LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay. Akersim, 26, is part of a small but growing number of […]
Islam was first introduced to Africa in Somalia in the early seventh century by Muslims Arabs fleeing persecution from the pagan Quraysh tribe on the Arab Peninsula. Later, it was […]
Israel has rebuffed attempts to negotiate an end to the Gaza conflict amid signs that it may be moving towards unilaterally declaring a halt to fighting without an agreement that would involve concessions to Hamas. The decision to spurn fresh talks in Cairo aimed at forging a ceasefire deal came as the Israeli […]
Source: Democracy Now By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The Israeli assault on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has entered its fourth week. This military attack, waged by […]
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:83) Love thy neighbor has a universal scope […]
This is an interesting piece worth reading and exploring as well. (Dr. Koya) How Islam Built The Very Fabric of America Offline Komissar al-Blogunov Did Islam really build America? It’s a silly question to ask; of course we’re a Muslim nation with a deep Islamic tradition – it should be […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to Encyclopedia Britannica: Baptism is a sacrament of admission to the Christian Church. The forms and […]
Le sadr Ansarullah, Amine Jowahir donnant des directives pour que la marche de la Municipalité de Quatre Bornes jusqu’à celle de Rose-Hill soit faite dans la discipline. Présents sur la photo, Mubarak Kaudeer, Nasseem Taujoo Sadr Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Ameer Saheb, Mr D.Bemadoo maire de Quatre Bornes, Fouad Lallbeeharry sadr de […]
La Mairie de Q. Bornes avait sollicité la participation de la djamaa’te musulmane Ahmadiyya à une conférence publique ayant comme thème : « La violence domestique. » Il échût à M. Mobarak Boodhun de presenter le point de vue de l’Islam à propos de ce sujet qui fait, ces derniers […]
Source: BBC News The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said. She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain Ebola could be “catastrophic” in terms of lives lost. But she said […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Amaar Ahmad, Ph.D Electrical Engineering, Virgina Tech In this day and age, fortunately we also hear voices of reason that invite all nations towards peace. His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, has been inviting world leaders to resolve conflicts through dialogue. […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had […]
Epigraph: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, […]
Source: The Guardian UK By Geoffrey Robertson The security council will be vetoed, but now that Palestine is a state there’s another route to justice For three weeks, the world has […]
Summary The Palestinian tunnels show a determination to fight Israeli rule In turn, I am stunned that the Israelis were stunned, because they seem unable to grasp the nature of the conflict they are engaged in against all Palestinians. Anyone who uses traditional political, diplomatic or military criteria to analyze […]
Summary Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Thursday that he would not pull troops out of Gaza until Hamas’ tunnel network was completely destroyed, despite growing international calls for a cease-fire, and announced the call-up of 16,000 more army reservists. On a day when 16 Palestinians were killed in a […]
Abu Jamal ARABNEWS.COM When the blessed month of Ramadan ends we leave behind the month emphasizing mercy, forgiveness, and freedom from the hellfire. But what do we take with us? We challenged our nafs (desires) and made progress. Now is the time to continue that progress, not fall back. How […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent There was a time when our politicians and media had one principal fear when covering Middle East wars: that no one should ever call them […]
Three suspected Islamist militants armed with knives and axes killed the imam of China’s biggest mosque in the western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, the authorities said, days after a knife-wielding gang attacked state buildings in the same region. MORE…
In recent weeks, we have once again been seeing the images of destruchttp://www.themuslimtimes.org/wp-admin/edit.phption, death, smoke and fire with Palestinian residents of Gaza wandering about in the ruins of what once was their neighborhood. “Where are the Arabs?” they have asked the television cameras, aiming with two words in Arabic the […]