Japanese man becomes world’s oldest
A Japanese mayor has hailed a resident of his city for becoming the world’s oldest person. At 115 years old, Jiroemon Kimura inherited the title from an American woman who died on Monday. Read more
Pew Research on Public Opinion in Pakistan
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
When is social-media use a crime?
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments: The recent tragedy of Newtown, Connecticut is also defining the limits of freedom of speech for us. Source: CNN By Brandon Griggs, CNN updated 1:20 PM EST, Tue December 18, 2012 (CNN) — In the crowded world of social media, with its virtual […]
‘No Religion’ Is World’s Third-Largest Religious Group After Christians, Muslims According To Pew Study
Reuters | By Tom Heneghan HUFFPOST RELIGION REUTERS – People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world’s faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus. The study, based on extensive data for the year 2010, […]
Egypt State Council judges club to boycott charter poll’s second phase
Head of Egyptian State Council’s judges club cites ‘unfulfilled promises’ for decision to boycott Saturday’s vote Ahram Online, Monday 17 Dec 2012 Members of the higher council of the Egyptian State Council’s judges club will not supervise the upcoming second phase of Egypt’s constitutional referendum, club head Hamdi Yassin stated […]
Tom Wolfe on Charles Darwin’s Plagiarism?
Thomas Kennerly “Tom” Wolfe, Jr. (born March 2, 1931)[1] is an American author and journalist, best known for his association and influence over the New Journalism literary movement in which […]
The Public Square
Source: NY Times. A short video on Terry Jones’s hate speech attempt in Times Square, 2011. Click here to play the video.
Coverage about Peace Village in Swiss TV
Courtesy: Dr. Mohamed Boodhun. Grand Falls-Windsor, NL http://www.rts.ch/video/emissions/religion/faut-pas-croire/4511333-reportage-un-petit-coin-d-islam-au-coeur-du-canada.html
Respect for the rights of others
The following is an incident from the life of our beloved Holy Prophet(saw) taken from the Book, The Introduction to the Study of The Holy Quran: The Holy Prophet fell ill. For some days he continued to visit the mosque and lead the prayers. Then he became too weak to do […]
Indian Muslim Women Group Demand Ban On Oral Talaq
Epigraph: “And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’” (Al Quran 81:9-10) Source: By Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN, Times of India MUMBAI: After studying repercussions of one-sided pronouncement of talaq by Muslim men for months, several Muslim women groups have demanded a ban on […]
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Sikhism on Prayer
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Sikhism on Prayer Source: http://www.reviewofreligions.org
Is Germany a horrible place to raise a family?
Source: The Local Despite generous child subsidies, tax breaks and parental leave, fewer Germans want to start a family. Is Germany really such an inhospitable place to have kids? Have your say. More:
Qatar to produce $1b movie on the Holy Prophet
Epigraph: “And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples.” (Al Quran 21:108) By Habib Toumi, Bureau GULFNEWS.online December 18, 2012 Manama: A $1 […]
Terror and school shootings sides of same coin
Source: Asia Times: By Spengler Consider two situations. First, a madman kills 20 schoolchildren in America for unexplained reasons. Second, Muslim terrorists kill 22 children in Israel (at Ma’alot in 1974), or 186 children at Beslan in the Russian Caucusus in 2004, for clearly stated reasons. What do they have […]
Russian Nationalists attack plans to build more mosques in Moscow
Russian TV: Moscow city authorities are about to announce the allocation of plots of land for three new mosques in the city, but ethnic Russian nationalists have voiced their protests […]
Safeguarding the will of the people: Denying Pakistani Ahmadi Muslims Right to Vote: A Real Test for Fakhruddin Ibrahim?
Daily Times: by Mohammad Ahmad: If there are Muslims elected to the US Congress or the UK House of Commons, why cannot a Christian or a Hindu be elected to a general seat in our assemblies? Elections are a representation of the will of the people and form the basis […]
How Israel collected information about Pakistani nukes: document
Dawn: WASHINGTON: One of the major tasks of Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy in the United States, was to collect information about Pakistan’s nuclear programme, shows a document released this week. Between 1984 and 1985, Mr Pollard passed on to his Israeli handlers several sets of official US documents about […]
Christians most populous of world’s religions: Report
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Christians are the world’s biggest religious group, numbering some 2.2 billion people, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Pew assembled data on the size and geographic distribution of eight major religious groups, including non-believers. It found that […]
Minority Rights Day: 2012 saw rise in attacks on places of worship
Source: ET LAHORE: Just this year, nine places of worship have been damaged, destroyed or vandalised in Pakistan. This includes five churches and three Hindu temples. Part of a disturbing trend in violence against minorities in the country, at least 27 places of worship of religious minorities have been vandalised in […]
Muslims seek gay marriage exemption
Tuesday, 18 December 2012 Muslim Council of Britain said the gay marriage law should provide the same exemptions to all religions The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), with more than 500 affiliated mosques, charities and schools, said it was “appalled” by “utterly discriminatory” legislation on gay marriage set out by […]