“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 […]
By Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal Monday, 16 December 2013 00:00 Source: OnIslam.net Ala-al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi (known as Ibn Al-Nafis) was born in 1213 A.D. in Damascus. He was educated at the Medical College Hospital (Bimaristan Al-Noori) founded by Noor al-Din Al-Zanki. Apart from medicine, Ibn […]
Most Black American Muslims trace their roots to a recent religion founded in Newark in 1913. By Daniel Pipes The year 2013 marks the centenary of the reported founding of […]
DUBAI: Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. “Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness […]
By Zubair Khan: Photos: Bilal Aslam: (Photos of Participants of Waqare Amal in Majlis Bensheim) It has become a norm and a religious tradition of the Ahmadiyya Community to start every year with prayers and supplications and serving mankind through social and community work. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany […]