We still have a long-running debate on how to best to protect human rights and promote religious tolerance. Existing social diversity, income disparities and educational inequalities complicate matters further. The Jakarta Post: Our experience has taught us the wisdom of moderation: Optimism needs to be tempered by a sense of […]
Source: Time – Health & Family Author: Bonnie Rochman If parents can’t limit their children’s TV time, then they can at least try to improve what youngsters are watching. That’s the if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach that researchers in Seattle took in trying to address the issue of how much TV children, including […]
COMPLAINT FILED OVER SCHOOL’S PURGE OF ISLAM Legal team challenges accreditation of National Defense University NOTE: This cation is likely to whip up a greater storm of controversy both in regards to the reinstatement of the instructor on Islamic teaching at the National Defense University and legal circles. This […]
LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran DAWN.COM | 2 hours ago A strongest contender for Pakistan’s top position in the next elections, Superstar Imran Khan, leader of Tahrik-e-Insaf in a recent Indian TV interview told the female host that his stop priority will be establishing “the rule […]
Source: TOI QUETTA: Thousands of Pakistani Shias furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 89 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. The attack, near a street market in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, highlighted the government’s failure to crack down […]
Epigraph: “Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Source: Asia Times: By Francesco Sisci ROME – With a gesture that breaks with thousands of years of tradition, the Pope, usually considered a bulwark of conservatism in the world, has projected the Catholic Church into the third millennium and presented Western culture with a challenge. The West has been […]
Gas prices have risen for 32 days straight, according to AAA. That means that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased more than 13% over that period to $3.73. It’s hitting wallets right in the middle of winter, when people are already looking at large […]
LONDON: Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world’s most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal health care and “honour killings”, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll showed on Wednesday. India and Somalia ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the […]
Forget Newton and Galileo. Here are the real laws of nature: 1.Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee 2. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the […]
A self-styled cleric who preached about the dangers of immoral behaviour is waiting to be sentenced for the rape and murder of his daughter, Lama Al Ghamdi. The Star’s Hamida Ghafour covered the story. READ MORE: Saudi women fight for justice for 5-year-old girl allegedly beaten, raped by father 6a00d8341bf8f353ef017d4100cb69970c […]
Gatestone Institute: All had been relatively quiet at the Córdoba Cathedral for more than 750 years, until January 2004, when Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden began encouraging Muslims to […]
Source: The Huffington Post By MAGGIE MICHAEL 02/11/13 02:19 PM ET EST CAIRO — Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier religious institution, chose the country’s top Islamic jurist in a […]
The Daily Star: Rashidul Hasan In desperation, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir are applying various strategies to occupy Paltan or any other important intersections of the capital to offset the Shahbagh movement. Their techniques include not wearing their traditional outfit — pyjama and punjabi — during their “operations,” police and […]
Government expected to announce office Feb. 19 at a facility in Vaughan, Ontario. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada Photo Tahir Hall inauguration in July 2012. Emabssynews ca: Sneh Duggal The Harper government is […]
Published on Feb 15, 2013 The Silent Voice Series – Giving voice to the persecution suffered by Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and in other countries. Produced by Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK; ‘A Nation cannot be reformed without reforming its youth’. This Viral presents the destruction of the Annual Convention site […]
Our favorite posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Suggested reading by the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Two Hundred Verses about […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Monday 18 February 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people […]
Edited by Penny Johnson and Raja Shehadeh US: Olive Branch Press/Interlink Publishing Pp. 202 It is significant that this book is entitled “Seeking Palestine”, not “Remembering Palestine”, for there is little nostalgia here. Instead, fourteen talented Palestinian writers explore the meaning of exile, belonging and identity, focusing on the present. […]