UK torture inquiry could summon Blair and Straw
Epigraph: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Source: The Guardian By Rowena Mason […]
Many uncertainties remain in the anti-ISIS campaign
Summary by David Ignatius, Daily Star, Lebanon Gen. John Allen must sometimes feel that he’s navigating a maze as he organizes the coalition to defeat ISIS: Iran is a silent partner in Iraq but a potential adversary in Syria and elsewhere; Turkey and Saudi Arabia are crucial allies, but skittish […]
Lebanon to launch refugee crisis response plan
The Daily Star BEIRUT: United Nations and Lebanese officials are meeting Monday to launch the 2015-16 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan to deal with the more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees the country is hosting. Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas and Ross Mountain, the U.N. resident coordinator in Lebanon, will discuss […]
Why our hearts must engage in Allah’s worship
Islam prescribes many forms of worship that have outward expressions, prayer being the most obvious of these. Yet, the greatest, most important facets of worship are the internal ones, the […]
Huge umbrellas to be installed at Makkah Grand Mosque
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Published — Monday 15 December 2014 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a project to install about 300 sunshades in the courtyards of […]
A Fascinating New Idea About What It Means When You Start Forgetting Things
Businessinsider.com; It’s a saying favored by boomers and grandparents, a comeback beloved enough to make an appearance in New Yorker cartoons and on countless T-shirts: “I’ve forgotten more than you know.” Now, a team of researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany has offeredsome support for the idea that the slowed-down recall we […]
Our Islamists and their lies
Daily Times: Speaking to the Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI’s) three-day convention in Lahore, the ameer (chief) of the party, Sirajul Haq, told his followers that UK agents in Pakistan were trying to spread the propaganda that Jinnah had envisaged Pakistan to be a secular state. He went on to claim Jinnah had […]
The evangelical giftwrapping of Islamophobia marches on
theguardian: Giles Fraser —- It’s depressing that a decade after I wrote about a Christian charity’s thinly disguised Islamophobia, they’re still at it Franklin Graham (second from right) leads his father Billy, flanked by former US presidents George HW Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, on the campus of the […]
Sydney siege: Gunman takes hostages in Lindt cafe
Source: BBC At least one gunman has taken several people hostage at a cafe in the Australian city of Sydney. Pictures on Australian television show at least three people with […]
The Muslim Times’ Collection on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Cheney has no regrets: ‘I would do it again in a minute’
Washington (CNN) — A defiant former Vice President Dick Cheney doubled-down on his defense of the extreme interrogation techniques used by the CIA on detainees in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks […]
THIRD CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF JAMIA AHMADIYYA UK TAKES PLACE
Source:pressahmadiyya.com 22 Graduates receive their degrees from Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 13 December 2014, the Third Convocation Ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK took place at the College premises in Haslemere in Surrey. The ceremony was presided over by […]
The Muslim Times’ Growing Collection Against Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
Epigraph: Say, ‘Bring forward your proof if you are truthful.’ (Al Quran 27:65) Veena Malik and the modern witch-hunt of Pakistani blasphemy laws Source: The Telegraph Pakistan’s blasphemy laws […]
Swachh Bharat Campaign organized by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hyderabad, Bharat
PRESS RELEASE 14-12-2014 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community steps forward to assist the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by the Honorable PM of India. A report on initiatives taken by Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Denmark: For Jihadists Denmark tries Rehabilitation
NYTimes 2014/12/14 For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation By ANDREW HIGGINSDEC. 13, 2014 Photo Oussama el-Saadi, chairman of the Grimhojvej mosque, which critics say breeds radicalism. Credit Jan Grarup for The New York Times AARHUS, Denmark — In many parts of Europe, he would now be in jail. But here in […]
HOUSE OF RELIGIONS: Bringing the world’s religions together in Bern, Switzerland
By Marc-André Miserez swissinfo.ch It is thought to be a one-of-a-kind: tucked away in a multicultural, working-class suburb of Bern stands a house with five sanctuaries, one per religion. The House of Religions is a place for coexistence and interaction. With the tip of his spatula, an artist perfects the […]
Orthodox Jews back scarf-wearing Muslim in Abercrombie & Fitch case
Samantha Elauf was 17 when she was rejected by a Tulsa, Okla., branch of the clothing store. Members of any religion that need an accommodation will be put in a bad situation if in job interviews they have to ask for them. – William Burgess, staff attorney, Council on American-Islamic […]
The Jews of Arabia
The Jews may have originated in the Middle East but they were long ago scattered far and wide – to the Gulf, among other places. Few now remain, except in Iran. But a century ago, writes Matthew Teller, there was even a proposal to found a Jewish state at an […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Islamforwest: Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times When Baylor University researchers asked their 1700 participants about what they think God looks like, 60 percent drew […]