Video: A Debate on Possibility of Prophethood After Holy Prophet: An Ahmadi Muslim vs. A non Ahmadi Muslim
Youtube: Debate Ansar Raza (Ahmadi Muslim) Vs Mujtaba Bhatti (Non-Ahmadi) – Dec 31, 2012 Watch in Youtube:
The Islam women were promised
The Washington Post: Musa Furber. The earliest generation of Muslims took pride in their compliance to the Koran’s injunction to abandon female infanticide, an act that was often done to prevent shame to the family. Thus for centuries, Muslims have taken pride in their contributions to the rising status of […]
Could Saudi Arabia be next?
The Independent: By Robert Fisk: Never make predictions in the Middle East. My crystal ball broke long ago. But predicting the region has an honourable pedigree. “An Arab movement, newly-risen, is looming in the distance,” a French traveller to the Gulf and Baghdad wrote in 1883, “and a race hitherto […]
A year in women: notable female achievements of 2012, from Malala to Hillary
Global Post: From Malala Yousafzai to Aung Sang Suu Kyi to Hillary Clinton, 2012 was a dramatic year for women. Women made major steps forward in politics and in business. […]
French magazine sparks another controversy over Mohammed cartoons
Russian TV: A French satire magazine has published a special issue containing cartoons on the life of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed. Similar images, which are deemed blasphemous by Muslims, have sparked […]
Al Gore Joins Hands with Al Jazeera
Ex. President of USA Al Gore Source: Guardian UK Acquisition of Al Gore’s cable channel gives Al-Jazeera an access to 60 million homes in USA Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab news channel […]
New doctrine: Army identifies ‘homegrown militancy’ as biggest threat
Express Tribune: ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a paradigm shift in its decades-old policy, Pakistan Army has described homegrown militancy as the “biggest threat” to national security. According to the new Army Doctrine, ongoing activities of Taliban militants in the restive tribal regions and unabated terrorist attacks on government installations […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Rules of War
Epigraph: But if they (enemies) desist, then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is freely professed for Allah. But if they (enemies) […]
My Take: Blood on Chinese hands in Tibetan self-immolations
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times stands for religious freedom for everyone. Yes, every Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, atheists, to name some. And of course, for every sect within them. […]
Woman jailed after pulling hijab from victim in racist attack
Source: By ASHLIE MCANALLY Published on Tuesday 1 January 2013 00:11 A WOMAN who launched a racist attack against a Muslim and pulled her hijab from her head as she robbed her of her phone has been jailed for more than two years. Eileen Kennedy, 28, and her 16-year-old niece […]
Go East, young man
The Peoples Daily: It used to be that the buzzword was “Go West, young man”. But in the 21st century, it is China which attracts the young and adventurous. Erik […]
Abducted Jordanian peacekeepers released in Darfur
by Rana Husseini | Jan 02, 2013 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Two Jordanian peacekeepers who were abducted in Sudan’s Darfur region in August were released and on their way to the Jordanian mission in Sudan, the Public Security Department (PSD) announced on Wednesday. “We have been notified by the Sudanese […]
10 Weird Questions I’m Often Asked, But am Happy to Answer
By Manar Hijaz As I prepare to say goodbye to 2012, I hope that I’ll also be saying goodbye to these 10 interesting questions I am occasionally asked. I am not providing this list to make fun of the individuals who have asked these questions, but as a means to […]
Gaining a Clearer View of the Syrian Civil War
By Christoph Reuter DER SPIEGEL GERMANY After spending months reporting on the conflict, a SPIEGEL journalist has pieced together a realistic view of the situation on the ground, and reports that dictator Bashar Assad’s fall seems inevitable. But as the fighting grows more barbarous on both sides, he worries what […]
Saudi women outraged at US TV host
JEDDAH: RIMA AL-MUKHTAR Wednesday 2 January 2013 Saudi women expressed outrage at Chelsea Handler, the American host of the TV show “Chelsea Lately,” when she swore at Saudi men for […]
Shy US heiress leaves millions to library, parks
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Thursday 3 January 2013 NEW YORK: A shy New York woman whom no one took to be wealthy left a shockingly happy surprise when she died: […]
The Unspeakable Truth About Rape in India
By SONIA FALEIRO Published: January 1, 2013 NYTimes January 2, 2013 I LIVED for 24 years in New Delhi, a city where sexual harassment is as regular as mealtime. Every day, somewhere in the city, it crosses the line into rape. For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the […]
Tax Deal’s Passage Ends Latest Standoff
WASHINGTON — Ending a climactic fiscal showdown in the final hours of the 112th Congress, the House late Tuesday passed and sent to President Obama legislation to avert big income tax increases on most Americans and prevent large cuts in spending for the Pentagon and other government programs. The measure, […]
Video: Documentary about Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the European Parliament. Recorded on 3 and 4 December 2012.
Source: Alislam.org: A detailed and comprehensive video coverage of Khalifa of Islam’s recent visit to Brussels. Watch here:
Alhambra from Wikipedia
Alhambra (pron.: /ælˈhæmbrə/),[a] the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra,[b] is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was constructed during the mid -10th century by the Umaid Arabic ruler Badis ben Habus of the Kingdom of Granada in al-Andalus, […]