(Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Famous Russian author Count Leo Tolstoy read the English translation of The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, by the […]
ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG ARABNEWS MoreLate last month, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Trilateral Commission in New York that that if there was no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risked becoming “an apartheid state.” Kerry’s address, delivered on April 25 in New York, was supposed […]
STORY SUMMARY In the chess game that is the Ukraine crisis, it’s increasingly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t thought his way through to the endgame. This complex picture […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin May 12, 2014 A new World Health Organization report released on Monday finds the dangerous consumption of alcohol led to 3.3 million deaths around […]
by Rula Samain | May 12, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As long as there is no equality between humans, it will be impossible to put an end to […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in In London, UK, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association organised a visit by its members to the Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jattha). Central Gurdwara is the oldest established Sikh place of […]
Indian stock markets have risen to a record high after exit polls suggested that Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are on course to win the general […]
theguardian: by Jo Confino — Bhutan could within a decade become the first country in the world to go wholly organic in its food production, according to key politicians in the Himalayan kingdom. Agriculture and forests minister Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji and opposition leader Pema Gyamtsho, who held the post in […]
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Halal meat is on every menu; sharia law is taking over; the niqab is undermining the nation. Ever noticed how often the same old stories keep appearing about Muslims in Britain? Here’s the truth about these and other media myths In Britain, there is now […]
Source: The Huffington Post Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist When the news broke that over 200 girls had been abducted by Boko Haram, I was prepared for some Islamophobic rhetoric from the Spencer/Gellar ilk. What I was not expecting were Pulitzer prize winners like Leonard Pitts, even for once, falling for the […]
The problem isn’t Islam. It’s your movement to demonize Islam in the liberal left. Source: Time By Rabia Chaudry, She is an attorney and the founder and president of the Safe Nation […]
Islamic Affairs minister, who was accused by US official of promoting jihad in Syria, has had his resignation accepted. Kuwait’s ruler has accepted the resignation of Islamic Affairs Minister Nayef […]
Source: economicvoice.com Statement by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – Panorama programme on Muslims in Prisons raises serious questions Monday’s BBC Panorama will tell us that nearly one in seven inmates at British prisons are […]
Source: Hindustan Times: Detailed news LINK The militant leader said that Boko Haram’s brothers in arms had been held in prison for up to five years and suggested that the girls would be released if the fighters were freed. “We will never release them (the girls) until after you […]
By Shahid Badruddin, Bangalore. Alhumdullilah, our Mualim Mv. Imran Sb was discharged after staying 1 day at the Hospital for head injuries, he is doing fine now. The Police has taken […]
Source: ET In the backdrop of the ongoing worrisome Indian elections, another, totally unnecessary controversy has arisen in India; that of the appointment of Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh’s successor, when General Bikram retires in July this year. The issue is interesting since the BJP is protesting the right […]
Source: TOI According to the exit poll figures by Times Now, there is no clear majority predicted for the NDA with BJP likely to get 218 seats on its own. More:
Source: The Daily Beast: Attention members of the media: Kindly stop referring to the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram as “Islamic terrorists,” “Islamists” or anything else involving the word “Islam.” The despicable acts taken by this militant group—from kidnapping schoolgirls to slaughtering people at churches and mosques—have absolutely nothing to […]
Source: The Daily Beast: The leader of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine called on Russia to “absorb” the region following Sunday’s referendum. Referencing the 89 percent of voters in Donetsk and 96 percent in Luhansk who reportedly favor “self-rule,” Denis Pushillin called on Moscow to listen to the […]