‘Shariah Law’ And ‘Checks and Balances,’ Needed in Constitution
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Revelation and intuition on the one hand and human reason, logic and humanity’s cumulative experience on the […]
Video: The Millennials in healthcare standing up for coexistence and tolerance in age of Trump
A pledge from Medical Students to maintain our values of compassion, inclusion and evidenced based decision making, despite the current political climate; and to resist policies which negatively impact our […]
US Judiciary Sets Another ‘Golden Example’ for ‘Absolute Justice’
Trump loses appeal court bid to reinstate travel ban Source: BBC A US federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on citizens from seven […]
Germany warns the City over Brexit risk
Source: BBC Dr Andreas Dombret, executive board member for the German central bank, the Bundesbank, said that even if banking rules were “equivalent” between the UK and the rest of the European Union, that was “miles away from access to the single market”. Mr Dombret’s comments were made at a […]
Minorities in India facing discrimination
Source: ET Intolerance against minorities has increased in India under the premiership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said on Wednesday. The American body analysed mounting concerns over the fate of minorities in the secular country, highlighting constitutional laws which violate religious freedom of […]
Battle Over Trump Authority Heats Up
Source: The Daily Beast The 9th Circuit Court has ruled, and the U.S. will stay open to refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries—at least for now.At about 3:15 p.m. PST on Thursday, the court announced it had ruled unanimously on the side of the states of Washington and Minnesota, […]
Common Misconceptions about Islam
Patheos.com: by Imam Rizwan Khan The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association has been conducting a successful #MeetAMuslim campaign across the country where our youth take to the streets to introduce themselves to the community and spread peace and understanding. Taking note of this campaign, an anti-Islam website called JihadWatch put together […]
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Benefits of Reciting Surah Al Kahf on Fridays
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Having fled fighting, Iraqis and Syrians learn to code
Reuters International FEB 9, 2017 – By Emily Wither and Girish Gupta ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighbouring Syria are learning how to code. Some are already being sought by global companies even though they […]
U.S. general wants thousands more troops to break Afghan stalemate
Reuters International FEB 9, 2017 – U.S. Army General John Nicholson, Commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (reuters_tickers) By Phil Stewart and Idrees […]
In setback for Trump, U.S. judges reject travel ban
Reuters International FEB 10, 2017 – 04:02 Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (L) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (C), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit Cyrus, during a pause […]
Plots and wiretaps: Jakarta poll exposes proxy war for presidency
Reuters International FEB 10, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – As a few hundred protesters held a rally outside his home in an upscale Jakarta neighbourhood this week, Indonesia’s former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took to twitter to vent his […]
‘Why our behaviour matters, and most Arab states may not’
Feb 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Monday was a rough day for moral clarity in the Middle East. We heard from the respected Amnesty International that up to 13,000 Syrian prisoners were tortured and hanged in a government jail. The American president promised to expand military spending […]
Swiss immigration quotas: where do we stand?
EXPLAINER By Stefania Summermatter, Marc-André Miserez FEB 9, 2017 – The construction industry is heavily reliant on foreign workers (Keystone) On February 9, 2017, a deadline expired to implement immigration quotas approved in a nationwide vote three years earlier. With a solution still a long way off, we look […]
Free Admission to Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Escape the cold during Welcome Weekend, presented by RBC, which will offer free admission to the Aga Khan Museum on February 11 and 12, 2017. Visitors will have access to Syria: A Living History, a highly acclaimed exhibition that illuminates Syria’s rich and […]
US Army officer brings Afghan interpreter to live with him
Image copyrightAPImage captionArmy Captain Matthew Ball (R) hugs his former interpreter Qismat Amin at San Francisco International Airport A US Army officer has brought his former Afghan interpreter to live with him in America amid fears he could fall foul of new immigration restrictions. Capt Matthew Ball paid for Qismat […]
Ted Talk: Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism
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Despite appearances, Israel is in for a rough ride under Donald Trump
They might get the US embassy moved to Jerusalem – but they might also be very worried that Steve Bannon is going to provoke a war with Iran. What did the US government mean, when it said Iran was ‘on notice’ after its recent missile test? Was that a warning […]
Abu Zayd Al Balkhi: The 9th Century Psychologist Centuries Ahead of His Time
by Tamim Mobayed Abu Zayd al-Balkhi was a 9th century Muslim polymath, whose writings touched on subjects as varied as geography, medicine, philosophy, theology, politics, poetry, ethics, sociology, grammar, literature and astronomy. Born in 849 CE (235 AH) in the Persian village of Shamisitiyan, within the Balkh (from which he gets […]