NINETY-THREE PER CENT! Let me write that again: 93 per cent! Or 93.3 per cent if you want to be precise. This superb, stunning, incredible – quite literally, one might say – achievement in Egypt’s presidential election, places ex-Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on a pedestal alongside those other imperishable […]
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Barthlomew I prayed together in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a beautiful act of unity. Now, they’re […]
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Some states take their religious services very seriously. Breaking these laws could send you straight from the chapel to the cooler for something as […]
The NewYork Times: by Nitahsa Tiku — So what if, instead of trying to guess at what might get girls interested in technology, we looked at what’s already on their screens? While parents often worry about recreational “screen time,” some educators now believe that gaming could be a way to […]
By Saeed Qureshi The good neighborly relationship between India and Pakistan could not be brought about for seven decades. Can Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif resume the peace process initiated jointly by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif way back in 1999? That historic […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We 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 — it shall be as if he had killed all mankind; and whoso gave life to one, it shall be […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) Belfast, Northern Ireland Thousands marched at an anti-racism rally held in Belfast, where Peter Robinson was called on to […]
Chennai: Well-known Indian actress Monica has decided to revert to Islam, don Islamic headscarf and quit the film industry, Times of India reported. “I have not convert for the reason of love or money, am not such a person. I like Islamic principles. This is why I have converted to […]
SYDNEY – 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 […]
Indonesian authorities said on Friday they were testing products made by British confectioner Cadbury to check they complied with Islamic standards after two chocolate varieties in neighbouring Malaysia were found to be contaminated with pork DNA. The scandal over the ingredient banned under Islamic dietary laws has sparked outrage among […]
Online petition requesting day off for Eid and Diwali has 119,000 signatures Under rules topic has to be debated in parliament once it reaches 100,000 Would be first non-Christian religious holidays to be marked Has angered nationalists who complain St George’s day is ignored An online petition urging politicians to […]
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Scientists catalogue most of proteins human bodies need to function A decade after human genome mapped, protein map, or proteome, is next step in understanding complexity of human genetics. The Toronto Star 2014/05/31 American Museum of Natural History In what has been called a remarkable achievement, scientists have taken the […]
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
Alislam.org: A great favour of God which has united Ahmadiyya community as one and which has been prevalent since the passing of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) is […]
Epigraph: And seek help with patience and Prayer; and this indeed is hard except for the humble in spirit, Who know for certain that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him will they return. (Al Quran 2:46-47) Source: The Daily Times By Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari It is savagery […]
Huff Post: Islamic. Islamist. Muslim. People use these words to modify the nouns “terror” or “terrorism.” Media describe Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian girls by using “Islamic” and “Islamist.” There is controversy over the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s use of the term “Islamist” to describe Al Qaeda. Some may reduce these differences […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible […]