Killing in the name of God in Pakistan
State-backed sectarian violence is on the rise in Pakistan as authorities cosset and back hellbent Islamic Sunni radicals By FM SHAKIL SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 PESHAWAR- Pakistan is reeling under a new […]
EU diplomacy on Turkey runs aground ahead of summit, envoys say
By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott © Reuters/Murad Sezer FILE PHOTO: The Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is seen being escorted by a Turkish Navy frigate in the eastern Mediterranean off Cyprus By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union diplomacy to resolve a […]
70 migrants jump overboard from rescue ship as they try to reach Italy
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline They are part of a group of 270 people who have been stranded for days off the coast of the Sicilian city of […]
Cyprus: UN call to revive peace talks gets edgy welcome
1 hour ago NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Both sides on ethnically divided Cyprus on Thursday welcomed the United Nation chief’s expressed intention to soon start thawing out a frozen peace […]
Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth Glorifies Allah
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Occupying Palestine is rotting Israel from inside. No Gulf peace deal can hide that
Article BY Raja Shehadeh More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, Israel has managed to turn its occupation of […]
Professor Julia Sinclair: Alcohol consumption is spiralling out of control – we need to seriously address addiction
Source: Independent People living with this illness deserve empathy, access to treatment and support. The government should use the upcoming spending review to invest in addiction services By Professor Julia […]
Secular Faiths Are Remaking the American Religious Landscape
Source: Christianity Today Meaning-making is a growth industry.” That’s how Harvard researcher Casper ter Kuile put it in a 2018 interview for Vox. He was commenting on the explosive popularity of extreme fitness regimes like CrossFit and SoulCycle, noting how the overt spirituality of both programs allowed them to function […]
China, India fire fueled by Pakistan Belt and Road
Source: AT PESHAWAR – Pakistan’s army and Chinese companies are in big business lockstep in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$87 billion plan to build ports, roads, railways and power plants to facilitate trade, spur growth and consolidate power over geopolitically contested lands. The scheme, designed to span Pakistan’s […]
The fourth R
Source: Dawn PAKISTANIS have an imperfect knowledge of the four Rs — Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic, and Russia. To master the first three requires education. To open one’s mind about Russia requires a different set of intellectual pliers. Winston Churchill once defined Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside […]