by Amatullah http://muslimmatters.org/2012/08/27/how-university-made-me-a-better-muslim/ It was 2010 and I had just returned from my studies in Cairo. I was in a “Muslim bubble,” having just come from a place where I heard the adhān every day and I was just another covered woman walking in the streets. Coming back home was […]
Muslims in Pakistan, show compassion and justice By Feisal Abdul Rauf, Special to CNN updated 1:42 PM EDT, Sun August 26, 2012 Pakistanis gather in Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 22 outside the closed house of a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. STORY HIGHLIGHTS A young Christian girl in Pakistan was accused of burning […]
by Abubakar Kasim, HUFFINGTON POST IMPACT CANADA One of the best and effective ways to counter the rising anti-Muslim sentiment is not only through words, issuing statements and being on the reactive and defensive mode all the time. When a lunatic in their midst create havoc; when the rights of […]
BY MUSTAFA ABUBAKAR, 26 AUGUST 2012 Ilorin — The Sultan of Sokoto, His eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday dedicated N500,000.00 yearly award to the best graduating Islamic studies […]
by Areej Abuqudairi | Aug 26, 2012 AMMAN — Israel denied around 100 international pro-Palestine activists entry to the West Bank via Jordan on Sunday. The activists attempted to cross the King Hussein Bridge after authorities at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport denied them entry in July 2011 and April […]
This story was first published in Nuqudy.com and deals with the role of UNRWA regarding the Palestinian issue. A dangerous development for the Palestinian cause has sprung up recently regarding the definition of Palestinian refugees. A report that over 5 million people are served by the UN Relief and Works […]
Laila al-Shawa is the owner of the first cultural and artistic center in Palestine, which she founded in 1987 as a tribute to her late father, who was mayor of […]
ARAB NEWS Monday 27 August 2012 JEDDAH: International bids for Jeddah metro system and other modes of public transport will be invited shortly, a municipal official said in a statement. “Jeddah’s light rail transit system resembling the Dubai Metro involves the construction of a 108-km long railway track that will […]
Luis A. Aguilar, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is generally known as one of its strongest advocates for tougher oversight of the securities industry. In public statements this year, he has pushed his S.E.C. colleagues to be more aggressive, contending that the commission was not […]
by Jordan Times | Aug 26, 2012 | AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Hassan will head Jordan’s delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Iran welcomed a group of 120 developing nations on Sunday to the NAM […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahid Gishkori Published: August 27, 2012 ISLAMABAD: With election fever gripping the politically astute across the country, Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, renowned […]
Source: BBC Three Israeli children have been arrested on suspicion of fire-bombing a Palestinian taxi. Six people were injured, two seriously, in the attack, which targeted an Arab family on […]
Tampa, Florida (CNN) — Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as […]
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Express Tribune: Imran Khan says Pakistan’s blasphemy law is necessary. He says it is a British law and thinks that in its absence, people would be lynched and there would be anarchy. The stern law, therefore, also helps those accused of blasphemy. Is he right? Let us consider the law. […]
Source: Qantara The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is introducing a schoolbook that introduces pupils to Islam. But is the teacher in it going to wear a headscarf or not, […]
RT: Four Orthodox Christian crosses have been chopped down in different parts of Russia. The incidents come after the Femen movement attacked a cross in Kiev to protest the sentence […]
محمد حنیف بی بی سی اردو سروس، کراچی نہ کہیں ماتمی جلسہ، نہ کوئی یادگاری ٹکٹ، نہ کسی بڑے چوک پر اسکا بت، نہ کسی پارٹی جھنڈے پر اُسکی کی […]
Source: Strategy Page August 25, 2012: The June ethnic and religious violence in the northwest (Rakhine State, the northwestern coast just south of Bangladesh) caused an uproar in Moslem countries, with calls for retribution against Myanmar for allowing it to happen. Long simmering tensions between the Moslem migrants from Bangladesh […]
Global Post: In the US this week, the brouhaha over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape” touched on the hot-button issues of individual freedom, government intervention, party politics and […]