Source: TOI RUSSIA: Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs was not amused by the unorthodox statement from the US State Department under the title “President Putin’s Fiction: 10 False Claims About Ukraine,” which purported to rebut a series of assertions by Vladimir Putin in the eye-catching format of a top-10 list. The foreign […]
Epigraph “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow in the […]
Source: TOI LONDON: Pakistani teenage rights activistMalala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012, will go silent for 24 hours on April 17 to show solidarity with children whose voices are silenced. “It’s our turn to affect a positive change, to stand up for equality and to empower […]
Tatarstan’s President Rustam Minnikhanov (right) in Simferopol on March 5. March 05, 2014 The president of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the pro-Russian prime minister of Ukraine’s Crimea, Serhiy Aksyonov, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Minnikhanov told journalists after the signing ceremony […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 04 March 2014 16:39 A suggested separation vote on March 30 was deemed a bad idea for many Muslim Tatars, rejecting the idea of separation. SIMFEROPOL – As war drumbeats increase in Ukraine, Muslim Tatars in the autonomous Republic of Crimea are […]
Source ET The army’s participation in peace talks is not our demand, but if the govt wants to make the army part of the process, we have no objection,” committee member Prof Ibrahim Khan told reporters following a workers convention in Charsadda. At the same time, Professor Muhammad Ibrahim took […]
March 7, 2014 Megan Doherty City reporter for The Canberra Times A Canberra girl raised a Catholic is the head designer of an Australian fashion house specialising in […]
61. And utter not thy prayer aloud, nor utter it too low, but seek a way between [17:111] Say, ‘Call upon Allah or call upon Rahman; by whichever name you call Him, His are the most beautiful names.’ And utter not thy prayer aloud, nor utter it too low, but seek a way between. [20:109] On that […]
AP | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:09 JORDAN TIMES inShare ROME — World diplomats worked Thursday to try to help Libya create a stable government and more secure environment amid the violence and growing political tensions that have festered since Muammar Qadhafi’s regime crumbled in 2011. The meeting of foreign […]
Toronto Ezra Levant’s trial echoes a time when Canada’s radical Muslim activists were taken seriously Jonathan Kay | March 7, 2014 | Last Updated: Mar 7 3:45 PM ET More from Jonathan Kay | @jonkay Peter J. Thompson/National Post/FilesCanadian Islamic Congress lawyer Faisal Joseph (center) with law students Naseem Mithoowani (left) […]
Salon.com: As we head into a new year, the guardians of traditional religion are ramping up efforts to keep their flocks—or, in crass economic terms, to retain market share. Some Christians have turned to soul searching while others have turned to marketing. Last fall, the LDS church spent millions on billboards, bus […]
ET: KUALA LAMPUR: A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships and planes from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage. Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval […]
Guardian: Darren Aronofksy’s Noah could be banned across large swaths of the Middle East and parts of north Africa for contravening Islamic rules on the depiction of prophets, according to the […]
News courtesy: Mir Azam Zikriya, Qaid Majlis, Shimoga District, Karnataka A very successful Ahmadiyya Book Stall by Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Soraba, Karnataka was arranged at Marikamba Jatra (Festival Gathering). About 12,000 literature and […]
Huff Post — While the debate over the hijab as a symbol of personal choice versus oppression is nothing new, that one can be fashioned as an artistic, creative expression is bringing a fresh perspective to the dialogue. Didn’t expect the hijab to be stylized? Take a look at British artist […]
Source: BBC Related Stories Q&A: Erdogan and the illicit recordings Turkish PM fury at ‘fabricated call’ Clashes at Istanbul internet protest Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government could […]
The American economy added 175,000 jobs last month, a pace that was better than economists had expected and well above the anemic job gains recorded in December and January. Still, the latest figures for hiring were down from the average of 189,000 over the past 12 months and fell a […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as the […]
Lead article written by Dr. Abdul Alim, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Islam EU leaders have few options at Ukraine crisis meeting as Crimean parliament votes to secede Crimean parliament […]
Huff Post: Religious freedom (or the lack thereof) in Pakistan cannot be emphasized enough. Due to the preposterous demeanor of Pakistan’s self-righteous right-wing, many in the world today are aware of Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy problem. Much frustration has been expressed on liberal Pakistani blogs and through international media outlets — especially […]