Getting Real About Blasphemy and Free Speech
Source: huffingtonpost.com | Dr. Faheem Younus On January 7, gunmen did not just commit the heinous murder of 12 people at theCharlie Hebdo office in Paris; they also unleashed a barrage of extremism […]
China bans wearing burqa in biggest Muslim city
By Steven Jiang, CNN Story highlights Xinjiang province passes law to ban wearing burqa in public A spate of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang, long inhabited by the largely Muslim […]
As a Muslim, I’m Fed Up With the Hypocrisy of the Free Speech Fundamentalists
Source: Huffingtonpost.co.uk By Mehdi Hasan Political director of The Huffington Post UK Dear liberal pundit, You and I didn’t like George W Bush. Remember his puerile declaration after 9/11 that “either you […]
Charlie Hebdo’s new edition includes Muhammad cartoons
Source: Jihad Watch “We will not give in otherwise all this won’t have meant anything.” They are to be commended for their courage and resolution. While the lights of freedom are going out all over the West, as authorities and media outlets rush to capitulate to Islamic supremacist demands for […]
Blasphemous cartoons’ reproduction ‘racist act’
Source: Arab News: CAIRO: Egypt’s Grand Mufti warned the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday against publishing blasphemous material, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims around the world. Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a front page on Wednesday showing a sacrilegious caricature […]
Women and militancy
Source: Dawn THE attack took place in one of the busiest areas of Istanbul. On Jan 6, 2015 a woman in a niqab blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing one officer and injuring another. So far, it is not known which group was […]
Clamping down: Fresh legislation in the works to control hate speech
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: In an apparent move to accelerate implementation of the National Action Plan, the government plans to introduce new laws to combat hate speech in the country. Under the proposed ‘Hate Speech and Inciting Literature’ laws, it will not be permitted to express hatred towards someone based on ethnicity, […]
Canada: How does the PM get away with…………..
Stephen Harper has displayed stunning disrespect for our democracy since becoming prime minister. Bob Hepburn, Thestar.com 2015/01/10 Sunday Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Since he became prime minister in 2006, Stephen Harper has approved decisions that have undermined our democratic traditions and institutions. Canadians are wondering how […]
Tabligue of Islam beyond Arabian borders
By Prof. Muhammad S. Khan By the seventh year of Hijra, Islam was introduced throughout Arabian Peninsula. Now it was ripe time that it spills around to non Arab nations, governors, Emperors and Kings are invited to taste its bless. Hudabia Accord almost settled issues with Qureshite, Holy Prophet (saw) […]
Terrorism has no religion
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Chris Selley: Why Canada’s media won’t show the Charlie Hebdo pictures
Those who hate the mainstream media for sport have had a fun week. Two men murdered 12 people in Paris, including most of the staff of a magazine, to avenge satirical depictions of the prophet Mohammed. And would the media dare print those depictions in solidarity, or simply to illustrate the news? Like fun […]
Halesowen Muslim group condemns French magazine slaughter
Source: halesowennews.co.uk THE massacre of 12 people at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last week has been condemned by Halesowen and Sandwell’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Its president Dr […]
Letters: ‘Love for all, hatred for none’
Maclean’s readers write in about the killings in Paris Source: macleans.ca As Maclean’s has sorted through the tragedy of the 17 lost lives in Paris, including the 12 killed in the […]
Family pays tribute to slain French Muslim policeman
Source: english.alarabiya.net Relatives of Ahmed Merabet, the policeman who was shot in cold blood as he tried to stop the Charlie Hebdo attackers from fleeing, paid a moving tribute Saturday to […]
EU Should Prosecute Preachers Endorsing Violence: UK Muslim Association
The UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Association representative calls on European governments to persecute those clerics who incite hatred and violence. Source: sputniknews.com MOSCOW, January 13 (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova — European governments need to take […]
Islam teaches forgiveness
Source: thechronicleherald.ca Islam is once again all over the media due to the Paris attacks, where 12 people and two police officers were killed. Muslims worldwide are in the spotlight and their holy book, the Qur’an, and their Prophet, Muhammad, are being questioned in terms of their teachings. It’s important to […]
America’s Going to Lose the Oil Price War
By Bloomberg on 09:20 pm Jan 13, 2015 The financial debacle that has befallen Russia as the price of Brent crude dropped 50 percent in the last four months has […]
Paris attack: Middle East press condemns killings
Source: bbc.co.uk The overwhelming tone of reaction from Middle Eastern press is one of shock and categorical condemnation of the 7 January attack on the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo and the killing of 12 people. But within the overall rejection that dominated the papers’ front pages, a small […]
Slandering one is a crime, slandering millions is ‘free speech,’ go figure
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Free speech is like food, we need it badly. If there is too little of food, we […]
Muslims demonstrate in Paris: ‘I am not Charlie. But I am against killing’
Haaretz.com: PARIS – The flags are back at full mast, the snipers have descended from the roofs and the marchers have gone back to work. World leaders are heading home, […]