Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta
Source: Reuters International and Swiss info JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to […]
Germany seeks dialogue with country’s 4.5 million Muslims
Source: The Telegraph The German government is reaching out to the country’s 4.5 million Muslims by sitting down with community leaders, experts and imams to talk about improving their integration […]
The Greek Orthodox Church faces a battle over secularisation
Source: The Economist Archbishop Ieronymos is struggling to sell a deal to his bishops THERESA MAY is not the only public figure in Europe who is making a rearguard defence […]
Macron’s vision for French Islam may present him with his biggest challenge yet
Reported plans to provide state funding for places of worship mark a radical and contentious departure from secular republican principles By Colin Randall, who is a former executive editor of The […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims in Bensheim Germany arranged Podium-Discussion on Islam and Populism
By Zubair Khan, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Germany Pictures by Mobashar Khan Dialogue is the most effective means of eliminating misunderstandings and countering prejudices. Therefore, members of the Ahmadiyya […]
The Monkey Trial Movie — Antidote to Trumpism
Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond […]
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 […]
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 […]
