These headlines may deceive you into thinking that Islam is to blame for the voilence. In fact, it is the politics and the polical use of religion that has caused such unrest and this is exactly why Islam teaches Separation of Mosque and State Police clash in Bangladesh during […]
Daily Times: True federalism or secularism? Or both? — Shahid Ilyas Pakistani leadership since the initial years of the country’s creation has followed a self-defeating policy with regard to the ‘linguistic’ issue Some fellows are against both linguistic and Islamic identity in Pakistan. They fail to understand that Pakistan without […]
Courtesy: DAWN.com Bangladeshi students and pro-government supporters gather during a rally demanding death to Islamic political party leaders who are on trial for alleged war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Eight top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamic party, are […]
The Daily Times: Yasser Latif Hamdani: The state may enable Muslims to live according to Islamic ideals according to their own interpretation but the state has no business forcing Muslims to live according to Islamic ideals of any interpretation A secular Pakistan is not a question of idealism. It is […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani: He is a lawyer based in Lahore and the author of the book Jinnah: Myth and Reality. Secularism merely says that as there […]
Top university in the world: Harvard University in Boston, USA Publisher: Harvard University Press (March 30, 2010) By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im: He is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at […]
January, 2012 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Jan. 20th — Presidential Inauguration Day, for President Barack Obama — is a Sunday, so […]
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 10:35 AM EST, Thu January 17, 2013 (CNN) — U.S. presidents should not be sworn into office with their hand on a Bible. At […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Hagia Sophia (/ˈhɑːɪə soʊˈfiːə/; from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία [aˈʝia soˈfia], “Holy Wisdom“; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is […]
Pak Tea House: Editor’s note: It is quite evident from this letter to Churchill that while Muslims League accepted the Cabinet Mission proposals to keep India as a loose Confederation, Congress […]
Pakteahouse: by Yasir Latif Hamdani: “Professor emeritus” Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed is the sort who loves to take liberties with the facts. In his article today “Jinnah and secularism” he has resorted to two outright lies which need to be exposed so that people are not misguided. The article began well […]
Source: Yahoo News. The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is pulled by workers into place as it is delivered to the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 26, […]
Daily Times: By Muhammad Akram LAHORE: The rough and ready security arrangements like closure of cellular phone service in fifty cities, ban on pillion riding in four big cities and […]
Pope Benedict: Jewish people not guilty for Jesus death Editor’s Comments: This is a republication of an old news from BBC, from 2011. We applaud Pope Benedict’s just and reasonable stance about […]
Huffington Post: by Anne Marie Waters: How can we be a multicultural society if we do not accommodate sharia law? That is one of the most common questions I am asked when travelling the UK as spokesperson of the anti-sharia ‘One Law for All’ campaign (www.onelawforall.org.uk). It accompanies ‘why are you […]
He says that we can draw our inspiration from our scriptures but we have to translate the message into a language that is understood by other fellow citizens from different […]
Dawn: by Zubieda Mustafa: RELIGIOUS extremism has come under discussion in numerous forums as incidents of violence and terrorism have increased in recent years reflecting negatively on what many claim to be Pakistan’s Islamic identity. This has left people confused because whatever is done is in the name of religion. Yet the […]
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani Apparently, ‘secular’ is some sort of a bad word and anyone using this word in connection with Quaid-e-Azam is automatically a traitor Our Urdu press, conspiratorial, nationalist and rightwing, is full of nazriati (ideological) warriors. This article is a rebuttal of two of the most popular standard-bearers […]
Imran Khan Niazi (born 25 November 1952), is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer. After retiring, he entered politics. Besides his political activism, Khan is also a philanthropist, cricket commentator, […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon (Courtesy: Wikipedia) The Judgment of Solomon refers to a story from the Hebrew […]