Pakistan imploding under sectarian violence
Dawn: By Murtaza Haider: After decades of waging the propaganda war against India for its highhanded treatment of Kashmiris, Pakistan is now the subject of a similar campaign by India […]
Despite innocent verdict, blasphemy accused shot dead by maulvi complainant
Express News: LAHORE: An elderly man, recently released from prison after acquittal by the court on proving innocent in a blasphemy case, was shot dead by the complainant in the Farooqabad […]
Darul Uloom Deoband advises Indian Muslims to abandon polygamy
Source: India Today Deoband, the influential seminary, has directed Muslims in India to avoid practising polygamy, an initiative that has won instant approval much like the 2008 advisory that denounced terrorism as a grave sin against Islam. Responding to a query from a person who wanted to marry again while […]
Muslim youth hosting Shari’a Law open house
Source: Emc Perth – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) is hosting an open house Saturday at the Perth and District Union Library from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The AMYA, which is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been established as a non profit charitable, […]
Imam Muslim: Great scholar of Hadith
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Hadith is the great wealth of Islamic literature. This is the collection of pearls of wisdom from orations and actions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). There are hundreds of companions of the Prophet who preserved this knowledge through oral transmission. Later tens […]
Pakistan: Mother Of Infant Child Accused Of Blasphemy And Held In Jail
Eurasiareview.com: By Murad Khan: The mother of a 6-month-old girl has been wrongly jailed for more than a month, as Pakistani authorities have failed to file a charge sheet within the […]
An Afghan wedding (in 1970)
During the early 1970s – during the days of King Zahir Shah – Afghanistan was a more open society than now. Schools were available for boys and girls. Ladies could wear the burka or not wear it. In Kabul many ladies wore European clothing. Still, Islamic values were adhered to. […]
Deoband: Talaq given in a state of Drunkenness Valid
Source: The Hindu Author: A Faizur Rahman Darul Uloom Deoband is once again in the news for the wrong reasons, having validated a recent instance of triple talaq uttered in a drunken […]
Shari’a Law Open House
Source: Tillsonburg News – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA) is hosting a Shari’a Law open house this Saturday (April 7) at the Tillsonburg Public Library from 12 noon until 4 p.m. The event is titled “Shari’a, The misunderstood Islamic Law” and designed as an information session to […]
Bangladesh teachers arrested over ‘blasphemous’ drama
AFP: DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh said on Saturday they had arrested two school teachers on suspicion of staging a drama containing blasphemous remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. The school’s Muslim […]
Pakistan: Lal Masjid cleric wants enforcement of Shariah: Chief Justice Upset
Express Tribune: And now he wants enforcement of Shariah law in the country. After already managing to get pricey land in Sector H-11 for rebuilding the madrassah (a girls’ seminary) that […]
Alislam-eGazette publishes its landmark volume: Separation of Mosque-Church and State
Source: Alislam-eGazette — An International Publication of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which has more than 40,000 subscribers. The volume has dozens of insightful articles and links, on the issue of Separation […]
Saudi women in misyar unions become losers due to lack of rights awareness
By JEDDAH: DIANA AL-JASSEM, ARAB NEWS STAFF Published: Mar 24, 2012 23:51 Updated: Mar 24, 2012 23:51 Saudi women fail in misyar marriages due to low awareness of their rights and duties. A misyar marriage is a marriage created to fulfill the needs of both the man and woman, with […]
Arabs vote to discourage close family marriage
by JT | Mar 20,2012 | 23:10 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Participants at the Doha Debates Monday night took up one of the Arab world’s most sensitive social issues, arguing the rights and wrongs of marriage between blood relatives and voting overwhelmingly to discourage the practice, according to a statement […]
When it comes to sharia, can knowledge trump fear?
Commongroundnews.org by Dr Julie Macfarlane Kingsville, Ontario – Recently, Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill (which later died in the state Senate) to ban the use of “foreign law” in domestic […]
Israel-bashing, America-bashing, UK-bashing … and absolute justice.
Written by Rafiq A. Tschannen When covering News of Palestine and Israel and of the ‘open Western wars’ of Iraq and Afghanistan and the ‘covered Western wars’ of Libya, Syria and Yemen (and so many other locations…) we are sometimes accused of ‘Israel-bashing’ or ‘America-bashing’ and ‘other-nations-bashings’. It is pointed out […]
Zakat defaulters will be dealt with sternly, warns official
By JEDDAH: GALAL FAKKAR, ARAB NEWS STAFF The Court of Grievances will be the final decision maker in any dispute between the Zakat payer and the Zakat and Income Tax […]
The Islamic Solution to Stop Domestic Violence
Source: Huffington Post By: Qasim Rashid Critics incorrectly allege that Islam command’s husband’s to beat their wives, often citing the Quran verse 4:34. Unfortunately, like any Muslim man who harms […]
Sharia Law Campaign Begins As Muslim Group Fights Bans
After heated debates in two dozen states over banning Sharia law, the legal code of Islam, a national Islamic group is beginning a multi-million dollar effort to explain how Sharia applies to the lives of American Muslims. The Islamic Circle of North America, a New York-based group, is spending $3 million on its […]
Florida mulls outlawing Shariah, other foreign laws
Associated Press: WEST PALM BEACH: A measure to ban the use of foreign laws in US courtrooms is progressing in Florida’s statehouse. Critics call this one of the many unwarranted […]