The Diplomat: by Bobby Woods — As Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, undertakes a major charm offensive that seeks to woo U.S. President Barack Obama, many Americans are left to wonder whether Iranian promises of greater cooperation are valid or simply a stall and ruse. Obama has repeatedly said […]
Courtesy: Ansar Raza, Missionary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Canada The founder of Pakistan, the father of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is quoted, in the following Urdu book, as saying that Honorable Sir Muhammad Zafrulah Khan is a “Muslim” and that he is praising him like his own son. Amazingly, the constitution of the same […]
From India, Proof That a Trip to Mars Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank By SARITHA RAI FEB. 17, 2014 NYTimes Launch media viewer India’s Mars satellite will measure methane gas, a marker of life on the planet. Indian Space Research Organization/European Pressphoto Agency BANGALORE, India — While India’s recent […]
By Fars News Agency Global Research, February 17, 2014 Fars News Agency After its failure in coaxing the US into war on Syria, Saudi Arabia is now attempting to persuade the Arab League (AL) to issue permission for military attack against the crisis-hit country, Arab media reports said. “The Saudi regime […]
By Richard Silberstein Canadian media offers a shocking new development in the intelligence wars. This involves a honeypot security officer working for Canadian immigration. Her assignment was to romance an alleged Iranian spy. Sometime during their year-long romance, one night after having a few drinks too many, she told him […]
The Swiss aren’t the only ones in Europe deeply concerned about immigration. Many across the Continent would also like to see limits placed on newcomers from elsewhere in the EU. […]
[14:8] And remember also the time when your Lord declared, ‘If you are grateful, I will, surely, bestow more favours on you; but if you are ungrateful, then know that My punishment is severe indeed.’ [2:153] Therefore remember Me, and I will remember you; and be thankful to Me and do not be ungrateful to Me. [16:115] So eat […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with his Omani counterpart Sheikh Khaled Bin Hilal Al-Maouli called on Muslim religious and political leaders to increase contacts to find solutions the problems of the Muslim world. “What is happening today in the Muslim world, specially in Syria, is […]
Epigraph: When Hillel, a first century Jewish scholar, was challenged by a Gentile that the Torah be explained to him, while Hillel stood on one foot, Hillel replied, “What is […]
If passed, the bill would allow 3.5 million Sephardic Jews to claim citizenship By Lily Wilf|February 12, 2014 7:10 PM|Comments: 12 Shlomo Moshe Amar, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, during his visit to Granada’s Alhambra on May 31, 2011, the first ever official visit by a […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Why Tensions are Soaring in Mother (in law) India, Toronto Star February 17, 2014 Hamida Ghafour, Forein Affairs Correspondent Arti learned the rules of her marriage when she moved in with husband Vishal’s parents the day after their wedding. She was not allowed to sit on a sofa, chair or […]
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Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Those of us, who have seen the Message movie, about the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and most of the Muslims […]
Salon.com: Susan Patton wrote a Wall Street Journal opinion column that is so intentionally terrible and goading that I kind of want to pinch its cheeks. It really is that adorable. “Smarten up, ladies,” the Princeton Mom begins. And by “smarten up,” Patton means land a man while you are still in college, because […]
Russia Today: Following decades of a heavily subdued program, Germany is planning to resume counter-espionage against both the US and other Western allies in response to ongoing revelations surrounding NSA’s […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani Muslim rulers through the 14 centuries have kept a tight control over the clergy, ceding them some space here and there but in the main disallowing them from imposing their will on the people Maulana Abdul Aziz — of the burka fame — has been […]
Dear readers of The Muslim Times, We notice that News from the African Muslim World is still under-represented in The Muslim Times. Readers from Africa or readers familiar with Africa […]
Source: The Nation By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid As Pakistan mulls over rewinding the clock back a millennia-and-a-half by imposing Sharia under the Taliban gun, Tunisia is celebrating arguably the most […]