PAKISTAN: When the state capitulates
Source: Dawn The recent buckling down of the state to mobs of the radical right is not the first time it has done so. By I.A. Rehman Buoyed perhaps by […]
More than 100 women elected to US Congress in historic midterms
Source: ABC News By Karma Allen A record number of women were elected to Congress on Tuesday night as an unprecedented number of female candidates ran for the first time. […]
In Pakistan greater space being accorded to faith in affairs of the state and society
Op Ed: Inevitable outcomes Source: Dawn By Umair Javed AN enduring question in the study of Pakistani politics has been the relative lack of success of religious parties in electoral […]
Ghamidi’s Video: 11 Hours: 1400 Year History of Islamic Sects
The Muslim Times has the best collection to overcome sectarian divide among the Muslims The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: After listening to this eleven hour video, I have been […]
Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion
Source: Guardian By Neil MacGregor, who was the director of the British Museum between 2002-2015. He is the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Living […]
What is wrong with the Orthodox Church?
Source: Daily Sabah BY EMRE GÖNEN Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at the St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Oct. 11. […]
Russia: Christianity, Atheism or Islam?
Russia’s Journey from Orthodoxy to Atheism, and Back Again Source: Religion & Politics — Fit For Polite Company By Gene Zubovich | October 16, 2018 Based on a book, A […]
‘It’s part of who I am’: proposed Quebec law could push hijab-wearers out of jobs
Source: The Guardian BY Martin Patriquin in Montreal As an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Maha Kassef should be in high demand: the city is in the midst of a […]
China admits to locking up Uyghurs, but defends Xinjiang crackdown
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Nanlin Fang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary for security, claiming inmates […]
Complaint prompts Utah’s Dixie State University to remove Bible, Book of Mormon from hotel rooms
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack After a complaint from a group that tracks what it sees as violations of the separation of church and state, prompted […]
Erdogan opens huge mosque in Germany amid rival rallies
Source: AlJazeera Thousands of rival demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the country’s largest mosque at the end of his visit to Germany. […]
Will Europe Ban Male Circumcision?
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
China Need Not be Afraid of Tibetan Buddhism, Islam or Christianity?
BBC Documentary about Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the West may not be able to locate Tibet on […]
Can Islamist moderates remake the politics of the Muslim world?
Source: THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR By Taylor Luck Alaa Faroukh insists he is the future. After nearly a decade in the Muslim Brotherhood, he says that he has finally found harmony between […]
Burqa or Hijab: That is the Question?
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 % […]
China: Religious Freedom, Secularism and Patriotism?
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 restricting online religious activites
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 […]
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
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 […]
Hindu Cow Vigilantes Showing the Whole World the Benefits of Secularism
‘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 […]