Video: ‘I was abused by nuns for a decade’
Source: BBC Theresa Tolmie-McGrane says she was abused from the age of six at a Catholic-run orphanage in Lanark in the 1960s and 1970s. She describes more than a decade […]
Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for blasphemy
Source: Reuters By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Christian man has been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by a court in eastern Pakistan after a close […]
Video: The face of Muslims in small town America
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute Islamophobia Video: The face of Muslims in small town America The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles […]
Ted Talk: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with […]
TED Talk: Dare to Refuse the Origin Myths that Claim Who You Are
By Chetan Bhatt, who teaches and writes about the numerous dangers human rights face today from resurgent Far Right movements We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal […]
Eid Mubarak to All our Muslim Readers and What is the Muslim Times doing for You
Eid Mubarak to all our readers from our Editorial team. The Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year, Eid-ul-Fitr and the other, which comes about 10 weeks later, is called Eid-ul-Adha. […]
U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam
Source: Pew Research Center For American Muslims, being highly religious does not necessarily translate into acceptance of traditional notions of Islam. While many U.S. Muslims say they attend mosque and […]
Hajj and Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times How many stones do you have to use to hit Satan during Hajj? Does Satan actually exist and […]
JAY-Z Explains Why He and Beyonce Named the Twins Rumi and Sir
Source: ETonline By Liz Calvario We finally know why JAY-Z and Beyonce named their twins Rumi and Sir. The 47-year-old rapper explained the origin of their little ones’ names in […]
16 years old Christian boy arrested on blasphemy
Source: Pakistan Christian Post Lahore: August 18, 2017. (PCP) Asif Stephen 16 years old boy held accused of Blasphemy charges under sections 295-B PPC on 12th August 2017. Maulana Qari […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part One
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. From time to time, listening to where I have lived and whom I […]
Pakistan was meant for all sects
Source: The Express Tribune By Talat Masood, who is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army and a former federal secretary. He has also served as chairman of the […]
Frustrated with your spouse? These scientists suggest a specific kind of prayer
Epigraph And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous. It is such as will […]
Marriage between first cousins doubles risk of birth defects, say researchers
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Please see my views in the comment section below to find solutions to the problems posed by cousin marriages. Source: The Guardian By Sarah […]
New Volume of the Muslim Sunrise – Theme of Hospitality
Source: The Muslim Sunrise: The First Muslim publication of North America Editorial by Mubasher Ahmad; Editor-in-Chief Hospitality is not only a social value of universal magnitude, but among all faith traditions […]
Mary Magdalene: The Single Best Argument For Women Priests
Source: Huffington Post By Kerry Walters; Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest On 22 July each year, the Christian community venerates a saint who is the single best argument […]
A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched
Source: TheQuran.Love Here are some details from the Homepage and About Us page of the website: The very first verse of the Holy Quran is, “I begin in the name […]
Shariah’s Winding Path Into Modernity
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol In June, Americans in about two dozen cities joined a “March Against Sharia.” For these protesters, the Arabic term is a code […]
A Great Victory for Secularism in India: Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban
Source: Guardian India’s Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide. The government order aimed to “prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal […]
Terror attacks receive five times more media coverage if perpetrator is Muslim, study finds
Source: Independent Muslims carried out just 12.4 per cent of attacks in the US but received 41.4 per cent of news coverage By Ben Kentish @BenKentish 268 comments Terror attacks […]
Jordan allows Syrian children with no documents to join schools — officials
UNICEF congratulate government for bold and positive step By Mahmoud Al Abed – Sep 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Children inside a classroom at Zaatri refugee camp, host to tens of […]
Colin Firth just proved what I’ve always known: that there’s nothing more pointless and arbitrary than ‘nationality’
The country is outraged that Colin Firth has abandoned us to become Italian, but we could all take a lesson from his pragmatic attitude and realise that nationality is meaningless except when it comes to travelling without a visa Rae Bathgate Saying that nationality means nothing is a bit like declaring […]
As a Kurd, I can tell you why this independence referendum is so crucial
While their neighbours are busy building weapons, the Kurds are taking in refugees, yet many Middle Eastern countries as well as the UK and the US seem to be opposed to Kurdish independence Mohammed Ali The Kurds deserve a chance to speak up about their own independence Reuters Often enough […]
Paid to leave : Help for asylum seekers who choose to return home
