What to Expect When President Obama and Pope Francis Meet Today
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: I hope President Obama openly acknowledges his middle name ‘Husain’ and some of his Islamic background, to the Pope and presents him a new book […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: I hope President Obama openly acknowledges his middle name ‘Husain’ and some of his Islamic background, to the Pope and presents him a new book […]
Source: ET The premise of Ms Memon’s stance is that the girls married off at an early age are left to grapple with a whole lot of complications. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE PML-N MNA Marvi Memon, an inveterate child and women’s rights campaigner, has taken up cudgels on behalf of civil […]
By Elizabeth Landau (CNN) — For anyone holding out hope of Pluto being reinstated as a major planet, you should probably do as they say in the movie “Frozen” and “let it […]
Your MiddleEast: by Farppq Aftab — WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Earlier this week thousands of British Muslim men that make up the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, the UK’s largest and oldest Muslim youth association, issued a single statement denouncing female genital mutilation (FGM). The statement, published on the website ‘Muslims for Humanity‘, […]
Washington confirmed on Monday that it’s deploying four tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft and 150 Air Force special forces personnel to Uganda, in order to help the African Union hunt down Lord’s […]
KARACHI: Chairperson Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Zohra Yousuf has said the Geo Tv program ‘Aalim Online’, hosted by Amir Liaqat Hussain, was spreading religious disharmony in the country, ARY News reported Tuesday. Addressing a symposium at a local hotel in Karachi, Ms Yousuf said minorities were demeaned and murdered […]
Epigraph So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) The white stripe in Pakistan flag is supposed to represent minorities, who have very little stake, now, in the present day Pakistan A Compliment in Disguise: The Muslim Times Continues to be Banned in Pakistan Epigraph: […]
By Nadeem F Paracha Dawn: Many people get sick at the mere mention of secularism because they don’t really understand what it means. Like any other ideology, secularism too has […]
ET: The Royal Mail, Britain’s postal service company, has issued a postage stamp commemorating Noorunissa Inayat Khan, a World War II heroine of Indian origin, according to an official press release. […]
HRW: (Beirut) – President Barack Obama should raise human rights issues during his visit to Saudi Arabiaon March 28-30, 2014. His visit comes as Saudi authorities are clamping down on civil society activists and peaceful dissidents, and have arrested and deported at least 250,000 foreign workers since November, according to the […]
HRW: When the UN Human Rights Council was created in 2006, Human Rights Watch was among the many organizations pressing for – and hoping – the body would become an effective way […]
Provided Student Needa Malik makes friends with Blue III, the Butler University Bulldog mascot. 6 hours ago • Kimberly Cheek-Stanley Times Correspondent Needa Malik, 22, is halfway through an internship at the U.S. headquarters of Islamic Relief near Washington, D.C. The Butler University international studies major […]
77. Remember return to thy Lord [10:24] But when He has delivered them, lo! they begin to commit excesses in the earth wrongfully. O ye men, your excesses are only against your own selves. Have the enjoyment of the present life. Then to Us shall be your return; and We will inform […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Oh, to be a Syrian conspiracy theorist in these days of civil war Robert Fisk Damascus Tuesday 18 March 2014 They must be the most expensive nuns in the world – if, that is, a poisonous press and the ferocious […]
STORY SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri How many ways are there to die in the Arab world today, other than through an act of nature or a natural death? In just two days this week, the Italian Navy rescued 2,400 Arabs trying to reach its shores. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The new full-fledged pilgrim city to be established along the Jeddah-Makkah Expressway will be named after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar. “It will be a smart city equipped with the most advanced facilities and systems,” he told Makkah […]
by Mohammad Ghazal | Mar 25, 2014 | Jordan Times 5 inShare His Majesty King Abdullah holds talks with the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, in Kuwait on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 25th Arab Summit (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) KUWAIT — His Majesty King […]
PhilNews.com — An online article a week ago concluded that the reason that Deniece Cornejo the vixen in the Vhong Navarro mauling incident was being mercilessly vilified was because Philippine society tends to treat women that way (LINK). The writer a certain Tricia Aquino in collaboration with Judy Taguiwalo a University […]
Huff Post: by William Stillman — In my work as a spiritual counselor and adviser, I encounter all too often people who do not pray, pray inconsistently, or who don’t know how to pray. A common excuse is that they “forget,” like forgetting to floss or balance the checkbook. Some […]
Huff Post: — Former President Jimmy Carter is issuing a call to action for religions to stop using scripture to trample on women’s rights. He spoke about his new book out today, “A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power,” with HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski and responded to […]