The Daily Star The pace of military developments in Syria has picked up noticeably in recent weeks; nearly all of the news has been bad for supporters of President Bashar Assad. Some have begun speaking of the “beginning of the end” of the regime, but its true strongholds – from […]
By Jörg Diehl, Hubert Gude, Barbara Schmid and Fidelius Schmid http://www.spiegel.de DPA/ Syriadeeply.org Much is known about men leaving Germany to take up arms on behalf of Islamic State. Less has been reported about the flocks of women traveling to Syria to join the jihad. Experts view them as a growing terrorist […]
by Dina Rickman in news Finally, a spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain told i100.co.uk the group was part of a “small band of naysayers”. On the one hand we have anti-Muslim bigots telling us that Muslims participating in politics is a threat to our democracy, while a band of misguided […]
All Africa.com: Unlike most Muslims, Ahmadis believe that their sect’s founder, a 19th century Indian named Mizra Ghulam Ahmad, was a prophet. This and other theological disputes have brought charges of heresy against Ahmadis, particularly in Pakistan, where the sect has endured more than 50 years of discrimination and violence. […]
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
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 […]
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, […]