Zionism has no space for an Arab Jew like me
The State of Israel conditioned us to see the intersection of ‘Jewish’ and ‘Arab’ as impossible — even though my family held that identity for generations. Whenever I find myself […]
Pew Research Center: Religious composition of India
All religious groups in India show major declines in fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition over time By Stephanie Kramer In recent years, the size of India’s religious […]
Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth Glorifies Allah
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for the Creator God of the Abrahamic Faiths Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy […]
6 Reasons why Westerners are converting to Islam
on: February 16, 2018 Why are so many Westerners converting to Islam? Islam is currently the fastest growing religion in the world, which may come as surprise to many, considering the […]
Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals
Source: Independent He might have been a staunch protector of the British Empire, but the British Prime Minister had a love of the Orient and Islam By Matilda Battersby Sunday […]
‘Who Else Is Spying on Me?’ Muslim Americans Bring the Fight Against Surveillance to the Supreme Court
Source: Time Imam Yassir Fazaga remembers the panic he felt. He remembers opening up the electrical sockets in his office and searching behind his computer monitor, looking for recording devices. […]
President Biden’s First Speech in UN
President Biden starts at 32 minutes into this video Suggested reading The only constitution the world needs is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Video: ‘You lied about WMDs’: Iraq war veteran blasts Bush in public
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AMERICAS SEP 21, 2021 12:46 AM GMT+3 Former U.S. President George W. Bush attends an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the Flight […]
Pfizer: Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 is safe and shows ‘robust’ antibody response
Pfizer: Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 is safe and shows ‘robust’ antibody responsehttps://t.co/4l4OT8R9SG — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 20, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Did the famous Orientalist Annemarie Schimmel die as a Muslim?
Translator: Schimmel Died a Muslim Head of the Center of Religious Studies and translator of three books by Annemarie Schimmel believes that she died Muslim. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA on the occasion of […]
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to control Afghanistan from outside: PM Imran on CNN
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to control Afghanistan from outside: PM Imran on CNN Dawn.com Published September 15, 2021 – Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is a need to […]
The Allegory of the cave, or Plato’s Cave: The best paradigm to understand organized religions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Allegory of the cave, or Plato’s Cave, is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare “the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature“. It […]
How organized religion stays in and out of politics: Pope Weighs In on Calls to Deny Communion to Biden Over Abortion
Source: New York Times By Elisabetta Povoledo, Richard Pérez-Peña and Ruth Graham Sept. 15, 2021 ROME — Pope Francis weighed in on Wednesday on a debate roiling the Roman Catholic Church in the United […]
More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump’s term – especially his supporters
Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 due in part to strong support from White evangelical Protestants, many observers have wondered what impact this political alliance might have on […]
Advancing human fraternity falls on everyone, HCHF secretary-general says
The theme of this year’s forum is ‘Time to heal: Peace among cultures, understanding between religions’ ARAB NEWS September 15, 2021 DUBAI: Human fraternity is the key to alleviate the […]
Richard Dawkins versus Rowan Williams: Humanity’s ultimate origins
If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!
Bishop John Shelby Spong, who took resurrection as a metaphor dies at 90
Source: Washington Post By Harrison Smith The Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian and former bishop who shook up the modern Episcopal Church, championing the inclusion of women and […]
Here’s how Yom Kippur is the holiest ‘meeting’ of the year
Yom Kippur this year starts on the evening of September 15 and ends the evening of September 16 By Michael Friedman In 2021, living a Jewish life means more than […]
Are the Taliban descendants of Israel?
