What makes soda so addictive?
Source: CNN By Lisa Drayer, CNN (CNN) Slashing soft drinks from your diet is a quick way to improve your health and lose weight — that much you probably already know. […]
Ohio teen who ran a personal-best time in a race was disqualified for wearing a hijab
Source: CBS News Ohio High School Athletic Association is looking into changing uniform regulations after they disqualified a teen from a race for wearing the hijab. Original Story
Pentagon awards $10bn cloud computing deal to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon
Source: The Guardian The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10bn cloud computing contract, beating out favourite Amazon, whose competitive bid drew criticism from US president Donald Trump and its business rivals. Bidding […]
Muslim speed dating: Three minutes to find a soulmate who shares your faith
Some young Muslims in London are turning to speed dating to find love. A recent session was billed as a “super fun speed dater” with organisers Mmm Dating stating […]
The ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Christians that nobody is talking about
Oct 29,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Palestine’s Christian population is dwindling at an alarming rate. The world’s most ancient Christian community is moving elsewhere. And the reason for […]
Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri resigns as protesters come under attack
Hariri says he intends to make ‘positive shock’ to country gripped by mass protests Martin Chulov in Beirut Tue 29 Oct 2019 Lebanon’s prime minister, Saad Hariri, has announced […]
Christians, Muslims, Jews unite against assisted suicide
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Leaders from three of the world’s major religions have joined forces against assisted suicide and euthanasia, in a declaration issued at the Vatican. The declaration, backed by […]
Chicago churches join growing movement of congregations paying off medical debt
CHICAGO (RNS) — This Thanksgiving, 5,888 families in Illinois’ Cook County will receive a card with the names of several congregations belonging to different Protestant Christian denominations throughout the city […]
Trump may have claimed to kill al-Baghdadi, but he has brought Isis back to life
As for claiming that the world ‘is now a much safer place’, well let’s wait and see. These Islamist cults usually have a chrysalis leader waiting to take the place […]
Police arrest 84-year-old man over gun and arson attack at French mosque
Suspect in incident in Bayonne, south-west France, once stood as candidate for far-right Front National in local election Angelique Chrisafis in Paris @achrisafis Mon 28 Oct 2019 An […]
Syrian Kurds say spy stole Baghdadi’s underpants for DNA test
Syrian Democratic Forces also claim they played a key role in tracking down Baghdadi to a compound in northern Syria Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in Beirut Mon […]
Head of NHS voices ‘serious concerns’ about homeopathy
Source: The Guardian Simon Stevens says practice is ‘fundamentally flawed’, in letter to standards authority Pills for homeopathic remedies. Stevens said the accreditation of the Society of Homeopaths gave a […]
Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female leaders
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic […]
Panic in Pakistani City After 900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V.
Source: New York Times By Zia ur-Rehman and Maria Abi-Habib RATODERO, Pakistan — Nearly 900 children in the small Pakistani city of Ratodero were bedridden early this year with raging […]
Caliph Returns to Islamabad After 4-week Groundbreaking European Tour
28th October 2019 By Syed Amer Safir After 8pm today the Fifth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) finally returned home to the headquarters in […]
A former top US counterterrorism official explains what Baghdadi’s death means for ISIS
Michael Leiter, who led the National Counterterrorism Center during the Osama bin Laden raid, offers his thoughts on the Baghdadi operation. By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Oct 27, 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, […]
Iraq airs footage of raid which ‘killed Daesh leader’
International October 27, 2019 Iraqi state television has aired footage of what it said was a raid in Syria that reportedly killed Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdadi was reportedly […]
Catholic bishops approved a proposal allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region
Catholic bishops approved a proposal allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region, where there is a shortage of priests. Pope Francis would have to […]
Human Soul: The Final Frontier?
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article demonstrates […]
Baitul Baseer, Nahe, Germany – Inaugural reception held
26th October 2019 Tahir Bhatti, Germany Correspondent Nahe, Germany, Saturday, 26 October: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper, addressed guests at the formal inaugural ceremony of Baitul […]