Dawn: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology […]
Source: The Independent, October 2014 By AMMAR IBN AZIZ AHMED As an increasing number of people fail to see the difference between Isis and peaceful followers of Islam, Muslims have been […]
In the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar and ISIS stronghold west of Mosul, several hundred Ezidis are being held captive since August last year. After dozens of women, children and in some cases men managed to escape from Tal Afar following an intensification of armed clashes with Peshmerga and HPS forces […]
PNN Published on Monday, 20 October 2014 11:00 Days of Palestine Day of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation signed on Sunday a deal with Egypt to supply natural gas worth $500-700 every year for next seven years. A deal of understanding with a company representing nongovernmental consumers in Egypt, under […]
450. Commandment – Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets [33:41] Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah has full knowledge […]
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 Lord, take us […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Huffington Post By Stephen Schwartz 28 March, 2015 Zakir Naik, 49, an Indian Muslim […]
CJ Werleman Friday 24 April 2015 13:26 BST With the Der Spiegel revelations of how the Iraqi Baathists plotted the rise of Isis, it’s clear regional conflicts are about politics, not Islam This week the German magazine Der Spiegel published documents that struck yet another blow to the thesis that […]
Daily Times: This is in response to Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed’s article ‘The role of ulema in pre-partition politics’ (Daily Times, April 21, 2015) where he has responded to my article ‘Use of religion in politics’ (Daily Times, April 13, 2015). At the outset, he suggests that I am in error […]
AFP / JORDAN TIMES / Apr 26, 2015 Residents stand upon the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad […]
Summary by Fareed Zakaria, The Daily Star, Lebanon The discussion of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has, so far, thoroughly explored her video announcement, restaurant choices, clothes, health, ethics and, of course, husband. America, like most advanced industrial countries, needs reform and restructuring. Is this the greatest and most urgent problem […]
Summary by Omar Ashour| The Daily Star Such interventions were usually aimed at empowering a proxy political force over its military and political rivals, instead of averting humanitarian disaster or institutionalizing a nonviolent conflict-resolution mechanism following a war. By 1982, when the Lebanese government failed to extend the ADF’s mandate, it […]
On an Istanbul street, have I just witnessed a positive step in history? The people of Turkey are leading the way over the Armenian genocide. We wait to see if their government will follow by Robert Fisk, The Independent A few hours before I sat down to write this article, […]
Source: pressahmadiyya.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community would like to extend its deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Nepal and the surrounding regions following the earthquake on Saturday. Our thoughts and prayers are with the many families who have lost loved ones, suffered or been affected during this event. The […]
Source: ad-hoc-news.de LONDON, April 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Former England Cricketer and Young Muslims to Raise 2 Million Pounds for Charities Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK United Kingdom Young Muslims from around the […]
By Shahid Parvez, Sec Dawat-il-Allah, Banglore Alhamdulillah Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Bangalore had a very successful day of Tabligue today. 16 khuddam split into 6 teams and covered 6 different locations of Jayanagar […]
By Shahid Parvez, Sec Dawat-il-Allah, Banglore Alhamdulillah Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Bangalore had a very successful day of Tabligue today. 16 khuddam split into 6 teams and covered 6 different locations of Jayanagar […]
449. Commandment – Treat not the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another [24:64] Treat not the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another. Allah does know those of you who steal away covertly. So […]
PART ONE: How great a scientist was Abdus Salam? Some vilify him, others praise him excessively. Only facts can tell the truth. Click here to watch it in English and here in Urdu. PART TWO: Abdus Salam often said his science was inspired by the Quran. So what inspired his atheist contemporary, Steven Weinberg?Click here to watch […]
Why Mona Eltahawy’s Provocative New Book, Headscarves and Hymens, Falls Short In Its Goal to Change the Arab World By Stephanie Nolen, Apr. 17 2015 Title Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution Author Mona Eltahawy, Genre Non-Fiction, Publisher HarperCollins, Pages 240 pages Price $26.99, Year […]