Tom Embury-Dennis © Provided by The IndependentChinese officials have confirmed a huge drop in birth rates in Xinjiang, following accusations that authorities in the remote western province are subjecting Muslim Uighur […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Jews and the Christians associate themselves with Isaac, the younger son of Abraham, while the Muslims, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule? Allah the Creator, the Maker and the Fashioner: The Best Documentary […]
Source: New York Times By Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo Feb. 18, 2019 ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic […]
Source: Swiss Info Irène Pollak-Rein has been made an honorary citizen of Jerusalem for her dedication to the only school open to both Jewish and Arab children. Pollak-Rein’s interest in the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Emily Peck Between the pandemic’s toll on mothers and the right’s assault on reproductive rights, the equality Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for has never been more […]
What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933, died yesterday on September 18, 2020. My heart is […]
The justice, an iconic champion of women’s rights, dies at 87 after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Source: BBC Related content Vicious court fight could upend US election Obituary: A feminist […]
Five years ago this week, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign hit a snag. The second Republican primary debate had not gone well, and he was taking so much flak for failing […]
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning “head [of] the year”, is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), literally “day of shouting or blasting”. It is the first of […]
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Allah the Creator, the Maker and the Fashioner: The Best Documentary on Birds The anesthesia of familiarity: There […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time […]
The companies hope to earn the trust of the public and of scientists who have clamored for details of the studies. By Denise Grady and Katie Thomas Two drug companies that are leading […]
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Article BY Raja Shehadeh More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, Israel has managed to turn its occupation of […]
Source: Independent People living with this illness deserve empathy, access to treatment and support. The government should use the upcoming spending review to invest in addiction services By Professor Julia […]
Source: The Conversation Authors: Ilay Romain Ors: Research Affiliate, Centre of Migration, Policy, and Society, University of Oxford Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir: Research Associate in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Two former […]
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred […]
The call to prayer will continue to ring out across Jerusalem’s Old City Israel has previously blocked access to the flashpoint site, which is a focus of Palestinian aspirations for […]
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS The vaccine, developed by China’s Sinopham, will be given to the UAE’s frontline workers. According to NCEMA, 31,000 volunteers in the UAE have already participated in […]
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Whether or not Jefferson was also familiar with the Constitution of Medina—the document dictated by Muhammad to govern relations among the diverse Muslim and Jewish tribes in […]
By Deena Beasley Sept 16 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly & Co said on Wednesday that its experimental antibody reduced the need for hospitalization and emergency room visits for patients with […]
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 […]
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk In days gone by, I used to compare the Trump presidency with the Arab dictatorships. He took preposterous pleasure in the company of Egypt’s Sisi […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for theology, metaphysics and all things Einstein Einstein was declared to be the man of the century by the […]
Source: CNN (Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Louisville has settled Breonna Taylor’s wrongful death lawsuit for $12 million […]
Epigraph Say: “O followers of the revealed books! Come to a tenet which we and you hold in common: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall […]
By Sarmad Naveed, who is a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who graduated from the Ahmadiyya Institute for Languages and Theology in Canada. The concept of morality is perhaps […]
Mustafa Akyol, the speaker of this Ted talk, is a Turkish political commentator and author based in Istanbul. He thinks and writes on iissues relating to Islam and modernity, and […]
By Sabahat Ali, who is a graduate from the Canadian Ahmadiyya Institute of Languages and Theology. The story goes something like this: Three college students were engaged in a heated […]
Ted Talk: Beyond the “creation vs. evolution” debate | Denis Lamoureux | Evolution & Creationism: Reframing the Controversy | Rafael Rivero | Decoding the missing link: Evidence for Evolution from […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Saturday it was “necessary and urgent” to return to in-person Masses as soon as anti-coronavirus measures permit. The head of the Vatican’s liturgy […]
Suggested reading: A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched and The Quran Applauded as a Landmark Contribution to ‘Words of Justice’ by Harvard Written and collected […]
Source: National geographic In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. BY CRUZ SÁNCHEZ […]
Book by Diana Darke, who is an author, Middle East cultural writer, Arabist and occasional BBC broadcaster. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, […]
Source: BBC Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has pledged at least $100m (£78m) to help Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in Florida. Of the battleground states Florida offers the biggest share of […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Independent By Patrick Cockburn, who is an award-winning Independent columnist […]
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the drugmaker should have key data from its late-stage trial for the Food and Drug Administration by the end of October. […]
Introduction by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In this post, I intend to introduce a part of the popular book by Dr. Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, […]
Source: BBC By Norman Miller Scattered across the Arabian Sea, south-west of Sri Lanka and India, the Maldives present the face of a dreamy, tropical idyll to travellers from all […]
Source: WSJ AstraZeneca AZN 1.24% PLC said Saturday clinical trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine have resumed in the U.K. after regulators concluded it was safe to do so, following a pause in studies […]
Source: NPR By Allison Auberry As we get closer to a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s exciting to imagine a day when the virus is gone. But a vaccine will not be […]
Source: WSJ By Chao Deng A Chinese pharmaceutical company has injected hundreds of thousands of people with experimental Covid-19 vaccines, as its Western counterparts warn against administering mass vaccinations before rigorous scientific studies […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – More than half the arrests this year under a tough national security law in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have involved suspects in cases […]
Nobel Prize for a noble woman Mar 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – BY ALI KASSAY, alikassay@ace-house.com One of the marvels of the Internet age is that rarely a week goes by […]
Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit participates in the 2020 International Day of Peace hosted by Troy Area Interfaith Group in collaboration with the KYND (Know Your Neighbor Daily) on September 17, 2020. The Troy–area Interfaith Group exists to invite all faith communities to gather, grow […]
Early Contacts View PDF By David Bourke O’Connor (born 1938), who is an Australian Egyptologist, currently residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. O’Connor holds the position of Lila Acheson Wallace […]
© Reuters/Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities 2500-year-old coffins discovered in Egypt CAIRO (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that […]
1 hour ago JAKARTA (Reuters) – A soldier and a Christian pastor have been shot dead in separate incidents at the weekend in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, amid a […]
David Williams and Larisa Brown for the Daily Mail 7 hrs ago © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A former interpreter trapped in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp has narrowly missed […]
August 4, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) after traveling abroad for the first time amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
September 19, 2020 UAE mercenaries in Yemen [Twitter] September 19, 2020 at 1:03 pm The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hired thousands of mercenaries and deployed 450 of them in […]
Ian Black © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP By unhappy coincidence, Amin Maalouf’s thought-provoking analysis of what is wrong with our lives was published in English shortly after […]
Carrie Gibson © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Print Collector/Getty ImagesFor a ship that would sail into the pages of history, the Mayflower was not important enough to be registered in […]
By Seamus Duff for Mirro Brad Pitt was almost drafted into Scientology in the early 1990s when he dated actress and singer Juliette Lewis – according to reports. The 56-year-old was […]
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of […]
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BELGRADE EUROPE SEP 19, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks after participating in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L) and Kosovar […]