Pashtun practices include circumcision on the eighth day and refraining from mixing meat and milk — Is there a connection to ancient Hebrews? By MICHAEL FREUND SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Source: The Jerusalem […]
Trump barred by generals from ordering nuclear strike or military attack in final days: Woodward
By Dave Goldiner for daily news Former President Trump was secretly stripped of his power to order nuclear strikes or launch military actions by top military brass in his final chaotic […]
Bloomington mosque bomber sentenced to 53 years in prison
Source: Star Tribune Judge Donovan Frank said Emily Hari, formerly known as Michael, committed a serious act of domestic terrorism on basis of religion. By Andy Mannix Star Tribune A federal judge […]
The Real Shariah Issue: Inside the world of Secret Polygamous Marriages (in UK)
By Sabah Hussain Source: Byline Times Dating websites offer Muslim men the chance to meet a second wife online – but the practice causes financial stress, trauma and heartbreak for […]
George W. Bush just threw a whole lot of shade at Donald Trump
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page (CNN) The man who was president during the attacks of September 11, 2001, used a […]
Les Hijabeuses: Muslim women footballers tackle French hijab ban
Source: Al Jazeera Women from the Parisian suburbs that produced Pogba and Mbappé say French Football Federation rules are discriminatory. By Alexander Durie; 13 Sep 2021 Paris, France – Since she was […]
Islam and Islamophobia, and how democracies have responded
Direct Democracy Since 9/11, popular votes have increasingly been aimed against Islam, replacing the anti-Semitic and anti-communist slogans of the time before the terrorist attacks. Healthy democracies, however, have not […]
Taliban Say Women Can Study in Gender-Segregated Colleges
Epigraph Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your […]
9/11 should have led to a criminal investigation, not a war
The challenge on this anniversary is to understand how and why the West elected to promote al-Qaeda as the counterweight to the US – a 21st-century equivalent of the Soviet […]
NPR: Awe Appears To Be Awfully Beneficial
For transcript please click here Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for the Creator God of the Abrahamic Faiths Whatever is in […]
Genetic study links Turkish DNA to Italy’s Tuscany, Spain
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA A decadelong study in Turkey discovered that the population’s genetic structure is closely linked to people of Italy’s Tuscany and Spain while it demonstrates that […]
Understanding Islam – a brief introduction to its past and present in the United States
For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, available on our website or as six emails delivered every other day, written by […]
Vatican won’t say if women can vote in 2023 church meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Sister Natalie Becquart poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Pope Francis […]
Since 9/11, US Muslims Have Gained Unprecedented Political, Cultural Influence
Source: Newsweek By Steve Friess It’s been an impressive 2021 so far for Muslim Americans. The U.S. Senate, that bastion of partisan gridlock, overwhelmingly confirmed the nation’s first Muslims as […]
She and her husband thought Covid-19 was a ‘political game,’ now he’s dead
Nevada mother Christina Lowe is urging others to get vaccinated against Covid-19 after losing her husband to the virus, saying they thought the virus was a “political game.” CNN affiliate […]
How science polishes our understanding of the Quran
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The second last verse of Surah Ha Mim Sajdah reads, “We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also […]
‘A Private Matter’: Joe Biden’s Very Public Clash With His Own Church
Source: Politico GREENVILLE, Del. — As a rule dating back to the election, the reporters who follow the president go everywhere with him but two places: inside his home and inside […]
Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN) It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland […]
Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young Afghan Women are educated
Source: Yahoo News Pope Francis Religious leader VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent […]
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary, Now Available Online
By Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Author), Caner K Dagli (Author), Maria Massi Dakake (Author), Joseph E.B. Lumbard (Author), Mohammed Rustom An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a […]
Earliest evidence discovered of human migrations from Africa to Arabian Peninsula
Source: Arab News Experts found stone tools and other evidence of human activity in northern Saudi Arabia dating back as far as 400,000 years This confirms the Kingdom’s civilizational importance, […]
Ted Talk: Why I Left an Evangelical Cult | Dawn Smith
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds […]
Video: Are Amish And Mennonites Cults?
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds […]
Pakistani microfinance pioneer wins Asia’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Source: Dawn A microfinance pioneer from Pakistan — who developed an interest-free microfinance programme — was among Tuesday’s winners of Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, 64, […]
William Tyndale: Burnt at the Stake for Translating the Bible
Epigraph: “Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good […]
Was it Just? America and Her Suicidal Combat Veterans
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page BY MATTHEW HOH Thirty thousand dead from suicide in 20 years among American service-members and veterans. […]
Taliban ‘brutally’ killed a popular Afghan folk singer just days after it said ‘music is forbidden’ in Islam, former minister says
Source: Business Insider The Taliban killed a famous Afghan folk singer on Saturday, a former interior minister said. Fawad Andarabi was reportedly dragged from his village home and shot dead. […]
Texas Churches Can’t Be Forced To Close — Ever — Under New Law
