Why I chose to donate my eggs
Source: BBC News Why would anyone donate their eggs to help a stranger have a child? Elaine Chong explains her reasons. I first heard about egg donation when I was […]
16,000 scientists sign dire warning to humanity over health of planet
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)More than 16,000 scientists from 184 countries have published a second warning to humanity advising that we need to change our wicked ways to help […]
Barbie Gets a Hijab
Source: The New Yorker By Christina Binkley November 13, 2017 Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel In 1959, the […]
Amnesty says China detains 30 relatives of exiled Uighur leader
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have in recent months detained up to 30 relatives of an exiled ethnic Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, […]
Turkish marriage law a blow to women’s rights, say activists
Source: The Guardian BY Kareem Shaheen and Gokce Saracoglu in Istanbul Bill allowing Muslim clerics to conduct civil marriages passed despite protests amid fears it could lead to more child brides President […]
Turkish Cypriots split over Islam’s rise in northern Cyprus
Source: Associated Press By MENELAOS HADJICOTSIS NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — At over 60 meters (200 feet) high, the four black-coned minarets of the nearly completed Hala Sultan mosque tower over […]
Barbie’s first hijab: Meet the new Ibtihaj Muhammad doll
Source: CNN By Julia Horowitz For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel (MAT), which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its “Shero” collection will be […]
Senate Republicans repudiate Roy Moore’s candidacy and urge him to leave the race
Source: The Washington Post By Sean Sullivan, Robert Costa and Jenna Johnson November 13 Senate Republican leaders on Monday waged an urgent campaign to pressure GOP nominee Roy Moore to withdraw from the Alabama Senate […]
Who is a Muslim; Time to Learn from the Christians?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I bet you that even the most informed Muslims, including the majority of the Muslim […]
Appeals court allows partial enforcement of Trump travel ban
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — On the same day a federal appeals court allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to […]
Hate Crimes Up In 2016, FBI Statistics Show
Source: NPR By RYAN LUCAS Twitter The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau’s headquarters. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The number of hate crimes reported last […]
USA: Indian-American announces to run for US Congress in Chicago
Washington, November 14http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-announces-to-run-for-us-congress/497462.html Indian-American Jitendra Diganvker has announced to run for the US House of Representatives in the 2018 Congressional elections. If elected by his Republican party in the primaries, Diganvker, a business owner and community worker, would be pitted against popular Democratic Incumbent Raja Krishnamoorthi from the 8th Congressional […]
Canada: ‘Anti-Islamophobia’ Motion 103 taking more fire
By Tarek Fatah, Toronto SUN A professor of linguistics at the University of Ottawa, commenting on the so-called anti-Islamophobia motion, M103, has urged the Trudeau government “to start an international Commission on how to handle the violence in the Qur’an,” which, he says exists, without doubt. Professor Karim Achab gave his presentation […]
The U.S. also expressed concern over treatment of Ahmadis:
Source: RT On Monday over two dozen countries criticized Pakistan’s human rights record at the universal periodic review (UPR) of UN Human Rights Council. The criticism came not only from developed countries like the U.S. and U.K but also from developing countries like Ethiopia and Namibia. Majority of the countries […]
The trials of Netanyahu and Israel’s layered corruption
Ramzy Baroud | Published — Tuesday 14 November 2017 Whether or not the corruption scandals hounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lead to his sacking matters […]
The Muslim Overpopulation Myth That Just Won’t Die
The claim that Muslims have “too many children” is reliably powerful anywhere there’s a sizable Muslim immigrant or minority population. After fleeing from Burma, Noor Kayes holds her daughter in […]
Let’s be clear: Muslims are neither good nor bad. We’re just human
Farah Elahi Twenty years ago, a report on Islamophobia described how stereotypes harm Muslims in Britain. Today, new research suggests things have got worse ‘The drip-drip demonising of Muslim communities […]
The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online
Experts are evenly split on whether the coming decade will see a reduction in false and misleading narratives online. Those forecasting improvement place their hopes in technological fixes and in societal solutions. Others think the dark side of human nature is aided more than stifled by technology. By Janna Anderson […]
Where have refugees settled in the U.S.?
Refugees are resettled throughout the United States. This interactive tool displays the top nationality of refugees resettled across each state between fiscal 2002 and 2017. Top arriving refugee nationality, by state In fiscal 2002, 27,110 refugees were admitted to the U.S. Here is the top nationality of refugee arrivals in […]
World’s largest solar plant built in a refugee camp launched in Zaatari
12.9-megawatt solar facility will bring free and clean electricity to over 80,000 camp residents By Mina Mohit – Nov 13,2017 -JORDAN TIMES The world’s largest solar power plant built in […]