Burned Texas mosque gets $1m from donors
Source: BBC Texas mosque has received nearly $1m (£800,000) in donations after it was destroyed in a fire over the weekend. More than $900,000 had been raised to rebuild the […]
Mother ‘told to prove lactation’ at Frankfurt airport
Source: BBC By Tessa Wong A woman has filed a complaint with German police alleging she was told to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was lactating. […]
Iran’s Rouhani Left Exposed by Trump’s Travel Ban
Source: Time By Kay Armin Serjoie / Tehran Zeinab’s son Bahman has been studying for a PhD in Virginia since 2014. So when the chance came to visit him this January, […]
President Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates After She Defied Immigration Order
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — In an extraordinary public showdown, President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general of the United States after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee […]
Is Trump’s immigration order legal?
Source: BBC By Anthony Zurcher North America reporter Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may have offered the most prescient reaction to President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement and blocking […]
BJP not anti-Muslim, my business partner was a Muslim: Vala
Source: Deccan Herald Governor Vajubhai Vala spoke about the need for peaceful coexistence among people of different religions, castes and races at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Peace Symposium 2017 here […]
Austria to ban full-face veil in public places
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 […]
US made ‘special concessions’ to Pakistan and other countries with ‘secret bases’
DAWN.COM — UPDATED Jan 26, 2017# The following is an excerpt from a declassified document released online by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of a searchable database on its website Reading Room. Declassified documents were previously only available to the public at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. […]
Clamoring for Israeli approval: Trump’s election promises will haunt him
JAN. 31, 2017 (AFP/File) By: Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author, and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story. US President Donald Trump promises to be pro-Israel in every aspect. “I’m the best thing that could ever […]
‘Muslim societies that flourished were pluralistic’
SHAZIA HASAN KARACHI: “’Sacred violence’ in America is defined by the Americans as ‘violence by Muslims’. They ask me why we Muslims are so violent. And I ask them instead ‘when did they stop beating their wives’,” said Prof Dr Amjad Hussain pointing to the absurdity of their asking him […]
Kabul sought Pakistan-Afghanistan merger in 1954
January 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: In 1954, the Afghanistan government had approached the United States seeking the merger of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recently-declassified CIA documents reveal that Pakistan was approached over Kabul’s urge for Pakistan-Afghanistan merger but it was suspicious of this plan. A document dated 14 October 1954 reads […]
Donald Trump fires acting Attorney General for defying executive order banning refugees
The White House accuses Sally Yates of betraying the Justice Department Feliks Garcia New York @feliksjose Accusing her of betrayal and insubordination, Donald Trump fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned whether his controversial refugee and immigration ban was constitutional and refused to defend it in court. The dramatic […]
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible
Epigraph: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” (Exodus 22:21) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have […]
Editorial: The Guardian view on fear of Islam: terrorism is not a religion
Source: The Guardian The murder of at least six people in a mosque in Québec city is a brutal reminder that Muslims are by any measure the people who suffer […]
The Qur’anic (Geneva) Convention Pronounced more than 1300 years back
Review of Religions: The Qur’an on War and Peace Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) One of the criticisms levelled at the Holy Qur’an is that its […]
Watch: Why this 40-minute video on migration and racism won a £40,000 prize
Scroll.In: ‘Auto Da Fé’ shows how 400 years of migration in the face of religious persecution is a vicious cycle. As America rages over its president’s decision to ban the entry of refugees, this film looks at four hundred years of forced migration. There are no words, and yet every […]
Suspect in Quebec mosque shooting studied political science at Laval
Source: The Star Bissonnette was on both the Sainte-Foy and Université Laval chess club with his twin brother, said Université Laval professor Jean Sévigny, who said he knew Bissonnette and […]
Barack Obama Praises Protests Against President Trump’s Immigration Ban: ‘American Values Are at Stake’
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Monday commending Americans for the widespread protests in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration order. Obama, in […]
Over 1 Million Sign British Petition to Ban Trump From State Visit
Source: Time By Zamira Rahim A petition in the U.K. demanding the cancellation of President Donald Trump’s state visit has gained a million signatures. Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure […]