In Defense of the Secular Narrative of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
Stoning, Flogging and Severing of Limbs to Be Introduced in Brunei
Editor’s note: This news is from 2013 but is almost equally true today. Time: The Sultan of Brunei announced on Tuesday the gradual introduction of harsh Islamic punishments, such as […]
Pakistanis split over mandatory burqas for women
Source: DW The government of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has reversed an order requiring female students to wear a burqa following a huge backlash. But some supporters want the veil […]
What the Criminalization of Instant Divorce Means for India’s Muslims
Source: The Atlantic BY Danish Raza In January 2016, Afreen Rehman, a resident of Jaipur, in northwest India, was recovering from a road accident when her husband sent a letter to her […]
Exclusive: After bruising election, Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists
Source: Swiss Info By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hardline Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, […]
The rise of female Sharia judges in India
Source: Aljazeera Mumbai, India – Earlier this year, Maya Rachel McManus, a British Muslim, walked down the aisle in Kolkata on her wedding day and exchanged garlands with her partner. Later, […]
Former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi dies in court
Source: Daily Sabah Former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi has died in court, Egyptian state television said Monday. It said Mursi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards. […]
Brunei says controversial Sharia law aimed at ‘prevention’
Source: BBC Brunei’s foreign ministry has said implementing Sharia law is about prevention rather than punishment, after intense criticism of its decision to implement the strict Islamic code. Under the […]
Sultan of Brunei Orders Cutting of Hands of Even Children for Theft
Brunei’s Criminal Laws Now Include Stoning For Gay Sex And Amputation For Theft Source: Huffington Post Amnesty International condemned the penalties, which also apply to children, as “cruel and inhuman.” […]
Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
By ANNABELLE LIANG SINGAPORE (AP) — New Islamic criminal laws that took effect Wednesday in Brunei that punish gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death have triggered an […]
Islam and the State: A Counter Narrative
Source: Author’s website (Political Issues) By Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (Tr. by:Dr. Shehzad Saleem) The situation which has been created today for Islam and Muslims in the whole world by certain […]
Threatened with an end to Shariah divorce, Egypt’s imams work to save marriages
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El-Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) – Egypt’s skyrocketing divorce rate has spurred a debate among Muslim religious leaders and government officials about how […]
American Muslims look to Quran when writing wills
Source: Houston Chronicles By Massarah Mikati Yousuf Beg’s father had no will when he died, which is a common occurrence in American Muslim families.Photo: Jon Shapley, Staff photographer / Staff […]
Prominent Kurdish politician argues to save Islam from Salafism
Source: Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The head of the executive body of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Politburo says that Islam has to be saved from Salafism to […]
BBC Page: Slavery in Islam
Slaves were owned in all Islamic societies, both sedentary and nomadic, ranging from Arabia in the centre to North Africa in the west and to what is now Pakistan and […]
Cleric flees Uzbekistan after Muslim headscarf row
ALMATY (Reuters) – An Uzbek imam who ran into trouble for urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a school headscarf ban said he has left the mainly Muslim nation […]
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
Source: Associated Press By ELENA BECATOROS PARIS (AP) — Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim […]
100 Women: The woman who decides if men can take a second wife
Source: BBC News By Heather Chen BBC News, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia Image copyrightJOSHUA PAUL FOR THE BBC Islamic law, also known as Sharia, is often associated by critics with […]
Dr. Robert Dickson Crane about Religious Tribalism and Pluralism
Dr. Robert Dickson Crane, is the former adviser to the late President of the United States Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the United States National […]
Khashoggi’s Murder and the World’s Reaction, Once Again Reaffirms that Every Human Life is Sacred — A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Saudi Arabia’s King and Crown Prince Call Slain Journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s […]
