Celibacy or Islamic teaching of Chastity: that is the question?
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Gilani asks US to respect Pak’s ‘red lines’
Source: TOI on Line. ISLAMABAD: The US must respect Pakistan’s “red lines” and give a guarantee that there will be no transgression of the country’s borders in order to regain Islamabad’s cooperation in the war on terrorism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today. Gilani made the remarks during a […]
Catholic Church sexually abused tens of thousands children in Netherlands: Commission
Source: TOI The report criticised the church for protecting paedophile priests as it tried to put the reputation of the church above care and concern for the victims. AMSTERDAM: Tens of thousands of children have been victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands since […]
The false monolith of political Islam
Source: Asia Times: The leaders of the American government make the gravestmistake possible for a world power. They believe their own propaganda. Elected officials and media pundits warn American citizens of the ever-increasing peril of “Islamic terrorism”, “Islamic fundamentalism” or the supposedly extant ideology of “Islamofacism”. A multitude of states […]
The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad
Source: Asia Times. With relations between Pakistan and the United States in cold storage, John R Schmidt, a senior US diplomat, sheds some light on the reasons. He argues that Islamabad’s dual policy of supporting US military actions in Afghanistan while maintaining its connection with radical Islamic groups is understandable […]
The war is pronounced dead
Source: Asia Times. By Pepe Escobar (Spoiler alert: this is the alternate remix of a New York Times original.) BAGHDAD – The Pentagon officially pronounced its US$3 trillion-and-counting, “war on terror”-related invasion, occupation and decimation of the Iraqi nation dead on Thursday even as the country prepared for a low-intensity […]
Map of Muslim Countries that the U.S. and Israel Have Bombed
Source / Courtesy: Loonwatch.com Pro-Israel propagandist Jeffrey Goldberg made an inadvertent but profound admission the other day when he said: “[T]he U.S. have been waging a three-decade war for domination […]
Rabwah Times Publisher Receiving Death Threats!
RABWAH, PAKISTAN — Publisher of the Pakistani-based Rabwah Times, a small online news publication founded in 2008 to highlight the plight the Islamic sect of Ahmadiyya, is today reporting its […]
Military coup charges: ISI chief should resign, face inquiry, says Gohar
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: December 16, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Mum’s the word as far as the government and the military’s media wing are concerned regarding Mansoor […]
“Love between two human beings is more powerful than the hatred between two communities”
Source / Courtesy: Tehelka By: ASHISH KHETAN The confession of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak Swami Aseemanand, about his involvement in the blast in Hyderabad’s historic Mecca Masjid, Ajmer’s Khwaja Moinuddin dargah and […]
Al Islam eGazette July 2009 – The Bible, The Quran and Science
This volume has several articles on co-relation of religion and science. The Holy Quran says: Ask them, ‘Have you considered, if this Quran is from Allah but you disbelieve in it — who is more astray than one who has drifted away from the Truth?’ Soon We will show them […]
Blasphemy charges: Out of fear, Ahmadi family on the run
Express Tribune: Blasphemy allegations continue to haunt minorities in Pakistan. Aalmi Majlis Tahafuz Khatm-e-Nabuwat (AMTKN) activists alleged that 16-year-old Sajeel committed blasphemy by making derogatory remarks against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his father, Rana Hakim Jameel, had done the same by portraying Sajeel as a Muslim in his school […]
Cartoon of the day. Iraqis …
US GO HOME !!! With Pleasure !!!
‘Impact of abstracting seawater from Red Sea will be negligible’ (red sea to dead sea)
By Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – The impact of abstracting millions of cubic metres of seawater from the Red Sea will be negligible, according to the results of the […]
India doctors fight to save West Bengal alcohol victims
Source: BBC News Doctors in India’s West Bengal state are battling to save the remaining victims of toxic alcohol poisoning that has now killed 160 people. A total of 204 people are still being treated in hospital, most of them critically ill. Residents of 12 villages in the South […]
Hadhrat Ayesha’s Age at the Time of Her Marriage
By Shazim Ahmad (Facebook) Hadhrat Ayesha (ra) was the third wife o f the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) and the daughter of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hadhrat Zaynab (ra) (Um Rumaan). She was young when she married the Holy Prophet, but her age was never an issue until it […]
Islam and Women’s Rights
The following is an address given by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to the female members (Lajna) of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the occasion of the UK Annual Convention held on 26th July 2008. In earlier times, women were deprived of their rightful status. Even amongst Muslims, who have […]
Bahrain blogger Zainab al-Khawaja ‘detained in protest’
Police in Bahrain have detained prominent blogger and rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during a protest near the capital Manama, reports say. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters trying to block a main road, according to witnesses. The Gulf kingdom’s Shia Muslim majority […]
Should Anna Hazare give govt a chance?
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi told a TV channel on Thursday night that Anna Hazare will postpone his protests if Parliament session is extended to introduce and get the Lokpal Bill passed. Former Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde, also a member of Team Anna, on Thursday said that it was wrong […]
As Pakistan’s population soars, contraceptives remain a hard sell
Source/Credit: The Washington Post MIRWAH, Pakistan — Shazia Shahid, a community health educator, went to the tiny house to speak with the slight young woman about birth control. It was morning, a good time because the woman’s husband was out working. But the woman shrank behind a green veil — […]