Addressing Constitutional Takfir in Pakistan
Epigraph: I asked the Messenger of Allah: “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhari] Source: […]
Teachers at Islamic school jailed for 12 months for beating 10-year-old pupil
Source: The Independent Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have been jailed for 12 months for “brutally” beating a young boy with a stick. The 10-year-old victim was […]
INDIAN MUSLIM LEADER WARNS OF UNREST OVER ‘FAKE’ QURANIC TEXT
Source: Newsweek Pakistan AS PART OF COW PROTECTION PUSH, GUJARAT GOVERNMENT HAS ERECTED BILLBOARDS CLAIMING TO SHOW THE QURAN DISCOURAGES CONSUMPTION OF BEEF. By Punit Paranjpe—AFP A Muslim leader in India warned Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to […]
Govt of Pakistan mulls criminalization of Muslims declaring one another ‘kafir’
Tribune: ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering legislation to ban sectarianism and any attempt to finance sectarian hatred. Takfir, meaning one Muslim declaring another Muslim Kafir (apostate), will be considered a […]
Muslim Flight Attendant Says She Was Suspended for Refusing to Serve Alcohol
Source: Time She was placed on a 12-month unpaid leave A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended from her jobbecause she refused to serve alcohol to a passenger due […]
Is There Any Need for Blasphemy Laws in Modern Governance: A Collection of Articles?
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Kansas Public School Takes Down Portrait Of Jesus After Complaint
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza; Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post The display was called “an egregious violation of the First Amendment.” A Kansas school has taken down a portrait of Jesus […]
Jain Sect’s Death Ritual Clashes With Indian Law
Source: New York Times PUNE, India — All week, people streamed in and out of the handsome bungalow where the Lodha family lives, eager to witness for themselves the amazing […]
A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame?
Epigraph: This day all good things have been made lawful for you. … And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given […]
Demystifying Prophethood, Theocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship
August 17, 2015 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Today, Egypt’s al-Sisi imposed strict anti-terrorism laws. The laws establish special courts and […]
Egypt’s al-Sisi imposes strict anti-terrorism laws
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
India’s Muslim women fight to end triple talaq law that yields instant divorce
Epigraph: Divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them away with kindness. And it is not lawful for you that you take […]
Our Founding Fathers included Islam
Thomas Jefferson didn’t just own a Quran — he engaged with Islam and fought to ensure the rights of Muslims By DENISE SPELLBERG Salon: [He] sais “neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] […]
USA is a safe haven for all faiths; but, here are some details
America welcomes Christians, Jews; atheists, Muslims not so much By Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) Americans are all for religious freedom — but disagree on who can claim it. Diverse religious groups […]
Children at risk of radicalisation to double
Source: Telegraph By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor Lure of Syria and Isil blamed for sharp increase in children referred to Channel counter-radicalisation programme The number of children and teenagers being […]
Why We Cannot Settle for a Secular Society
Faith Street.com: In a famous 1863 speech, President Lincoln said, “We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace . . . and we […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Orders Removal Of Ten Commandments Monument From State Capitol
Epigraph: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right […]
Gay Marriage: A Christian Response
Source: The Huffington Post By Barbara Kay Lundblad; Ordained minister, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America We asked people about the relevancy of marriage. “The court now holds that same-sex couples may […]
Video: Malaysian gymnast faces criticism for immodest dress
Malaysian Gymnast faces co controversy http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2015/06/20/leotard-controversy-muslim-gymnast-ansari-pkg.cnn A Malaysian Muslim gymnast faces backlash from conservative Muslims for her gymnastics leotard. CNN’s Azadeh Ansari reports.
How White Christians Used The Bible To Oppress Black People
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 06/22/2015 4:43 pm How White Christians Used The Bible — And Confederate Flag — To Oppress Black People On Jan. 4, 1861, […]