Solomonic wisdom needed to establish Separation of Mosque-Church-Synagogue and State
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Judgment of Solomon refers to a story from the Hebrew Bible in which King Solomon […]
Election crusade: Russian Church allows clergy to run for political posts
Russian TV: After months of standoff with activists defending secular values in the society, the Russian Orthodox Church is taking the offensive, officially allowing priests to take part in politics. […]
5 signs of a lame conspiracy theory
Source: Express Tribune We often find ourselves being buried alive beneath an avalanche of conspiracy theories that are often racist, usually illogical and almost always hilarious. That does not change the fact that conspiracies do sometimes take place. So how do we sift out the handful of sensible theories from […]
Republican Party’s Scaremongering against Sharia Law
Source: Tampa Bay Online By AHMED BEDIER, NADIA B. AHMAD On Tuesday, delegates to the Republican National Convention voted in support of the 60-page party platform that has been described […]
New Pakistan?: Churches, temples to be protected from land mafia with new bill
Express Tribune: The Sindh provincial government has moved a step closer to ensuring minority places of worship are protected from the tentacles of the “land mafia”. “Religious buildings are only […]
Russians want Church out of politics
Russian TV: Three quarters of Russians believe the Russian Orthodox Church should keep away from politics, while half of the citizens think the Church has some influence on the country’s […]
Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Secular Pakistan: Jinnah, Lincoln and Nehru The Express Tribune from 2012 by Sonia Malik: Speakers […]
Rohingyas and Ahmadiyya: Some Parallels between Burma and Pakistan
Monks, military and Myanmar – a Pakistani’s déjà vu by Tahir Mehdi Dawn: In my young age, I had a fascination for mandirs(temple). I wished to see one. I didn’t know […]
Video: Ahmadiyya spokesman on whether politicians have fermented a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment?
Source: Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer Harris Zafar, national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, and “Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer discuss the possibility that the gunman behind the mass shooting […]
Ahmadis, Why it’s not a minority issue?
Rabwah.net: by Dure Adan: 1400 years ago in the city of Medina, the political ruler of the time whose name was Muhammad ordered a census. My guess is that it […]
Pakistan: Jinnah, Zafarullah and Theocracy
COMMENT: The partition of Punjab — II — Yasser Latif Hamdani Is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan today not a theocratic state? Does it not discriminate against Christians, Hindus and other […]
Applauding Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Religious Freedom
The German government says Jewish and Muslim communities should be able to continue the practice of circumcision, after a regional court ruled it amounted to bodily harm. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s […]
Punjab, Pakistan: Minarets knocked down, Kalima erased from Ahmadiyya Baitul Hamad in Kharian
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala: The government sponsored hate and persecution of the Ahmadiyya community continue to cascade unabated, it was learned as the news of a purposefully inflicted damage to […]
Secularism does not oppose religion, it opposes the clergy: Prof Puniyani
Express Tribune: When the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished in December 1992, for Prof. Ram Puniyani it was not only a sacred edifice that had crumbled before him, but a part […]
True Sharia based on justice, equality, not fear, hatred
By: M. Imran Hayee, Duluth News Tribune On May 21, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation barring all Kansas state courts from considering “foreign” law in their rulings. While many […]
The state has no business deciding someone’s faith
Express tribune.com: by Saroop Ijaz One of the most majestic and arresting structures of Europe is the Great Mosque of Cordova. Apart from exquisite architecture, the unique thing about the […]
Correction: Darul Zikr: Court orders police to take action against Ahmadi worship place
Express Tribune: Two years after the tragic attack on worshippers at Darul Zikr, an additional session judge, when faced with a petition calling for action against an Ahmadi worship place […]
Pakistani Ahmadis Stand for Peace in Adversity While the state looks the other way..
The News: by Ayesha Haroon: In Sultanpura in Lahore, a local cleric has taken the state hostage. He is insisting – and the local police is doing his bidding – […]
Egypt: The Next Pakistan?
Let it be understood that, by and large, Islam is the only unifying factor in countries of the Muslim World. The Muslim heart, no matter how much of a hypocrite, […]
‘Islamic Front’: Apolitical religious bloc to fight sectarianism- Contradiction in terms
Express Tribune: by Tahir Khan: Top leaders of the country’s politico-religious parties are set to launch a new apolitical front on Monday in an effort to put the genie of […]