Jimmy Carter’s essay on quitting church is suddenly viral
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter can still command people’s attention. His 2009 column on why he quit his church for women’s rights — “Losing my religion […]
Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas
Salon: There are few get-rich-quick schemes left in modern publishing, but one that persists could be called Project Islamic Reformation. Writing a book that fits in this category is actually quite easy. First, label yourself a reformist. Never mind the congratulatory self-coronation the tag implies; it is necessary to segregate oneself from […]
Two Pakistani clerics fight at meeting over status of Ahmadi sect
Guardian: Two Pakistani clerics have come to blows at a meeting of the religious establishment over the fraught issue of the status of Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that hardliners want declared apostates. A scuffle broke out on Tuesday between the two at a gathering of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology […]
My 6 point edict (fatwa) against Jihad
By Tufail Ahmad Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets @tufailelif Tufail Ahmad is Director, South Asia Studies Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Washington DC. He hails from India and tweets […]
Pakistan suicide bombing kills ‘at least 22’ in Mardan
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 22 people, police say. The bomb went off outside the National Database and […]
Cleveland Police Officers Will Not Face Charges in Death of Tamir Rice
Source: Time The white police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014 will not face criminal charges, the county prosecutor announced Monday. “Based on the evidence they heard, and the law as it applies to police use of deadly force, the grand jury declined to bring […]
Obama Will Host Canada’s Justin Trudeau at the White House in March
Source: Time Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau will travel to the White House on March 10for an official visit and a state dinner. “The visit […]
Gonorrhea may soon be untreatable, Britain’s chief medical officer warns
Source: The Washington Post Dame Sally Davies, Britain’s chief medical officer, has reportedly written to doctors and pharmacies in Britain sounding the alarm on antibiotic resistant gonorrhea. The sexually transmitted […]
Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Deceased Dog, Gets Two Puppies
Source:Huffington Post Losing a dog is heart-wrenchingly sad. But what if you could bring them back after they die? If you could reincarnate your dog in a way, would you do it? Laura Jacques and her partner Richard Remde did just that and celebrated the birth of their first cloned […]
More than 70 killed in Nigeria bombings, suicide attacks
Source: China Daily LAGOS – More than 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in sporadic bombings and suicide attacks that struck northern Nigeria since […]
The Year is 1915-Just 100 years ago
Dramatic changes have occurred in the last 100 years; what is in store for us in the next?
The Great Hypocritical Muslim Cover-Up
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz ‘World Hijab Day’ is worse than passé. It’s time to make the veil a matter of choice in Iran and Saudi Arabia, for […]
Four Reasons Why Quran’s Charter of Human Rights Goes Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
For The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim: On December 8, 2015 King Abdullah of Jordan spoke to Charlie Rose about the possibility of a Third World War. On December […]
Islamic State Issues Fatwa On How To Properly Rape Enslaved Women, Girls
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame? Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Source: Huffington Post BY JONATHAN LANDAY, WARREN STROBEL […]
Drowned Syrian toddler’s family reunited in Canada
Source: CNN (CNN)Relatives of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, the toddler who tragically drowned off the Turkish coast earlier this year, have arrived safely in Canada as refugees. There were emotional scenes at […]
If I’m Your Token Muslim Friend…
Source: Huffington Post By Amani Mohsen My name is Amani, I’m 33 years old, and I just learned how to ride a bicycle this year. Best selfish moment ever. If I’m […]
Iraqi PM vows defeat of IS after Ramadi recapture
Source: BBC Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has said so-called Islamic State (IS) will be ousted from the country, after government forces recaptured Ramadi. In a televised address, Mr Abadi vowed […]
Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad
Source: Scientific American By David Stipp A Boston science writer who has focused on gerontology since the late 1990s. His book on the subject,The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of […]
A Nation Divided by Fear: Studies Reveal How and Why We Target Muslims, Immigrants
Huff Post: by David Briggs — Fifty-six percent of Americans believe houses or rooms can be haunted. One in five believes Bigfoot is a real creature; about the same percentage are afraid of zombies. Yet at least until the walking dead put up their own candidate in the New Hampshire […]
Ideology vs context
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari A newly released opinion poll conducted by the Doha-based Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies offers an insight into the way Arabs in 12 countries view Daesh and President Bashar Assad’s role in radicalising some Syrians. The polls focused on various issues […]