Video: Islam Believes in the Equality, Education, and Empowerment of Women
The Muslim Times’ has most extensive collection on Women Rights. Suggested Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal
Astronaut Scott Kelly: Mars mission is ‘doable’
Source: CNN (CNN)If NASA had allowed it, astronaut Scott Kelly would have loved to climb out of the Soyuz capsule after landing on Tuesday and walked on his own, Kelly’s […]
Drowning in Complicated Grief: How to Be Your Own Lifeguard
Source: Huffington Post When you are stuck in complicated grief, you feel like you are in the middle of the ocean, drowning. You are desperate to keep your head above […]
How To Create A Sacred Space In Your Home
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla — Make room for wonder, no matter what your beliefs are. Even if you can only stop by it for 10 seconds every day, having a space for quiet reflection in your home is a reminder to check in with yourself. Whether you’re religious, non-religious, or […]
Interfaith Conference at Japan Ahmadiyya Mosque
An interfaith gathering will be taking place in The Japan Mosque to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Easteran Japan Earthquake. The objective of the conference is to bring people of all faiths together and engage in a meaningful dialogue to infuse mutual understanding […]
Greece: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds 2nd National Peace Symposium in Athens
By Imam & National President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Greece Tel: +30 2112140522 | Fax: +30 2112140522 Website: http://www.alislam.org, http://www.mta.tv, http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org “The principle to which we adhere is that we have […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta & KSU hold a successful Peace Symposium on Shariah & State
Source: ahmadiyyamalta.org The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta & KSU held a successful Peace Symposium on Shariah & State on March 2, 2016, at the University of Malta. In this symposium Dr. […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hosts & Invites All Faiths to 5th Inferfaith Peace Conference
An interfaith gathering is to take place in “The Japan Mosque” to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. The objective […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Effective Advocacy on Religious Freedom
mpac.org: Last week, Ahmadiyya Muslims held a briefing on Capitol Hill to counter extremist narratives. In front of a full room, almost a dozen Members of Congress talked about their support for religious freedom and their appreciation for the unveiling of a program designed to theologically refute ISIS. After the […]
Israel’s Government Reaches a New Moral Low
Haaretz: The right-wing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is finding it difficult to cope with the “lone-wolf intifada,” which has been underway for more than five months. The frustration and helplessness of ministers in the face of public pressure is dragging them into a moral abyss. A new […]
An A-Z Guide to Being a Muslim Ally
Source: Huffington Post By Zoha Qamar; Student at Columbia University Given the recent rhetoric spewing from the political pandemonium sometimes referred to as the United States Presidential Election, as well a spike […]
The Sexual Misery of the Western World
Source: The Muslim Matters By Daniel Haqiqatjou LOS ANGELES, United States — After Woodstock came campus surveys on sexual assault. After bra-burning came date rape. The Sexual revolution of the […]
Guru Inc.: India’s holy men enter the world of big business
The flashy Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh — whose devotees call him a “messenger of god” and “saint” but not a businessman — lent his name to a line of organic products, expanding beyond the music videos and movies he makes and stars in. (Courtesy of Ajay Dhamija) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/guru-inc-indias-holy-men-enter-the-world-of-big-business/2016/02/26/6ee7a542-d596-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html “Our […]
Sectarian Violence and the Role of the Muslim Ummah
By Basheer Ahmed M.D., who believes Education, Research and Service to the Humanity is the Greatest Worship Today the Muslim community is plagued by sectarianism. The majority of murdered Muslims were killed by other Muslims in the name of Islam. The ongoing civil war in Syria is an aggravated version […]
Tolerance is Islam’s cardinal principle
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 4 March 2016 Tolerance in Islam, is not a mere fairytale phrase, but Muslims live it in reality. Islam urges us to be tolerant and forgive others. This is indicated in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah. One of the features of Islam […]
Pakistan: An execution, Not a Policy Turnaround
02/29/2016 Aparna PandeDirector, India Initiative, Hudson Institute The execution in Pakistan of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri — the bodyguard who in 2011, under influence of religious zealots, killed secular Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer — has strategically coincided with the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue taking place in Washington DC. Given Pakistan’s history […]
New Fences on the Old Continent: Refugee Crisis Pushes Europe to the Brink
AFP Even as Chancellor Merkel continues pursuing a deal with Turkey, Austria and its Balkan neighbors to the south have taken things into their own hands. With fences going up across the region, Greece is in trouble and the EU can’t figure out what to do. By SPIEGEL Staff A […]
Syrians should decide Assad’s fate: UN envoy
Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday. (AP) AFP Published — Saturday 5 March 2016 PARIS: United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura said Friday the Syrian people, not […]
Islamic art exhibit underway at U.S. museum
Islamic art exhibit underway at U.S. museum TEHRAN Times Art Desk TEHRAN – The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is displaying works of Islamic art in an exhibition, which opened on February 26. The artworks are from India under the Moguls in the 16th century, Iran during the reign […]
Impoverished interior poses risk for struggling Tunisia
By AFP – Mar 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES People shelter from the gun fire outside a house in El Aouija, outside Ben Guerdane, 650km away from Tunis, Wednesday (AP photo) TUNIS — Government neglect in central Tunisia, where poverty and unemployment rates are several times the national average, risks […]