Deutsche Welle: In the past few days more than 30 people have died in suicide bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Who do you consider to be possible suspects? Eberhard Schneider: I assume there’s a connection with the self-styled […]
The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish political commentator and author based in Istanbul. He thinks and writes on iissues […]
Source: BBC By Katherine Sellgren: BBC News education and family reporter Former jobseeker Emma Sparham: “After a spate of negative things happening I lost all my hair” Continue reading the […]
STORY SUMMARY Morocco on Thursday launched an operation to give residency permits to tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally, after the king expressed concern about their harsh treatment by the police. Hundreds of people, almost all of them sub-Saharan Africans, queued outside the governor’s office in […]
“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France, 1848 Karen Armstrong: A Former Catholic nun and a prolific writer Karen Armstrong’s […]
Source: TOI MOSCOW: The suspected involvement of converts to Islam in Russian suicide bombings points to the growing reach of jihadists far beyond the Muslim provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan, where insurgency and separatism have simmered for two decades. Russian news media say the authorities suspect an ethnic-Russian convert to Islam may have been […]
This video is a confirmation to the belief that people of some parts of India are the descendents of Israelites. Ahmadi Muslims believe that Jesus (peace be upon him) migrated […]
The Jordan Valley must remain part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, declare MKs, Ministers on a tour of the area. By David Lev First Publish: 1/2/2014, 11:58 AM The Jordan Valley must remain a part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, Interior Minister […]
BY NILUKSI KOSWANAGE KUALA LUMPUR Thu Jan 2, 2014 5:18pm IST (Reuters) – Islamic authorities in Malaysia on Thursday seized 321 Bibles from a Christian group because they used the word Allah to refer to God, signalling growing intolerance that may inflame ethnic and religious tension in the Southeast Asian […]
BEIJING (CNNMoney) An eccentric Chinese businessman with a penchant for publicity stunts is seeking to buy The New York Times Company. Chen Guangbiao, a rags-to-riches tycoon who made millions in […]
By Steffen Winter Spiegel.de A German-American lawyer and his family have been fighting for over two decades to reclaim lucrative properties lost under the Nazi regime. But he continues to face legal hurdles in trying to restore their legacy. Peter Sonnenthal has plenty of experience hunting down the cheats, crooks […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Thursday 2 January 2014 ARABNEWS Iyad Madani, former Saudi Haj and information minister, took charge as the new secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf fell sick on his way to the hearing of the treason case in the special court, Express News reported on Thursday. Musharraf’s convoy was redirected to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi. According to government officials, Musharraf complained of pain in his […]
AllAfrica.com; The Majlis Khuddumul (male youth wing) of Ahmadiyaa Muslim Jama’at The Gambia on Thursday held its 30th annual national Itema (convention) at Nasir Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region (URR). The theme of the convention was ‘a nation cannot be reformed without reforming its youths’. The four-day […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, TN After the death of a person, his belongings are […]
By Imam Syed Shamshad A. Nasir (Baitul Hameed Mosque – Chino, CA) The year 2013 is here no more. By the grace of God, we have made it to 2014. We pray that every new day that dawns is a blessed one, and every night that passes does so in […]
The World From Here: Will Abbas defy Islam for peace with Israel? By DAN DIKER, HAROLD RHODE 12/31/2013 23:11 “Can Israeli concessions influence the Palestinians to sign an historic peace deal that ends the Arab-Israeli conflict once and for all?” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a PLO meeting […]
Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal […]
Epigraph So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) Happy New Year and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy and a prosperous new year […]