Of Aisha’s age at marriage
Source: Dawn.com Written by Nilofar Ahmed It is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years […]
Religious persecution continues in Pakistan
Religious persecution in Pakistan Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 13 March 2014 18:57 http://viewpointonline.net/2014/03/vp192/religious-persecution-in-pakistan Blaise Pascal, the famous 17th century philosopher and mathematician, observed that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction”. His words could apply to Muslim-killing Hindus of Gujarat, […]
Ukrainian Crisis May Split Russian Orthodox Church
Huff Post: MOSCOW (RNS) As Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border and a controversial secession vote in Crimea approaches Sunday (March 16), Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called […]
Pakistan’s Impending Famine
thediplomat.com: Extremist violence is widespread, earthquakes and flooding are routine, and polio remains endemic. No nation has a higher infant mortality rate, and only a few have more cases of tuberculosis. Nearly half the country’s 180 million people lack access to safe water, and many Pakistanis have experienced power outages of up […]
Bigotry in the name of God
by Babar Sattar Dawn: THE chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Muhammad Khan Sheerani, has stated that prohibition of child marriage under the Muslim Family Law Ordinance is un-Islamic. He argued that the requirement to seek permission of the first wife before taking on a second (or third […]
CRIMEA ANNEXATION- Swiss walk tightrope between the West and Russia
by Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch March 16, 2014 – 10:31 With the future status of Crimea still uncertain, Switzerland is making the most of its good standing with Moscow to impose the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as the mediator between Russia and Western nations. Swiss President and […]
Kerry: ‘Mistake’ To Demand Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State
Source: Jerusalem/PNN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Israel’s insistence on demanding the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is “a mistake”, Haaretz reported […]
Saint Patrick’s Day: An Excuse to Discuss Christianity and Islam
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Clare Daly an Irish MEP: Afghani Blood is As Holy As Ukranian Four Leaflet Shamrock: Islam versus Christianity? Santa Claus […]
Bid to boost feminism among Muslim women
Source: The Guardian By Tracy McVeigh “The media portray Muslim women as oppressed and subjugated and Islam is often presented as misogynist and patriarchal,” she said, and her book was intended as an antidote to that. For many feminists the hijab is a glaring symbol of male oppression and the […]
Crimea referendum: Voters ‘back Russia union’
Source: BBC Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia in a disputed referendum, officials announce, after half the votes have been counted. Crimea’s leader says he will […]
No groups have made any demands over Malaysia Airlines MH370: Minister
No groups have made any demands over Malaysia Airlines MH370: Minister The Straits Times Malaysia Bureau KUALA LUMPUR – No groups have made any demands over the missing Malaysia Airlines […]
Better opportunities for China’s farmers
posted by nshawish, 1st February 2012 Nada Shawish reports on how microcredit is helping China’s rural poor. Xiyang Village, China—Sha Ximei feeds her cow in her small clay shed, and smiles […]
Islamic Microfinance in Tanzania
11 April 2011 Mohamed Yasin inShare Tanzania eco-Volunteerism’s (TeV) honey project is a community development program providing rural poor communities of Tanzania with an innovative microfinance model that […]
Live Streaming Today – Muhammad: Messenger of Peace?
Epigraph “And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the whole mankind.” (Al Quran 21:108) The Holy Prophet Muhammad Recognized, as a Great Law-Giver, by […]
eDigest: Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality – Richer Nations Are Exception
Epigraph Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned? (Al Quran 3:84) Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, a Swiss convert to […]
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif approves lifting of ban on underage marriage
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approves lifting of ban on underage marriage IndiaToday.in New Delhi, March 13, 2014 | UPDATED 17:57 IST Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly given his approval for the removal of the law banning underage marriage as well as the law regarding the second marriage of a man […]
On the Israeli Demand for Recognition of a ‘Jewish State’
by Sari Nusseibeh The Israeli government’s current mantra is that the Palestinians must recognize a ‘Jewish State’. Of course, the Palestinians have clearly and repeatedly recognized the State of Israel as such in the 1993 Oslo Accords (which were based on an Israeli promise to establish a Palestinian state within […]
Saudi Arabia: Millionaire beggar leaves her fortune for the needy
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 16 March 2014 A blind female beggar who died here suddenly has left behind SR3 million in cash, jewelry, gold worth SR1 million and four buildings, with no heir to inherit the small fortune. Ahmad Saidi, an assistant to Ayesha, the dead beggar, said […]
‘Afghanistan does not need US troops’
AP | Mar 15, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES inShare KABUL — In his final address to Afghanistan’s parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already protects 93 per cent of the country, was ready […]