islamforwest.org: Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by […]
Daily Times: The Mecca of today is different from old times, much more business-oriented and driven by money. It looks more like a commercial hotspot instead of a Divine residence Muslims disagree on almost everything. From the timing of their prayers or fasts to insignificant nuptial details, on every issue […]
Huff Post: NEW YORK — The International Criminal Court has rejected a longshot request by clergy sex abuse victims to investigate former Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican cardinals for possible […]
Muslim Time’s Editor’s comment: Headline has been partially modified by us. Source: BBC For the first time, half (49.9%) of American children under the age of five are of a […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends first joint meeting with Kuwaitis and Iraqis The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), quoted Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al Otaibi as saying that the Secretary-General had called […]
Source: NY Times: ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday toughened his stance against demonstrators who continued to occupy a park in central Istanbul just one day after he met with leaders of the protest movement for the first time, declaring in a nationally televised speech that the […]
Source: Press Desk AMJ-UK Deputy Prime Minister, Secretaries of State and Parliamentarians welcome Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad to Westminster The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, […]
By Raniah Salloum European Femen activists have been sentenced to four months in prison for their topless protest in the Tunisian capital last month. Now the country’s opposition leader, herself […]
Reuters in Addis Ababa guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 June 2013 15.05 BST Ethiopia’s parliament has unanimously ratified a treaty that strips Egypt of its right to the lion’s share of the […]
Source: Asia Times. By Yousaf Butt The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was designed as an apolitical technical agency that – among other things – takes regular accounting of member states’ nuclear material to make sure none is diverted to weapons uses. However, the agency has been veering from its […]
Source: lankaweb.com Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Forum (The Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya) organized a Blood Drive programme on Sunday – 9th June 2013 at Fazl Mosque – 28, Jumma Masjid Mawatha, Periyamulla, Negombo. The programme started at 9.00 am and ended at 3.00 p.m. and was inaugurated by the National President, Sri Lanka […]
We look at the impact of increased sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ask who it really affects. The United States has unveiled aggressive new sanctions targeting Iran’s currency and car industry that are among the toughest yet. They are aimed at making Iranian money all but unusable outside the […]
An Israeli settlement push in the occupied West Bank, involving the building of 1,000 new homes in two new settlements, is “killing the two state solution”, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami […]
By Zia H Shah MD As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, instead of […]
Can the red-brown spice with the unmistakable fragrance and variety of uses offer an important benefit? The common baking spice might hold the key to delaying the onset of –– […]
Indonesia has always been an open society- a rich and diverse fusion of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist and Western civilizations which produced some of the most amazing wonders now considered as […]
Source: Asia Times. Speaking at his first cabinet meeting on June 10, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said “the dual policy of issuing public statements against drone attacks while [secretly] giving the go ahead to the US to carry on with the strikes will not be allowed under our rule. […]
Source: The Local He is said to have flung the insults at officials while serving time in a Bavarian prison. After serving his sentence he returned to the USA but failed to keep in touch with the authorities despite knowing the investigation into the insults was active. A decision to […]
Source: Faizan Ijaz, Head of Human Resources and Counsel AMJ Germany. Note by the Editor. Readers of Muslim Times were keen to know what Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany will get […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Until now, much of the debate swirling around Obamacare has focused on the cost of premiums in the state-based health insurance exchanges. But what will enrollees actually get for that monthly charge? States are starting to roll out details about the exchanges, providing a look at just […]