Austria to ban full-face veil in public places
Source: BBC Austria’s ruling coalition has agreed to prohibit full-face veils in public spaces such as courts and schools. It is also considering a more general ban on state employees […]
Deliverance from Afflictions
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) The Promised Messiahas & Imam Mahdi (Guided One) Founder of THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas Deliverance from Afflictions It should be kept in mind that for being delivered from afflictions it is not necessary that […]
If Trump can threaten my rights, he can do the same for any of us
By Reza Aslan, who is the author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” and the host of CNN’s new original series “Believer With Reza Aslan,” which […]
Happy Republic Day to all our Indian Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Epigraph: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Happy Australia Day and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Epigraph: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
HOW ATATÜRK MADE TURKEY SECULAR
Source: Lost Islamic History The evolution of Turkey in the early 1900s is one of the most baffling cultural and social changes in Islamic history. In a few short years, […]
Mirza Tahir Ahmad: A Staunch Advocate of Secularism for the Muslim World
Courtesy: Laiq Ahmad Atif of Malta Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam, A Speech by Mirza Tahir Ahmad Recently Pakistan has been the seat of this hot, sometime violent […]
Mother sues to stop Bible classes in West Virginia schools
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
To Secular Bangladeshis, Textbook Changes Are a Harbinger
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s Education Ministry was preparing to print the 2017 editions of its standard Bengali textbooks […]
Burqa ban splits Morocco society
Source: Arab News RABAT: Morocco’s ban on the sale and production of full-face veils (burqa) has sharply divided opinions in the North African country. Writers and intellectuals have condemned the […]
Muslim Girls Must Attend Mixed Swim Class, European Court Rules
Source: Huffington post By Gilbert Reilhac Mandatory school activities overrode religious convictions. A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls […]
India: Qazis Have No Power To Declare Marriages Invalid: Madras High Court
By Siva Sekaran, Jan 12, 2017 CHENNAI: Holding that Qazis had no power to certify the marriages of Muslims invalid after the utterance of the husbands ‘talaq’ thrice, the first […]
Is Marriage a Contract between a Man and a Woman or with the Clergy?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acknowledging the right of all non-Muslims to follow their respective personal laws, the Council of Islamic […]
Non-Muslims entitled to follow own personal laws: CII
Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging the right of all non-Muslims to follow their respective personal laws, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared that Shariah laws allowed all non-Muslims […]
François Fillon, Embracing His Catholicism, Challenges France’s Secular Tradition
Source: The Wall Street Journal When French presidential contender François Fillon marked the Feast of the Assumption last summer, he attended Mass at Solesmes Abbey, a Benedictine monastery known for […]
India showing the way to the West: Religion or race cannot be used to seek votes in elections
India Supreme Court bans election appeals using religion or caste Source: BBC The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that politicians cannot use religion or caste to seek votes. “Religion has […]
Angela Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
Secularism is not opposed to religion: Romila Thapar, India
Source: The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram: Secularism is not opposed to religion, but is opposed to the religious control over civil institutions, law and governance, historian Romila Thapar has said. She was […]
Secular Hollywood Quietly Courts the Faithful
Source: The New York Times By BROOKS BARNES The Rev. Roderick Dwayne Belin, a senior A.M.E. Church leader, stood before a gathering of more than 1,000 pastors in a drafty […]
A Simple Recipe to Unite All Muslims
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I am a Muslim brought up in Sunni tradition. Growing up in Pakistan, I have a few […]