Caliphate: How the New York Times’ Islamic State scoop unravelled
Laila Al-Arian 15 January 2021 The Caliphate podcast has revealed again that the paper needs to confront unpleasant truths about how it handles stories at the nexus of Islam, the […]
Unveiling the story behind the great challenge
25th December 202017 Click here for Urdu version Asif M Basit With the coronavirus pandemic, the world saw an unprecedented phenomenon of lockdowns across the globe. World leaders and the […]
How a poem could spark a new Iran-Turkey conflict
Author DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG December 14, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/jeb9x Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Ilham Aliyev during a joint news conference following their meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. […]
Muslims concerned over ‘Present Caliph of Islam’ search on Google
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: This is Lanchshire By Shuiab Khan A Google Search that reveals the ‘Present Caliph […]
FAKE NEWS: How star reporter’s Syria podcast sent New York Times into crisis
The ObserverNew York Times Caliphate, an insider’s story of Isis, caused a sensation. But with its credibility in doubt, questions are raised about the media Manbij in northern Syria was […]
The caliphate is gone, but Islamic State has a new planT
Nicolas Hénin Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made clear Isis is ramping up its international strategy. Algeria and Sudan will be decisive Tue 7 May 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is […]
State sponsored persecution of religious minorities
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There’s a Muslim caliphate at the end of the District Line
Source: MyLondon The word “caliphate” has become so loaded that the mere suggestion there could be one in London is enough to make anybody do a double take. But it’s […]
The Caliphate’s Kids: Sick Children Bear the Brunt of Post-IS Chaos
The last pocket of Islamic State may have been dislodged over the weekend, but the extremist group has left behind hundreds of children. They are the group’s weakest and most […]
Exclusive: Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of ‘sleeper cells’
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 10, 2019 Mounsef al-Mkhayar, 22, an Islamic state fighter of Morrocan descent and Italian citizenship, gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Qamishli, […]
These innocent American children were taken to Syria by their Isis sympathiser mother — now it’s time to bring them home
There are solutions to the problem of adult Isis fighters: repatriation and trial, or establishing an international UN-sanctioned court in Kurdistan to adjudicate actual crimes. But children are a different […]
Khilafat: A Blessing for Humanity
The Promised Messiahas described his mission as having two main objectives: establishing a connection between God and mankind and ensuring that human beings become dutiful towards fellow human beings. He […]
US-bound Ahmadi leader models a different kind of Islamic caliphate
October 3, 2018 Ahmadi Muslim men participate in the initiation ceremony, forming a continuous link to the caliph, left center, at the Jalsa Salana in Alton, England, on Aug. 5, […]
Revealed: How Isis turns normal towns and villages into theatres and factories of death
Endgames: inside Syria On the front line in the fight against Isis, Robert Fisk reports from a town that was, only hours earlier, a stronghold of the ‘Caliphate’ Robert Fisk Deir Hafer, northern Syria @indyvoices The Syrian soldiers in this dust-covered, rubbelised town don’t smile very much and their battle fatigue is obvious. […]
View from Turkey: The rise and fall of the Islamic caliphate in history
EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI@EkremBEkinci Shahzade Abdülmecid Efendi is seen on a horse as he goes to Friday prayer. (1923) The caliphate was one of the oldest Islamic institutions in the history. The Ottoman caliphate was the last Sunni caliphate of the late medieval and early modern era that lasted 13 centuries […]
Re-Institution of Khilafat
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Al-Nahl, Spring 1995 The subject of election for first three successors of the Promised Messiah has been discussed in different publications of the Jamaat. Following is a narration of the circumstances and details of three elections for Khilafat in the language of Sir Muhammad Zafrulla […]
Analysis – How Iran closed the Mosul ‘horseshoe’ and changed Iraq war
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – American vehicles are seen in Bartila, Iraq December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (reuters_tickers) By Dominic Evans, Maher Chmaytelli and Patrick Markey BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change […]
The Radicalization of Muslims – A White Paper
Arif Humayun ABSTRACT Nearly all terrorist acts throughout the world are routinely ascribed to Muslims – by default. This abrupt deduction is not without cause since radical ideologies amongst Muslim societies provide ample support for such an inference. Sadly, insufficient attention – especially within Muslim communities – has been focused […]
Too Strong to Lose, Too Weak to Win
Middle East expert Patrick Cockburn dissects the “age of disintegration” that gave us Brexit and Donald Trump. PATRICK COCKBURN JUL. 2, 2016 Margus Johanson/Thinkstock This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and […]
Khilafat / Caliphate – the successorship of prophethood
After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance. Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied by The Holy Prophet, Muhammad sa. more… “Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works […]