Suggested reading Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature The U.N. is forming an international asteroid defense team Meteors: Establish the truth of the Holy Quran
ANKARA — Turkey on Saturday renamed the road where the new US embassy is to be located after the American black Muslim civil rights campaigner Malcolm X, its latest use […]
Source: Letter to Independent The disconnect between understanding faith and understanding culture is bizarre in this country. Many seem to be under the impression that this is still a “Christian country” despite […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the feisty dialogue, in the above video between the most famous atheist, Prof. Richard Dawkins and Mehdi […]
Suggested Reading Scientists discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke Video: Dr. Laurence Brown: ‘How I came to Islam!’ For the Forty Percent Europeans, Who Don’t Believe in […]
Inspiration from Nobel Laureate @Malala Yousafzai for International Day of the Girl – and beyond.#DayoftheGirl pic.twitter.com/kMAGqM37Nr — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 11, 2018 Since 2012, 11 October has been […]
For finding a counselor in your area please go to: PsychologyToday.com We, the Muslim Times, have the best collection of articles on human psychology and self help: Depression Has Spiked By 33% In […]
We all suffer, regardless of our faith and this is an area most befitting for interfaith tolerance among the followers of the Abrahamic faiths. Afterlife is a common theme in […]
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution Source: Dawn A special three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the final appeal […]
Source: Swiss Info Additional reporting by Saad Sayeed; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Nick Macfie Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 9:14 AMOCT 8, 2018 […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A product of Christian-American ancestry dating back to the year 1677, up until his conversion to Islam in […]
Confidence in Pope Francis down sharply in U.S. Source: Pew Research Center By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse […]
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
Source: Arab News The 450 kilometer train line connects the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah with stations at Jeddah, King Abdul Aziz International Airport, and King Abdullah Economic City […]
Laws banning Muslim women from wearing face-covering veils are largely in line with Western European attitudes on the issue: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/yLVMAaNsBB — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 17, 2018 % […]
Source: The Guardian More than half of the Netherlands’ senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed on Saturday, […]
Suggested reading The Muslim Times Finally Has the Recipe to Unite All Muslims Non-Sectarian Islam: The Proportionate Faith Hajj and Universal Brotherhood and Sisterhood A New Commentary of the Holy Quran […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The above audio is a presentation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf about Jinns. I have too much respect for him to […]
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He (Allah) reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) Allah is the Light of the heavens and the […]
Muslim First, Sunni, Shiite, Ismaili and Ahmadi Second Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times President Trump wants to build a wall between USA […]
A growing share of Americans (55%) say the Supreme Court should base its rulings on what the Constitution “means in current times,” rather than what it “meant as originally written.” […]
‘I ward them off with a cricket bat’: Indian farmers despair over marauding cows Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Uttar Pradesh Herds of cows abandoned by dairy farmers […]
Eid Mubarak! Sophie and I send our best wishes to Muslims in Canada and around the world as they celebrate Eid al-Adha. https://t.co/dUh9FyQYKf pic.twitter.com/nQa5WdhQ15 — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 21, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times More than two million have performed Hajj this year. Hajj is the best symbol for universal brotherhood and the […]
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many of my friends have suggested to me that many readers would like to read the Muslim Times’ […]
Source: The Daily Sabah By Craig Considine, Faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas The words “I think Islam hates us,” “True hatred among […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Muslim Times is the Mecca for interfaith tolerance and non-sectarian understanding of Islam. Almost every sect […]
This article was originally published in Arabnews By Imran Khan My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Studies have shown that 80 percent of news coverage about Muslims is overwhelmingly negative. An organization looking to use data to combat the overwhelming […]
Source of review: Amazon By Garry Wills, who is one of the most respected writers on religion today. He is the author of Saint Augustine’s Childhood, Saint Augustine’s Memory, and […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Mike Ghouse, who is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. Did you know that the […]
