Wearing a hijab is the most liberating thing I’ve ever experienced
Source: Metro Last month for Ramadan I wanted to try a little bit harder than I’ve tried in previous years. I decided this year I was going to, amongst other […]
Islamic fashion clothing is about to reach 10% of global clothing market
Source: ABC Euromonitor International, which issued a review of halal product markets, thinks that nearly double-digit annual growth awaits the global market of Islamic fashion clothing in the medium-term prospect. […]
Quran dating back to Akbar’s period recovered in Mysuru, India
Source: The Hindu The last page bears the year in which it had been written. “It was written in 1050 of the Hijri calendar, which works out to 1605 AD, […]
‘‘EVERY GOOD DEED IS AN ACT OF CHARITY.’’ BY YOUSAF AFTAB
leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk: We are very saddened at the news that supporter Kamal Aftab passed away last Friday. Kamal was a very inspirational man who selflessly supported charities, most recently Leukaemia & […]
USCIRF Report: Continued Persecution of Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslims
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Paul Mason: capitalism is failing, and it’s time to panic – video
The neoliberalist capitalist model has resulted in civil wars and economic disaster, and it’s only going to get worse. Unless, Paul Mason argues, we take advantage of the technological revolution we are living through and create a postcapitalist sharing society. If we let prices fall and delink work from wages, […]
First signs of hope
Aug 11,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH When the Iran nuclear deal was reached a month ago in Vienna, analysts’ accounts went wildly in every possible direction, attaching to it every inconceivable and unthinkable attribution. Predictions went as far as claiming that the two-year-long negotiations had not […]
Saudi Arabia rejects Russian calls to work with Assad against Daesh
Saudi Arabia rejects Russian calls to work with Assad against Daesh By AFP – Aug 11,2015 – JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Tuesday poured cold water on Russian calls to join forces with the Syrian authorities against Daesh militatns, insisting it would never work with President […]
India’s Muslim women fight to end triple talaq law that yields instant divorce
Epigraph: Divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them away with kindness. And it is not lawful for you that you take […]
Is Donald Trump Entitled to Talk about Any Journalist’s Menstruation on National Television?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Donald Trump led the republican party’s 17-strong 2016 presidential field with the backing of 24 percent […]
100 Wonderful Ways To Live To 100
Want to add more and better years to your life? Now is the time. We’re living longer than ever: The average American that was born in 2013 will be […]
Vatican: Jewish Extremist Poses Threat To Holy Land Christians
Epigraph: And if Allah did not deter some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name […]
Debating the Morality of Hiroshima
Geopolitical Weekly AUGUST 11, 2015 | By George Friedman Each year at this time — the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima — the world pauses. The pause is less to mourn the dead than to debate a moral question: whether the bombing was justified and, by extension, whether the […]
Russia says ‘early details’ of plan to fight Islamic State start to emerge
AUG 11, 2015 – 10:46 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday “early details” of how to coordinate international efforts to fight Islamic States have started to emerge. Lavrov was speaking at a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. He said Moscow and […]
Polls and Debate: Would you house an asylum seeker long-term?
By Veronica DeVore www.swissinfo.ch AUG 11, 2015 – 11:00 Politbox and regional partner RSI spoke to young people in Ticino about their views on asylum seekers (Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.) Closing borders and providing space in private homes are both ideas that have been raised for how […]
Finding a way forward for Syria
Aug 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby A flurry of recent bilateral and multilateral discussions involving Americans, Russians, Saudis and others have provoked speculation that there may be a renewed push for negotiations to end the conflict in Syria. I can only hope the speculation is not mere wishful thinking, […]
Syrian refugees bear brunt of ‘high living expenses’ — IOM official
By Abeer Numan – Aug 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this photo taken last Tuesday, a Syrian refugee boy carries his younger brother back to their tent at a makeshift settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, some 80km northeast of Amman (AP photo by Muhammed Muheisen) AMMAN […]
554. Commandment – Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites
554. Commandment – Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites [9:73] O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites. And be severe to them. Their abode is Hell, and an evil destination it is. [66:10] O Prophet! strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites; and be strict against them. Their […]
How Salma Hayek’s New Film ‘Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet’ Brings Together ‘All Religions’
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55b2c87502a760275e000600&autoPlay=false Award-winning actress and producer Salma Hayek joins a special #WMN to discuss her animated feature film “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,” based on Gibran’s best-selling poetry book of the same […]