UNPRECEDENTED: Wherever you cast your eye, you can see hundreds of red- and yellow-colored cranes around the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad) MAKKAH: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Friday 28 February 2014 Forty-five-year-old Syed Laeequddin Quadri, from Maharashtra, India, was standing in quiet […]
A young boy receives polio vaccine from government health workers in Najran on Thursday. (SPA) JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH & FOUZIA KHAN Leading Islamic scholars from all over the world led by the imam of the Grand Mosque on Thursday adopted a “Jeddah Declaration” and a focused six-month […]
Christians are not allowed to make renovations to churches, display crosses outside churches, ring church bells or pray in public. By Haaretz | Feb. 27, 2014 | 9:29 PM […]
Credit:TheXpressTribune By Karen DeYoung, The Pakistani government is on the verge of launching a major military offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region after brutal Taliban attacks in recent weeks and […]
Credit: TheXpressTribune By Qaiser Butt Published: February 28, 2014 PESHAWAR: The top advisory council of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is set to agree to announce the suspension of hostilities against the government, […]
theguardian: by Liz Ford — Help us create a global platform for discussion that amplifies the voices of women’s rights advocates around the world Over the past few decades, the often tireless work of the women’s movement around the world has brought positive change. There has been a growing recognition […]
theguardian: by Ashifa Kassam — A proposed law will fast-track naturalisation of Jews whose ancestors were expelled 500 years ago. Now the descendants of Muslims who were ousted are also seeking the right to return. Perched dramatically on a rocky mountain, the small city of Toledo overlooks a bend in […]
theguardian — Sitting in neat rows, a group of Pakistani schoolgirls in white headscarves listen intently as their teacher describes how their bodies will change during puberty. When she asks what they should do if a stranger touches them inappropriately, the class erupts. “Scream,” says one. “Bite,” suggests another. “Scratch […]
Speaking to both houses of Canada’s parliament, the Aga Khan said tensions between the two denominations “have increased massively in scope and intensity recently and have been further exacerbated by external interventions.” “In Pakistan, Malaysia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan it is becoming a disaster,” he […]
Israeli troops ‘using excessive force’ in West Bank Amnesty accuses the Israeli authorities of failing to publish the findings of investigations into killings Continue reading the main story Mid-East crisis Q&A: Israeli-Palestinian talks Little hope for talks Prisoner profiles Core issues Israeli forces are using excessive and […]
CNN) — Muslims in America just lost their right to privacy. Last week, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled that blanket, suspicion-less surveillance of Muslims is permissible under the […]
RT: Google must remove from YouTube a polarizing anti-Muslim film that incited international demonstrations, as leaving it online would infringe on the rights of an actress who was coerced into […]
Source: Foundation for Pluralism & World Muslim Congress We are pleased to inform you that the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honorable Stephen Harper, has invited His Highness the Aga Khan to […]
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? (Al Quran 88:18) Lead post collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Will camel discovery […]
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian. Laura Smith-Spark and Ingrid Formanek, CNN updated 8:26 AM EST, Thu February 27, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — Dozens of armed men seized the regional government administration […]
Toronto born Adnan Virk sitting in for Keith Olberman in New York yesterday.
Patheos.com; By Abdulaziz Sachedina A disclaimer is in place before I proceed to predict the future of millions of Muslims from various cultures and nationalities who adhere to Islamic tradition. […]
Dawn: Origins of militancy THE strong demands for military action against the TTP have put one party and its position regarding militancy in a tight spot. The PTI of Mr Imran Khan, which made a large platform out of opposing action and promoting talks as the only way to deal with […]
Russia Today: Local ethnic Russian ‘self-defense squads’ have taken control of and raised Russian flags over the buildings of the Crimean parliament and government in the region’s capital, Simferopol. Ukraine’s […]