Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Alcohol and Addiction
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
eDigest: Alcohol kills one person every 10 seconds worldwide: WHO
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their advantage.’ And they ask thee what they should spend. Say: ‘What you can spare.’ Thus does Allah make His […]
Da Vinci code and the search for the Holy Grail
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The character Sir Leigh Teabing, in the famous novel ‘the Da Vinci code,’ by Dan Brown, says, […]
Is India supposed to forget Modi’s past?
Question being debated in India is whether Narendra Modi is capable of distancing himself from his divisive words and deeds to rule diverse nation. SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi waves to supporters after performing a religious ritual at the banks of the River Ganges in […]
Pakistan: ‘The country is on a suicide mission’- Asma Jehangir
Dawn: How badly will the murder of Rashid Rehman — the latest in a series of attacks on human rights activists and especially those involved in defending blasphemy accused — have a chilling effect on activism as a whole? The murder of Rashid is a message for lawyers to be […]
Iran’s Bahá’í leaders mark six years in jail, imprisoned for their religion
Guardian: I am fourteen years old. It is southern Iran in the summer of 1977. Most people have not yet heard of Ayatollah Khomeini or an Islamic revolution. The high school building sits on an acre of dry land. We play soccer every day behind the school. The heat is oppressive, and, […]
Modi elected, Jinnah vindicated
ET: ‘Every action,’ Narendra Modi once quoted Newton’s third law of motion, ‘has a reaction.’ Modi was referring to the murder of parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri. As blood flowed in the streets of Gujarat in 2002, a Hindutva mob had surrounded Mr Jafri’s home in Gulbarg Society. They were armed with kerosene […]
Debunking the Extremist Myth That Islam is Anti-Jewish
New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation. Now, certainly some Muslims are anti-Jewish, as are some Christians, agnostics, atheists—you get the idea. However, nothing in the Qur’an or in Prophet Muhammad’s example supports the myth of “Islamic Jew hatred.” As I detail in my […]
Hopes are Alive
Source: Balkan Insight: The only signs of hope have been seen in the responses of ordinary people, who have banded together in an attempt to ensure each other’s survival. Their parents may have been on different sides in wartime, but young people from Tuzla went out to the villages to […]
Johanna Neumann, Holocaust Survivor, Tells Story Of Being Saved By A Muslim Family In Albania
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — Johanna Neumann was nine years old when her family escaped from Nazi Germany to seek refuge in Albania. They spent six years there and survived the war thanks to a number of Muslim families who sheltered them along the way. Neumann’s is one of many […]
Madam Noor Jehan, Zille Huma and Saqib Zeervi Sahib
Courtesy: Shahid Pervaiz, Canada The following are excerpts from pages 352 to 354 of “Tajrebaat jo hein Amanat Hayat ki; the auto-biography of (late) Saqib Zeervi Sahib; a famous Pakistani, Ahmadi, Poet, an elite journalist and Editor of “The Weekly Lahore”.
Canada Speaks on Murder in Police Custody
Press Release from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada Another member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Murdered in Pakistan- This time while in Police Custody Mr Khalil Ahmad (65), an Ahmadi Muslim, […]
Police commissioner in N.H. town resigns over Obama slur
(CNN) – A small-town police commissioner in New Hampshire, who originally said he wouldn’t apologize for calling President Barack Obama the n-word, resigned on Monday. Joseph Balboni, Police Commission chairman […]
Letter of the Day
Dear Editor, Ever since the May 2010 attacks on two Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques in Lahore, death without dignity has become a bitter reality for Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. Along with […]
UK: Muslims from Huddersfield joined to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charities
Sources: examiner.co.uk Young Muslims from Huddersfield joined thousands from across the country at London’s Battersea Park to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for several UK charities. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya […]
New Addington could provide Muslim sect with base for new mosque
Source: croydonadvertiser.co.uk NEW ADDINGTON could be on course to get its first mosque, with local leaders of a minority Muslim sect considering the area for a new base. The Shirley branch […]
Debunking the Extremist Myth That Islam is Anti-Jewish
Source: Time By Qasim Rashid: He is an attorney, author, and national spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. His upcoming book,EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere, is due […]
US justice department charges Chinese with hacking
Attorney General Eric Holder: “This case should serve as a wake-up call to the seriousness of the ongoing cyber threat” Continue reading the main story Related Stories Arrests in computer […]
View From Abroad: Islam in a post-religious Britain
Dawn: IF you were to read only the tabloid press in the UK, you could be excused for thinking that an Islamic takeover was imminent. From Sharia courts to the […]