 13 children sued the federal government on Wednesday, accusing officials of violating their constitutional rights by insisting […]
China Has Detained Up to a Million Muslims. Here’s What You Need to Know Source: Bloomberg By Karen Leigh China’s efforts to quash what it says is separatism and religious […]
Source: The News After facing host of controversies in its early days in power, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is once again caught in the eye of the storm. The latest controversy […]
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN)Two gay women have been caned in Malaysia amid a worsening climate for LGBT individuals in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation. The punishment of […]
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi Eleven cow protection vigilantes in the Indian state of Jharkhand have been sentenced to life in prison for killing a Muslim man who was […]
‘I ward them off with a cricket bat’: Indian farmers despair over marauding cows Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Uttar Pradesh Herds of cows abandoned by dairy farmers […]
I’ve worn a hijab for decades. Here’s why I took it off. Source: Washington Post While the Hijab Can Help Make a Woman, It Can Break Her, Too By Saba […]
Source: BBC News A Swedish Muslim woman has won compensation after her job interview was ended when she refused a handshake. Farah Alhajeh, 24, was applying for a job as […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Supreme Court of USA during the time of President Obama made several decisions in favor of […]