How Ahmadis Became Non-Muslim
By Sadia Saeed, Visiting lecturer at the Department of Sociology at Boston University Modern forms of governance do not simply enumerate citizens; they produce them by rendering them into being […]
A Married Jesus: Here’s the Best Historical Evidence
Source: Huffington Post By James D. Tabor; Author, ‘Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity’ If you ask most New Testament scholars whether Jesus was likely married the mantra is a […]
A Married Jesus: Here's the Best Historical Evidence
Source: Huffington Post By James D. Tabor; Author, ‘Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity’ If you ask most New Testament scholars whether Jesus was likely married the mantra is a […]
Choosing between religion and justice in a Canadian court
Source:Dawn Rania El-Alloul went to a courtroom in Montreal to get her car back after it was seized by the automobile insurance board, but the judge refused to hear the case because Rania wore a hijab. By no stretch of secular imagination, can such blatant anti-Muslim bigotry be excused. For […]
Thousands March in Moscow Protest
Source: The Daily Beast: In commemoration of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot to death on Friday, thousands are marching in central Moscow on Sunday. Nemtsov killed after urging people to protests against Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. The march was approved by city officials on Saturday […]
Who do I need to prove my faith?
Source: The Daily Beast: Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try? I’ve lately observed conservatives questioning Obama’s faith with more than professional interest. Because if Obama’s not Christian, what does that make me? I have not been public about my faith. I am somewhat […]
Spain’s Muslim Business Owners Feel Squeezed By New Zoning Proposals
MARCH 01, 2015 LAUREN FRAYER Muslim men attend Friday prayers at La Pau Islamic Center in Tarragona, a Mediterranean coastal town where Muslims comprise about 10 percent of the population. Lauren Frayer/NPR Spain’s Mediterranean coast is home to the country’s biggest Muslim community. And in one town there, local politicians […]
Spain's Muslim Business Owners Feel Squeezed By New Zoning Proposals
MARCH 01, 2015 LAUREN FRAYER Muslim men attend Friday prayers at La Pau Islamic Center in Tarragona, a Mediterranean coastal town where Muslims comprise about 10 percent of the population. Lauren Frayer/NPR Spain’s Mediterranean coast is home to the country’s biggest Muslim community. And in one town there, local politicians […]
Kurdish leader urges followers to lay down arms
Reuters In this photo provided by the Turkish Prime Minister’s Press Office, Pro-Kurdish legislator Sirri Sureyya Onder, center right, Turkey’s deputy prime minister Yalcin Akdogan, center left, and other legislators and officials attend a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. — AP ISTANBUL: Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah […]
Yes, Islamophobia Is Real In America
Source: The Dean’s Report 25 February 2015 Written by Shahina Bashir On Sunday night, I received a frantic email from a friend who lives on the West Coast. She wrote in […]
Mr. Netanyahu, back off, don’t you mess with America!
Mr. Netanyahu, back off, don’t you mess with America! February 26, 2015 | Time to stop Netanyahu from lying to America, blocking his speech to the unofficial joint session of the US Congress By Mike Ghouse Lessons in Foreign policy: Mr. Netanyahu and his ilk can fool us in America once, […]
Montreal: Crowdfunding campaign raises $20,000 for Quebec woman told to remove hijab
Donations pour in to GoFundMe campaign to help Rania El-Alloul buy a car after a judge refused to hear her case unless she removed her hijab. Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS Rania Ell-Alloul plans to file a complaint against the Quebec judge who indefinitely suspended her case after she […]
How Can Prince Charles Become Defender of All Faiths and Monotheism?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times March 1, 2015 Elizabeth II (born 21 April 1926) is the Queen of 16 of the 53 member […]
Anticipating CNN Series on Jesus, Premiering Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
Shroud of Turin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Shroud of Turin: modern photo of the face, positive left, digitally processed image right. Full-length image of the Turin Shroud before the 2002 restoration. The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud (Italian: Sindone di Torino) is a length of linen cloth bearing the image […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 393. Commandment – There shall be no sin for you in anything you mutually agree upon, after the fixing of the dowry
393. Commandment – There shall be no sin for you in anything you mutually agree upon, after the fixing of the dowry [4:25] And forbidden to you are married women, except such as your right hands possess. This has Allah enjoined on you. And allowed to you are those beyond that, that you seek […]
The Muslims who saved Jews from the Holocaust
By Tom Bousfield and Catrin NyeBBC Asian Network 17 April 2013 From the sectionLondon The Bosnian Hardaga family helped shelter a family of Jews A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims played in saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. The Righteous Muslim Exhibition is being launched at the […]
‘Risk Has Gotten Greater’: German Jews Advised Against Wearing Kippah
By Peter Maxwill in Berlin DPA Many Jews in Germany are nervous about wearing the kippah in public or showing any visible signs of their Jewishness. How anti-Semitic is Germany? […]
Lebanon opens borders to Assyrians fleeing ISIS
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Assyrian Christians fleeing ISIS are welcome to take refuge in Lebanon because their humanitarian case in exceptional, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said. Al-Mustaqbal reported Sunday that Machnouk, after discussing the matter with Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas, gave the order to […]
Understanding Turkey’s stance
HARUN YAHYA Published — Saturday 28 February 2015 Last Sunday, the global media reported that Turkish tanks had rolled into Syria to carry out an operation to evacuate the tomb of Suleyman Shah from the only Turkish territory in the war-torn Syria. The region where the historical tomb was […]