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Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s note: The pictures have been added by us. The Times of Israel: OPS & BLOGS > Naomi Chazan Nelson Mandela, one of the great figures of this era, is no […]
Huff Post — “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela has died, but the power of his […]
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Desmond Tutu denounced religions that discriminate against LGTB-identified people by making some very strong statements during the United Nations’ launch of its gay-rights […]
Inquirer: JOHANNESBURG— As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa’s national broadcaster. Mandela’s oldest daughter, Makaziwe, and 15 other family members have pressed a court application to get […]
South Africans were urged to let go of their beloved hero Nelson Mandela after the ailing 94-year-old spent a second night in hospital with a recurrent pneumonia infection. Officials have not released an update on Mandela’s health since announcing that he was back in hospital and was in a “serious […]
By Robyn Dixon May 10, 2013, 12:28 p.m. JOHANNESBURG — Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, […]
Ten years ago, to be a religious Muslim youth would be considered to be conservative or traditional. Ten years later, to be a pious Muslim youth is being associated with […]
Source: SouthAfrica.info 50 steel column constructions up to 9.5 metres tall come into alignment to form a portrait of Nelson Mandela against a backdrop of rolling hills and valleys at […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Almost four years after Sri Lankan government forces crushed Tamil rebels, Switzerland is backing a South African post-Apartheid reconciliation initiative to bring parties to the negotiating […]
By Malamin L.M. Conteh @ AllAfrica.com The Youth Wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at The Gambia, known as Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, recently held its 29th annual convention also known as (Ijtema). The convention took place at the Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School in Basse in the Upper River Region. The […]
Source: Allafrica.com We like to think we’re special in South Africa, especially compared to our African neighbours. Trouble is, we’re not so special. There’s plenty that Africa can teach us, and Ghana’s presidential debates are an excellent place to start. It’s been a sad old time in South Africa recently. […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/world/asia/gays-in-pakistan-move-cautiously-to-gain-acceptance.html?ref=todayspaper LAHORE, Pakistan — The group meets irregularly in a simple building among a row of shops here that close in the evening. Drapes cover the windows. Sometimes members watch movies or read poetry. Occasionally, they give a party, dance and drink and let off steam. Related Times Topic: Homosexuality […]
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany By Horand Knaup and Jan Puhl DPA South Africa’s legendary African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, is destroying itself. Corruption, cronyism, internal divisions and, more recently, the mine massacre in Marikana are draining support from the party’s base — and destroying the country’s economy. More:
Credit:Allafrica.com Police have shot dead more than 30 striking miners after a series of violent protests at one of the world’s largest platinum-producing mines. More:
Credit: CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Rising tensions at a South African platinum mine exploded Thursday in grisly violence as police fired on striking miners. Blood-stained bodies lay strewn about a field in a police response reminiscent of the days of apartheid. Police have not released a death toll, […]
New Egypt-based Islamic TV channel caters to fully veiled women Washington Post Conservative Islam and its most visible hallmark, the niqab, appear to be on the rise on Egypt’s cultural scene as well, and the launch of Maria TV is an attempt to cater to that growing segment of society. A decade ago, the […]