World Court orders US to ensure sanctions on Iran do not hurdle aid
By Reuters – Oct 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An Iranian woman shops at a drug store at the Nikan Hospital in Tehran on, September 11 (AFP photo) THE HAGUE — […]
Confidence in the Catholic Church and Pope Francis down sharply in U.S.
Confidence in Pope Francis down sharply in U.S. Source: Pew Research Center By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal As allegations and investigations of sex abuse in the Catholic Church become more widespread, a new Pew Research Center […]
Parliament formally strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary Canadian citizenship
Source: The Star The upper house’s move follows a similar unanimous vote in the House of Commons last week. Since honorary citizenship was granted by a resolution passed by both […]
TOP 7 CHALLENGES THAT AFFECT THE SUCCESS OF MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
Posted by Wisconsin Muslim Journal | Oct 2, 2018 | Syndicated Throughout the past decade, I’ve worked with a variety of MSAs (Muslim Student Associations) in different capacities. My first […]
Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
Media captionMr Trump cast doubt on Prof Ford’s credibility President Donald Trump has mocked the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a rally […]
Muslim Women Videos: Hijab or Not, That is the Question?
Suggested Reading Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize Iranian Woman wins Highest Prize in Math – Fields Medal The Muslim Times has the best collection to refute Islamophobia […]
Regional quarrels cannot be solved without Turkey’s contribution, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses parliamentarians from the AK Party during a meeting at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, yesterday. Decisions made on regional disputes must […]
Canada: Mississauga-based charity ISNA to pay a $550,000 penalty.
By Stewart Bell National Online Journalist, Investigative Global News A major Canadian Islamic organization has been suspended and fined by federal charities regulators following an audit that raised concerns it […]
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes To U.S., Canadian and French Scientists for Laser Breakthrough
Source: Time (STOCKHOLM) — Three scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work with lasers described as revolutionary and bringing science […]
Turn down the rhetoric against migrants and refugees
The number of migrants trying to cross to Europe through Turkey doubled in 2018. PHOTO: AFP Carl Söderbergh Migration has become a focus of debate in recent years. From United […]
Trump’s two-state solution: News that was no news
Oct 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY If we have learned anything about US President Donald Trump, it is that for him words have no meaning, or at […]
Pope Defrocks Fernando Karadima, Priest at Center of Abuse Outrage in Chile Image
Source: The New York Times By Pascale Bonnefoy SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis has defrocked a once-prominent priest whose case has been at the center of public outrage about clerical […]
As younger Catholics drift away, the church considers what works
Source: Boston Globe By Mark Arsenault GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 A member of the so-called Silent Generation and grandmother of 13, Mary Ann Keyes is the matriarch of a big Catholic family […]
Landmark cancer therapy wins Nobel prize
Source: BBC Two scientists who discovered how to fight cancer using the body’s immune system have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The work by James P […]
The Islamic Khilafat – Its Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence
Rafi Ahmad In this essay, we will examine the concept of the khilafat, its rise, fall, and reemergence, and discuss its relevance in modern times. The Arabic word khalifa means successor. […]
Khilafat – successorship of prophethood
After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance. Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied […]
Why Hollywood writer Ubah Mohamed hated her name
By Naima Mohamud BBC Africa 30 September 2018 I Getting a TV job in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US with a name like Ubah Mohamed […]
Pope Francis removes Chilean priest at center of sex abuse scandal
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his “supreme” authority to stiffen a sentence originally […]
Women serving decades-long prison terms for abortion in El Salvador hope change is coming
Source: The Washington Post By Anna-Catherine Brigida SAN SALVADOR — Alba Lorena Rodríguez was five months pregnant when she started to feel sharp pains in her stomach while at home in December […]
Rate of suicide attempts in US military 3 times higher than in general population
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL PublishedSeptember 29, 2018 Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment of the US Army during welcome ceremony of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) contingent in the […]