Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
Source: ET GILGIT: The ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and four others were killed when an army helicopter crashed in Naltar area of Gilgit on Friday, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Norwegian envoy Leif H Larsen, Philippines ambassador Domingo D Lucenario Jr, wives of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors and two pilots were killed […]
Source: ET With Iran emboldened and the United States seen in retreat, President Barack Obama faces the vexed task of restoring lost trust and influence when he hosts Gulf leaders at Camp David next week. It is a meeting that Gulf officials privately describe as “a welcome gesture,” “thrown together” […]
What will religion and spirituality look like in the future? We asked 10 millennials to envisioned the future of their tradition or area of interest. We didn’t ask them to predict, but rather to share their hopes for the direction spirituality might take and inspire us to imagine a world […]
Source:BBC A group of village women in the northern Indian state of Bihar have been using sticks to chase away people trying to defecate near the main road in their village. The group of 16 women say they are encouraging people to go into the fields for defecating, away from […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
END OF ORDEAL: An Ethiopian man waves an Egyptian flag as the group he is part of disembarks from a plane at the Cairo airport. They were freed by Egypt’s security services from a militant group in Libya. (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Friday 8 May 2015 CAIRO: […]
HARUN YAHYA ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 8 May 2015 What is the underlying cause of the way that some people suddenly become infuriated or emotional and start weeping or behave in some unexpected way in the face of day-to-day events? * Why is it essential to avoid falling prey to […]
by Raed Omari | May 07, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Palestinian cause is still and will always be the central Arab and international issue despite the shifted […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAY 7, 2015 – 15:28 People with a migration background have greater trust in the Swiss police, courts and political system than people without such a […]
David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats – enough to form a slender majority in the […]
Source: Religion News Service By Bruce B. Lawrence | May 6, 2015 | 35 Comments (RNS) Can poetry be an antidote to poison? Can it provide an alternative to the jihad of Pamela Geller? A life without His love is nothing but slow death. The sum total of love is but three […]
Epigraph: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Brandenburg-Gate in Berlin, Germany The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection of articles to […]
By Ishaan Tharoor May 7 at 5:00 AM THE WASHINGTON POST The official American institution memorializing the Holocaust sounded the alarm this week of the threat of a new genocide facing the beleaguered Rohingya of Burma, one of the world’s most neglected communities. A report published by the Simon-Skjodt […]
Texas Gunmen Honored as Martyrs in Pakistan Nadir Soofi and Elton Simpson were honored for their ‘martyrdom’ after they were killed attacking a ‘Draw Mohammed’ event in Garland, Texas. Nasir Soofie was Mr. Elvis & ladies man while studying in Islamabad Thu, May 7, 2015 Students at the Ghausia Madrassa […]
Vatican City The Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper blasted a series of cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as “blasphemous” but also condemned the “mad and bloodthirsty” extremists who opened fire at a […]
Vatican City The Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper blasted a series of cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as “blasphemous” but also condemned the “mad and bloodthirsty” extremists who opened fire at a […]
Source; New York Times By The Editorial Board There is no question that images ridiculing religion, however offensive they may be to believers, qualify as protected free speech in the […]
British Home Secretary Visits Baitul Futuh Mosque In Latest News, Press Releases, May 6, 2015 Home Secretary Rt Hon Theresa May made her first ever visit to the landmark Baitul Futuh Mosque in south London on Saturday 2nd May and paid tribute to the work of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK […]
CBC: The federal government’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill has won the approval of the House of Commons. The Anti-Terrorism Act, also known as Bill C-51, easily passed third reading by […]