WASHINGTON | BY PHIL STEWART People cycle past a Syrian Army soldier along a street during a biking tour for charity, in Damascus December 11, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic […]
Published time: 17 Dec, 2015 An Islamic State fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. © Stringer / Reuters US intelligence services have mapped Islamic State’s media installations producing terrorist […]
Source: Time During Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, frontrunner Donald Trump doubled down on his call for “closing off parts of the Internet” in order to stymie terrorist groups’ online recruitment efforts. “I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody,” Trump said, referring to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sajdah Nubee A Muslim, African-American, Interfaith Presenter, Blogger, Seeker of Truth, Promoting Consciousness, Driven by Intuition, Tar Heel Born and Bred As a Black-American Muslim who feels […]
Source: The Daily Caller By HARRIS ZAFAR; an adjunct instructor of Islamic studies, author of Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions, National Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Last night, those vying […]
Huff Post: Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down mosques. He claims that Muslim “hatred is beyond comprehension.” But the truth is that Muslim Americans are not only integrating into U.S. society, but are actuallymore opposed to violence and more tolerant in many ways than many other […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 17 December 2015 ARABNEWS.COM According to subsequent reports, the Soviets were complying with a treaty signed between the two nations in 1978. Regardless of the reasons behind the invasion, had there been no American interference, it would have ended with much less casualties and less […]
Washington Post: Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school in Illinois, has placed a professor on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook that Muslims and Christians “worship the same God.” The official school statement Tuesday about associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins’s suspension said Wheaton professors should “engage in and […]
By Reuters – Dec 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES US Defence Secretary Ash Carter addresses the US troops as he stands in front of a drone at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, Tuesday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — US Defence Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the […]
Trudeau calls Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims ignorant By Rob Gillies The Associated Press Our Source: Global News Trudeau calls Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims ignorant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
The Israel National News: Congress passes deal to screen Muslims with dual nationalities from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria; EU threatens repercussions. The US Congress struck a huge spending deal […]
A Muslim parent in Tokyo tells her children to “work 100 times harder” and “be 100 times kinder.” A father in Ontario advises his teenagers to be wary of anyone […]
Source: Mid-Missouri Public Radio By KIERRAN PETERSEN 10 Muslim musicians you should already be listening to That was my first reaction last week, after I heard about Republican presidential front-runner […]
Source: Reason.com “I think if you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate,” said Sen. Rand Paul during the Republican debate. He was referring to Gov. Chris […]
Source: Time No one seriously hoped they’d snuff out the support Donald Trump enjoys in the Republican Party. Instead, on the debate stage on the Las Vegas Strip, his rivals […]
Epigraph: Jeb Bush: Trump is a chaos candidate and will be a chaos President, if elected. Commentary by Zia H Shah, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The one […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: Would they put Mother Mary on leave if she was to revisit? For our collection of articles on Hijab please click here. Source: Chicago Tribune […]
Source: Los Angeles Times Two mosques in the South Bay were found vandalized with graffiti Sunday morning, and at one of the mosques authorities found what appeared to be a hand grenade, prompting the arrival of a bomb squad. The hand grenade turned out to be a replica, but the […]
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) The leader of the nation’s Catholic bishops on Monday (Dec. 14) denounced the backlash against Muslims and refugees in the wake of the mass shooting […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein The Post’s religion reporter, where she reports on the busy marketplace of American religion. Vandals spray-painted crosses on the windows at the Ahmadiyya […]