Are Shias Muslims: The Pew Forum Poll?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I just googled and searched in Encyclopedia Britannica to find the definition of the terms, Jew, Christian, […]
Canada’s largest Protestant Church to boycott products made in Israeli settlements
PNN Palestine News Network Canada’s largest Protestant church looks set to vote today, Friday 17th August, to approve a boycott of products made in Israeli settlements. On Wednesday, the United Church of Canada’s General Council supported a resolution to boycott Israeli goods produced in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, […]
Securing Syria chemical weapons ‘may take tens of thousands of troops’
Reuters | Aug 17, 2012 | 00:07 Updated: Aug 17, 2012 | 00:07 WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of […]
Pakistani Televangelist Is Back On Air, Raising Fears
Credit: NPR via Wasim Sroya. Courtesy of Geo TVAamir Liaquat, 41, is one of Pakistan’s most famous and controversial TV hosts. During the holy month of Ramadan, he broadcasts live for 11 hours a day while fasting and drawing record audiences. Back in 2008, remarks he made about a religious […]
Did you pay your Zakat during Ramadan? Zakat: The third pillar of Islam
Charity is not just recommended by Islam, it is required of every financially stable Muslim. Giving charity to those who deserve it is part of Muslim character and one of […]
Syria revolt attracts motley foreign jihadi corps
ALEPPO – A fighter returns to a Free Syrian Army safe house after a shift on the Aleppo frontline, cranks up the volume of the television, lights a cigarette and looks at himself in a broken mirror. “Anyone got hair gel? I look a mess.” Meet Abu Zeid Al Tunsi, […]
Millions offer Juma, Khatm prayers
MAKKAH/MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 18 August 2012 More than 3 million worshippers offered Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s […]
An inspiring and moving video about Dr Abdus Salam
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A Touching Video about atrocities committed against religious Groups
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Ecuador may file appeal to ICC if UK refuses Assange safe passage
Russian TV: Ecuador has said it may appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the UK refuses to grant Julian Assange safe passage out of the country. Eciadorian presidential […]
Rio Muslims Prepare for Eid at Tijuca Mosque
Source: The Rio Times By Saira Ansari, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Situated in a little street in Tijuca is an under-construction building with a door made up of several nailed planks holding up the entrance gate. This humble structure is the site for the Tijuca Mosque – home of the Sociedade […]
Police remove Quranic verses from Ahmadi graves to ‘avert clashes’
Express Tribune: FAISALABAD: A heavy police contingent on Friday, on the demand of a banned organisation, removed Quranic verses and religious texts written on tombstones of Ahmadi graves to save the […]
How your windows could be the future of electricity: Scientists create transparent solar panels out of ‘glass-like’ plastic
Source: Dailymail One of the occasional complaints around solar panels is that they are ‘an eyesore’. Well this may be about to change, after researchers developed a new transparent solar cell which means windows in homes and other buildings can have the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people […]
Manipur Muslim Online Forum (MMOF) appeals to all Northeasterners to maintain peace and Communal harmony.
Source: Kanglaoonline.com Manipur Muslim Online Forum (MMOF) appeals to all Northeasterners, in general, and Manipuris, in particular, to maintain peace and communal harmony. Some vested interests have been mongering rumour of attacks on migrant workers and students from Northeast in South India, especially Karnataka. We have strong faith in universal […]
Eid Al-Fitr 2012: A Celebration At The End Of Ramadan
Source: The Huffington Post | By Jahnabi Barooah One of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid ul-Fitr or Eid, is a celebration that marks the end […]
Russia’s biggest mosque to be built in Moscow
RT: A huge mosque able to accommodate up to 60,000 worshipers is to be built on the outskirts of Moscow. It’s estimated the city is home to up to two million Muslims. The project to construct the mosque and a cultural center has already been discussed with the capital’s mayor […]
Don’t worry people, there is no Muslim Tide
Source: National Post Author: Chris Selley Canadian journalist Doug Saunders’ new book, The Myth of the Muslim Tide (Knopf), promises and delivers an impartial examination of the notion that Muslim immigration […]
Wilders’ supporters don’t really care about headscarves
Many of those who vote for Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party would be horrified if it’s extreme anti-Islam policies were actually put into effect. They support him because he’s a wake-up call to other Dutch politicians, according to political researcher Chris Aalberts of Rotterdam’s Erasmus University. Ban the Qur’an, slap a […]
Swiss assessment team arrives in Iran quake-hit areas
Switzerland has dispatched a four-member assessment team to Iran in the wake of two powerful earthquakes which shook the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan last Saturday. According to a statement […]
Brahimi named U.N. – Arab League envoy to Syria
United Nations: Former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday was named as joint U.N.-Arab League special representative for Syria, replacing Kofi Annan as the international mediator tasked with finding […]