Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University, appears to blame Israel and by implication the US for chaos in Arab world Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb Photo: Getty Images By Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor The leading “moderate” authority in Sunni Islam has blamed Zionism and the “new colonialism” for the […]
Islamic State Goes Official in South Asia Although its prospects in the region are likely limited, IS could bring further death and destruction to South Asia. By Arif Rafiq February 04, 2015 The group that describes itself as the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL) has […]
A parallel state within Turkey? How the country’s democracy came under attack from two men’s rivalry They were once allies but since 2013, the feud between exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been steadily escalating Once upon a time, Fethullah Gulen and Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Source: OnIslam.net By Farrukh I. Younus Freelance Writer – United Kingdom Tuesday, 24 February 2015 00:00 LONDON – With the upcoming political elections in the UK a new initiative the Muslim Manifesto, was launched at the House of Lords on February 23rd. “I have been in politics for 38 years, […]
Epigraph: And many of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. (Al Quran 10:37) The proverbial elephant in the room The Muslim Times’ collection about […]
Source: USA Today By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY8:40 a.m. EST February 24, 2015 WASHINGTON – Samantha Elauf didn’t look like a typical Abercrombie & Fitch sales associate, or “model,” when she […]
Islamic ‘radicals’ at the heart of Whitehall Baroness Warsi gave official roles to people with links to Islamist groups 5K 2K 2 32 6K Email Lady Warsi arrives in Downing Street on July 6, 2010 Photo: Getty Images By Andrew Gilligan,8:30AM GMT 22 Feb 2015, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11427370/Islamic-radicals-at-the-heart-of-Whitehall.html Entryism, the favourite tactic of […]
A Danish Answer to Radical Jihad By Manfred Ertel and Ralf Hoppe Der Spiegel If you ask Allan Aarslev, the friendly blond police commissioner from Aarhus, about his almost globally famous program, he answers with numbers. He mentions, for example, 31, 16 and one. In 2013, he says, 31 Muslim […]
Source: Review of Religions, February 2015 By Dr. Adeel Bajwa – Birmingham UK The Muslim Times’ perspective is explained in the comment section Introduction The theory of evolution by natural selection was […]
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court will make a rare foray into popular clothing Wednesday to weigh in on accusations that Abercrombie & Fitch illegally rejected a Muslim job applicant because of her hijab. Abercrombie argued that its store policy forbids sales staff — whom it calls “models” — from wearing […]
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Summary Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has retracted his resignation after escaping house arrest in the militia-controlled capital, an aide said on Tuesday. An aide to Hadi said he had sent a letter withdrawing the resignation to Yemen’s parliament, which had never met to formally accept it. Prime Minister Khalid […]
388. Commandment – They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them [2:188] It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them. Allah knows […]
The Star: The name of Islam is being ‘tarnished’ by the actions of terrorist groups claiming to represent the religion, a Sheffield peace conference has heard. Maulana Ata ul Mujeeb Rashed, the keynote speaker at the weekend event in Sheffield and the Imam of the central Ahmadiyya mosque in London, […]
Guardian: Binyamin Netanyahu’s dramatic declaration to world leaders in 2012 that Iranwas about a year away from making a nuclear bomb was contradicted by his own secret service, according to a top-secret Mossad document. It is part of a cache of hundreds of dossiers, files and cables from the world’s […]
Dawn: SHIKARPUR on Jan 30, Peshawar on Feb 13, Rawalpindi on Feb 18. In less than three weeks, suicide bombers have targeted three imambargahs packed with worshippers. Outside of Syria and Iraq, Pakistan is the world’s deadliest country for Shia Muslims. Hazara are fleeing Balochistan, and barricades surround segregated Shia […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it. By Graeme Wood Source: The Atlantic What is the […]
(Reuters) – U.S. home resales fell sharply to their lowest level in nine months in January amid a shortage of properties on the market, a setback that could temper expectations for an acceleration in housing activity this year. The National Association of Realtors said on Monday existing home sales declined […]