Just a few interesting persons whom your Associate Chief Editor met …
Some contacts asked me recently about ‘whom did you meet’…? Well, in a way it is a bit difficult to make a list, because some people may be ‘well known’ […]
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS OVER “NEW MCCARTHYISM” ON GAZA
Columbia University professors demonstrate outside the Columbia campus demanding the release of arrested students in New York City on May 1, 2024. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure. Natasha Lennard May 16 2024 […]
‘Chilling effect’: People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school
Canada Employers, institutions alerted to individuals supporting Palestinians in Israel-Hamas war, CBC has learned Brishti Basu · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2023 Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential […]
Allah and the Occident. How Islam Came to Germany
The history of Islam in Germany goes back as far as the 8th century. From the reign of Charlemagne, to Goethe’s literature, to the Turkish guest workers who arrived in the 1950s and 60s and made a home here, the Muslim religion has been a part of German culture for […]
Significance of intentions
19th July 2024 عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰه صلّى اللّٰه عليه وسلّم يَقُولُ: إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا، أَوْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ ينكحها، فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليه It was narrated by Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he […]
Why ICJ ruling against Israel’s settlement policies will be hard to ignore
Analysis Peter Beaumont Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories Israel’s settlement policies break international law, court finds Fri 19 Jul 2024 Thorough, detailed and all encompassing, the international court of justice’s advisory ruling on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of […]
Friday Sermon Summary 19th July 2024: ‘Incidents From the Life of the Holy Prophet (sa) – The Expedition of Banu Mustaliq’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 19th July 2024 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he would continue mentioning the Expedition of Banu Mustaliq. Reconciling Varying Accounts of the Expedition of Banu Mustaliq His Holiness (aba) said that […]
Full text of The International Court of Justice opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories
Click this link. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, NetherlandsTel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928 Website X YouTube LinkedInPress ReleaseUnofficial No. 2024/5719 July 2024 Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel inthe Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East […]
Adidas removes Bella Hadid from ad campaign after criticism from Israel
Bella Hadid Company says it is ‘revising’ work for shoe designed for 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorists Tom AmbroseFri 19 Jul 2024 Adidas has pulled images of the model Bella Hadid from adverts promoting a sports shoe first launched to coincide with the 1972 […]
When Supporting Israel is a Liability: Is Gaza Changing the West?
July 19, 2024 Articles, Commentary, Editorials By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli war of ‘extermination’ in Gaza, per the words of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, has made the cause of Palestinian freedom a global one. Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing […]
UN top court says Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
By Raffi Berg, BBC News, London The UN’s top court has said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law, in a landmark opinion. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said […]
Hamza Yusuf a Great Teacher of Islam: Except for Jinns and Evolution
Epigraph لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ There is nothing whatever like unto Him; and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. (Al Quran 42:11) The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments The […]
When the Christians and the Atheists Openly Talk, Islam Wins
Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times When the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, claimed Monotheism […]
Does the Bible Talk Science: An Atheist Pins Down A Zealous Christian Apologist?
Epigraph The disbelievers say: This Quran is naught but a lie that Muhammad has fabricated, and other people have helped him with it. They have, thereby, perpetrated an injustice and […]
The Islamic New Year Isn’t Celebrated the Way You Might Think
17th July 2024 Add Comment 4 Min Read ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada When you think New Years, you usually think of celebrations. It could be watching the ball drop in New York City on January 1st, lighting firecrackers and the Lantern Festival for Chinese New Year, festive meals for Rosh […]
Israel’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion
Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during an October 2017 protest against Israeli army conscription. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File Diterbitkan: Maret 15, 2024 Penulis Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he ‘won’t take sides’ on what happened on 9/11
2024 ELECTION The independent presidential candidate made the remark in a social media post, later saying that he was referring to “possible Saudi involvement” in the 2001 terror attacks. Presidential […]
I call on Keir Starmer to suspend arms sales to Israel and end Britain’s complicity in the killing
Source: The Guardian Zarah Sultana International law is clear: we have an obligation to prevent genocide. That is why I have tabled an amendment to the king’s speech Wed 17 […]
National religious recruits challenge values of IDF once dominated by secular elite
l-Gaza war Two-fifths of infantry graduate officer cadets now come from section of Israeli society aligned with far-right parties and settler movement Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem Thu 18 Jul 2024 Israel’s army, for much of its seven decades the country’s pre-eminent secular institution, is increasingly coming under the sway of […]