Source: Wisconsin Islam Journal By Denise A. Spellberg, who is an American scholar of Islamic history. She is an associate professor of history and Middle Eastern Studies at the […]
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: USA Today By Kirsten Powers, Opinion columnist In September of 2004, […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise Summer 2018 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It was 8th of June, 632 CE, Muhammad, may peace be on […]
Source: The Washington Post By Amy B Wang In 1951, a 14-year-old Australian boy named James Harrison awoke from a major chest operation. Doctors had removed one of his lungs in […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday assigned a Vatican office to concern itself with the role of women in the Catholic Church and their “equal […]
Competing Visions of Islam Will Shape Europe in the 21st Century Source: The Atlantic By David Frum Akbar Ahmed’s new book deals with how migration is reshaping the continent, and […]
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
Epigraph: “The best among you is who learns the Quran and teaches it.” The Prophet Muhammad Source: Independent By Alan Rooney It’s important to remember the distinction between written Islamic […]
Source: Time By LAIGNEE BARRON Australia will ban schools from expelling gay students after a leaked report revealed the practice was enforced at some religious schools, according to Agence France-Presse. The report, commissioned […]
Source: BBC News The United Nations is warning that 13 million people in Yemen are facing starvation. It’s calling on the military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to halt air […]
WHO’S AFRAID OF AYMANN ISMAIL? An American Muslim Marriage Stereotypes about Muslim marriages made me fear what would happen when I entered my own. By AYMANN ISMAIL and JEFFREY BLOOMER OCT 14, 2018 This is the Season 2 finale of “Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail?,” a series featuring Slate’s Aymann […]
TRISTAN KIRK Courts Correspondent The Evening Standard A man has admitted being behind the Punish a Muslim day hate campaign ( Twitter ) A white supremacist behind the Punish a […]
(CNN)Saudi Arabia has given Turkey permission to search its Istanbul consulate Monday afternoon, nearly two weeks after journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing there, a Turkish diplomatic source told CNN. The […]
Source: CT They warn any changes in that stance ‘will create major problems for many of us, both here and in the wider [Anglican] Communion’, declaring that ‘recent history tragically demonstrates that introducing changes in teaching and liturgy has consistently divided Anglicans globally and within provinces’. The letter has been […]
Source: Dawn A PUBLICLY acknowledged meeting between a US envoy and the Afghan Taliban is perhaps another sign that the US is, at long last, willing to acknowledge the political and military reality in Afghanistan. Zalmay Khalilzad, a hawkish diplomat appointed as the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation last […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL AK Party Istanbul deputy and Turkey-Palestine Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Chairman Hasan Turan speaks at the “International Conference on the Muslim Ummah” in Istanbul on Oct. 14, […]
BY BRIAN CATES October 12, 2018 News Analysis A story broke last week that a Saudi journalist named Jamal Khashoggi, who was working for The Washington Post, had disappeared and […]
Mohammed bin Salman cultivated an image as a reformer. But he struggles to accept any criticism Emma Graham-Harrison Sat 13 Oct 2018 Mohammed bin Salman, de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/Getty Images Looming over the disappearance and presumed murder of a dissident Saudi […]
12 March 2018 Charities’ sexual misconduct scandal Image copyrightEPAImage captionAid workers have been under intense scrutiny since revelations emerged about Oxfam in Haiti In our series of letters from African […]
Men harvest chicory in a field in Sezze, in the Italian province of Latina. Sikh workers have to call the landlord ‘Master’. Photograph: Marco Valle After years of arduous, badly […]
THE BOOK Money Logging investigates what former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called ‘probably the biggest environmental crime of our times’—the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian […]
Oct. 15, 2018, By VICTOR AMADALA @itsamadala “Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) estimates corruption takes away at least Sh600 billion of the country’s budget every year.” /FILE Corruption is the […]
ENVIRONMENT The EU’s biofuel policy was meant to help the climate. Instead it’s been linked to loss of rainforest because of its reliance on palm oil. New rules aim to […]
The looming military offensive on the Idlib province in Syria has been called off for now. People there are yearning to return to normal life and rapidly planning for the […]
In the wake of far-right unrest in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, investigators have uncovered a suspected neo-Nazi terror cell thought to have been planning a major attack. The arrests […]
Wittlich. Last Sunday, the 2nd Ahmadiyya Charity Walk took place in Wittlich despite the bad weather. Mayor Joachim Rodenkirch gave the starting signal for the runners and walkers at the […]
October 14, 2018 Madeeha Anwar FILE – Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Islamist political party raise their hands as they listen to the speech of their leader during […]
