Source: USA Today By Stacia Datskovska Church should offer more open-ended resources such as meditation, discussion groups and even nature walks. Let teens come to God in their own way. […]
Speech by Dr. John Andrew Morrow Delivered on Saturday August 3, 2019, and Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the Jalsa Salana in the United Kingdom A‘udhu billahi min al-Shaytan al-rajim. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kapil Komireddi, who is the author of “Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the Muslim-majority state as […]
Source: The Times By Bryan Appleyard A leading Muslim scholar’s encyclopaedia of the holy book proves Islam does not condone terrorism, he says To the terrorist’s eye it is there […]
Source: The Atlantic BY Danish Raza In January 2016, Afreen Rehman, a resident of Jaipur, in northwest India, was recovering from a road accident when her husband sent a letter to her […]
Jemima Marcelle Khan (née Goldsmith, born 30 January 1974) is a British TV, film and documentary producer and founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. [2] She was formerly a journalist and associate […]
Is Crying Truly Cathartic? Source: BBC By Christian Jarrett We tend to think of crying as cathartic… yet that crying in public is a sign of weakness. But researchers have […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s […]
New York Times By Sharon Otterman Theodore E. McCarrick, the prominent Roman Catholic cardinal who was defrocked early this year for sexual abuse, brought one of his victims, James Grein, then […]
Source: Waterford Whispers News, an Irish satirical newspaper A SPOKESPERSON for the Vatican has officially announced today that the second coming of Jesus, the only son of the God, may […]
Souce: The Guardian Welby in spotlight over sadistic abuse claims at Christian camps Church of England to review its handling of allegations about John Smyth in 70s and 80s The […]
Source: The National Catholic Register By Solène Tadié The Italian Capuchin who is said to have inspired the creation of the world-famous beverage was beatified by John Paul II in […]
Source: Dawn.com | By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Clerics and scholars affiliated with the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) have declared that branding any Muslim as a non-Muslim is not only against […]
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:9/10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy Eid to all our readers, from the whole of our Editorial […]
Read Surah Hajj to know all the amazing prophecies God told the Prophet Abraham some 3500 years
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Hajj should be a symbol of our universal brotherhood and mutual compassion. The Muslim Times has the best collection to overcome sectarian divide among the Muslims Source: The […]
Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ Source: Pew Research Center Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and […]
Empress trees mature several times faster than your average oak or pine and absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per acre. To help battle global warming, companies around […]
By Nick Perry CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like knotty rope. But […]
Suggested reading and viewing Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians 65 Reasons to Believe Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross Three Videos: Debates about Jesus’ Crucifixion and ‘Resurrection’ Debate: Did […]
Source: Huffington Post The president commented on the two shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio. By Marina Fang and Dominique Mosbergen President Donald Trump spoke Monday in response […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
By Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack FROM today until Sunday the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam is holding a Jalsa Salana near the Hampshire village of East Worldham, population 310. It is expected […]
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) 9 dead, 16 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio By […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz, who is a reporter at HuffPost based in NYC where she focuses on Islamophobia and social justices issues within the Muslim community. Prior to […]
Archaeologists have searched for the Church of the Apostles for years. They say they’ve found it near the Sea of Galilee By Doug Criss (CNN) — An ancient church long-rumored […]
Suggested Reading Afterlife A Dream-State or A Virtual Reality? Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’ Surah Al Waqi’ah (The Event or the Resurrection) Video: Does Heaven Exist? https://t.co/M5QwG0DDGr pic.twitter.com/T0u71xJmT8 […]
Source: New York Times The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them. Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to target […]
Banana Republic is selling hijabs. Muslim shoppers wonder: Is it inclusion or appropriation? Source: The Washington Post By Abha Bhattarai Banana Republic, the mainstream retailer known for no-frills work wear, […]
By Gökhan Bacık, who teaches political science at Palacky University. His research interests include modern Middle East, Islam and politics, and Turkish politics. What is usually referred to as European […]
Source: History.com The third president had a secret: his carefully edited version of the New Testament. By Erin Blakemore The ex-president bent over the book, using a razor and scissors […]
Source: Vice.com By Shamani Joshi From attention-seeking trolls to hazardous shitposters to just those who want to put their opinions out there, all kinds of people exist on social media. […]
