What it's like to be Muslim in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
We talk to Muslims across the GTA about discrimination, their hopes and fears for the future, and all of the things that make them inherently Torontonian. Rabia Khedr, 45, diversity […]
Pakistan: Why the urban-based clerical establishment grows bolder by the day
By Pervez Hoodbhoy Source: Dawn.com When Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed spoke at the Karachi Arts Council on May 3, he stated the self-evident. Without explicitly naming madressahs, he said large […]
Saudi court upholds blogger’s 10 years and 1,000 lashes
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Famous Historical Muslims of African/Black Origin
ballandalus.wordpress.com: Islamic civilization currently encompasses every culture, ethnicity, race, and language on the planet. The foundations of Islam are quite egalitarian and encourage diversity, a fact which has attracted various […]
NY Times: Head Scarves Before the Supreme Court
Source: NY Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD JUNE 2, 2015 “This is really easy,” Justice Antonin Scalia said on Monday morning as he announced the Supreme Court’s 8-to-1 decision in favor […]
Islam and the West
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Eiffel Tower: The most recognized landmark of France. For the Muslim Times’ collection to refute Islamophobia […]
70% in France, the UK and Germany voice favorable views of the Muslims
Source: Pew Research Center 5 key findings about how Europeans view the economy and EU By Bruce Stokes 2 comments Roughly seven-in-ten or more adults in France (76%), the UK (72%) […]
Netanyahu’s Palestine stance erodes Israel’s credibility — Obama
This article was originally posted by Rafiq Tschennen in the Muslim Times Source: Jordan Times and Reuters OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US President Barack Obama said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect’s female driver ban ‘unlawful and discriminatory’
Equality and Human Rights Commission tells Belz sect its ruling that women could not drive their children to its schools in North London is illegal Source: The Guardian By Jane […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect's female driver ban 'unlawful and discriminatory'
Equality and Human Rights Commission tells Belz sect its ruling that women could not drive their children to its schools in North London is illegal Source: The Guardian By Jane […]
Saudi woman deflates husband’s tyres over second wife
Last month a Saudi woman racked up SR300,000 in traffic fines over husband’s second marriage PUBLISHED: 10:30 JUNE 2, 2015 02 BY: HABIB TOUMI,BUREAU CHIEF Manama: A woman who thought her husband was seriously planning to take another woman felt she found the perfect solution to exact revenge on him […]
Saudi woman deflates husband's tyres over second wife
Last month a Saudi woman racked up SR300,000 in traffic fines over husband’s second marriage PUBLISHED: 10:30 JUNE 2, 2015 02 BY: HABIB TOUMI,BUREAU CHIEF Manama: A woman who thought her husband was seriously planning to take another woman felt she found the perfect solution to exact revenge on him […]
Saudi Arabia: Meeting focuses on tackling religious intolerance
Madani says limits of freedom of expression need to be ascertained to determine where it ends PUBLISHED: 17:18 JUNE 4, 2015 WAM Jeddah: More 90 experts on human rights, law, politics and minorities, including UN special procedures as well as representatives of UN Member States, met at the OIC headquarters […]
HAVING A SAY: Can – and should – immigrants participate in Swiss politics?
By Jeannie Wurz JUN 4, 2015 – 17:00 Bern city parliament is debating a motion on allowing the capital’s 33,000 non-Swiss residents to submit political motions (Keystone) The number of foreign residents in Switzerland has increased to almost one quarter of the population. Most of them don’t have a say in […]
Ways of encouraging believers to do good
The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. (Muslim) HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 5 June 2015 A BELIEVER considers having certain human obligations toward not just the people around him, but to the society on the whole. That […]
All systems go as pilgrim influx due
MAJESTIC MOSQUE: The newly constructed annex of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, part of the latest Haram expansion project, will be opened to meet the requirements of increasing numbers of pilgrims and worshippers during Ramadan. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 5 June 2015 JEDDAH: Saudi missions abroad have […]
Al Qaeda’s Syria chief says Daesh caliphate ‘illegitimate’
By AFP – Jun 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — The chief of Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate described the rival Daesh group’s self-proclaimed caliphate as “illegitimate”, in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday. In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news channel, Al Nusra […]
Al Qaeda's Syria chief says Daesh caliphate 'illegitimate'
By AFP – Jun 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — The chief of Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate described the rival Daesh group’s self-proclaimed caliphate as “illegitimate”, in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday. In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news channel, Al Nusra […]
Daesh reduces water supply to gov’t areas in Anbar
By AP – Jun 04,2015 -JORDAN TIMES Iraq’s Badr Brigades Shiite militia detain four men that they suspect of being Daesh militants outside the oil refinery in Beiji, 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday. The men were planning to attack oil refinery checkpoints, the militia said (AP photo) […]