London, Sep 19 (ANI): A satirical French magazine, which is planning to publish cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammed in its latest edition, has reportedly sparked fears that a wave of anger in the Islamic world could spread to France. ‘Charlie Hebdo’, which is due to hit the stands on Wednesday, […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABBEWS Wednesday 19 September 2012 PARIS: Paris’s famed Louvre museum opened a new wing of Islamic art in a bid to improve knowledge of a religion often viewed with suspicion […]
NOTE: When Jay Jason from San Francisco editorial team called me yesterday for verification before printing this, we had a little chit chat about my Muslim News. Then it occurred to me that I had left out our famous slogan “Love for All and Hatred for None.” I requested Jason to […]
by Jean-Michel Berthoud in Aarau, swissinfo.ch Switzerland has been experiencing a wave of political tourism of late, with foreign politicians, particularly from Germany and Austria, showing an interest in its […]
Minister says Kingdom yet to receive assistance from Arab donors by Omar Obeidat | Sep 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– Jordan on Tuesday called on rich Arab countries to extend financial aid to help the Kingdom overcome “critical” economic challenges. So far this year, the country has not […]
by Khetam Malkawi | Sep 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — More than 150 out of 340 Indonesian domestic workers, who were living in their embassy after fleeing their employers, were repatriated to their country on Tuesday, according to Indonesian Ambassador Zainulbahar Noor. At a press meeting on Tuesday, […]
This is an interesting question that must stir up a lot of discussions. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has always held the view that Jesus was a human being, a prophet of God and […]
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif Respecting the feelings and sentiments of each other is a noble virtue. The basic ethics, morals, principles and decency are the assets of human beings. And every religion of the world – be it Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, or Judaism – they all […]
Source: NY Times. By Laurie Goodstein. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School has identified a scrap of papyrus that she says was written in Coptic in the fourth century and contains a phrase never seen in any piece of Scripture: “Jesus said to them, […]
By Sajjan Gohel, special to CNN Editor’s note: Dr Sajjan Gohel is International Security Director for the Asia-Pacific Foundation, an independent policy assessment group based in London. He provides analysis […]
Since 2008, 18 British soldiers have been killed by allied Afghan forces or militants who have turned their weapons on Nato troops. The increasing threat of rogue soldiers has forced Nato-led troops to scale back joint patrols and change strategy. SOURCE: DAILY TELEGRAPH 2009 (five killed) November: Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith, […]
Source: NY Times By DOUG SAUNDERS Published: September 17, 2012 THE short, crude anti-Muslim video that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Middle East did not emerge from an obscure pocket of extremism; it is the latest in a string of anti-Muslim outbursts in the United States. In […]
Imagine a 30-year mortgage on which you only pay 2.8 percent in interest a year. Such a mortgage could already exist, but something in the banking system is holding it back. And right now, few agree on what that “something” is. Getting to the bottom of this enigma could help […]
Source: Express Tribune We often find ourselves being buried alive beneath an avalanche of conspiracy theories that are often racist, usually illogical and almost always hilarious. That does not change the fact that conspiracies do sometimes take place. So how do we sift out the handful of sensible theories from […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Most of what Wilders has said or written over the years against the Muslims and Islam will fall in the category of hate speech […]
Source: Express Tribune Written by Mani Khawaja “The parts are Jewish!” screams Barry, an ill-tempered white convert to Islam, played to perfection by Nigel Lindsay in the critically acclaimed film, Four Lions. The car has broken down and rather than admit to his friends that he hasn’t had it fixed, […]
Source: TOI Proscovia Oromait, who is 19 and a college hopeful, contested elections deep in eastern Uganda to fill the seat left vacant by her father’s death. KAMPALA, Uganda: A teenaged young woman fresh out of high school has won a seat in Uganda’s parliament, adding to the ruling party’s […]
Muslims should not take the controversial film Innocence of Muslims too seriously, Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told RTV Rijnmond on Monday evening. The American-made film shows the Prophet Mohammed as a sexually predatory gangster and conman. It has caused a backlash across the Middle East and several countries with large […]
Daily Times: Some Muslim leaders want global pact against blasphemy * Anti-Islam film may fuel calls for such a move * Church conference hears of abuse of blasphemy law GENEVA: As a film insulting Islam prompted Muslim leaders in many countries to call for a global law against blasphemy, a […]
I am using Holocaust denial as an example to initiate an open and honest debate about the freedom of free speech and its limits, in our global village! Please comment […]