Study Asks If War Makes A Person More … Or Less … Religious Source: NPR By Diana Cole What’s the link between war and religion? Does living through the traumas […]
Source: The Guardian Minister says women now have justice but Muslim groups accuse Hindu-led government of community interference India’s parliament has approved a bill outlawing the centuries-old right of a […]
Source: Crux Now By Charles Collins LEICESTER, United Kingdom – An Irish bishop said he was “dismayed and shocked” by an act of vandalism at a mosque in the city […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, […]
Source: The Irish Times Imam says he had received warnings and was told to be careful By Ciaran Tierney Politicians and community leaders gathered in Galway on Monday night in […]
Suggested reading The Best Ted Talk to understand Democratic & Republican divide in USA Nobel Prize for a noble woman Refuting Islamophobia: Demystifying ‘the Other’ by Harris Zafar PM New Zealand: ‘The believers […]
Source: The Economist EVEN AS American debates over race and identity turn increasingly toxic, one of the country’s most powerful religious groups and one of its most venerable anti-racist groups […]
Source: BBC News In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, […]
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood The most senior Catholic leader in England and Wales went to extraordinary lengths to try to discredit a BBC documentary on child sexual abuse and […]
Source: Alislam.org Fractured societies are becoming ever more polarised and are rapidly reaching a breaking point, with tensions threatening to boil over at any point. At an international level, various […]
The issues about minorities comes up around minute 12 of this video. The Muslim Times has the best collection for interfaith tolerance and to refute sectarianism among the Muslims. Suggested […]
Source: New York Times By Dan Bilefsky VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The head of one of Canada’s major political parties tells a story about how at age 8, he decided […]
Source: Quartz By Constant Mews; who is Director of the Center for Religious Studies at Monash University. July 18, 2019 Algebra, alchemy, artichoke, alcohol, and apricot all derive from Arabic […]
Are you like a Honeybee or a fly? The mindset behind successful relationships! Shr Radhanath Swami Suggested reading How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the […]
Foreskin reclaimers: the ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision Source: The Guardian By Gary Nunn Emboldened by the body-positive movement and a sense of rage, a growing chorus is pushing back […]
Source: The Huffington Post, from 2014 By Ronald Tiersky, Eastman professor of political science, Amherst College As ISIS/Islamic State takes over Mosul and other parts of Syria and Iraq it is […]
Source: The Atlantic The writer Ben Howe grew up in the world of conservative evangelicalism. When he looks at the religious right now, all he sees is a thirst for […]
Source: Dunya News More and more women wearing veils can be seen walking through the picturesque streets of old Havana, but these women aren’t tourists from far-flung places, they are […]
An anecdote-filled study of the Islamic world and its global impact told through 15 of its greatest cities. Review by Peter Frankopan Source: The Times I am embarrassed to be an Arab these days,” says one of Justin Marozzi’s friends at the start of this excellent, authoritative and illuminating […]
As a Jewish refugee from Uzbekistan, I know the truth about the history between Jews and Muslims – and I won’t be swung by propaganda Rafael Shimunov The Independent Voices […]
Source: The New York Times By Lisa Abend COPENHAGEN — Because of the summer vacation, the crowd that gathered early Wednesday morning in the lobby of Copenhagen’s central library was […]
Source: Religion News Service By David A. Guba Jr. Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp […]
Source: Associated Press By KARIN LAUB and NINIEK KARMINI YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world’s largest […]
Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Ali usually marks the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha with his family in the Gaza Strip by sacrificing a sheep, a customary annual […]
Source: Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s surprise move to carve out sparsely populated Ladakh from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to make it a territory directly controlled […]
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Kuala Lumpur Nor Diana can remember vividly the first time she stepped out to make her wrestling debut. Outside the ropes she had always […]
Source: Reuters BY Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) – Businesswomen in Afghanistan are adamant that there will be no going back to the days of repression under the Taliban, and the progress […]
Source: Reuters By John Davison KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – The match should have been cause for young Iraqis to celebrate. Their national team beat Lebanon 1-0 in the first competitive […]
Source: The Economist IT IS A well-established fact among religion-watchers that charismatic forms of Christianity, including the Pentecostal churches, are the fastest-growing variety of the world’s largest monotheism. Another widely […]
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The 2020 presidential election has produced the most diverse field of candidates in history. There are women, people of color and an openly […]
Source: The Sunday Times Sarit and Ben Nessi live in a pleasant suburb of Zikhron Ya’akov, one of the earliest Zionist settlements in Israel. It dates back to 1882, when […]
