Source: Qantara.de Author: Stefan Wild As one of the most eminent western scholars of Islam, Annemarie Schimmel is still held in high esteem in the Islamic world. But despite being a […]
Source: The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The United Nations opened a major new investigation on Thursday into the United States’ use of drones and targeted assassinations. The U.N. investigation, led by special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson, is expected to focus on the legal justification for America’s […]
میں سچا مسلمان کیسے بنوں؟ وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی ایک سنی دیوبندی گھرانے میں پیدا ہونے والا وسعت اللہ خان خود کو ایک اچھا مسلمان ثابت کرنے کے لئے کہاں تک جائے، کیا کرے ؟ شاید شیعوں کو مارنے سے میرا کام نہیں چلے […]
Stanford University Source: Huffington Post Researchers at Stanford University have created HIV-resistant T-cells, a breakthrough that, if proven successful in humans, could potentially stop the virus from developing into AIDS. […]
By Frank Hornig, Barbara Schmid, Fidelius Schmid and Peter Wensierski SPIEGEL.DE Rape victims are being turned away, and divorced employees are losing their jobs. Catholic hospitals, kindergartens and nursing homes […]
More than 170 Ahmadi Muslim men age 40-and-over gathered from all over the country to attend a three-day Leadership Conference at the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino. The men are members of an auxiliary within the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community called Ansarullah, which means “Helpers of Allah.” (The men are collectively […]
The Swiss government says it aims to ban any companies offering mercenary services in conflict areas, in a bid to preserve Switzerland’s cherished neutrality and ensure it respects international law. […]
Indonesian Ulema in favour of female circumcision: a “human right” The practice is “recommended” and according to “tradition”, although it can not be made compulsory. For the head of the […]
Are anti-Jewish slogans truly Islamic? by Sinem Tezyapar, the Jewish Journal: Anti-Jewish slogans uttered over the years within certain Muslim circles have given the impression that Islam is absolutely opposed […]
Epigraph: “So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable.” (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD I have never been invited to CNN and have a premonition that I never […]
MTA- Youtube: Published on Jan 23, 2013 This Real Talk special takes a look at the inner workings of The School of Languages and Theology, better known as Jamia Ahmadiyya UK. […]
Global Legal Forum: By Yasser Latif Hamdani: LAHORE Jan 23, 2012: They are officially denounced by the state as heretics. Their places of worship are demolished. Hardly a week goes by without one of them being murdered in cold blood. Their children are expelled from schools. Even their dead are […]
abc.net: by Abdul Hakim Murad: Must one be liberal to belong to the West? For all the polite multiculturalist denials, this question is being put to us more and more insistently. The European Union, as it struggles to articulate a common cultural as well as economic vision, regularly toys with […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Taj Mahal in India, is a symbol of the Muslim heritage, built in 1632 – […]
Publications and Record – UK Parliament: As we have heard in today’s debate, hundreds of millions of people of all religions and none find themselves facing daily threats of violence […]
he Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities (DIACA) in Dubai on Tuesday evening celebrated the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Mosque. Read more
Professor Dame Sally Davies said she was “perpetually surprised” homeopathy was provided on the NHS, and branded homeopaths “peddlers.” Read more
Indian-born British national Fauja Singh admitted age was finally catching up with him and he had decided not to compete after the Hong Kong Marathon on February 24, five weeks before his 102nd birthday on April 1. Read more
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the US military’s ban on women serving in combat, senior defence officials have said. The move would open up hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs to women. Read more
Islam at the Louvre By LEE LAWRENCE Musée du Louvre / Philippe RuaultThe courtyard level of the Louvre’s department of Islamic Art. Paris The roof of the Louvre’s new Islamic art department undulates like golden fabric gently lifted by the wind—a feat, considering it is made of steel and glass and […]