Source: Huffington post By Gilbert Reilhac Mandatory school activities overrode religious convictions. A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor In the years since his election, Pope Francis has appeared to soften the church’s historically punitive tone towards women who have had […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Cavan Sieczkowski Deputy Director, News & Analytics Thousands of people lent their names to a petition created by George Takei to take a stand against a possible […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Lisa Capretto Five children. Five countries. Five religions. It might seem as if children like that couldn’t be more different, but in less than five minutes, director […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and secular leaders gathered inside Planned Parenthood Metro Washington’s new Carol Whitehill Moses health center on Tuesday to […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Time By Amanda MacMillan Turmeric, the bright yellow spice often used […]
Source: Time BY Kate Samuelson Millennial children are earning around 20% less than their baby boomer parents despite being better educated, new research says. Analysis of Federal Reserve data by the […]
Source: Time By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin / AP (CHICAGO) — Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias […]
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on […]
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives has taken the first step toward demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare. Republicans passed a budget measure to introduce […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner January 11 U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure calling for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest Islamist organizations in the Middle East, […]
Source: The New York Times By JON EMONT BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Things were hopping at Redinesh Coffee Roastery in this seaside city one recent evening. Electronic dance music blared […]
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — In a strong message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries are expected this weekend to reiterate their […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The question of suffering is the most often cited reason by the agnostics and atheists for their […]
Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov in Beirut In the valleys between Damascus and Lebanon, where whole communities had abandoned their lives to war, a change is taking place. For the […]
Source: Reuters By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD A Pakistani Senate committee is set to debate how to prevent the country’s blasphemy laws being applied unfairly, despite opposition from religious conservatives […]
Source: Dawn THE recent surge in sectarian violence has done two things. First, it has highlighted the challenges and vulnerabilities the country’s security and law-enforcement forces face in countering terrorism. Second, it has brought to the fore some critical, long-standing questions about the state’s resolve and efforts to counter religiously […]
WALTER IOOSS JR. Why I converted to Islam It’s not easy being Muslim in America, but my choice was a spiritual transformation March 29, 2015 2:00AM ET by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar @kaj33 I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The transition from Lew to Kareem was not merely a […]