How the world is inclining towards the Islamic way of life
Source: Al Hakam 11th April 2020 By Jalees Ahmad, London Engulfed in the coronavirus pandemic, the world has been forced into making drastic changes in lifestyle to combat this virus. […]
Halal tourism is not Islamic tourism
Hendy Mustiko Aji Conceptually, halal tourism is different from Islamic tourism. I distinguish among four terms that might possibly confuse many people: Islam, sharia, halal and Islamic. In […]
The Most Islamic Country Is … New Zealand?
A Muslim economist is attempting to measure how well the world’s countries live by Quranic values. Source: OZY.com By Erin Cook “We are one,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said […]
Freed Sri Lanka Buddhist monk vows to expose Islamist militancy
May 28, 2019 – 13:34 By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) – A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday he […]
A view from Turkey: A synopsis of the current Muslim world
İHSAN AKTAŞ @ihsanaktas Published 07.06.2019 When the Age of Enlightenment began in the West, dark clouds moved in over Islamic countries. At first glance, the Enlightenment emerged as an internal […]
Revealed: new evidence of China’s mission to raze the mosques of Xinjiang
Xinjiang Guardian and Bellingcat investigation finds more than two dozen Islamic religious sites partly or completely demolished since 2016 Lily Kuo in Beijing Tue 7 May 2019 Keriya Aitika […]
Sustaining the presence of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Apr 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 30th Arab summit in Tunis ended its meetings on Monday with the adoption of strong words of praise and appreciation for the Hashemite Custodianship over the […]
PM Khan asks Fatyana to draft bill aimed at making Pakistan welfare state
Syed Irfan Raza Updated December 18, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday asked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) member of the National Assembly Riaz Fatyana to draft a bill […]
The Islamic fundamentalist Jeremy Corbyn should be ashamed of himself – if only he’d behaved more like Margaret Thatcher
Source: Independent Corbyn supported every gay rights campaign at a time when it was considered extremist to do so. And the way he managed to be an extremist Islamic fundamentalist […]
Halloween: An Islamic Perspective
Review of Religions – October 2018 Reem Shraiky – UK On October 31st people around the world celebrate Halloween, and while this custom did not originate in […]
British Museum’s new gallery celebrates wonders of the Islamic world
October 30, 2018 By lyana khairuddin As I walked into Room 42 on the second floor of the British Museum in London recently, two massive stone engravings greeted me – […]
OIC and state of affairs in Muslim World
At the moment OIC needs to at least recognize the contributions of member states that have demonstrated their national commitment to the OIC’s Charter 02.10.2018 By Abdullahil Ahsan – The […]
JORDAN: Can Islamists be electable?
May 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari The conference on “post-Islamism” organised by Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Centre for Strategic Studies last week did enrich our understanding on the changing dynamics of political Islam in general. Scholars, who came from abroad to participate in the conference, offered […]
How Islamic does Brunei want to be?
Source: Asis Times: Though no organized opposition group has ever openly challenged the state’s religious stance, some observers believe the laws aim to placate Islamists who may otherwise be put off by the monarchy’s ostentatious displays of wealth. Some analysts regard Brunei’s adoption of sharia law as a bid to […]
Why Saying ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’ Isn’t Enough
By RICHARD STENGELFEB. 13, 2017 CreditLinda Huang Radical Islamic extremism. There, I’ve said it. For three years, as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, I would not and could not utter that phrase. No one in the Obama administration could or did. We used the much […]
Europe will become an Islamic state, says Italian Archbishop
Source: Daily Pakistan Global By Haider Ali Sindhu ROME – In an unexpected statement, Italian Archbishop has predicted that soon Europe will become an Islamic state. Monsignor Carlo Liberati, an important […]
Secular Viewpoints Examined
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Mirza Tahir Ahmad Part III Secular Viewpoints Examined HE THEORY OF religious development presented by sociologists and their concept of how belief in God developed, is primarily based on their understanding of social psychology. Having observed the general tendency of man in his social behaviour, […]
London ‘more Islamic’ than Muslim world – scholar
Telegraph: London is a more “Islamic” city than much of the Muslim world put together, a leading Muslim scholar has argued. Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, a prominent Shia cleric, who was born in Pakistan and studied in Iran, said he “feels more Islamic” in Britain than other countries because […]
Humanist vs Islamic perspectives on science and the modern world
Jim Al-Khalili, physicist and Ziauddin Sardar, chair of the Muslim Institute, talk science, western colonialism and religious rigidity by Yasmin Khan As the Islamic empire expanded, Muslims in new territories needed to know the direction to Mecca for prayer, which led to leaps in map-making and trigonometry. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty […]
British Muslim teenagers condemn radicalisation
“I was really shocked. They were just like any of us.”- Muslim teenage girls speak out against other teenagers travelling to Syria to join Islamic State. 5 live went to a session at Altrincham Islamic Centre Youth Group in south Manchester, where young British Muslim teenagers regularly meet up to […]