Huff Post: What did the terrorist attacks against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and the kosher supermarket in Paris share with the flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in Jeddah last month? Each was an assault on freedom of conscience, religion, or belief. Moreover, in the Charlie Hebdo and Badawi cases, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I find each and every act of terrorism and any loss of innocent human life abhorrent, as […]
Source: BBC At least 12 people have died after a TransAsia Airways plane clipped a bridge and crashed into a river near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. Fifty-eight people were onboard the domestic flight. The plane is now half-submerged in the Keelung River. Rescuers have cut open the side of the […]
Source:BBC Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants. The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli – both Iraqi nationals – were hanged at dawn, officials said. The executions […]
Source:Newageislam.com During the last 13 years, the US, NATO and ISAF deceived all their partners, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, about the real motive behind the war against terrorism in Afghanistan. The US toppled the Taliban government, invaded the country and declared war against terrorism. We were told they had come […]
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah said that the killing of pilot Muath Kasasbeh at the hands of the so-called Islamic State will only strengthen Jordanians as they deal with […]
Source: theguardian.com Undercover video shot by an animal welfare group appearing to show the brutal treatment of sheep at a Yorkshire abattoir has rekindled the debate over whether animals need to be stunned before they are killed. More…..http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/halal-slaughterhouse-staff-investigated-alleged-animal-cruelty-bowood-lamb-yorkshire
Noor Farida said that she uses a Quran with Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s English translation, and the Ahmadi Quran might differ from the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence that she practises. Source: themalaymailonline.com KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin of the group called G25 has defended her recent slight of […]
Source: en.starafrica.com The Point newspaper on its part reported that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to a statement issued by the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council denouncing them as being non-Muslims, describing the statement as baseless. The sect in its statement argued that it believed in Allah, the Almighty and all His […]
Source: nation.com.pk By Shamila Ghyas We Pakistanis are a very caring nation and constantly worry for the plight of others– the Muslims in India (Kashmir), the Muslims in Palestine, etc are […]
Source:BBC MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. The UK is now set to become […]
Source: Huffington Post By Katrina Lantos Swett, she is chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) By M. Zuhdi Jasser, he is a USCIRF Commissioner What did the terrorist attacks against […]
Source. abc news. A Jordanian pilot held by ISIS appears to be killed in a new video released by the terror group today.The pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, is shown in an orange jumpsuit in an outdoor cell before he is set on fire.The undated video of al-Kaseasbeh’s apparent death comes […]
Source:abc news. The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria. It said in a statement Monday that it was still trying to verify the photos, but that they appear to […]
By Chris Bowlby, BBC News, Beijing There is a deep, unhealed historical wound in the UK’s relations with China – a wound that most British people know nothing about, but which […]
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 […]
theguardian — William Schabas quits to prevent consultancy work for Palestine Liberation Organisation overshadowing report on last summer’s military offensive A Palestinian woman amid destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip during a humanitarian truce in July 2014. The head of a UN inquiry into last summer’s Israeli military offensive […]
With the US and Pakistan both in Saudi Arabia’s figurative pocket, King Salman is set to likely rule much of the world. —AFP Rafia Zakaria is an author, attorney and human rights activist. She is a columnist for DAWN Pakistan and a regular contributor for Al Jazeera America, Dissent, Guernica […]
On January 1, the French rapper Medine uploaded his latest track “Don’t Laik”. Surrounded by youth from the banlieues, he sounds off against secularism, taking swipes at Nietszche and the […]