Greece causes outrage over violation of Muslim community’s rights
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL 24.06.2019 A presidential decree by Greece over the appointment of muftis drew the ire of the Turkish Muslim community in the country, claiming […]
Muslim women defy ban to swim in burkinis at French pool
Source: BBC Muslim women in France are disobeying the rules at a local swimming pool by wearing burkinis. In a protest inspired by US civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, they bathed in suits covering their entire bodies – apart from the face, hands and feet – in the city of […]
What Happens After We Die? Jewish View
Author Simcha Raphael Answers Questions on the Afterlife Source: Jewish Exponent Judaism is notably ambiguous about the afterlife. Jewish law instructs Jews on specific practices, such as funeral and burial rites, and shiva, but concepts like the immortality of the soul, the world to come and the resurrection of the […]
How to catch a witch doctor
Uganda’s fight against the evil ‘medicine men’ who remove children’s limbs and organs for human sacrifice – and the Australian charity helping bring them to justice Ritual killing of children by witch doctors takes place in Uganda, in East Africa Body parts, blood or tissue are removed from boys and […]
This new poll finds widespread Islamophobia among Conservative Party members
Source: The Business Insider A new poll of Conservative Party members finds widespread anti-Muslim feeling in the party. Four out of ten members would not want a Muslim person as prime minister with a similar number saying there should be limits placed on Muslim people entering the country. The poll […]
India rejects U.S. report on attacks on minority Muslims
Jun 23, 2019 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Sunday rejected a U.S. State Department’s annual report on religious freedom that raised questions about the government’s inability to curb violent […]
Sally Hemings, the slave of a U.S. president who had 6 children by him
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Farida Dawkins is a blogger, video content creator and staff writer at Face2Face Africa. She […]
Walmart uses AI cameras to spot thieves
Source: BBC News US supermarket giant Walmart has confirmed it uses image recognition cameras at checkouts to detect theft. The cameras identify when items are put in a shopping bag […]
Assembly of U.S. Catholics Bishops Reveals an Ugly, Incompetent Bureaucracy
Source: National Review By DECLAN LEARY More than 200 men in black suits sit in a conference hall in a Baltimore hotel. On folding tables in front of them hundreds of […]
Understanding the debate over married priests at the Amazon synod
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Why Pope Francis may open the door to married priests
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR
Source: BBC News The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million globally last year – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years […]
Kushner’s economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection
By Reuters – Jun 24,2019 -JORDAN TIMES RIYADH/AMMAN/CAIRO — Arab politicians and commentators greeted US President Donald Trump’s Middle East $50 billion economic vision with a mixture of derision and […]
Priorities of Jordan, even after ‘Manama’
Jun 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The Bahraini capital of Manama will be the centre of attention for most of the region this week. The US-led workshop […]
Islamic Dream Interpretation: Seeing a fish in a dream
Seeing ‘fish’ in your dream.. source: http://www.myislamicdream.com/search.html?txtSearch=fish&cmdSearch=Search Fish � Seeing sea fish covered with salt in a dream means lasting richness, because fish are preserved in salt, or it […]
United States of Plastic: Upset about the plastic crisis? Stop trying so hard
We make good-faith efforts to help the planet by recycling, but what we really need to do is even simpler All the plastic ever made: the fate of 8.3bn tons […]
Park named after Komagata Maru tragedy opens in Canada’s Brampton city
Source: The Times of India By Neel Kamal A public park devoted to 105 years old Komagata Maru tragedy is being opened at Brampton city in the Ontario province of Canada on June 22. The park named after the ship has been set up in honour of immigrants. It is […]
How to live forever: meet the extreme life-extensionists
Source: The Guardian Some sleep on electromagnetic mats, others pop up to 150 pills a day. But are ‘life extensionists’ any closer to finding the key to longevity? Alex Moshakis […]