Source: CNN (CNN) — “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote Robert Frost. This something is someone now: Pope Francis. In a strong, apparently unscripted move on his recent visit to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, on Sunday the pontiff suddenly waved to the driver of his Popemobile, […]
Huff Post: by Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman — Why is the discourse about science and religion so utterly unproductive? Almost every day, we hear about school boards fighting against scientific literacy, or screeds about how religion brainwashes our children. Why is it so hard for us to talk about religion and science in any meaningful […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — Maya Angelou spent her life as an unstoppable force for art, justice, and love. Her writing touched on themes of struggle and sadness, and often drew on her faith as a source of strength to find beauty and perseverance in hard times. As we […]
(Reuters) – Myanmar began a parliamentary session on Wednesday that will see lawmakers debate the first of four proposed laws that aim to protect the country’s majority Buddhist identity by regulating religious conversions and interfaith marriages. The proposals come amidst rising sectarian tension in Myanmar, which has exploded in violent clashes between Buddhists […]
Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, has come under intense scrutiny for defending a pastor who described Islam as “satanic” and “heathen” Pastor James McConnell, an evangelical Protestant preacher, delivered an incendiary sermon earlier this month where he claimed “Islam is a doctrine spawned in hell” and compared Muslims to […]
Islamic groups angry at Cadbury Malaysia after two batches found to contain pork DNA Muslim groups have declared jihad on Cadbury after two of its products sold in predominately Islamic Malaysia were found to contain traces of pork. READ MORE…
Karachi : Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Centre and PMA Karachi on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal murder of Cardiac Surgeon Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar, who had come to Pakistan two […]
Source: Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz project for Zamzam has invented an automatic machine for the sale of Zamzam bottles to visitors and the public. The machine will dispense bottles within two minutes when a pre-obtained receipt that contains a barcode is placed on a screen […]
The Swiss Canton of Zurich has decided against the opening of the first Islamic kindergarten in the country, stating that the proposed institution’s ideological component was too strong and contradicted […]
Targeted killing: Body of Ahmadi doctor flown to Canada By Rana Tanveer tribune.com.pk Published: May 28, 2014 Share this article Print this page Email The slain Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar. PHOTO: JAMAAT-E-AHMADIYYA LAHORE: The body of a cardiologist who was gunned down on Monday has been transported to Canada by his […]
By Sophia Saifi and Jethro Mullen, CNN Wed May 28, 2014 Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A pregnant woman is beaten to death by her relatives outside a court building. Her crime? To elope with the man she loved rather than marry the groom chosen by her family. The terrible fate of Farzana Parveen, 25, […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) The Book is by Qasim Rashid B.Sc. JD The Review is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Book Review: EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere Book by […]
Courtesy of Zakaria Virk, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Canada May 27, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), […]
STORY SUMMARY Thousands of mostly pro-Assad supporters flocked to the Syrian Embassy Wednesday to cast ballots in the presidential elections, causing suffocating traffic jams around Beirut. The embassy opened its […]
It is a pamphlet by the Anti-Ahmadiyya organization, Khatam e Nubuwat and it says that getting treatment from an Ahmadi doctor or an Ahmadi hospital is absolutely forbidden in Islam and a major sin. I wonder, what they will say for a Christian, a Jewish, a Hindu, an atheist or […]
Published on May 27, 2014 https://www.alislam.org Live in Urdu in special Arabic program on Khilafat Day May 27, 2014.
28th May 2010: Love for All, Hatred for None Abdul Alim Peace be upon all and the volunteers Love has coloured them red as Martyrs Tears have rolled down some eyes Watched by the One whose light fills the skies In the homeland of the pure Suffering and hurt endure Whispers […]
http://speier.house.gov/: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-California) and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) released the following statements following the brutal killing of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar in Pakistan this weekend. Qamar, an American cardiologist from Columbus, Ohio, was gunned down in front of his wife and toddler son. He was reportedly […]