Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Welcomed in Australia
Ahmadi Muslims greet Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Huda Mosque in Sydney The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has arrived in […]
How Muslims Wash, Bury Their Dead
When a loved one dies, most of us turn to a funeral home or crematorium to take care of the body. In the Islamic tradition, it’s different. Family members often […]
VIEW: Religious tolerance revisited — Rohail Khan
Source: dailytimes.com.pk Islam recognises plurality of religions, and gives the right to individuals to choose the path that they believe to be true Two suicide bombers blew themselves up amid 600 […]
ISLAM: Attack on Churches is sacrilege
Source: nation.com.pk In the year 631, Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) signed a treaty with a delegation of 60 Christian members of a monotheist community from Narjan, a city 600 KM south of […]
Iranian Producers Hopeful Of Good Response For Their 3D animated TV series, “Muhammad, The Last Messenger of God”
Source: bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) — Iranian film producers, brothers Daryoush and Kianoush Dalvand, are hopeful of a good response from around the world fortheir 3D animated television […]
Iranian Producers Hopeful Of Good Response For Their 3D animated TV series, "Muhammad, The Last Messenger of God"
Source: bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) — Iranian film producers, brothers Daryoush and Kianoush Dalvand, are hopeful of a good response from around the world fortheir 3D animated television […]
Video: Visit the holy sites in Medina
Source News: Hajj pilgrims visit holy sites in Medina by presstv Medina – the city of Prophet Muhammad – is replete with historical monuments dating back to a time when […]
eDigest: True Khilafat compatible with Democracy
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah commands you to make over the trusts to those entitled to them, and that, when you judge between men, you judge with justice. And surely excellent is that with which Allah admonishes you! Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. (Al Quran 4:59) Lead Post collected by Zubair Khan, Germany […]
Edward Snowden shortlisted for EU’s Sakharov prize
Source: BBC Edward Snowden, the fugitive American former intelligence worker, has made the shortlist of three for the Sakharov prize, Europe’s top human rights award. Mr Snowden was nominated by […]
Edward Snowden shortlisted for EU's Sakharov prize
Source: BBC Edward Snowden, the fugitive American former intelligence worker, has made the shortlist of three for the Sakharov prize, Europe’s top human rights award. Mr Snowden was nominated by […]
Muslim population growth faster than global rate : A good chance for Islamic finance and Halal products
Source: WCBM TALKRADIO 70% of global population growth over the next 30 years will be in Muslim countries Around 70 per cent of global population growth over the next 30 years will be in Muslim countries as the Muslim population of 1.6 billion is growing at twice the rate of […]
Shutdown Turns Americans Into Captives in Need of Delivery
Huff Post: by Rev. Chuck Currie – Tea Party Republicans, who so often argue that America is a Christian nation, have turned their back on the most basic of Christian values: concern for those in poverty, compassion, justice, and setting the captives free. Instead the Tea Party and their Congressional […]
Syria: Facing Calls for Diplomacy, Many Syrian Rebels Reject Talks With Assad Regime
By Aryn Baker / Tripoli, Lebanon @arynebaker Just back from the front, where he watched his rebel-commander father die in a rocket attack launched by the Syrian army, Berri al-Hamad stalks the worn carpet of his family’s temporary refuge in Lebanon, swearing vengeance. His head wrapped in his father’s beanie, […]
Man grows 250 different apple varieties on one tree
A keen horticulturist in West Sussex has achieved a lifetime’s work by growing 250 varieties of apple on one tree. Paul Burnett has been grafting apples, including many rare varieties, […]
Chahbahar and Gwadar
Originally published in the Nation October 01, 2013 BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Even before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “loud-thinking” the idea of making Gwadar into a free port- India moved in May this year to counter China, upgrading Iran’s Chahbahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan. An […]
The city of Leipzig in Germany considers a preliminary inquiry for the construction of a Mosque
Leipzig (dpa / sn) – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) wants to build a mosque with two to twelve meters tall minarets in Leipzig. “The City Authorities will determine whether […]
How many people convert to Islam?
Source: The Economist: IN THE wake of the attacks on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, speculation has grown about the possible involvement of Samantha Lewthwaite, a British convert to Islam. Ms Lewthwaite, known as the “White Widow”, was married to Germaine Lindsay, one of theLondon 7/7 bombers and himself a convert. She is […]
Grow old in Sweden, but avoid an Afghan retirement, data shows Global AgeWatch index measures pensions and other provisions for older people – with some surprising results
Mark Tran theguardian.com Sweden is the best country for older people; Afghanistan the worst – but general affluence does not necessarily mean better conditions for the over-60s, according to the […]
40 quotes of President Barack Obama about Islam and Christianity.
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: The original source wants to cast the quotes in some negative light, so we have copied completely the quotes about Islam, to preserve these over […]
Poll Shows Major Shift in Identity of U.S. Jews
Source: NY Times: The first major survey of American Jews in more than 10 years finds a significant rise in those who are not religious, marry outside the faith and are not raising their children Jewish — resulting in rapid assimilation that is sweeping through every branch of Judaism except […]