Source: Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s anti-EU U.K. Independence Party says it will promote social unity by banning face-covering veils and barring the opening of new Islamic schools. The […]
Source: The Huffington Post Even though, as one scholar put it, “FGM has nothing to do with Islam, and Islam has nothing to do with FGM.” By Christopher Mathias 290 […]
Source: Star Tribune By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune APRIL 13, 2017 — 2:06PM Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, says his group, General Presidency […]
Source: The Guardian Vincent Bevins in Badung, Indonesia Case could become the first time Aceh’s sharia law has been enforced against homosexuality The men each face up to 100 strokes […]
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” […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Promoted post: Beliefs, Identity and Deeds: What is a Healthy Balance? By Dr. Lutf ur […]
Pre-Islamic Arabia treated attacks against one’s tribesman as an attack on the tribe itself. Such an attack could result in a blood feud between the two tribes where any member of the other tribe was an object of vengeance. Through arbitration, justice could sometimes be secured by retaliation against the […]
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: New Age Islam By T.O. Shanavas 17 November 2016 Sharia is central to Islamic faith. It is the Divine Law of Guidance for personal and public behaviour of Muslims, and justice to humanity. Justice is one word in Islam that wraps balance, harmony, fairness, mercy and equity together for […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kacem El Ghazzali Writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council Following the most recent terrorist attacks in Allah’s name in Brussels and elsewhere, the […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Kacem El Ghazzali, writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council, wrote in an article […]
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. […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Revelation and intuition on the one hand and human reason, logic and humanity’s cumulative experience on the […]
Trump loses appeal court bid to reinstate travel ban Source: BBC A US federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on citizens from seven […]
Source: BBC Austria’s ruling coalition has agreed to prohibit full-face veils in public spaces such as courts and schools. It is also considering a more general ban on state employees […]
Courtesy: Laiq Ahmad Atif of Malta Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam, A Speech by Mirza Tahir Ahmad Recently Pakistan has been the seat of this hot, sometime violent […]
Promoted post: Urdu Drama: Shariah Law, Divorce, Halala and Fundamentalism? LONDON: The issue of divorce among Muslim women has taken a dangerous turn because clerics are out to exploit them […]
Source: Huffington Post By Nick Robins-Early; Associate World Editor, The Huffington Post Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. […]