Source: The Express Tribune Perturbed by legislation making eating in public during Ramazan a jailable offence, Bakhtawar Bhutto took to Twitter to condemn the rule. The daughter of former […]
Book reviewed by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims Book written by […]
India Supreme Court to commence hearing on triple talaq from tomorrow Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas […]
Source: Independent Germany’s government has launched a 10-point plan to define the country’s culture, starting with the statement: “Wir sind nicht Burka” (“We are not burqa”). The interior minister, Thomas […]
Russia Today: German MPs have approved a partial ban on full-face veils, saying it’s the country’s duty to present itself “in an ideologically and religiously neutral manner.” The ban will […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Reporter “Vaisakhi diyan lakh lakh vadhaiyan!” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is celebrating his country’s religious diversity with a holiday message for Sikh Canadians. […]
Parallels to this documentary about Israel can be drawn in almost every Muslim majority country of the world as well. The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country […]
Reza Aslan: Why I worry about Israel’s future Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN) I know better than most how unexpectedly a country can be changed from within. I was […]
The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage Source: BBC By Athar Ahmad; BBC Asian Network & Victoria Derbyshire programme A number of online services are charging “divorced” […]
لڑکیاں پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور کی اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ, پنجاب یونیورسٹی, جمعیت By Salim Malik Source: http://www.humsub.com.pk/25917/saleem-malik-26/ پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور چھوڑے ہوئے 30 سال ہونے کو ہیں مگر زخم آج بھی تازہ کے تازہ ہیں۔ کریدنے کی ضرورت ہی نہیں۔ جن لوگوں نے پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں پڑھا نہیں وہ اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کی […]
Source: BBC The western Indian state of Gujarat has passed a law making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment. Under an amendment to the state’s Animal Preservation Act, […]
Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Ed Davies and Nick Macfie JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Muslims led by hardline groups plan to march to […]
Source: Religion News Service By Linda K. Wertheimer, who is a former Boston Globe education editor and author of “Faith Ed., Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance.” Follow her […]
Source: Reuters By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian court has declared the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers living entities, giving them the same legal rights as […]
Source: Independent UK By Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Ayatollah Khamenei claims West makes women an ‘object of gratification’ Iran’s Supreme Leader has claimed gender equality is a “Zionist plot” aiming to corrupt […]
Source: Dawn By Dr. Niaz Murtaza, who heads INSPIRING Pakistan, a progressive policy unit, and is a senior fellow with UC Berkeley. MANY people say Pakistan’s problems today stem from the […]
Epigraph: “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Exodus 22:21 Suggested Reading Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem? CNN Documentary: […]
Muslim leaders are calling on their communities to show respect for fellow Australians and shake hands. Source: SBS By Omar Dabbagh Australia’s Islamic communities have responded to revelations that some […]
Source: CNN By Huizhong Wu, CNN Jaipur, India (CNN)With just three words, Farha, a 30-year old woman from the northern Indian city of Jaipur, became a single mother of three […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: We want secularism in every country of the world. The article below is very interesting and highlights the constant tug in the Muslim countries towards Shariah Law. We however have a large collection to promote secularism from different angles, social, judicial, religious, cultural and political. […]