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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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%) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
Suppose someone were to describe to you a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care—including heart surgery—for all. You might suspect that such a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal […]