Huff Post: Monique Parsons. The Arabic term, often mistranslated as “holy war” or narrowly defined as religiously justified warfare, is at its root actually a synonym for “struggle” or “striving.” “When confronted with the easy path and the right path, it’s choosing the right path over the easy path,” said […]
JEDDAH: Khaled Al-Subiani ARABNEWS Tuesday 5 February 2013 Security patrols in Jeddah yesterday discovered more than SR 21,000 with a 50-year-old woman who was begging at a traffic light. The […]
Al-monitor: Caryle Murphy. “No one can claim monopoly of truth or righteousness in the name of Islamic law (Shariah),” declared the statement, many of whose 2,600 signatories were in their 20s. “We are young citizens who seek to create a … community that follows the example of the prophet, peace […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 04, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Moderate Islamists who claim to have the so-far largest coherent bloc in the new Lower House have approached the Muslim Brotherhood to engage them in the formation of the upcoming government and have received a positive response, a […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 5 February 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Conference, the largest Muslim organization in the world, should have a seat on the UN Security Council, said […]
Summary Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib urged President Bashar Assad’s government Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks – which […]
Reported by Shabeeb Haneef (General Secretary Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Mumbai) The Mumbai Majlis organized its Platinum Jubilee Jalsa on Feb 3rd 2013. The event began with Tahajjud prayers held in congregation. […]
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, where Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin are buried Written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Source:ET The four accused are Ahmadis. LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed February 7 for arguments on the after-arrest bails of four men accused of publishing allegedly blasphemous books about the Ahmadi faith. Moeed Ayaz, Asmatullah, Razaullah and Ghulamullah, employees of Black Arrow Printing Press, were arrested on […]
Source: ET The decision by the Supreme Court to order the registration of an FIR for blasphemy against Sherry Rehman has lead to much outrage and alarm amongst Pakistan’s small and perpetually beleaguered group of liberals. The alarm is justified. Frankly, so is the outrage. Before I explain myself, a […]
Source: The Local European police on Monday revealed they had smashed a global criminal network fixing hundreds of top-level football matches, including dozens of games in Germany. More:
Source: Spiegel. German Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller watches over the Catholic church’s doctrine. A German archbishop is under fire for appearing to liken recent criticism of the Catholic Church to a Nazi-era pogrom. The cleric, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, had said that “targeted discrimination campaigns” against the church sometimes reminded him […]
By Michael Holden LEICESTER, England | Mon Feb 4, 2013 (Reuters) – A skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park is that of […]
Road to the New Good War Paved with Bad Intent by Diana Johnstone Opposing genocide has become a sort of cottage industry in the United States. Everywhere, “genocide studies” are […]
Yearly conversions to Islam have doubled in France over the past 25 years, a report says. Press TV: Bernard Godard, an official in charge of religious issues at the French […]
Comment by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One of the best Western movie about the life of Prophet Muhammad is the Message, which you can see […]
A small intro of Abu Sufyan: Sakhr ibn Harb (Arabic: صخر بن حرب), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (1 September 560 – 1 August 652), was the leader of […]
Source: The Local. A guilt-racked American thief has returned a letter-writing set 40 years after he stole it from a luxury Munich hotel. More:
Bank of America has long rued its decision in 2008 to acquire Countrywide Financial, the subprime mortgage giant. To date, the bank has set aside some $40 billion to settle claims of mortgage misconduct that occurred before it acquired the freewheeling lender. It has been a regular refrain at Bank […]
2. Legislation According to Human Rights Watch, the “persecution” of Ahmadis has been legalized and is “encouraged” by the Pakistani government (27 May 2012). The 2012 annual report of the […]