The Muslim Times’ Collection on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism
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 […]
CYBER CALIPHATE: Fake, nonsensical and Un Islamic – The Muslim New
CYBER CALIPHATE – Fake and Un-Islamic those (and specially the mainstream Islam) who have for a few decades now been struggling with the idea of having a Caliphate or KHILAFAT out of sheer desperation has now taken to what the media is saying is CYBER CALIPHATE. The concept has no […]
46 Assam mullahs issue fatwa against singer Nahid Afrin
Source:TOI Forty-six Muslim clerics in Assam have issued a fatwa against up-and-coming singer Nahid Afrin, who was the first runner-up in the 2015 season of a musical reality TV show, asking her to stop performing in public. More:
Rex Tillerson: My wife convinced me to be US secretary of state
Source:BBC The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said he only accepted the job after being convinced by his wife. Mr Tillerson, former head of Exxon Mobil with no previous political experience, said in an interview he was “stunned” with the invitation. “I didn’t want this job. I didn’t seek this […]
Reports of shots outside UK Parliament
Source: BBC Reports of shots fired outside UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster reportedly in lockdownThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. More:
Girl meets Pope and steals his hat.
Source: CNN (CNN)It’s 3-year-old Estella Westrick’s first afternoon in Rome and she’s already causing a stir.When her family took her to meet the Pope after his Wednesday audience, she tried to steal his skullcap! Video shows a Vatican aide, known as a Papal Gentleman, lifting Estella to meet the Pope. More:
Islamic State 2.0: As the caliphate crumbles, ISIS evolves
Source:CNN (CNN)ISIS is on the back foot. Nearly three years since the group’s elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS is reeling from losses across its so-called “caliphate.” It is fast losing its grip on Mosul, its biggest hub in Iraq, and […]
Why I disagree with the censorship of social media and the imposition of hijab
Source: Dawn By Reem Wasay, who is a former Op-ed Editor of Daily Times. She can be reached at reemk80@gmail.com Pakistani representatives seem to be getting their ankle-length trousers into […]
Why I disagree with the censorship of social media and the imposition of hijab
Source: Dawn Pakistani representatives seem to be getting their ankle-length trousers into quite a few unseemly knots these days over unprecedented ‘slights’ against our battle-hardened culture.Under attack (as it usually is from unseen forces and a stunted perception of the public profile), lawmakers look ready to redeem our social experiment […]
Muslim teen refused re-entry into US despite being a citizen
Source: ET Zubaidah Alizoti (L) was not allowed to board the plane for her flight back to the US. PHOTO: FACEBOOK A Muslim teen from Knoxville was denied permission to board a Turkish Airline plane in Istanbul for a flight back to the US on Sunday, despite being a US […]
Dutch photographer captures love and friendship on streets of Islamabad
Source: ET Sometimes accidents give us more perspective than reading or travelling. That is exactly what happened with Jeroen Swolfs, a Dutch photographer who got drunk and fell on a pavement in Amsterdam almost a decade ago. As he stared at the pavement and streets around him, he felt a […]
Pakistani German Ahmadi on ARY News. Ahmadiyya Flourishing Everywhere
Source: ARY Ahmadiyya is showing brighter image of Pakistan everywhere they go. The reporter proves in this report that Pakistani Ahmadis will show improved image of Pakistan. Even Though Ahmadiyya community is persecuted and prosecuted in Pakistan for crimes they have not committed, Yet Ahmadiyya love Pakistan. Ahmadiyya is the […]
Ahmadi child detained and harassed by Pakistan Police
Source:RT Residents of Pakistani town of Chenab Nagar have asked the Government to open an investigation after a local police officer harassed and detained a young Ahmadi child. Children of local Ahmadiyya Youth Association were holding banners to raise public awareness about traffic rules and road safety when officer Asif charged […]
Today is the Anniversary of Goethe – Was He a Muslim?
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (/ˈɡɜːrtə/;[1][2][3] German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə] ( listen); 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was […]
Paradise on Earth
by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) The Review of Religions, January 1997 Translated by Amatul-Hadi Ahmad On the evening of 16 August 1902, after the evening prayer, the Promised Messiah (as), as was his practice, sat down with his companions, for general conversation and discussion. Someone presented him with a […]
Makkah: Vision 2030
Muddassar Ahmed | Published — Tuesday 21 March 2017 Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 has set out an inspiring future for the Kingdom at a time of global economic volatility. But to fulfill this, a critical step will be to revitalize the holy city of Makkah. Vision 2030 recognizes this. Envisaging […]
Protesters demand full rights for children of Jordanian women married to foreigners
MPs listen to demonstrators, pledge to examine and follow up on matter By Rana Husseini – Mar 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters stage a sit-in in front of Parliament on Tuesday calling on the government to grant full citizenship rights to children of Jordanian women married to foreigners (Photo by […]
More blatant disregard for rights
Mar 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The US delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council boycotted this body’s deliberations in Geneva on Monday because on its agenda were discussions about Israel and Palestine. The US boycott was decided before the council opened up the deliberations on the Israeli practices, […]
Jordan hosts 657,000 registered Syrian refugees
By Mohammad Ghazal – Mar 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Syrian refugees are seen at Azraq Camp, around 100km from Amman, in the eastern desert (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun) AMMAN — Out of some 4.9 million Syrians registered with the UNHCR in the region by mid […]
Israel — price of appeasement
Mar 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif The withdrawal last week of a UN agency report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state will not change the stark findings and harsh conclusions that two distinguished researchers had reached. The report, titled “Israeli practices towards the Palestinian people and the […]