The Muslim Marriage Crises –
An Epidemic: Unmarried and over 30 There is an extraordinary number of very educated women in their thirties and above who have not found a spouse. As intelligent, educated, single […]
VIEW : The irony on who speaks for Islam — Qasim Rashid
As survivors painfully clean their bloodstained churches, mosques, and malls, we’re all once again left asking How ironic. I stayed up all night writing a rejoinder to an anti-Islam politician who insists that Islam is a violent faith. Instead, I’m met by Al-Shabab who brutally murder 59 non-Muslims in Nairobi, […]
Marriage the secret to good health, study finds
Telegraph: Researchers in the US charted the ups and downs of more than 2,000 married people over a 20-year period and found a strong correlation between being happily married and in good health. The team, made up of academics based in Utah and Nebraska, used information gathered during what was […]
The irony on who speaks for Islam
Daily Times: VIEW : The irony on who speaks for Islam — Qasim Rashid As survivors painfully clean their bloodstained churches, mosques, and malls, we’re all once again left asking How ironic. I stayed up all night writing a rejoinder to an anti-Islam politician who insists that Islam is a violent […]
Demand for amend to blasphemy law exposes PTI
the Nation: MULTAN Strongly deploring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for demanding amendments to blasphemy law, the Tehrik Tahaffuz Namoos-e-Risalat (TTNR) declared on Thursday that it will mark Friday as condemnation day (Youm-e-Muzammat) against all those demanding changes in or abolition of the law. Addressing a news conference here, the leaders of […]
Latino Religion Survey Reveals Rise In Unaffiliated And Evangelical Hispanics
Huff Post: Hispanics living in the United States are now increasingly evangelical Protestants or religiously unaffiliated as the number of Catholics among them declines, according to a national survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. While Catholic affiliation has dropped by 16 percentage points (a reported 69 percent Catholic identification […]
The forgotten hero: Mohammad Zafrullah Khan
Source: Daily Times By Mohammad Ahmad Mr Khan is the only person ever to become both president of the UN General Assembly and president of the International Court of Justice Today is the death anniversary of one of Pakistan’s greatest heroes. One can safely assume that there will be no […]
Hard-pressed groups like the Copts of Egypt, the Bahais of Iran, or the Ahmadiyyas, Shias, Christians
Source: The Economist: In plain language, such an envoy would be an advocate both internationally and above all within the administration for hard-pressed groups like the Copts of Egypt, the Bahais of Iran, or the Ahmadiyyas, Shias, Christians and other non-Sunni minorities in Pakistan. If such a job existed—so Mr […]
Pilot’s deadly in-flight heart attack threatens to renew age debate
Source: CNN (CNN) — The 161 passengers aboard United Flight 1603 must have known something was wrong when a crew member announced through the cabin loudspeaker if anyone aboard was a physician. Capt. Henry Skillern, 63, was suffering a heart attack. The in-flight emergency Thursday night that began somewhere in the […]
Ahmadis who lead dual lives
Source: ET Worse off are the Ahmadis who lead dual lives — secret lives, rather. Faith is an integral classification of identity in Pakistan. You are what you believe. And on this belief, we are divided — and we are killed. More:
PM Nawaz Sharif niece gets married to Indian General’s grandson
Promoted posts: Urdu debates: Futility of Implementation of Shariah Law: To be or not to be? And: Video: Are Imran Khan’s Sympathizers Creating a Risk of Theocracy? The Muslim Times’ Editor’s note: We have not been able to confirm the accuracy of this news. This seems to be popular in Google search […]
An Open Letter to “Islamic” Extremists
Source: muzlimbuzz.sg Dear “Islamic” Extremists, As you would have noticed, I used quotation marks around the word Islamic because there is nothing Islamic about what you are doing. Your status in the sight of Allah is between you and Him so I will not go so far as to commit takfir on you, […]
Sports day organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association at a Rowley Regis park netted almost £500 for charity
Source: halesowennews.co.uk A SPORTS day at a Rowley Regis park netted almost £500 for charity with teams taking part in football, volleyball and cricket. More than 80 people turned up for the games organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Britannia Park last month. There was table tennis played at the Bait ul […]
Muhammad (saw) The Prophet and Peace… by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Source: pakistanchristianpost.com The Prophet Muhammad received his first Divine revelation in Makkah in the year 610 C.E. God had appointed him to spread the message of tawhid or the oneness of […]
Islamic scholar Gulen rejects bombings in the name of Islam
Source: en.trend.az Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen has unequivocally rejected terrorist attacks and bombings committed in the name of Islam, adding that a terrorist cannot be branded a real Muslim Today`s […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community delivers Historic Address in Singapore
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad calls for justice at all levels The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at […]
Where is the ‘voice’?
The Jakarta Post: A popular quote says silence is golden. But, this quote is never a single truth. Silence oftentimes could backfire as with the case of violence. By being […]
Iran is the star and Israel a grump at UN
Analysis || In this UN act, Iran is the star and Israel is the grump observing from the sidelines Haaretz: ……………….. “We are the kid who shouts that the emperor […]
Canada to support UN campaign against forced marriages
John Baird to bring UN campaign against forced marriage home Canada’s foreign affairs minister says he’ll meet with justice and status of women minister to discuss solutions to hidden problem. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he’ll be discussing a recent report on forced marriages in Canada with the justice […]
Outrage is the wrong reaction to outrageous crimes
theguardian: Andrew Brown’s blog – The proper response, as to almost all catastrophes, is immediate unstinting humanitarian aid, and a sober recognition that there are many bad things we can’t as a matter of fact do much about. It calls for action. When you can’t act – and there is essentially […]