Pakistan’s Sindh province allows Hindu marriages to be registered
Source: BBC A province in Pakistan has become the first in the largely Muslim country to give Hindus the right to register their marriage officially. The bill was passed on Monday […]
Georgia Scraps “Blasphemy Bill”
Source: Eurasianet Georgia has dropped a proposed anti-blasphemy bill ardently opposed by freedom-of-speech activists. With a stated goal of protecting the feelings of Christian believers, the bill pitted civil liberties […]
Faith, hope and secularity: Ireland on brink of change as church power wanes
Source: The Guardian Mike McKillen was delighted to have his granddaughter’s help in digging the garden. But as a small creature wriggled out of the damp earth, the retired science […]
Meet ‘Average Mohamed’, the gas station manager fighting Isis
Source: The Guardian Sometimes, Mohamed Ahmed gets death threats. But that’s to be expected when you’re taking on Isis. “I say a prayer, and I hope nothing bad happens,” said […]
University of Arizona Students Hurl Insults, and Litter, at Mosque in Tucson
Source: The New York Times TUCSON — Rania Kanawati, a Syrian immigrant, was walking to her car after Friday Prayer last month at the Islamic Center of Tucson when a […]
El Paso’s Catholic conscience on immigration sees ‘immense value’ in Pope Francis visit
Source: Crux EL PASO — Ruben Garcia, to be clear, is not a man easily impressed by PR gestures or empty rhetoric on the subject of immigration. Born and bred […]
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics to cross US border to see Pope Francis
Source: The Guardian As many as 200,000 Catholics are expected to cross four bridges from El Paso, Texas into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday to see Pope Francis in a […]
A prayer for true dreams
Dr. Annemarie Schimmel, a German ‘Orientalist’, wrote in her book ‘Die Traeume der Kalifen’: It is reported that Hadhrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, prayed as follows: ” O Allah, let me sleep well tonight and grant me true dreams, dreams that are beneficial to me and […]
Is Ben Carson a Neurosurgeon or a ‘Schizophrenic?’
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: Given Carson’s coarse rhetoric against the Muslims, we have chosen to change the heading of this news and return the favor to him. The joke […]
Derbent (A Muslim Majority city) as Russia’s Oldest City?
Derbent as Russia’s Oldest City? Think Again, Moscow Says Not so many years ago, Derbent buzzed with plans to celebrate its 5,000th anniversary, envisioning the day when it would claim […]
Turkey ditches religion from IDs
Turkey ditches religion from IDs as it eyes EU membership Turks will no longer be required to display their religion on national identification cards as part of the country’s attempts […]
Pluralism and the Najran Christians: How Prophet Muhammad Went Beyond Tolerance
Source: The Huffington Post By Craig Considine; Sociologist, Speaker, Writer Last week I gave a presentation in front of a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students at Rice University in […]
Video Debate: Is it right to shop on Sundays?
Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: For six days, work is to be done, but […]
Video: Would it be right to change an embryos’ genes?
This is a short video from the BBC series: The Big Questions Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. It is […]
Islam in Switzerland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ahmadiyya mosque in Zurich(built in 1963). Islam in Switzerland has mostly arrived via immigration since the late 20th century. Numbering below 1% of total population in 1980, the fraction of Muslims in the population of permanent residents in Switzerland has quintupled in thirty years, […]
Shaikha Moza: Technology is killing Arabic language
Qatar Foundation for Education chairperson calls for strong measures to preserve language Image Credit: QNA Shaikha Moza addressing the forum. Published: 09:34 January 21, 2016 By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Shaikha Moza Bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has lamented the inability of the Arabs […]
Prince Sultan Qur’an memorization competition to be held in Jakarta
SAEED AL-KHOTANI Published — Wednesday 17 February 2016 ARABNEWS.COM RIYADH: The annual Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Competition for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an and the […]
Are Pakistani brides actually ready to pay up to Rs66,000 for one night’s wedding makeup?
By Maham Idrees 2 hours ago tribune.com.pk Everywhere in the world, winter comes with chilly days and hot chocolate but in Pakistan it brings along wedding season. It is my friend’s wedding this season also and as all the wedding plans were materialising, the last thing on my friend’s mind […]
Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion
Source: University of Cambridge People in the ancient world did not always believe in the gods, a new study suggests – casting doubt on the idea that religious belief is […]
Islam and women rights
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif The status of women in Islam is an issue that is largely misunderstood in present times. Muslim women are generally viewed as […]