Church of England bans clergy from joining BNP or National Front
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
eDigest: A letter to an unborn child
Epigraph: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, and spends his money for love of Him, on the kindred and […]
Jesus Didn’t Think He Was God
Source: Patheos: Hosting the Conversation on Faith By James F. McGrath: An Associate Professor in the Religion and Philosophy department and has taught at Butler University since the fall of […]
Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun Yahya
Additional Reading: Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I […]
Nigerian generals, officers found guilty of aiding Boko Haram: report
Globe and Mail, Toronto 2014/06/03 MICHELLE FAUL, KADUNA, NIGERIA — The Associated Press,Published Tuesday, Jun. 03 2014, 6:43 AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 03 2014, 6:46 AM EDT Ten generals and five other senior military officers were found guilty in courts-martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists, a […]
Altaf Hussain arrested in London on charges of money laundering
Dawn.com — The London Metropolitan police confirmed that a 60-year-old man had been arrested from a North-West London property on charges of money-laundering, but they declined to disclose the exact identity for “legal reasons”. The police said a Specialist Operations unit was currently carrying out a search operation at the […]
Iran must deliver
Story Summary Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned neighbors Monday of the “high price” they would pay for continuing to support Sunni extremists in Syria. The threat posed by […]
Umrah pilgrims flock to Madinah’s historical sites
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD Published — Tuesday 3 June 2014 Thousands of Umrah pilgrims are flocking to Madinah these days to visit the Prophet’s Mosque, other houses of worship, and the […]
Imam Shafie: An outstanding scholar of fiqh
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 30 May 2014 The Shafie school of thought is the second largest followed by Muslims worldwide. Muhammad Al-Shafie born in Gaza, Palestine is […]
Allah, not chance, created the universe
Harun Yahya ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 30 May 2014 The universe was created in a moment by Almighty Allah telling it “Be!” Created in such a short time, the universe still possesses a glorious variety and harmony. Allah’s creation of the entire universe is a great blessing for human beings, […]
Broken consciences: The Pakistani woman
The Express Tribune: by Asad Rahim Khan — It’s not stoning to death. Not exactly, if we’re to follow the police’s line. A woman wasn’t stoned to death in broad daylight, by a mob of blood relations. She was beaten to death with bricks. In a sick society, the means […]
Australia Documentary Defends Islam
ABNA — The documentary offered a window to many Australian Muslims to share their own experiences of facing discrimination. A new eye-opening documentary film that shows the true nature of Islam has been approved to be shown to high school students in South Australia, in a step forward towards fighting […]
UN Rights Experts Urge Pakistan To Protect Ahmadiyya Muslim Minorities
Rttnews.com: Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions have called on Pakistan to adopt urgent measures to stop faith-based killings and ensure the security of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is outlawed in the country. The human rights experts’ call comes after renewed […]
The Human Rights Abuses Must Stop – It’s Time for Love For All and Hatred For None
Huff Post: The past few weeks have unveiled some horrific stories of human rights abuse. The world was first shocked by the death sentence handed to Meriam Ibrahim, the then […]
The Human Rights Abuses Must Stop – It's Time for Love For All and Hatred For None
Huff Post: The past few weeks have unveiled some horrific stories of human rights abuse. The world was first shocked by the death sentence handed to Meriam Ibrahim, the then […]
A letter to an unborn child
Source: Dawn Author: Vaqar Ahmed Unfortunately, I will not be celebrating your birth since I have already attended your funeral. I would never know how much pain you felt when bricks and stones, thrown by your grandfather and uncles hit your mother and killed you along with her. I am […]
Pakistan Army: All Together but not Quite
By Brig® Mehboob Qadir | Email: clay.potter@hotmail.com Armies are peculiar reflections of their national history, culture and mother society. Within each army there are sub structures which correspond to the functional and operational needs of the force as it might be deployed for war, security or humanitarian tasks. However the key […]
Viewpoint: Why Arab Spring has not delivered real democracy
On the face of it, one might conclude that democracy is thriving in the Arab world. On Tuesday millions of Syrians are voting in presidential elections. Egyptians have just chosen a new head of state and will elect MPs in the near future. Earlier this year, elections were held in […]
UN Rights Experts Urge Pakistan To Protect Ahmadiyya Muslim Minorities
Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions have called on Pakistan to adopt urgent measures to stop faith-based killings and ensure the security of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is outlawed in the country. READ MORE…