New Zealand to axe blasphemy laws
Source: Tribune WELLINGTON: New Zealand plans to scrap the crime of blasphemy after calls from across the political spectrum for reform in response to an Irish investigation into British comic […]
The ’Splainer: Who is Our Lady of Fatima and what is the ‘Third Secret’?
Source: Religion News Service By David Gibson and Kimberly Winston | 17 hours ago (RNS) The ’Splainer (as in “You’ve got some ’splaining to do”) is an occasional feature in […]
Seeing the light: How India is embracing solar power
Source: BBC India unveiled the world’s biggest solar farm earlier this year and has quadrupled its solar capacity in the last three years, bringing electricity to millions of off-grid households. […]
Book Review: Muslims Learning Secularism from Jesus Son of Mary
Book reviewed by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims Book written by […]
The Early Christians Ebionites – Closest to the Quranic Description of Christianity
Promoted post: National Geographic Video: Who is God with Morgan Freeman Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ebionites are the closest to the Christianity that […]
Video: Mustafa Akyol – The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
Suggested Reading Interfaith Healer: The Surprising Role of Jesus in Islam What Jesus Can Teach Today’s Muslims Book Review: Islam Without Extremes by Mustafa Akyol
Why be conscious: The improbable origins of our unique mind
http://www.newscientist.com: YOU know that you are conscious. Hopefully, you believe me when I tell you that I am, too. But is your pet dog or cat conscious? What about a tool-making crow, or a “clairvoyant” octopus or a worm? You might think it is impossible to find out. There is […]
I will be fine
Source: CNN I have long believed that a President can fire an FBI Director for any reason, or for no reason at all. I’m not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won’t either. It is done, and I will be […]
Why to write Ahmadiyya? Terminology in Journalism
Source: Dawn AN item in the press appearing some days ago under the headline ‘Ahmadi professor found murdered’, drew attention to the challenges of news coverage, especially news related to crime.Such a report could have been given quite a few other headings. For instance, the heading could have been ‘A […]
Case filed over Mymensingh Ahmadiyya imam attack
Mymensingh Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 2017-05-10 One of the Imam’s attackers, identified as Abdul Ahad Mohammad Ullah, is in a hospital after being nabbed and beaten by locals The Ahmadiyya community in Mymensingh has started a police case over the attack on the imam of one of its mosques Late […]
Terrorism Studies: Certificate/Advanced Certificate/Individual Modules
World-leading online Terrorism Studies course Starts: June, October, February Online Learning Home Course Content Meet the Experts Fees & Admissions Online Learning In-Company Training LMS Login APPLY Study the characteristics […]
We planned to kill him three weeks back, says Ahmadiyya imam attacker
Published May 09, 2017 Ahad said he decided to kill the imam three weeks ago after learning how the latter had been leading the Muslims astray and converting them […]
Second-citizenship business booms amid global strife
BEN FLANAGAN | Published — Thursday 11 May 2017 Armand Arton. (Photo: Jonathan Glynn-Smith JEDDAH: Business might be booming for Armand Arton, but that does not necessarily mean the world […]
Muslims abroad must respect law on veils, MWL chief reiterates
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 11 May 2017 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa RIYADH: A Muslim World League (MWL) official has reiterated the position of its Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa that Muslims abroad must respect the laws of the land they live in. The official […]
Blasphemy verdict sinks Jakarta governor, elevates Islamic hardliner
Reuters International MAY 9, 2017 – Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is seen inside a court during his trial for blasphemy in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9, 2017 in this […]
Jailing of Jakarta’s Christian governor reverberates across Indonesia
Reuters International MAY 10, 2017 – Supporters of former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, gather at city hall a day after after a court sentenced him […]
Spontaneous protests wrongfoot police, loosening India’s grip on Kashmir
Reuters International MAY 11, 2017 – 01:31 Demonstrators throw stones towards the Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (reuters_tickers) By Tommy Wilkes and Fayaz […]
Turkey warns US of blowback from arming Kurdish fighters in Syria
By Reuters – May 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units head a convoy of US military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to […]
Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey may not be a cover-up – but it is a complete political disaster
Sheer incompetence and schoolyard nastiness may better explain the botched dismissal David Usborne New York @dusborne Finished with the last meeting of the day in New York, Joe Crowley, the fourth most senior Democrat in the House of Representatives, was headed to an intimate fundraiser in a private home on […]