The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: Heresy is not a new phenomenon. It has existed for 20 centuries in Christianity. What is different though is the fact that the Heretics cannot be killed any more and so do not go away! Often the “Heretics,” make more sense than the “Orthodox,” especially […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA called for the release of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the man who gunned down Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer in 2011. PTI MNA from Mardan, Mujahid Ali Khan made the demand during a debate on the budget in the National Assembly. Khan had won the […]
Source: Digital Journal By John Thomas Didymus. The moral-ethical dimension arises from the predictable tendency when acting on the problem, armed with a new technology, to apply to the label […]
The Muslim Times’ comment: We have modified the title of the news post Source: The Huffington Post Abercrombie Struggling To Prove Fired Woman’s Hijab Hurt Sales: Report Abercrombie & Fitch […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 20 June 2013 Over 8,000 men and women workers have been deployed to prepare for Ramadan at the two holy mosques, said Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, […]
Petra | Jun 19, 2013 | AMMAN — Saudi Arabia has reduced by 20 per cent the number of pilgrims from Muslim countries who will be allowed to perform the Hajj (the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) this year, in light of expansion work taking place at the Grand Mosque […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch June 19, 2013 – 17:42 Parliament has thrown out a draft law enabling Swiss banks to hand over confidential data to the United States for cracking down on suspected tax cheats. However, it called on the cabinet to find legal means to resolve the standoff. For […]
by Olivier Pauchard, swissinfo.ch June 19, 2013 – 11:00 One hundred days after his election, Pope Francis is enjoying a positive image and heightened popularity. Although he hasn’t been in […]
CBN: The long established British scouting organization Girl Guide are removing God from their pledge. The new pledge was unveiled Wednesday. A reference to “loving God” has been replaced with […]
Huff Post: Superman is Jesus. More precisely, in the new movie, Superman: Man of Steel, we are meant to draw very distinct parallels between Superman and Jesus. Arguably, the movie goes a step further making Superman the modern-day, Americanized Jesus. [If you have not seen the movie and do not want […]
Huff Post: This week in Geneva, the United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child is hearing closed-door testimony about official Catholicism’s compliance with the 1989 Convention on the […]
Dawn: It’s reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, but it’s real life – the US government’s extensive surveillance programme also applied to foreign citizens, and Pakistan is no exception. As a result of the US government’s PRISM and Boundless Informant programme, nearly 13.5 billion pieces of “intelligence” were collected in […]
ET: LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court dismissed bail applications on Wednesday of two Ahmadi men with blasphemy cases registered against them at Islampur police station. Presided by Justice Tariq Masood, the bench dismissed bail applications of Khalid Asfhaq and Tahir Mahmood after listening to cases presented by […]
Source: alislam.org/quran Click the above link to browse the website’s main page on Quran and menu for translations in different languages. Suggested Reading The Holy Quran in the eyes of non-Muslim […]
Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson Posted: 19/06/2013 1 A pregnant Muslim woman has miscarried her baby after she was reportedly attacked in Paris for wearing a veil. The unnamed 21-year-old was four months pregnant when she claims she was attacked by “skinheads” in the suburb of Argenteuil. […]
There’s no reason to waste more words on the necessity of the two-state solution. What’s important to stress is that this pessimism, which feeds on the feeling that we’ve missed the deadline, stems from shortsightedness and impatience. By Avi Shilon | Jun.19, 2013 | HAARETZ ISRAEL Economy Minister Naftali Bennett’s […]
The US will keep Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan after a military exercise, angering Russia. Pentagon spokesman George Little said the US enjoyed “a long-standing partnership with […]
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Quote of the Day, by David Hume: When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, […]
Huff Post: by Weston Pew. In a country and world that is addicted to war, consumption, incarceration, inequality and the pillaging of Earth’s precious resources (which are on loan to us by future generations) it is simply not enough to speak every Sunday about loving thy neighbor. Sermons, lectures, and […]