Source: Reuters International VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as […]
Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh known for publicly caning gays, adulterers and gamblers is considering the introduction of beheading as a […]
Taking oath on faith should be compulsory to join civil, armed services and judiciary, Islamabad High Court says Source: Dawn By Mohammad Imran The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday announced […]
Source: Reuters By Julie Carriat PARIS (Reuters) – A leading representative of French Muslims urged Emmanuel Macron not to meddle in the organization of France’s second-largest religion, days after the […]
Source: BBC News By Kevin Ponniah Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations, is fast becoming the place to go for people desperate to find a surrogate to have their […]
Source: Center for Human Rights in Iran Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 […]
Source: JORDAN TIMES By Kamal Naffa, who is former professor of philosophy at California State University, Fullerton The time has come to consider the values and practices of secularism as […]
By Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India (moinqazi123@gmail.com) One of the most contentious issues that have vexed the minds of Muslims is the concept of interest in the modern-day economy. The Islamic clerics (ulema) have exhibited an ambivalent stand on major issues concerning Islamic finance and on most occasions preferred to diplomatically […]
52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues https://t.co/wNfbp5ctzu pic.twitter.com/VohmHPlyHH — Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) January 12, 2018 Suggested reading […]
Source: Swiss Info A nationwide ban on face-coverings – a de facto burka ban – would currently get the thumbs-up from 76% of Swiss voters, according to a poll […]
Source: Aljazeera By Aina Khan 10 hours ago London, England – When Maureen wed her husband Rashid in a Muslim ceremony in 1973 in Bradford, she knew that should the relationship fall […]
Source: New Age Islam By Sultan Shahin, Founding Editor, New Age Islam Acclaimed poet and writer Javed Akhtar has rightly condemned the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) “in […]
Source: Reuters and Huffington Post Cinemas were banned in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists as Saudi society turned towards a restrictive form of the religion. DUBAI, Dec 11 […]
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I suggest that a few of these videos in Urdu below should give you insight into who we […]
Source: The Express Tribune Sexual abuse in Pakistan’s madrassas is as common as discussing it is taboo, says an Associated Press (AP) investigation. The investigation shed light on this phenomenon, which is stated to be […]
Source: Pakistan Today Finality of Prophethood restored to its original form Law minister says amended bill will make clauses relating to Khatm-e-Nabuwwat more effective ‘Separate voters’ list will be created […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2017 By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Human rights have been defined. Yes, they were defined very precisely and agreed upon […]
Editorial: Source: The Muslim Sunrise From the high echelons of international relations down to the smallest domestic level, fairness and justice among members of human society are essential requirements for […]
Source: The Telegraph By Shelina Janmohamed Secondwife.com now has 100,000 users I’m not a second wife, and I have no plans to ever be one. There is only really one reason […]