Will Charlie Hebdo Satirize the Holocaust to Defend Freedom of Expression?
Written for The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Probably not! because they could be jailed for a year in France for that offense. In fact Charlie Hebdo fired one […]
A Muslim-run France? Novel sparks Islamophobia row
Source: France24.com Dated: 09.01.15 Famed French author Michel Houellebecq has insisted that his novel “Submission”, which envisions a France ruled by a Muslim government, is not a racist scare story. Nevertheless the novel, which hits bookstores Wednesday, has sparked a media storm. More…http://www.france24.com/en/20150104-novelist-houellebecq-vision-muslim-governed-france-not-racist-islamaphobia/
Islam backs free speech: Column
Islam stands on its own merits, not by the guns and steel of extremists. Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid (Photo: Evert Elzinga, AFP/Getty Images) Free speech is a fundamental Islamic […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Produces Two Professors, PhD’s, Four First Class Honours
allafrica.com: The Ahmadiyya Muslim jamaat ,Nigeria, has justified its pioneering status as champion of western and secular education in Nigeria as it produces two Professors in the Animal Science and Clinical Pharmacology, two Ph.D in Islamic Law and Educational Foundation, seven Masters graduates, and four First Class Honours in Mathematics,Biochemistry,Anthropology,Plant […]
Getting Real About Blasphemy and Free Speech
Huff Post: 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 on both ends of the ideological spectrum. On one end are some Muslim leaders, replaying the broken record of “We-condemn-this-and-please-don’t-blame-the-Muslims.” On […]
Defending Prophet Muhammad but Through the Pen Instead
Huff Post: by Ahmed Khan — I, like everyone on the planet, have recently come to know in some way or form (print or TV or social media) of the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo and its staff. I react with disgust and abhorrence and wonder why someone would commit this act […]
France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack
(CNN) A pair of dramatic raids Friday in France led to the killing of three terrorists — one suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman, the other two in the […]
Getting Real About Blasphemy and Free Speech
Source: Huffington Post By Dr. Faheem Younus, Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist 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 on both ends of the ideological spectrum. On one end are some Muslim […]
Democrats Step Up Efforts to Block Obama’s Trade Agenda
WASHINGTON — President Obama is facing opposition from fellow Democrats to one of his top priorities: winning the power to negotiate international trade agreements and speed them through Congress. As Mr. Obama’s team works privately to line up support for the so-called trade promotion authority, a coalition of Democratic lawmakers […]
UNHCR Commissioner for Refugees Angelia Meets with Pope
The pope was not present at the screening but Jolie, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and two of her children met him briefly afterwards, a spokesman said. Her husband Brad Pitt was not present. The pope was not present at the […]
Syria: Paris attack price of French politics
Press tv 1/9/2015 1:15:32 PM Edited by Rasha Mohamed: Speaking to Press TV, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari said the Western support for terrorism in Syria has […]
A Postcard From Paris
A Postcard From Paris By Jason Stanley January 8, 2015 9:45 am January 8, 2015 9:45 am NYTimes.com Photo ParisCredit Ian Langsdon/European Pressphoto Agency The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. I arrived in Paris yesterday, scheduled to give a […]
Je Suis Ahmed
almost fearless: by Cristine Gilbert — I posted about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Facebook and offered my condolences to the victims and their families. I spent the next 24 hours moderating comments, at first arguing with people who were quoting the Qur’an, then wholesale deleting […]
Blasphemy in Islam: The Quran does not prescribe punishment for abusing the Prophet
Source: Times of India By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Oct 2, 2012, 12.00 AM IST In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than a subject of physical […]
Swiss Right-wing MP calls for ban on Muslim refugees
Published: 09 Jan 2015 11:44 GMT+01:00 The politician behind the successful campaign to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is now calling for a ban on certain […]
SCIENTISTS SEEK RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE – IN SUBJECTS’ BRAIN
Los Angeles Times: by Geoffrey Mohan — At the push of a button, the gurney holding Auriel Peterson slides slowly into the pale blue glow of a magnetic resonance imaging machine. Soon, all that’s visible are the shins of her black track pants and the chartreuse-and-white soles of her running […]
Foreign jihadis change face of Syrian civil war – Fighters from overseas are an increasingly dominant – and sometimes resented – force in the fight against Bashar al-Assad
Constanze Letsch in Istanbul, Reyhanli and Kilis The Guardian, Thursday 25 December 2014 18.00 GMT Jump to comments (440) Refugees from Kobani watch the Syrian town during fighting between Isis and peshmerga forces. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters Muhammad no longer recognises his country. The 35-year-old former teacher from Idlib province says […]
Plans afoot to clean India’s offices with cow urine
NEW DELHI: Cow urine may soon be used to clean the floors of India’s government offices in a country where bovines are sacred and their bodily waste considered therapeutic and […]
France mosques targetted after mag killings
Members of the French technical and scientific police work at the site near a mosque in the Sablons neighborhood of Le Mans, western France, on Thursday, after shots were fired and three blank grenades were thrown at the mosque shortly after midnight, leaving no casualties. (AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER) […]
Behind the Russian peace plan for Syria
Michael Young| The Daily Star Earlier this week, Khaled Khoja, the new head of the Syria opposition in exile, rejected a Russian proposal to attend talks in Moscow to end the Syrian conflict. Khoja was right to doubt Russian intentions, but officials in Moscow are probably thinking in very different […]