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Treated ‘worse than animals’: thousands of Indian women feared trapped in ashrams
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi Delhi authorities say thousands more women could be living in the estimated 300 properties linked to the group Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya nationwide. Photograph: […]
Do secularism and gender equality really go hand in hand?
Source: The Guardian Gender inequality is increasing. According to a new study by the World Economic Forum, it will now take 100 years to close the global gender gap, up from […]
Anti-sharia laws proliferate as Trump strikes hostile tone toward Muslims
Source: The Guardian By Ed Pilkington in New York Twenty-three bills have been introduced in 18 state legislatures this year to ban the practice of Islamic law – critics say the aim […]
Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found
Source: BBC News By Erin Craig 19 July 2017 This is an outsized land for outsized legends. No roads, no permanent buildings; just unfurling sky, tufted dry grass and streaming […]
Padmavati: Controversial film ‘cleared by Indian censor board’
Source: BBC News India’s film censor board has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavati, reports say. The film, which tells the story of a 14th Century Hindu queen […]
Iran protests: Telegram and Instagram restricted
Source: BBC News Iran has moved to restrict social media networks that have been used to organise three days of anti-establishment protests. The restrictions on messaging app Telegram and photo […]
Drunk tanks may become norm, NHS boss warns ‘selfish’ revellers
Source: BBC News By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Drunk tanks may have to become the norm in towns and cities to keep “selfish” revellers out of A&E, the head of […]
The Serenity Prayer: One of the Best Prayers
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr[1][2] (1892–1971). The best-known form is: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to […]
It’s Not Islam That Drives Young Europeans to Jihad, France’s Top Terrorism Expert Explains
Olivier Roy, one of France’s top experts on Islamic terrorism, tells Haaretz how assailants like Salman Abedi in Manchester turn into ‘new radicals’ who crave death Davide Lerner (Ankara) Aug 20, 2017 This article was originally published in May 2017 following a terror attack in Manchester and […]
India: Muslim women can perform Hajj alone now
DAWN.COM December 31, 2017 Modi speaks of ‘freeing Muslim women from injustices’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government has removed the restriction on Muslim women from performing Haj alone, following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage, Times of India reported. Modi, […]
The Muslim Times’ Best for 2017 about Women Rights
The Church of Sweden is going to stop referring to God as a man The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments Jesus was a man, so calling God gender neutral is a […]
Preparing for Tomorrow – Raising Pious Children
October 2017 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) Address to the Ladies, delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and 5th […]
Indonesia to add hundreds of counter-terrorism police to monitor IS
Reuters International This content was published on December 29, 2017 By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s counter-terrorist police force is to get 600 extra personnel next year to monitor Islamic State networks and head off so-called lone wolf attacks, the chief of police in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country […]
New economic protests in Tehran challenge Iran’s government
By amir vahdat and jon gambrell, associated press TEHRAN, Iran — Dec 30, 2017, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University […]
Saudi-UAE pact’s aggressive policies could break up GCC: Oman source
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman, 15 February 2017 (Reuters) Joe Gill Tuesday 19 December 2017 14:03 UTC Oman and other Gulf states […]
Mohammed Bin Salman’s regional failures are leaving Saudi Arabia isolated
Manifestations of disrespect toward the Saudi leadership are being expressed across the region due to its poorly manoeuvred foreign and regional policies Mustafa Salama Friday 29 December 2017 08:44 UTC […]
The Muslim Times’ Best for 2017 about Religion & Science
Discovery of 13 million-year-old ape skull shows what human ancestors may have looked like Source: Washington Post By Amy B Wang To the untrained eye, the area west of Lake Turkana […]
Pew Research Center: 17 striking findings from 2017
Source: Pew Research Center Abigail Geiger is an associate digital producer and writer for Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. […]
