Islamophobia rally to be held in London
British anti-war campaigners will hold a protest against the rise of Islamophobia in Britain and across Europe in London on Friday November 2. The Stop the War Coalition said the […]
Brahimi seeks peace for Syria in Russia amid blame-shifting over broken truce
In an effort to bring stability amid the ongoing finger-pointing between the Syrian rebels and government over blame for disrupting a truce, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is in Moscow […]
Muslim man’s power to divorce not unrestricted: J&K High Court
Srinagar, Daily News & Analysis The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a Muslim man’s power to divorce his wife is not “unrestricted or unqualified”. Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page judgment extensively went into details of the Shariah law and Quranic injunctions to hold that a “husband […]
Myanmar must protect Muslims and halt discrimination: UN
Express Tribune: UN human rights investigators called on Myanmar on Wednesday to halt deadly sectarian violence and warned it not to use the conflict as a pretext to remove Rohingya minority Muslims. Some 89 people have been killed in clashes between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas in western Myanmar in the past 10 days, […]
Blasphemy allegations: Protesters vandalise school over ‘offensive notes’
Express Tribune: LAHORE: The police arrested a teacher and the owner of a high school on blasphemy charges on Wednesday evening, following a day of clashes with enraged protesters outside the school in Karim Park. An FIR was registered against the Farooqi Girls High School administration, owner and principal Asim Farooqi, […]
Islamic Political Thought: Sacred and the Secular
Credit: The Muslim Matters.Islamic Political Thought: Sacred and the Secular: by Sh. Abdullah Hasan A number of classical and contemporary scholars proposed divisions for the actions of the Prophet . Chief among them are […]
Swiss vow to improve human rights situation – but reject calls to cancel the ban on minarets
Switzerland has accepted 50 recommendations made by other states as part of a human rights peer review process carried out by the United Nations Human Rights Council, while rejecting four […]
“Shining example for the entire Islamic world”
by Renat Kuenzi, swissinfo.ch For Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, joining the European Union is no longer a priority. Instead he is pursuing a course of industrialisation and Islamisation, says […]
Scout wins admiration
MAKKAH: Arab News Thursday 1 November 2012 A boy scout has won the praise of Muslims around the world for carrying an Algerian pilgrim to a Makkah pilgrim guidance center […]
Hollande issues warning to Iran after meeting Israeli PM
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted “concrete acts” from Iran to prove it was not pursuing nuclear arms, after his first direct meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Addressing a press conference with Netanyahu, whose aim during the two-day visit is to press for […]
Praying for peace, preparing for war
Kinerette Rinat BenSimon remembers well the last time there was trouble on the northern border with Lebanon. (Source MSN News – http://arabia.msn.com/news/world/508946/praying-for-peace-preparing-for-war/) Her young daughter was terrified and refused to hide in her kindergarten’s bomb shelter unless her mother was there. Her three-year-old son was ecstatic that there were so […]
Halloween – Harmless or Harmful Fun?
Source: Review of Religion Author: Navida Sayed Halloween is a festival celebrated around the world on 31stOctober. It is a day which has become commercialised, most people being unaware of its true origins. Instead, most associate Halloween with only pumpkins, scary costumes, bonfires and trick or treating. Societies go to […]
French children to learn gay issues at primary school
Franca24. French Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on Wednesday unveiled wide-ranging plans to fight homophobia in France that include teaching primary school children about issues affecting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. She said the Education Ministry was looking at changes to the school curriculum designed to reduce the […]
UK Lord Heseltine: Get on a war footing – foreign countries are after our jobs and wealth
Britain must get on a war footing to fight foreign countries “after our jobs and our wealth”, Lord Heseltine of Thenford has said. Presenting an official review of the economy, […]
UK PM David Cameron suffers stinging defeat over Europe
David Cameron suffered a stinging Commons defeat over Europe as Conservative backbenchers told him he must deliver real reductions in the European Union budget. The defeat came after more than […]
Would You Believe Stories from 2000 Years ago or Albert Einstein and E = MC2?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent poll in UK showed that at least 25% of the Christians do not believe in […]
Soon, subsidy for solar power generators for homes
Source: Hindustan Times An easy option to escape from hackles of rising power bills is in the offing. The Union government will provide 30% subsidy for installing home solar power generation systems. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) will be soon ready with a new national scheme that will […]
UN Publishes Atlas Of Health And Climate
Source: Medical News Today Climate information can help nations reduce risk of disease and poor health. With this in mind, two UN agencies have produced an atlas of health and climate that illustrates some of the most pressing challenges, both now and in the future. The aim is to help […]
Frame new law for Islamic banking: Reserve Bank of India
Source: Financial Chronicle Putting an end to the speculation on allowing Islamic banking in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, D Subbarao on Tuesday said the current Banking Regulation Act does not permit Islamic banking and that the government will have to bring in a new law […]
The world must act to protect Burma’s Rohingya from starvation and slaughter
Source: The Independependent Revelations of widespread violence against ethnic minorities in Burma’s north-western Rakhine state fleetingly drew the eye of the world’s media last week. Headlines and op-eds reflected the shock felt by the international community at the slaughter of the local Rohingya population and other predominantly Muslim groups, such […]