Why does Islam allow polygamy?
By Farhan Iqbal, Imam Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Canada Marriage is a sacred institution in Islam with very important objectives. In most cases, the objective is achieved through monogamy. However, in […]
The trouble with religious freedom
Clifford D. May Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. Some members of Congress disapprove of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s prioritization of “freedom of religion or belief.” But this fight may be part of a […]
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba Press Releases Plenary session AFET DROI 28-11-2019 – 11:51 Haiti must stop violently repressing protesters Algeria must end harassment and intimidation of […]
European Parliament Denounces Human Rights Violations in Algeria
As uncertainty takes center stage in post-Bouteflika Algeria, the European Parliament denounces human rights breaches in the country, urging Algiers to improve its rights record. Hirak demonstrations in Algeria. […]
Double standards and clichéd bipartisan love of politicians
Mehrunnisa Akbar November 15, 2019 With open arms, Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Sikh community in the thousands from its neighboring country and lifetime rival, India. While this […]
Humanity First took lead to reach in Earthquake Affected Albanian Village
By Zubair Khalil Khan On 26.11.2019 three hours 53 minutes of early morning passed as usual. However at 03.54 an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude shook the second largest city Dorres of Albania. It has over 113 thousand population. Until latest news 49 died and hundreds injured. Search for buried and […]
‘This is where my everything is’: US citizen suddenly faces deportation
Apparent targeting of family whose relative was convicted of terror attack prompts accusations of ‘collective punishment’ Aviva Stahl in New York Sat 30 Nov 2019 A New Yorker […]
Opinion Denmark: Denmark’s ‘anti-ghetto’ laws are a betrayal of our tolerant values
Editor’s Note: This article is from last year, we are bringing it now for you to understand the previous article better. Michala Bendixen From a niqab clampdown to circumcision […]
In the ghetto: Denmark wants to break up ethnic enclaves. What is wrong with them? Does ethnic segregation harm immigrants?
FOR A SO-CALLED ghetto, Mjolnerparken seems rather pleasant. The public-housing complex in Copenhagen contains well-tended playgrounds full of cavorting children and their Somali- and Pakistani-Danish mothers. But it is a […]
Brain-dead at 70? NATO set to ask ‘wise persons’ for help
Nov 27, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is expected to ask a group of “wise persons” to help reform the alliance after U.S. President Donald […]
Israel could halt intelligence cooperation with UK if Jeremy Corbyn wins election, Benjamin Netanyahu suggests
Source: Telegraph Raf Sanchez, middle east correspondent Dominic Nicholls, defence and security correspondent Harry Yorke, political correspondent Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested Israel may halt its intelligence cooperation with the UK if Jeremy Corbyn […]
Delegates fail to agree agenda for Syria constitution talks
Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch The second week-long round of talks in Geneva on Syria’s constitution ended on Friday with the Syrian government and opposition co-chairs unable to reach consensus […]
Pakistani man aims to bring shade to Iraq’s Arbaeen pilgrims
Nov 29, 2019 Bags of plants with weight and ordinal numbers written on them are seen before being transported for planting along the pilgrimage route between Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim holy […]
German Catholic Church Debates Sexuality, Celibacy and Women’s Roles
With the German church’s global influence, a meeting of bishops and laypeople to take up hot-button topics has led to warnings of a new schism, originating in the home of […]
London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A number of people have been stabbed and a […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
Smartphone ‘addiction’: Young people ‘panicky’ when denied mobiles
Source: BBC Almost a quarter of young people are so dependent on their smartphones that it becomes like an addiction, suggests research by psychiatrists. The study, from King’s College London, […]
Political history: Switzerland’s controversial minaret ban, ten years on
Source: Swiss Info By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since? […]
A second Brexit referendum? Swiss lessons on repeating votes
By Domhnall O’Sullivan Nov 29, 2019 – swissinfo.ch Three years after voting to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is still polarised over Brexit. Would a second referendum heal […]
The remembrance poppy is becoming a weapon against immigrants to Canada. We need to remember everyone’s contribution to the war
How come the institutional memory fails the right wing so badly in modern politics? Did all these soldiers, women as well as men, die for Canada and its allies […]