Ramadan in Sweden with no Dusk, no Dawn
Kiruna, Sweden: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, when consumption of food and water is prohibited between dawn and dusk, how do Muslims obse [...]
Muslim Groups fight for Church’s Right to use the word Allah
By Anisah Shukry
Kuala Lumpur: Christians are not alone in their struggle to use the word "Allah" in Malaysia, as Muslim non-governmental organisation [...]
Second Saudi Arabian Woman Secures Commercial Pilot Licence
Dubai: Yasmeen Mohammad Al Mainmani started to dream about flying when she was just seven years old. She was not particularly dreaming of being a cap [...]
How Islamic is the Caliphate?
Muslims today see the "caliphate" declared by the notorious ISIS ("Islamic State of Iraq and Syria," or simply IS) as an abomination.
By Mustafa A [...]
Muslim World’s first ‘Green’ Mosque opens in Dubai
Dubai: Dubai's Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) opened the first environmentally friendly mosque in the entire Muslim world, to worshippe [...]
British Imams warn against ‘cowboy’ ISIS
Leading British Muslim preachers have strongly condemned the Islamist militant group ISIS in an online video published last fortnight aimed at dete [...]
UAE enters Space Race with first Arab Spaceship to Mars
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has entered the space race with a project to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 in the Arab world's firs [...]
Motives Underlying Gaza Massacre
By Chandra Muzaffar
Massacre has become a habit. Every two or three years, Israel launches a massive military assault upon largely unarmed Palestini [...]
A Welcome Ruling
It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court's ruling on the Darul Qaza and Shariat Courts has been widely welcomed by quarters within the Muslims [...]
Mounting Intolerance
Killing of Pune techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, force-feeding of canteen supervisor Zubair Rashid leading to invalidation of the Ramazan fast and tirade a [...]