Dana Vollmer, the Olympic swimmer racing while six months pregnant
Source: BBC With a little more than 1,000 days to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, preparation – even at this stage – is key. Such is the case […]
North Korea ‘ready for nuclear attack’ amid show of force
Source: BBC North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks”. The comments came as […]
Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria
Source: BBC A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing at least 39 people. It shattered coaches and set […]
‘Big Talk’ considers religious extremism
Source: The Cougar By Katelyn Kenney Students filed into the Agnes Arnold Auditorium Tuesday for a conversation about countering religious extremism. The event, part of the Jack J. Valenti School […]
USA: The polygamy bill: Questions and answers
The Polygamy Blog The polygamy bill: Questions and answers Nate Carlisle First Published Mar 21 2017 Ariel Barlow, right center, carries a sign following a news conference with former polygamists speaking in favor of Republican Rep. Mike Noel bigamy offense amendments Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the Utah State Capitol, […]
Dorm debate led to death in Pakistan ‘blasphemy killing’ – witnesses
Reuters International APR 14, 2017 – People demonstrate after the killing Mashal Khan, accused of blasphemy, by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, during a protest […]
CNN Documentary: Ultra-orthodox Jews and Israel’s Struggle with Secularism
Parallels to this documentary about Israel can be drawn in almost every Muslim majority country of the world as well. The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country […]
Rape Survivor Listens As Judge Praises Former Mormon Bishop Who Abused Her
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller A Utah judge called convicted sexual predator Keith Vallejo “an extraordinarily good man” before sentencing him to prison. A sexual assault survivor was forced […]
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics
Source: Muslim Heritage By Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature and there are also studies on Muslim women in […]
CHOCOLATE TRADE: Agronomist wants to ensure fair means fair
By Valerie Thurner APR 14, 2017 Swiss agronomist Florian Studer (r) with Ugandan cocoa-producer Beka Ara Kisekka.(swissinfo.ch) A Swiss start-up has launched an experiment in Uganda to give cocoa […]
Turkey could ‘suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas’
Reuters | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, in this file photo. (Reuters) ANKARA: Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under its migration deal with the EU if the bloc does not give a […]
Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94
Associated Press | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 A general view of the area bombed by the US forces is seen in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, […]
Dropping ‘the mother of all bombs’ might boost Trump’s ratings, but defeating Isis calls for different tactics entirely
Trump knows that this isn’t about defeating Isis – the Taliban is the biggest problem is that region anyway. To defeat Isis, we have to start accepting that they’re not driven by revenge for western foreign policy but by an ideological hatred for ‘unbelievers’ Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal What’s worse than […]
It’s time America explored how to end the multiple wars it has helped cause since 2001, rather than dropping more bombs
Source: Independent Moan about Trump all you like, but his approach to Syria was always much more realistic than Hillary Clinton’s. ‘You are fighting Syria, Syria is fighting Isis, and you have to get rid of Isis,’ he said during his election campaign. ‘Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and […]
Brink of war with the world’s only superpower.
Source: Daily Mail As millions of North Koreans celebrate the Day of the Sun today, marking the birth of their cruel dynasty’s founding dictator, Kim Il-sung, his grandson’s nuclear ambitions have put the nation’s fate on a knife-edge and threatens peace throughout East Asia.The chubby young tyrant, Kim Jong-un, has […]
‘You are not safe for us’: Muslim woman films Rome airport staff REFUSING to allow her on a flight to London while wearing a hijab and accuses them of discrimination after ‘seeing nuns board in headscarves’
Source: The Daily Mail A Muslim woman claims airport staff told her she would have to take off her hijab if she wanted to get on a flight to London. Aghnia Adzkia was passing through security when she was asked to take off her religious headscarf. Ms Adzkia claims to […]
Germany bus driver faces £8,500 fine after refusing to let a pregnant Muslim woman wearing a niqab on board
Source: Daily mail A German bus driver faces a possible £8,500 fine because he refused to allow a woman wearing a niqab to board the service.The incident happened in Emden, Lower Saxony according to local media. Police claimed they are investigating the incident, which they describe as ‘an administrative offence’. The […]
Investigators: No evidence suspect detained participated in Dortmund attack
Source: The Local Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that there is no evidence that the suspect temporarily detained participated in the Borussia Dortmund attack on Tuesday, German media report. Police had temporarily detained a potential suspect after three explosions rocked the Dortmund team’s bus on the way to a match, […]
Scorpion stings passenger on United Airlines flight
Source: CNN It’s been a rough week for United Airlines. The same day a passenger was infamously dragged off a United plane in Chicago, a man on a United flight from Houston to Calgary was allegedly stung by a scorpion. More: