Kids in an Indian Village Were Not Going to School, Till Tabassum, Tarranum and Rubina Did Something Incredible! Tabassum, Tarranum and Rubina are the three inspiring young girls who have changed the face of the little village of Sajoi near Varanasi for good Shreya Pareek January 24, 2016 Tabassum, Tarranum […]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune By ROBERT KIRBY | Tribune Columnist What if you could learn whether the religion you follow is true simply by pushing a button? No more need for faith. Now you could actually know instead of just believing that you do. Would you push the button? Even […]
Source: The Gaurdian Asylum seekers in Cardiff are being issued with brightly coloured wristbands that they must wear at all times, in a move which echoes the “red door” controversy […]
Source: BBC Sometimes it’s difficult to fathom that the world could actually become even more crowded than it is today – especially when elbowing through a teeming Delhi market, hustling […]
Source: BBC It’s not clear what exact words David Cameron used in private conversation but many Muslim women have taken to Twitter to tell him that they are not quite […]
Source: BBC The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis […]
Source: BBC The US Treasury has told a BBC investigation that it considers Russian President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt. The US government has already imposed sanctions on Mr Putin’s […]
Source: Gulf News Dubai: A leading UAE scholar has called for more research into the oldest Quranic manuscript found at the University of Birmingham, after new theories have shed light […]
Source: BBC Almost all of Australia’s state and territory leaders have signed a document in support of the country becoming a republic. The only leader who declined to sign, Western […]
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Source: Huffington Post By Debbie Slevin Author, theatrical producer/director, teacher, wife, mother, GRANDMOTHER! Inquisitive mind, tenacious reporter, emotional softie. I would like to think I am a pretty good mother-in-law. My two married sons think so. As do their wives. But I didn’t get to this place easily. There aren’t any […]
theguardian: letter by Nasira Rehman — Muslim women shopping for fruit and veg in Whitechapel Road street market in east London. Photograph: Kathy Dewitt/Alamy Photograph: Alamy As the elected president of the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, I wish to express my concerns about the prime minister’s […]
Suggested Reading: What Can a Quarter of Unaffiliated US Population Find in Islam? The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is […]
Source: History channel On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy becomes the first U.S. president to hold a live televised news conference. From a podium in the State […]
This is a debate from 2010 and is equally relevant today 5 years later. For the Muslim Times’ collection of articles about Hijab, please click here.
Source: Daily Times LAHORE: Experts from the United Nations have urged Pakistan to halt the ongoing construction of Orange Line Metro Train (OMT), as it poses a direct threat to a large number of protected heritage sites and historic buildings. They said the government’s forced eviction of residents from their […]
Source: Gulf News Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir has denied the existence of a Pakistani mediation between his country and Iran. Reports last week said that Pakistan […]
Source: BBC The semipalmated sandpipers arrive in their thousands and spend several weeks resting and mating on the shore, before leaving southern Canada for the warmer climes of South America. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Greg Cootsona: writer/speaker on faith, science & culture (and all three together) Having spent two decades on church staffs and thus in conversations with other pastors, […]
By Zia H Shah Permission to take up arms is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged and Allah, indeed, has power to help them. (22:40) Followers of all religions can make tall claims about the beauty of their religions. In view of that, […]