Ebola outbreak ‘running much faster’ than response
Watch the full interview with Dr. Peter Piot on “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN (CNN) — The current Ebola outbreak is “running […]
Analysis & Opinion | The Great Debate: Joining Islamic State is about ‘sex and aggression,’ not religion
By Arie W. Kruglanski October 16, 2014 REUTERS It is easy to look to religion for an explanation of why young men — and some women — become radicalized. But it is psychology, not theology, that offers the best tools for understanding radicalization — and how best to undo it. […]
No god But God: Waiting for an Islamic Enlightenment
No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan 288pp, Heinemann, £17.99 Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American writer, a Shia by persuasion, and informs us […]
Religion and human rights can co-exist
winnipegfreepress.com: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is finally open. It’s a magnificent building for a magnificent mission: to promote the idea that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. One of those rights is the right to religion. According to Article 18 of the […]
Denounce Muni bus ads on Islam as false
sfchronicle.com: Thursday, advertisements appeared on San Francisco Muni buses depicting Islam as evil and claiming that devout followers of the faith are bound to be violent. This proclamation is utterly false and an attempt to manipulate the public with Islamophobic vitriol to address the very serious threat posed by the […]
eDigest: The Khalifah of Islam, A Man of Peace, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Epigraph: Whoso saves one life, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: the Worldwide Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The lead article is courtesy of Tayyab Mansoor Ph.D. The Khalifah of Islam, A Man of Peace […]
Ebola outbreak: Guinean quarantined at Ahmadiyya Hospital in Swedru
Source:Source: Ghana/StarrFMonline.com A 45-year-old man from Guinea – one of the country’s worst-hit by the deadly Ebola virus – has been quarantined at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital in Agona Swedru, Central region, to ensure he is cleared of the disease.Musah Donkor, acting administrator of the hospital told STARR NEWS Wednesday that Diallo […]
Hajj-2014 -Logistical Arrangements Analysis
By Zubair Khan (Croatia) The word Hajj means “to intend a journey” which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions. The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage […]
Hindu Muslim Incorporated: A New Inter-Community Contract
Hindu Muslim Incorporated: A New Inter-Community Contract Can Emerge Through an Open Economy By Sagarika Ghose October 15, 2014 “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against […]
India: Bihar Madrasa Bans Admission for Girls, Citing Co-Education ‘Un-Islamic’
India: Bihar Madrasa Bans Admission for Girls, Citing Co-Education ‘Un-Islamic’ Girl students of Madarsa Azizia during a protest Giridhar Jha | Mail Today | Patna, October 15, 2014 Calling co-education “un-Islamic”, a prominent madrasa in Bihar has banned admission of the girls […]
Rationality, Fear, Hype and Response to Ebola
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times October 16, 2014 “We have nothing to fear but fear itself,” are the famous words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, […]
PLURAL MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Is Polygamy the Next Gay Marriage?
Should we really care if more than two consenting adults want to marry each other, or if polygamy advocates see the LGBT movement as an inspiration? A few years ago, […]
Pakistan: Latif Ahmad Butt falls victim to assassin’s bullet in Attock
Attock, Pakistan Courtesy: Mr Nasim Malik & Mirza Nasim Baig “It is reported with sadness that an Ahmadi Mr. Lateef Alam Butt son of Khursheed Alam Butt from Kamrah in district Attock was shot dead by unknown assailants at around 7.30 PM today. Mr. Lateef was 62 year old […]
Indonesian officials ordered to pay for second wife
MATARAM, An Indonesian district has ordered male civil servants to pay Sh5000 ($80) to marry a second wife to crack down on polygamy, officials said Wednesday, but activists criticised it […]
10 injured as migrants storm Spanish border fence
MADRID: The Spanish government says five police officers and five migrants have been treated for minor injuries after some 300 African migrants scaled fences six-meters (20-feet) high to try to […]
What if IS didn’t exist?
It is not only Western agendas that benefit by groups like the Islamic State; Arab and regional agendas are equally served, writes Ramzy Baroud What if the so-called Islamic State (IS) didn’t exist? In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological […]
Israeli minister threatens to close Jerusalem’s Al Haram Al Sharif ‘entirely’
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem on Wednesday after authorities limited access for Muslim worshippers to the flashpoint Al Aqsa Mosque compound, police said. An […]
Vatican envoys assess IS’ threat to Mideast Christians — ambassador
by Rula Samain | Oct 15, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The military intervention against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, although lawful and necessary, will not stem the extremism phenomenon at its roots, Catholic leaders have agreed. They called on Muslim religious leaders to fight radicalism more actively […]
What is the most blatant lie taught through Pakistan textbooks? By Herald Exclusive
Herald Dawn: Nationalism and patriotism in Pakistan are contested subjects. What makes us Pakistanis and what is it that makes us love our land and nation? The answers to these questions vary widely depending on who is being asked. A large part of our national identity stems from our sense […]
(Ebola?) The US Is Suffering From An STD Epidemic
businessinsider.com: Infectious diseases seem to come and go, sometimes causing scary outbreaks, while other times seeming to disappear. But some infectious pathogens are always with us, lurking just below the surface of society. Sexually transmitted diseases are one major group of diseases that make for ongoing hidden epidemics: In the […]