78. Fear the day when the father will not be of any avail to his son, nor will the son at all be of any avail to his father [31:34] O men, seek protection with your Lord and fear the day when the father will not be of any avail […]
Lead post collected by Zia H Shah MD, who shares his middle name with President Obama What to Expect When President Obama and Pope Francis Meet Today The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: […]
theguardian — The Philippine government has signed a peace accord with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the culmination of years of negotiations and a significant political achievement for President Benigno Aquino III. The deal grants largely Muslim areas of the southern Mindanao region greater political autonomy in exchange for an end […]
chrisstedman.religionnews.com: Qasim Rashid is a Muslim who frequently advocates for atheists—surprising some theists and atheists alike. Rashid, whose new book Extremist will be released next month, is on a mission to promote global religious […]
huntersvilleherald.com: CHARLOTTE – Ahmadiyya Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Baptist, Unitarian and Jewish leaders spoke at the fourth annual interfaith Path to Peace conference and banquet March 22 near Northlake Mall. The point […]
Persecution of Ahmadis will be highlighted on Friday in SOAS. All are welcome.
Daily Times: The fact that politically motivated interpretations had divided the human race and had caused immense misery to countless people throughout the centuries was foolishly overlooked. More than six decades since its creation, Pakistan is still searching for its lost soul, the soul that went missing when Jinnah passed […]
Source: Asia Times: Colleges in North Korea have ordered male students to sport the same hairstyle as the country’s young leader Kim Jong-eun while female students are being advised to keep their hair as short as that of first lady Ri Sol Ju, according to sources inside the hermit kingdom. […]
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 […]