Will Joe Biden be better for the Middle East than Donald Trump?
BY MUQTEDAR KHAN OP-ED OCT 28, 2020 A driver watches the presidential debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden on a phone screen in New Jersey, […]
Ismaili, Ahmadi Muslims push national voter registration efforts
Voter mobilization efforts in US Muslim communities have long been characterized and led by Sunni institutions and figures. That’s starting to change. Young progressive Ismailis from around the country participate […]
Using Arabs or Muslims as scapegoats has a history
Oct 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY During the past century, we have witnessed a long and tragic history of domestic policies that have targeted persons of Arab […]
The US is still embroiled in Middle Eastern wars – so why were they absent from the presidential debates?
Joe Biden and Donald Trump sparred over Russian and Chinese interference, but ignored countries like Turkey, Qatar and Israel, which use surrogates and cash to shape policy, writes Borzou Daragahi […]
FOREIGN POLICY ESSAY Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Pakistan Reset
By Madiha Afzal Sunday, October 25, 2020, 10:01 AM President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office on July 22, 2019. Photo credit: Official White […]
Islam’s Response to Misconceptions about Sharia Law
WRITTEN BY ANSER AHMAD, ESQ.| NOVEMBER 2018| ISLAM, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS “Islam’s Response to Misconceptions about Sharia Law” In the West, Sharia is being portrayed as a source of oppression, […]
Economic Sanctions: Too Much of a Bad Thing
Richard N. HaassMonday, June 1, 1998 Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to promote the full range of American foreign policy objectives. Yet all too often sanctions turn out to be little more than expressions of U.S. preferences that hurt American economic interests without changing the target’s behavior for the […]
US election polls tracker: who is leading in the swing states, Trump or Biden?
Source: Guardian As the presidential campaign heats up, the Guardian is tracking the latest polling in eight states that could decide the election Ashley Kirk, Pablo Gutiérrez, Frank Hulley-Jones and Juweek Adolphe Joe Biden is […]
The Fourth Pillar of Islam: Saum, The Islamic Fast
Azhar Goraya THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM 25th October 2020 Azhar Goraya, Mexico In earlier times, the thought of fasting brought to mind images of Buddha, monks or Hindu yogis, […]
Imran Khan’s letter to Mr. Zuckerberg
Additional reading suggested by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Pakistani PM Imran Khan writes to Facebook CEO Mark … Has Facebook allowed the spread of anti-Muslim hate […]
Uproar in Pakistan after university dropped Ahmadi economist’s lecture
Threats from extremist groups force the university to cancel the economists’ online lecture UCA News reporter October 23, 2020 Atif Mian, the Pakistan-born professor at Princeton University, at the t […]
US suspends visa, citizenship services in Turkey over potential terrorist attack
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY OCT 23, 2020 3:20 PM GMT+3 Embassy of the United States of America in the Turkish capital Ankara on March 10, 2018. (Sabah […]
Neither Obama, nor Trump should claim victory over Daesh
Oct 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for liberating vast stretches of Syria and Iraq from Daesh, and during the heated US election […]
Sudan and Israel agree US-brokered deal on normalising relations
Donald Trump seeks to score points from deal; Palestinians call it ‘a new stab in the back’ Donald Trump on phone Donald Trump on a phone call with the leaders […]
Success of Trump’s American Foreign Policy: What we can learn from it
Trump Announces Sudan Will Move to Normalize Relations With Israel Source: New York Times By Lara Jakes, Declan Walsh and Adam Rasgon WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday that Israel and Sudan have […]
Baltimore nurse practitioner offers free medical help, shelter for Muslim women despite COVID-19 challenges
By YVONNE WENGER BALTIMORE SUN | OCT 13, 2020 Chili Bowl Sunday founder, Asma Hanif, right, assists Charles Callahan, 67, by holding his bowl of chili as a volunteer offers […]
Michael Jordan opens second Charlotte clinic for patients with no health insurance
FRANCIS AKHALBEY | Content Manager October 23, 2020 FULL BIO Francis Akhalbey is a Social Media techie and Content Manager. He loves basketball and dreams to make it in the […]
Unravelling the Truth About Eve: Her Position in History According to Islam
Nila Ahmad NOTABLE WOMEN • WOMEN’S SECTION 19th August 2020 2 Comments ©Shutterstock Nila Ahmad, USA The imagery is nearly always the same. A tree stands centred in the middle ground. A serpent […]
JORDAN: FM stresses joint efforts in reaching political solution to Syria crisis
By JT – Oct 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi takes part in a meeting of the Syria’s Mini-Constitutional Committee on Thursday, via video […]
Edward Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Former national security contractor fled US in 2013 after leaking documents on American government surveillance […]