Islam promotes the rights and equality of women. A closer look at Islamic history explains how women played an important and strong role in throughout Islamic history. Source: huffingtonpost.com HuffPost spoke […]
theguardian: by Anushka Asthana — Is it about where you are born or is it still about the colour of your skin? Jamaican immigrants arriving at Tilbury Dock in 1948 on the Empire Windrush My parents came to Britain from India in 1975 as ambitious young adults. […]
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid Newsline: Such is the unfortunate volatility of our state that a blast in Peshawar, on any other day, might have been viewed as just another act of terrorism. Bomb blasts have been ubiquitous in Pakistan in the last several years, and this city has been jarred […]
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN, February 1, 2015 Obama also cautioned against the risk of overplaying the threat of terror groups and said the U.S. should instead align itself with the […]
CNN.com: Harris Zafar is national spokesperson and youth vice president for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, which describes itself as an international revival movement within Islam. He is also author of “Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions.” The views expressed are his own. (CNN)Just a month into the year, and already […]
Intentional Business Times: U.S. President Barack Obama refused to consider it a “religious war” to fight against terrorism. He continued to avoid the phrase “Islamic extremism” as he said that […]
New Republic: On a spring day in 1929, a young Muslim man by the name of Ilam Din burst into a bookstore in Lahore, in the British colony of India, […]
Source: The Guardian By Myriam Francois-Cerrah Writing about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, the Orientalist scholar W Montgomery Watt wrote: “Of all the world’s great men, none has been so much maligned as Muhammad.” His quote seems all the more poignant in light of the Islamophobic film Innocence of Muslims, which […]
Myriam Francois-Cerrah (born Emilie François; 1983) is a British writer[1] and journalist.[2] Former assistant editor and features writer at Emel magazine (2008–2009), she interviewed feminist publisher Carmen Callil, Special Representative […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other philosophies. And sufficient […]
RIYADH: The new Saudi King and custodian of the two holy mosques, Shah Salman bin Abdul Aziz surprised the visiting US President when he left him to offer prayers. The incident transpired last week when US President Obama accompanied by his wife Michelle had arrived in the kingdom to offer […]
366. Commandment – Marrying them properly and not committing fornication [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 them by means of your property, marrying them […]
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 […]
Source:ET PHOTO: AFP In a letter to Indian premier Narendra Modi, a member of the Ahmadi community in India has urged him to grant citizenship to Pakistani women who are married to Indians and have been living in the country since decades. Accusing the Modi-led government of religious discrimination, the media in-charge of […]
ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام مرتے دم تک پاکستانی رہے‘ Sara Hassan BBC Urdu.com January 30, 2015 Dr Abdus Salam was a true Pakistani till his last breadth. Says son Ahmad Salam پاکستانی طالبہ ملالہ یوسف زئی کو حال ہی میں نوبیل انعام ملا جو اگرچہ پاکستان کے نام ہونے والا امن کا […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, Winter 2009 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times With the election of a son of a Kenyan man to the […]
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
theguardian: by Rebecca Shaw — The Australian’s obituary of Colleen McCullough is a sad reflection of how women’s lives are valued ‘The fact that Colleen McCullough was a best-selling author is quickly tossed aside in order to discuss her looks and her success with men Obituaries are a funny […]