Source: Houston Public Media House Bill 1239, also called the Freedom To Worship Act, was passed during this year’s Legislative Session. JACK MORGAN, TPR / RACHEL OSIER LINDLEY, KERA | POSTED ONAUGUST 26, 2021, […]
Video: The Best Paradigm to understand why sects and religions are often parochial and exclusive
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Source: New York Times Book review by William Saletan You’re smart. You’re liberal. You’re well informed. You think […]
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur Brooks
Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance‘s review Let me start with a story. Back in 2001, I worked for the U.S. Census Bureau. Many people don’t know that the Census Bureau does much […]
Refuting Islamophobia and Tribalism of the Muslim Sects: Demystifying ‘the Other’ by Harris Zafar
Published on Nov 17, 2014 Additional reading and viewing: Video: The Best Paradigm to understand why sects and religions are often parochial and exclusive This talk was given at a local […]
Triangle-based contractor hires mostly refugees
HUMAN INTEREST BY EVAN SERY DURHAM PUBLISHED 9:11 AM ET SEP. 24, 2021 DURHAM, N.C. — Afghan refugees are welcome in the Bull City. That’s the message Durham city leaders are driving home, and for one Triangle-based painting company, they’re an especially welcome sight. What You Need to Know Triangle-based painting company hires […]
ISLAMIC ART AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM: A SUPERB EXHIBITION OF MUSLIM ART TO FIGHT ISLAMOPHOBIA
ISLAMIC ART AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM: A SUPERB EXHIBITION OF MUSLIM ART TO FIGHT ISLAMOPHOBIA Added Sep 22, 2021 – 2 minutes read The Louvre museum is organizing exhibitions of […]
Canada: Bishops apologize for abuse of Indigenous children
The discovery of more than 1,000 unmarked graves of children has prompted anger against the Catholic Church in Canada. The church has now admitted to “grave abuses.” The discovery of […]
Growing opposition to Israel being granted observer status in African Union
6 AUG 2021 African countries seek to counter Israeli influence in the continent as Tel-Aviv plans to entrench its presence in a bid to dilute the blocs pro-Palestinian stance on […]
Imran Khan paints US as abandoner of Pakistan and Afghanistan
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
The key to Bhutan’s happiness
(Image credit: Scott A Woodward) By Stephanie Zubiri21st September 2021As the Kingdom of Bhutan opens its borders, a Buddhist monk shares his secrets for understanding the nation’s unique approach to happiness. […]
Rays of Wisdom for the Modern World Part 14
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)KHILAFAT 23rd September 2021 His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) is a beaming beacon of Divine guidance and support. His Holiness (aba) represents the […]
Arbaeen as foreign pilgrims return
Sinan Mahmoud © Provided by The National Ameer Bashir, 23, organises his tiny souvenir shop in the city of Karbala, where the mood is upbeat as travel restrictions for tourists ease. […]
German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder
“Armed Resistance, Go Underground”German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder A man arrested for shooting and killing a 20-year-old gas station cashier last week appears to […]
Islamophobia has penetrated politics in West, Erdoğan says
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY SEP 20, 2021 8:11 AM GMT+3President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the conference organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) in New York City, […]
Princess Nourah: The woman who had ‘the brain of 40 men’
One of Princess Nourah’s famous dresses, decorated with a circular geometric shape and filled with colored sequins. (Supplied/“Nourah bint Abdulrahman bin Faisal bin Turki Al-Saud an Illustrated Biography”) Short Url […]
Taliban vow to ‘seppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan
A Taliban fighter along a street near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul. The new Taliban government has vowed to ‘suppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/jb9cf Daesh will […]
Pakistani spends four decades in service of Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Ahmed Khan Qandal, 61, is a sanitation supervisor in Makkah and has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia since 1983. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/gszsb The Pakistani worker witnessed the restoration […]
Abbas tells UN Israeli actions could lead to ‘one state’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, at UN headquarters. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/m3d5e […]
The Illegal Settler Outpost Has Running Water. Its Palestinian Neighbors Don’t. This Is Apartheid at Its Starkest
The activists who were attacked by Israeli soldiers in the South Hebron Hills were bringing water to the Hamamdi family – who are denied that resource by Israel. Opposite them are the water pipes and electric cables of an outlaw settler outpost Ahmad Hamamdi at his farm.Credit: Alex LevacGideon LevyAlex […]
Drivers of Populism in Indonesia
By Marcus Mietzner ANALYSIS SHARE Indonesia is now a prime candidate for long-term populist influence. The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to award Marcus Mietzner the Boyer Prize […]
US owes us a home: Afghan family whose 10 loved ones were killed by drone strike after Pentagon blunder mistook aid worker for ISIS-K terrorist say they want compensation and resettlement in America or a safer country
Friday, Sep 24th 2021 Zemari Ahmadi, 43, was an aid worker for a California based nonprofit who was his family’s only breadwinner before he was killed in the US drone […]
Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan
ANI23rd September 2021 Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Many international human rights organisations are alarmed over the recent persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan. The International Forum for Right […]
The second amendment and its impact on religious harmony
The second amendment and its impact on religious harmony Ahmedis have continuously been under threat in Pakistan since the second constitutional amendment’s passing in 1974 Purniya Awan September 22, 2021 […]
