Taj Mahal: India monument ‘not a Hindu temple’
Source: BBC India’s government has rejected claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not […]
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Islamic State: Where key countries stand
Source: BBC The lightning rise of Islamic State (IS), the jihadist militant group that has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq since 2014, has sent shockwaves around the Middle […]
Syria conflict: German cabinet approves IS mission
Source: BBC The German cabinet has backed plans for military support in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and a 1,200-strong […]
Turkey challenges Russia over IS oil trade claim
Source: BBC Turkey has challenged Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian plane in order to protect its oil trade with Islamic State (IS). “If you […]
Abolishing Homophobia Would Uphold Islamic And Moroccan Values
Source: Huffington Post In a recent statement to CNN Arabic, Morocco’s minister of tourism Lahcen Haddad affirmed that he opposes the decriminalization of extramarital relations and that he is open […]
The case of ‘The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ still isn’t closed
Source: Crux Three years ago, Harvard University professor Karen L. King showed the world a tiny fragment of ancient Egyptian papyrus whose eight partial lines of Coptic script included one […]
Witch burning rebels stoke Central African Republic violence
Source: Reuters BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rebels in Central African Republic have kidnapped, burnt and buried alive “witches” in public ceremonies, exploiting widely held superstitions to control areas in […]
From Indonesia, a Muslim Challenge to the Ideology of the Islamic State
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The scene is horrifyingly familiar. Islamic State soldiers march a line of prisoners to a riverbank, shoot them one by one and dump their bodies over a […]
After uproar, German town warms to refugees who took over church
Source: Reuters When Daniela Handwerk looked out of her window earlier this month and saw the church across the street being emptied out and turned into a refugee shelter, she […]
“Historic” Ruling Says Abortion Law In Northern Ireland Breaches Human Rights
Source: Buzz feed news Northern Ireland’s abortion law is “incompatible with human rights”, the High Court in Belfast ruled on Monday, potentially allowing women access to terminations in cases of […]
All pupils at non-faith schools must study atheism, judge rules
Source: Telegraph All non-faith schools will be forced to teach non-religious views following a landmark judgment by the High Court that ruled the Education Secretary unlawfully excluded atheism from a […]
Gratitude Can Transform Your Life. Here’s How.
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post There are moments in life when gratitude sneaks up on us. You step out of the freezing winter cold […]
‘Li-fi 100 times faster than wi-fi’
Source: BBC A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office. Li-fi can deliver internet access 100 […]
China’s yuan set for IMF reserve status
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: BBC The International Monetary […]
Mohammad Abu Khdair murder: Two Israelis found guilty
Source: BBC Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. A verdict on a […]
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE
Source: Newsweek PAKISTAN’S AHMADIS FACE PERSECUTION, THREATS FROM LOCAL MOBS AND THE STATE. “Are these the people with bullets who took my papa away?” two-year-old Sabiha Ahmad asked her mother […]
BUDDHIST TEMPLES ARE CLOSING IN JAPAN AT A STARTLING RATE
Source: World Religion News Many Japanese Buddhist temples, their numbers running to thousands, are in danger of closing doors in the future. About 40 percent of about 77,000 temples will cease […]
Vatican: ‘Lovely’ if pope makes Mother Teresa a saint in Holy Year but it’s too early to say
Source: Fox News VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official says it’s too soon to say if Mother Teresa will be made a saint during the 2016 Holy Year of Mercy. […]
Here’s Why the Alleged Planned Parenthood Killer Isn’t Called a Domestic Terrorist
Source: Huffington Post By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Author and political analyst The two words that were glaringly missing in the reams of news clips, press reports and news features on alleged […]
Can a Dying Civilization Defeat ISIS and Radical Islam?
Source: Breitbart by TOM TANCREDO By any measure, we are losing the war against ISIS and radical Islam. A bigger problem is we do not yet realize we are losing or why. Their legions are growing, their ambitions are apocalyptic, and our resolve is as strong as silly putty. Without […]