UN to probe heritage safety in Jerusalem Old City
AMMAN: Jordan said Israel has agreed to allow a UN mission to “investigate and assess” heritage conservation in Jerusalem’s Old City for the first time since 2004. “Jordan and Palestine, […]
David and Goliath: The Whole Story from the Bible, Does the History Repeat Itself?
Epigraph: “And We (Allah) sent not before thee (Muhammad) as Messengers any but men, whom We inspired, from among the people of the towns. Have they not then travelled in the earth and […]
David Versus Goliath: Dawkins, McGrath or Me – Who is the Most Rational?
Epigraph: “Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding will […]
My name Is Urdu and I am not a Muslim
blog tehelka com: Dr MOhamamd Yaqub Aamir: Urdu hai mera naam main Khusrau ki paheli Main Meer ki humraaz hun Ghalib ki saheli (My name is Urdu and I am […]
The Future of Faith
Huff Post: by Dianne Butler Bass. Over the last year, it has become increasingly clear that there are two significant cultural forces reshaping the religious future: 1) the rise of the “unaffiliateds,” including atheists, agnostics, humanists, “spiritual but not religious” and post-theists; and 2) the rise of religious pluralism and […]
The Arrogance of Ignoring Muslim Women
By Murtaza Hussain is a political commentator and contributing writer at Al-Jazeera,The Guardian and Salon. Source: NY Times What do Muslim women want? In striking scenes around the world, ostensibly well-meaning topless women (mostly white Europeans) who think they know the answer have painted slogans across their chests, chanted and burned flags outside of mosques. […]
Spare Islam and Iqbal
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com From the Newspaper | I.A Rehman | 15 hours ago GEN Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s warning against separating Islam from Pakistan’s polity or politics should […]
Palestinian Christians battle Israel barrier route
BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build […]
Jordan, Britain sign legal deal likely to help deport radical cleric Abu Qatada
Reuters | Apr 24, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — Britain has signed a new legal treaty with Jordan in the hope of being able to deport a radical cleric […]
Why ex-Islamophobe embraced Islam
JEDDAH: NASIM CHOWDHURY ARABNEWS Thursday 25 April 2013 In the early days of Islam, Omar, who would later become a caliph, was in a frenzied rage and set out to […]
Netanyahu and the laws of killing ‘goyim’
Israel is becoming a racist society, in which the prime minister of a country that was founded after the murder of Jews salutes a rabbi who supported a work on […]
SYRIAN TROOPS CAPTURE KEY TOWN NEAR DAMASCUS
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists and state media say President Bashar Assad’s forces have captured a strategic town near Damascus after a five-week battle with rebels. The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman, says government troops regained control of the town of Otaybah, east of the […]
President of Indonesia on twitter: @SBYudhoyono
Please continue to approach His Excellency the President of Indonesia on Human Rights Issues. Is he not aware of them? I for instance sent him today the following messages: Rafiq […]
Greece pursues WWII reparations from Germany
Global Post: Greece is planning to pursue WWII reparations from Germany, the country tasked with paying off most of Greece’s240 billion-euro debt. The Greek Finance Ministry has compiled a report that […]
Bomber Motivated by Religion?: Media Regurgitates Government Propaganda
loonwatch: After the September 11th attacks, many Americans wondered, “why do they hate us?” President George Bush gave his now famous explanation: “They hate our freedoms.” Radical Islam, we are told, is to blame. When someone dares counter this argument by pointing out that “Muslim rage” is due to U.S. […]
The Consolidation of Theocracy- Pakistan’s Most Unfair and Un free Elections in 2013
Written for The Muslim Times by Abdul Alim: A dozen bombs hit Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar in the last 24 hours. A headline in a newspaper today states that fifty five known terrorists have been cleared to stand in elections. With killing of politicians and candidates in Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Balochistan […]
Bangladesh journalist urges government to ban Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh journalist urges government to ban Jamaat-e-Islami Indian Express Dhaka, April 23 (ANI): Bangladesh journalist and also the executive president of forum for secular Bangladesh and trial of war criminal, Shahriar Kabir urged the Bangladeshi government to ban the country’s biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami and …
Australia’s central bank to invest in Chinese bonds
Source: BBC Australia’s central bank is planning to invest around 5% of its foreign currency reserves in Chinese government bonds, its deputy governor has said. It will be the first […]
Blasts raise concerns for Election Security
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com Separate attacks in Quetta, Karachi, Peshawar and DI Khan since Tuesday night have killed 11 people, and injured over 70. […]