The words of God do not justify cruelty to women
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful women, […]
Australia’s first Muslim woman in any parliament
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Australia will have its first Muslim woman in any parliament when academic Mehreen Faruqi replaces NSW upper house MP Cate Faehrmann this year, the NSW Greens say. […]
BBC documentary ‘ Science and Islam: 3 parts
Really cool series. . . BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Language of Science (part 1) ————————————————————— BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Empire of Reason (part 2) ——————————————————————- BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Power of Doubt (part 3)
Eco-tourism in Tunisia’s new era
14 April 2013 Last updated at 01:33 GMT Help A slump in the number of visitors to Tunisia since the country’s revolution has forced those in the tourism industry to rethink their businesses. One growing sector is eco-tourism, a potentially lucrative source of income which can have great benefits for […]
The Hangman’s Tale: Archaeologists Dig into History of Execution
For years, few were interested in unearthing what lay beneath old gallows and scaffolds. But, in Germany, growing interest in “execution site archaeology” is throwing much light on how the […]
SWISS MADE: Author “sets the story straight” with new book
by Catherine McLean, swissinfo.ch April 13, 2013 – 18:13 As far as most people around the world are concerned, the Swiss excel at three things: banking, chocolate and watches. Author […]
Exclusive: G20 to Consider Cutting Debt to Well Below 90 percent/GDP-Document
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Financial leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies will consider next week in Washington a proposal to cut their public debt over the longer term to well below 90 percent of gross domestic product, a document prepared for the meeting showed. The proposal, prepared by the co-chairs […]
Americans spend 9.14 billions of hours on government paperwork every year!
Source: NY Times: Dozens of government agencies impose significant paperwork burdens, but one stands above all others: the Department of the Treasury. That department accounts for 6.7 billon annual hours, which is nearly 75 percent of the total. No other agency accounts for more than 6 percent. The Department of […]
What is the Muslim Times doing for You?
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor The Muslim Times is promoting universal brotherhood and sisterhood in a […]
Pope Francis tasks cardinals with studying reform of Catholic Church
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)— Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday. The group, which includes U.S. Cardinal Sean O’Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, […]
Plane overshoots runway in Bali, ends up in sea
Source: CNN (CNN)— A Lion Air flight carrying about 100 people overshot a runway while landing at Bali International Airport on Saturday and ended up in water, officials said. Only one person so far is confirmed as having suffered injuries, Lion Air spokesman Edward Sirait told a news conference in […]
Religious Rights: German Court Upholds Muslim Headscarf Ban in Schools
Der Speigel: A court has ruled that a ban on Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in schools was legal. It said that teachers who covered their heads violated their obligations to […]
Is the Catholic Church in crisis in Philippines?
Inquirer: Randy David. A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in February this year highlights three interesting findings on the state of Catholicism in the Philippines. First, that weekly church attendance has significantly gone down from a high of 64 percent in July 1991 to a low of […]
Atheist group forces removal of Ten Commandments from districts school rooms
Palmbeachpost: By Rick Couri: KRMG.com: The Freedom From Religion Foundation caused the furor after they found out about displays in several school buildings. The FFRF is an atheist and church-state separatist group with a history of similar actions. The group says someone told them about the display at the Kentucky schools and […]
India is Asia’s dharamshala – why not learn to love it?
Firstpost.com: The benevolence of politicians and bureaucrats is sometimes no benevolence at all. For some time now, there has been a trickle of Hindus from Pakistan coming to India on short-term visas, but their real purpose has never been in doubt: to flee discrimination and violence against Hindus in Pakistan. Earlier this […]
Palestinian Arab Museum that “Rewrites” History
Palestinians building largest museum in the West Bank to tell their story from Ottoman Empire to British mandate Ynetnews: Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank’s largest museum […]
Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan: Press release about case against Daily Alfazal
Press release about case against Daily Alfzazal the Lahore police registered the case against editor and printer of Pakistan’s oldest daily Alfazal under the anti terrorism act. It is the clear violation of human rights regarding freedom of expressions.we are issuing a press statement. Download press release
Spacious Awareness for Spacious Life
Huff Post: by Larry Yang. The breadth of our life has the capacity to tend and care for all of the multiple joys and sorrows that come our way. Part of mindfulness is remembering that spacious quality of not just our minds and hearts but that it can pervade all […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
Source: This article was originally published in Spring 2010 volume of the Muslim Sunrise: read online in the Muslim Sunrise. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]