Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging the right of all non-Muslims to follow their respective personal laws, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared that Shariah laws allowed all non-Muslims […]
India Supreme Court bans election appeals using religion or caste Source: BBC The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that politicians cannot use religion or caste to seek votes. “Religion has […]
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
Source: The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram: Secularism is not opposed to religion, but is opposed to the religious control over civil institutions, law and governance, historian Romila Thapar has said. She was […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I am a Muslim brought up in Sunni tradition. Growing up in Pakistan, I have a few […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor A religious freedom law strengthens America’s commitment to defending belief — and unbelief — abroad. President Obama signed an amendment to […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Shah Faesal, who is a Kashmiri civil servant and writer. He tweets @ShahFaesal_IAS Last Friday, Maulvi Sahab again said that God’s wrath is soon going […]
Indonesia blasphemy case: Emotional scenes as Ahok trial begins Source: BBC There were emotional scenes in court on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s governor, a Christian […]
Source: The Guardian Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that […]
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason Foreign secretary, who has been accused of a series of diplomatic gaffes, breaks with convention by publicly criticising UK ally Boris […]
Guardian: True Islam means loyalty to the country in which one lives, abiding by its laws and serving its people and communities, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim movement […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rebecca Klein; Education Editor, The Huffington Post Religion plays a major role in the way Betsy DeVos thinks about education. Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, […]
Source: Foreign Affairs – Published by the Council on Foreign Relations By Omar Saif Ghobash Saif, the elder of my two sons, was born in December 2000. In the summer of […]
Source: Teach Don’t Preach – A campaign for secular education by atheist Ireland Today a unique secular alliance met Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss […]
Source: News18 Dhaka: Muslim-majority Bangladesh will drop Islam as the country’s state religion “when the time comes”, a media report on Monday quoted a senior ruling Awami Leage leader as saying. […]
Source: TOI A group of madrasa students demonstrated on the premises of Brahmanbarhia Press Club while hundreds of people blocked Sarail-Nasirnagar-Lakhai road by torching tyres on Sunday. After the mayhem […]
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy (CNN) Thousands of protesters waving flags are marching through Jakarta demanding the ouster of the city’s governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims. […]
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Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post In April 1993, then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton opened up about her faith journey in an interview with The […]
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]