Is criticising blasphemy laws blasphemous?
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench hearing an appeal filed by Mumtaz Qadri – the murderer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer – asked his defence team whether […]
Video: Queen Rania joins thousands at Amman rally against ISIS
6 February 2015 Last updated at 15:51 GMT Thousands have rallied in Jordan’s capital, Amman, in support of their government’s military response to the killing of a Jordanian fighter pilot […]
Integrating Europe’s Muslims – Javier Solana
Epigraph: Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a […]
Leader of Ahmadiyya Community in Gambia Responds to Propaganda Against the Community
Gambia: Ahmadiyya Reacts to Allegations First posted in the Muslim Times by Rafiq A. Tschannen, a Swiss convert to Islam and now a global citizen Source: AllAfrica.com On Friday, the 23rd […]
Clotted in controversy: Iran’s premiere of Prophet Mohammed biopic reportedly cancelled
Source: RT The most expensive film in Iran’s history – a biopic of Prophet Mohammed – had been scheduled to have its world premiere in Tehran on Sunday. However Iranian […]
Let Europol and Not the Main Stream Media Educate Us about Terrorism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I find each and every act of terrorism and any loss of innocent human life abhorrent, as […]
USCIRF: Nations Must Repeal Blasphemy Laws
Source: Huffington Post By Katrina Lantos Swett, she is chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) By M. Zuhdi Jasser, he is a USCIRF Commissioner What did the terrorist attacks against […]
Why Obama won’t call terror fight a war on radical Islam
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN, February 1, 2015 Obama also cautioned against the risk of overplaying the threat of terror groups and said the U.S. should instead align itself with the […]
Man of the Decade: President Jimmy Carter in the Light of His Books
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Video: World Hijab Day 2015, Feb 1
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
A New Movie about the Prophet Muhammad Debuts in Iran
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times is using a different title Biopic of Prophet Muhammad Divides Sunni and Shia Muslims Source: Newsweek BY CATHERINE PHILLIPS 1/30/15 AT 1:42 PM Amid global […]
Behind The Walls Of Pakistan’s Most Religious Madrassas
The Huffington Post | By Kira Brekke What goes on behind the walls of Pakistan’s most religious schools is kept relatively secret. However, BBC journalist Mobeen Azhar gained unprecedented access, […]
Taliban Killed 40 Innocent Shiites in Pakistan
Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Would the Government and the Army stand up for the sanctity of human life in Pakistan or not? This news originally covered by Zubair Khan, […]
Muslims should ‘forcefully reject’ blasphemy laws
Epigraph: And He has already revealed to you in the Book that, when you hear the Signs of Allah being denied and mocked at, sit not with them until they […]
London Museum’s ‘Dippy’ dinosaur makes way for blue whale
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News The exchange will not happen overnight: the complex logistics involved mean it will be 2017 before the great cetacean is hanging from […]
Why should American Muslims have to assimilate?
Source: Al Jazeera By Ananya Bhattacharyya @AnanyaBhatt Some cultures in the US have been allowed to remain distinct, so why the double standard? European no-go zones that non-Muslims may not […]
Integrating Europe’s Muslims – Javier Solana
Source: The Arab News By Javier Solana, who is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. He was Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European […]
Video: How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Epigraph: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son when He has no consort, and when He has created everything and has knowledge of […]
Charlie Hebdo: How Prophet Muhammad Would Deal With Blasphemy?
Huffington Post: By Amaar Ahmad, Virgina Tech PhD Alum In their criminal assault against Charlie Hebdo, Muslim extremists succeeded in the one thing they were trying to prevent: the publication […]
Washington Post: I used to be a free speech absolutist; Charlie Hebdo changed that
Washington Post: By Andrés Martinez January 26 2015. Andres Martinez is editorial director of Zocalo Public Square, for which he writes the Trade Winds column. He teaches journalism at Arizona […]