US shifts on Yemen as toll mounts
By AFP – Nov 01,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Students gather for a morning drills outside of the teacher’s house, who turned it into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students […]
Meriden mosque reflects on 2015 shooting following Pittsburgh attack
VIDEO: Meriden mosque reflects on 2015 shooting following Pittsburgh attack https://www.wfsb.com/news/meriden-mosque-reflects-on-shooting-following-pittsburgh-attack/article_d09a1e62-dc75-11e8-a7f6-8f2b18edc16f.html For one religious community here in Connecticut, this weekend’s deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh brings […]
Bradford celebrates Islamic Heritage Month
Source: Bradford Today The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Bradford held an Islamic information session at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library on Oct. 25. “It’s Islamic Heritage month,” explained […]
Trump’s birthright plan: The legality, politics and history
President Donald Trump says he plans to end “birthright citizenship” in the US by executive order. Can he do that? In an interview with Axios President Trump claimed that […]
US Muslims raise hundreds of thousands for Pittsburgh synagogue victims
US Oct 30, 2018 As news of the deadly synagogue shooting rippled through the city of Pittsburgh, members of this close-knit community reached out to provide emotional and even financial support to victims, their families and those scarred by the horror of Saturday’ click on for video report: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/us-muslims-raise-hundreds-of-thousands-for-pittsburgh-synagogue-victims-1.3680429
New book highlights contributions of Muslims: ‘I, Too, Am America’ profiles 50 highly accomplished American Muslims
Book written by: Lekan Oguntoyinbo, who is a Dallas-based journalist. A veteran of several major daily newspapers, including the Detroit Free Press and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, his work has […]
Opinion; The Muslims Are Coming
It’s the hate directed toward Islam that has motivated so many to enter the political arena. By Wajahat Ali Contributing Opinion Writer Oct. 30, 2018 For some Americans — […]
Donald Trump, morality and amorality
Source: CT I know I’m not alone in having those moments when you shout at the TV or radio when you hear what a politician’s said. It is of course easy to criticise and as a Christian I am told not to judge, so I need to challenge myself as […]
Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community inaugurates Nasir Hospital in Guatemala
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Landmark event as state of the art hospital […]
Bodies of two Saudi sisters found bound together beside New York river
Arab News October 29, 2018 Young women aged 22 and 16 identified by mother from sketch supplied by city police The New York City medical examiner’s office will determine cause of death JEDDAH: The bodies of two young Saudi women have been discovered bound together on the banks of […]
Palestinian president vows to thwart Trump peace plan
By AFP – Oct 29,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the meeting of the Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation in Ramallah, in the occupied West […]
Muslim Groups Raise Thousands For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims
Source: US News / Huffington Post By Andy McDonald After a suspected gunman with anti-Semitic views killed 11 people and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, two […]
58% Americans express positive views of country’s growing racial and ethnic diversity
58% of Americans say that having an increasing number of people of different races, ethnic groups and nationalities in the U.S. makes the country a better place to live; just […]
Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFFREY GOTTFRIED AND ELIZABETH GRIECO While some say wisdom comes with age, younger Americans are better than their elders at separating factual from opinion statements in the news, […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Did they bury him with his body facing Mecca?
Khashoggi knew all about power and danger. Almost a quarter of a century ago, he turned up at my hotel in Khartoum and drove me into the Sudanese desert to […]
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves multiple people dead and wounded
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Washington Post By Deanna Paul, Avi Selk and Amy B […]
Pastor Points Out Crucial Difference Between Patriotism And Trump’s Nationalism
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rev. William J. Barber II is a prominent progressive Christian pastor and civil rights advocate. President Donald Trump openly embraced the label “nationalist” at […]
Pew Research Center: The most and least educated U.S. religious groups
The most and least educated U.S. religious groups https://t.co/4sZJ9E65Lf pic.twitter.com/BVCvUAnxOc — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 26, 2018
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This concept has been traced to the 12th century, attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Its most familiar expression […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim leader from London came, saw, spoke — and ate a cheesesteak
Source: The Inquirer During its inauguration Friday night, the gleaming Bait-ul-Aafiyat mosque in North Philly lived up to its name: It’s Arabic for “house of security,” and there was plenty of that. My Uber driver could get no closer than a block from the three-story, $8 million mosque at 1215 W. […]