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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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) […]
RT: Muslims in France and abroad pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims (PHOTOS) More 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Source:IBT A Canadian Imam based in Ottawa has denounced the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris that killed 12 people. At the same time, the Muslim leader said satirical cartoons lampooning religious leaders should be declared illegal. Imtiaz Ahmed, an imam with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, called for an […]
Source: Arab News The incident was the latest in a string of hostile acts against mosques in France since three attacks by armed jihadists in and around Paris last week left 17 people dead. In other cases, buildings have been defaced with racist slogans, sprayed with gun shot, or otherwise […]
Source: ET PESHAWAR: While last week’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sparked global outrage, dozens of people in Peshawar paid tribute on Tuesday to the brothers who carried out the murders. Though small in scale, the event was indicative of the anger that portrayals of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) […]
Source: The Guardian.com Cartoons depicting Muhammad are unthinkable in Muslim countries. But there are plenty of homegrown satirists poking fun at reactionaries, autocrats and jihadis. Our writers in Egypt, Turkey, […]
Tim Willcox, a BBC reporter, sparked anger during his coverage of a rally yesterday in Paris when he told the daughter of a Holocaust survivor that “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well,” Daily Mail reported. The BBC journalist has since faced several calls to resign after he made […]