For 20 years, Switzerland has been helping asylum seekers who choose to return to their home countries. The government is positive that giving money and advice to people to return home is part and parcel of a credible asylum policy. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For the government Switzerland’s repatriation program is a success story. It says, helping […]
New York: a rabbi, an Imam and a message of inclusion at Muslim parade
NYTimes.com At about 1 p.m. on Sunday, Diakita Amadou burst out the doors of the hotel he works at on 38th Street in Manhattan and took off. He had heard the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, echoing through the lobby, and followed its song. At Madison Avenue he stopped. […]
Unwanted: Zurich cuts funding for temporary asylum seekers
By swissinfo with agencies/db September 24, 2017 Counting up the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes in canton Zurich. (© KEYSTONE / WALTER BIERI) Foreigners who have received temporary asylum in canton Zurich will have their state allowance drastically cut. More than two-thirds of voters in the canton agreed to the […]
Islamic State on the Ropes – Two Paths Cross in the Ruins of Raqqa
Islamic State on the Ropes Two Paths Cross in the Ruins of Raqqa When Islamic State conquered Raqqa in 2014, Fadi al-Hadi fled to Germany while Nadja Ramadan abandoned her […]
German Election Results Merkel Re-Elected as Right Wing Enters Parliament
Angela Merkel appears to have won her fourth term as German chancellor, but her coalition partners for the last four years, the Social Democrats, have likely received their worst […]
L. James “Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/opinion/trump-curry-kaepernick-lebron.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 President Trump showed an awkward sense of timing in denouncing Colin Kaepernick, the former Super Bowl quarterback who last season began kneeling during the national anthem to protest police injustice against minorities. He tweeted on Saturday: Wouldn’t you love to see one of these N.F.L. owners, when somebody […]
Pakistan diplomat goofs up at UN, tries to pass off image of Gaza teen as Kashmir girl
The photo shown by Pakistan diplomat Maleeha Lodhi at United Nations was taken by award-winning photographer Heidi Levine inside the Gaza strip in 2014, and the girl had been injured in an Israeli air strike. http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pak-diplomat-goofs-up-tries-to-pass-off-image-of-gaza-as-kashmir/story-l76jujGsSP2Hoj4fo3b5jM.html lifestyle business tech education whatnow photos videos jaago re Pakistan diplomat goofs up at […]
Denmark: Malmö Imam tells fifth graders Muslims don’t eat pork because pigs are homosexual
Malmo: By Kim Kastrup | September 19 2017 “It was not my intention to say these things” 242 2095 Imam til femteklasser: Grise er homoseksuelle Under et skolebesøg fra en femteklasse i en moské i Malmø fortalte imamen, at grise er homoseksuelle samt æder hinanden – nu har rektoren indstillet alle […]
Popular Indian guru arrested over alleged rape of law student
Source: BBC News A popular spiritual guru has been arrested in India for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman, Indian media report. Falahari Maharaj is accused of raping the […]
How ‘the invisible network’ poses a major security threat
Source: BBC News By Matthew Wall Technology of Business editor 22 September 2017 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionIf a hacker managed to switch off a life-support machine, the results could be […]
US bombers stage North Korea show of force
Source; BBC News US bombers have flown close to North Korea’s east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon says. It said the flight […]
Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe
Source: Pew Research Center National and religious identities converge in a region once dominated by atheist regimes The Cathedral of the Annunciation, a Russian Orthodox church in Cathedral Square in […]
North Korea: Trump and Kim call each other mad
Source: BBC News Kim Jong-un has said remarks by “deranged” US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. In an unprecedented personal […]
The World is Designed for Men
Source: Medium BY Kat Ely Designer & cofounder @cleardesignlab & @_plusfab artist, climber, and lover of new ideas and problems. Blind by Design is a series focused on addressing systemic biases within […]
USA: Christian apologist claims God sends hurricanes to make sinners repent.
Texas Congressman Tells Flood Victims: ‘God Is Telling You To Move’ Christian compassion: GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling doesn’t want to subsidize flood victims because floods are God’s way of telling people to relocate. The Texas congressman claimed taxpayers should not have to pay for at-risk homes that are susceptible to […]
India’s Bride slave trade entry of sheikhs to be stopped
Girls from poor families are sold like commodities to the Arabs, many of whom arrive in India on tourist visas. Siddhartha Rai | Posted by Ashna Kumar New Delhi, September 23, 2017 | UPDATED 07:33 IST A +A – Omani and Qatari nationals with Indian Muslim priests after their arrest in Hyderabad on Wednesday for […]
Pakistan: Hundreds of Canadians bought fake degrees from Axact, months-long investigation reveals
Dawn.comSeptember 23, 2017 Umair Hamid, a vice president of Axact, was last month sentenced to 21 months in prison in the US for his role in the international diploma mill scheme. In addition to the prison term, Hamid, 31, from Karachi, was ordered to forfeit $5,303,020. He had pleaded guilty on April […]
