Staten Island mosque mixes prayer and patriotism
Source: Gulf News New York: The man stood at the podium in the cramped Masjid Un-Noor mosque on Staten Island as hundreds of Muslims sat barefoot on the carpet before […]
Even the Government’s Smartest Lawyers Can’t Figure Out Religious Liberty
Source: The Atlantic By Emma Green It took the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights three years to produce its report on religious freedom and non-discrimination. With 27 pages, more than […]
The war on terrorism won’t be won on the battlefield
Source: Washington Post By Fareed Zakaria On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was driving on the Long Island Expressway, heading out to a friend’s house to spend a […]
Hollande warns against sacrificing rights to anti-terror fight
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – President Francois Hollande said Thursday that Islam could co-exist with secularism, warning in a speech seen as preparing the ground for a re-election bid […]
Christians: Integral part of the Arab world
Sep 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Heads of 22 regional churches met on the Dead Sea shores and agreed on the need for a unified ecclesiastical voice of Middle Eastern churches as an instrument for entrenching peace, tolerance and acceptance, greatly needed in the climate of death and atrocity much of the […]
Indian Court Orders Haji Ali Tomb to Give Women Full Access
Source: NY Times MUMBAI, India — In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more rights for Muslim women in India, the Bombay High Court on Friday ruled […]
French minister: enemy seeks to divide Muslims, non-Muslims
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister said Monday that the country is at war with an enemy trying to pit Muslims against non-Muslims, making […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear France’s highest administrative court […]
Building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for Justin Trudeau
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
The US has ‘the most Islamic government in the world,’ says one American Muslim
Source: Pri.Org By Christopher Woolf Donald Trump said this week he was ready to get vicious in the war with what he called radical Islam. The Republican presidential candidate called it an […]
Can Islam and Liberalism Coexist?
Source: Slate By Isaac Chotiner, who is a Slate contributor. Why Islam resists secularization, and how that continues to shape the politics of the Middle East. One of the hopes that […]
Bikinis? Burqinis? In Cannes They Test Your Swimsuit for ‘Secularism’
Source: The Daily Beast By Christopher Dickey The ban in Cannes of the Muslim bathing suit known as a ‘burqini’ was intended as a statement of secularism. In fact, it’ […]
Narendra Modi, India’s Leader, Condemns Vigilante Cow Protection Groups
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY NEW DELHI — As his party prepares for elections in key states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has distanced himself from right-wing cow […]
Indonesia: Catholic Church criticizes forced-closure of Ahmadi Mosque
Source: divineword.in “The problem is that tolerant people form the majority group which chooses to be silent,” said Father Ulahayanan Jakarta: A Catholic Church official in Indonesia has criticized the forced closure of a Muslim mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya growing community, saying the move highlights a growing unwillingness by the […]
Gingrich Is Mistaken On Shariah Deportations
Source: Huffington Post By Liaquat Ali Khan; Founder, Legal Scholar Academy and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law Newt Gingrich, who holds a Ph.D. in European History and […]
All 300,000 Bangladesh mosques urged to give sermon against extremism
Source: BBC All 300,000 mosques in Bangladesh have been asked give a sermon against terrorism and extremism in their Friday prayers this week. The sermon, written by the state-run Islamic […]
5 Things You Need To Know About Sharia Law
Source: Huffington Post Asking American Muslims to swear off Sharia law is a violation of religious liberty. By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Following Thursday’s tragic attack that killed more […]
Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
By Sabeeha Rehman This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly […]
Bangladesh regulates Friday sermons after attacks
Source: Dawn DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday moved to regulate weekly sermons in hundreds of thousands of mosques as part of a stepped-up campaign to combat extremism, officials said.The move comes […]
Religious leaders gather to commend secularism in Nepal
Source: My Republica By Shraddha Amatya KATHMNADU, July 11: Religious leaders from the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh and Muslim communities were unanimous in commending secularism in the country on Saturday. […]