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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 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 …
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 […]
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. […]
By Zubair Khan. Photos: Mr Aslam Khan In the evening on 24.04.2013, in Bashir Mosque Bensheim Germany a successful program was organized under the arrangements of Majlis Ansarullah Germany. Approximately 25 learned Germans participated. In the beginning Shaikh Iftikhar very amicably introduced the Jamaat. Thereafter Mr Luqman Majoka, who is […]
(Reuters) – Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods recorded their biggest drop in seven months in March and a gauge of planned business spending rose only modestly, signs of a slowdown in economic activity. Durable goods orders slumped 5.7 percent as demand fell almost across the board, the Commerce Department said […]
BBC News UK: The minaret of one of Syria’s most famous mosques has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. The state news agency Sana accused rebels […]
Source: Daily Star Abdul Hamid takes oath as the 20th president of the country at Bangabhaban Darbar Hall in the capital on Wednesday. Photo: BSS Abdul Hamid has taken oath as the 20th president of the country Wednesday. Acting Speaker Shawkat Ali administered the oath to Hamid at Bangabhaban […]