Lack of protection : Kosovan minorities struggle after repatriation
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch Mar 15, 2013 – 21:42 Roma and other minorities forcibly sent back to Kosovo from Switzerland after the Kosovan war ended are not being cared for […]
Freedom of Thought in Islam
Source: Arabnews: The world we live in contains societies with all kinds of beliefs. Muslims living in such a world must be respectful toward all beliefs they come up against, no […]
Tit-for-tat resolutions: Indo-Pak tensions rise
NEW DELHI: ARAB NEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .India’s hanging of a Kashmiri man convicted in a terror attack is threatening to damage further relations with Pakistan. New Delhi reacted angrily to a resolution adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly condemning the execution last month of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was […]
Dignitaries visit Madinah Islamic University
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .Scholars, leaders and various dignitaries praised the Kingdom yesterday for honoring Madinah as the Capital of Islamic Culture. The guests of the Madinah […]
Professor Emeritus Katharina Mommsen: ‘Goethe – The Muslim’
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Islam Written by Dr. Katharina […]
Prince Charles accorded a warm welcome in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Ghazanfar Ali Khan ARABNEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, hosted a state dinner in honor of Prince Charles and his accompanying […]
2002 Gujarat riots: Real hero Latifa a driving force behind communal harmony
Source: IBNlive Ahmedabad: CNN-IBN Real Hero Latifa Giteli, a housewife from Gujarat, is doing her bit to transform lives post 2002 Godhra riots. The 2002 Godhra carnage transformed Latifa Giteli from a housewife to the driving force behind communal harmony. “After the 2002 carnage, I went to a madarsa to […]
Turkey to pay university expenses of Rohingya Muslim students
Source: World Bulletin World Bulletin / News Desk The Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV) started a project for the Rohingya Muslim students in order to cover their university expenses. A hundred students are to be supported at two universities, with which agreements have been concluded. TDV Deputy Director General Mustafa […]
National Muslim strategy: We need to change the gear
Source: TwoCircles.net Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, In the holy Quran (17.70) God says that on each human being He has bestowed equal dignity. Elsewhere (49.13) He reveals that, for the sake of facilitating mutual cognitive and interactive convenience, He has apportioned the humanity into nations and tribes. That way, both […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community defends the honor of Prophet Muhammad
Source/Credit: Examiner.com: posted By Shahina Bashir: Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) has been and is the most misunderstood religious figure in history. Although there is a plethora of information about his […]
Billion-pound development of Mecca and key historical sites
The Independent: Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most […]
Prince Charles reveals he’s been having Arabic lessons for six months so he can read the Koran
Source: Religion News Service By Prof. Omid Safi: He is a Professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in contemporary Islamic thought and classical Islam. A […]
Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II and Islam, through Pictures
In an effort to improve inter-religious relations, in late 2006 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where he joined Muslim clerics in silent prayer A closer […]
The Path to Radicalization: Following a German Salafist to Egypt
Source: Spiegel: It’s still dark in Alexandria, and I can hear the Salafist breathing in the dark. He is tiptoeing across the room.The man approaching my bed picked me up from the airport yesterday. His name is Dennis Rathkamp, and he is a 24-year-old auto mechanic who used to play […]
The PMLN’s attitude towards the Christians and Ahmedis is distinctly blameworthy
Source: The Friday Times: The PMLN’s attitude towards the Christians and Ahmedis is distinctly blameworthy. Worse, its soft, hands-off approach to militant anti-Shia organisations like the SSP and LeJ is condemnable. A bit of fear and some sneaking sympathy for the cause of such groups is all too evident. For […]
In Capitol Hill ” just lock them in a room like Vaticans.”
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Vatican defends Pope Francis against Argentina ‘dirty war’ allegations
Source: Washington Post: ROME — The Vatican vigorously defended Pope Francis on Friday by seeking to discredit accusations that he failed to oppose and may even have collaborated with Argentina’s feared military junta during the so-called “dirty war” against left-wing activists. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, departed from […]
I.M.F. Says Euro Zone Remains Vulnerable
FRANKFURT — The euro zone remains vulnerable to shocks because of weak banks and incomplete regulatory safeguards, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, in a warning to European leaders not to slacken their efforts to build a more resilient financial system. In its first official assessment of the European Union […]
India moves to downgrade diplomatic ties with Italy
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: India is downgrading its diplomatic ties with Italy and has asked its ambassador-designate to that country Basant Kumar Gupta, who was scheduled to leave for Rome on Friday, not to proceed to take up his posting. The government which is reviewing the entire gamut of bilateral […]