How Seeker Spirituality Is Shaping The World Of Publishing
Source: Huffington Post For some, the journey of spiritual self-discovery begins by picking up a book — and there couldn’t be a better time to do so. This fall, HarperOne, […]
Sikhs in America are still coming under attack because people think they’re Muslims
Source: The Washington Post The bearded man in the blue turban was attacked before dawn on Saturday morning, while waiting for a ride to work. Two white males in their […]
Angels and their attributes
SHAIKH SALIH BIN FAWZAN Published — Friday 25 December 2015 The belief in the angels is one of the pillars of faith (Iman). What belief in the angels entails is: Believing in their existence and believing in the duties that they carry out in the universe. So the angels are […]
Norway proposes stricter asylum rules
Norway’s Minister of Immigration and Integration Sylvie Listhaug. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Wednesday 30 December 2015 STOCKHOLM: Norway’s center-right government on Tuesday proposed tightening the country’s asylum rules to avoid what the immigration minister described as “violent consequences” for the country’s welfare system. ADVERTISING 2 The measures, which […]
Launching pad for more victories
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – The liberation of Ramadi from the terrorist group Daesh is certainly a big victory for Baghdad, and could be the beginning of a campaign to liberate other cities and Iraqi territories still in the clutch of this extremist grouping. “This great victory has broken […]
Displaced by war, Syrians seek safety in cars, shells of buildings
By AFP – Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian man looks on from inside an unfinished building where he lives with his family in the Daf Al Sakhr neighbourhood of Jaramana on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 16 (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — Since his house on […]
Discrimination against Ahmadis: Institutionalizing hate in the name of love
The Nation: The recent hateful protests by business owners demanding Ahmadi citizens to wear identification publicly have been a real eye-opener to anyone oblivious to intolerance in the Pakistani society. The protest was directed against Punjab police for removing hateful and derogatory signs from a shop warning Ahmadis to refrain […]
Jimmy Carter’s essay on quitting church is suddenly viral
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter can still command people’s attention. His 2009 column on why he quit his church for women’s rights — “Losing my religion […]
Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas
Salon: There are few get-rich-quick schemes left in modern publishing, but one that persists could be called Project Islamic Reformation. Writing a book that fits in this category is actually quite easy. First, label yourself a reformist. Never mind the congratulatory self-coronation the tag implies; it is necessary to segregate oneself from […]
Two Pakistani clerics fight at meeting over status of Ahmadi sect
Guardian: Two Pakistani clerics have come to blows at a meeting of the religious establishment over the fraught issue of the status of Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that hardliners want declared apostates. A scuffle broke out on Tuesday between the two at a gathering of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology […]
My 6 point edict (fatwa) against Jihad
By Tufail Ahmad Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets @tufailelif Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets […]
Pakistan suicide bombing kills ‘at least 22’ in Mardan
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 22 people, police say. The bomb went off outside the National Database and […]
Cleveland Police Officers Will Not Face Charges in Death of Tamir Rice
Source: Time The white police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014 will not face criminal charges, the county prosecutor announced Monday. “Based on the evidence they heard, and the law as it applies to police use of deadly force, the grand jury declined to bring […]
Obama Will Host Canada’s Justin Trudeau at the White House in March
Source: Time Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau will travel to the White House on March 10for an official visit and a state dinner. “The visit […]
Gonorrhea may soon be untreatable, Britain’s chief medical officer warns
Source: The Washington Post Dame Sally Davies, Britain’s chief medical officer, has reportedly written to doctors and pharmacies in Britain sounding the alarm on antibiotic resistant gonorrhea. The sexually transmitted […]
Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Deceased Dog, Gets Two Puppies
Source:Huffington Post Losing a dog is heart-wrenchingly sad. But what if you could bring them back after they die? If you could reincarnate your dog in a way, would you do it? Laura Jacques and her partner Richard Remde did just that and celebrated the birth of their first cloned […]
More than 70 killed in Nigeria bombings, suicide attacks
Source: China Daily LAGOS – More than 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in sporadic bombings and suicide attacks that struck northern Nigeria since […]
The Year is 1915-Just 100 years ago
Dramatic changes have occurred in the last 100 years; what is in store for us in the next?
The Great Hypocritical Muslim Cover-Up
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz ‘World Hijab Day’ is worse than passé. It’s time to make the veil a matter of choice in Iran and Saudi Arabia, for […]
Four Reasons Why Quran’s Charter of Human Rights Goes Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
For The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim: On December 8, 2015 King Abdullah of Jordan spoke to Charlie Rose about the possibility of a Third World War. On December […]