‘Degree inflation’: How the four-year degree became required
By Kate Morgan28th January 2021How did a four-year degree become compulsory for nearly every job – and could the need to reboot the economy help tackle this problem?E Eleven years […]
Centuries-old Quran manuscript restored
Tourism December 22, 2021 – TEHRAN – A historical manuscript of the Holy Quran underwent some rehabilitation work in the western province of Kordestan, the provincial tourism chief has said. […]
Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul freight train launched
Economy December 22, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN- The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) railway project, or ECO freight train, was inaugurated with the first freight train moving on Tuesday during a ceremony […]
Haridwar: Police case after outrage in India over anti-Muslim hate speech
Published5 hours agoShare Police in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand have launched an investigation after Hindu leaders called for violence against Muslims. Videos from a meeting of Hindu religious […]
US bans imports from Xinjiang Uyghur region over forced labor
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ANKARA DEC 23, 2021 – 7:05 PM GMT+3A worker packages spools of cotton yarn at a textile manufacturing plant, as seen during a government organized trip […]
Maximum pressure programme
Dec 22,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli politicians in and out of power continue to promote the fictitious Iranian nuclear threat as a means to secure advantage over rivals. Contradicting the […]
When Muslims ruled the civilised world
Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States. Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies […]
Pakistan. PM on education
PM on education Editorial Published December 22, 2021 – PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan’s remarks about girls’ education in tribal districts in Pakistan and Afghanistan have triggered a fiery debate with many criticising him for attempting to justify the Taliban viewpoint on women’s education. At the OIC meeting in Islamabad, Mr Khan made the unfortunate […]
Essay. The politics of blasphemy and lynching
ESSAY: THE POLITICS OF BLASPHEMY AND LYNCHING Farah Adeed Published December 19, 2021 On December 3, an angry mob lynched Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan man working as a manager in […]
As-Salt: The Middle East’s city of tolerance and generosity
(Image credit: Marta Vidal) By Marta Vidal22nd December 2021This small Jordanian city where minarets and church towers share the skyline was deemed a “place of tolerance and urban hospitality” by Unesco.T […]
Jerusalem church leaders: ‘Radical’ Israeli groups driving Christians from Holy Land
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY URGES: ‘READ THEIR HEART-CRY’ Guardian of Christian holy places laments ‘unchecked, unpunished’ attacks, as archbishops blame Israeli settlers and security barrier; accusations draw protest from British Jews […]
Gems of the Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi (as) – The Meaning of Trust in God
MAGAZINE: EDITION SEPTEMBER 2021Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 20th December 2021 Those people who trust in their own power and strength, and forsake […]
Islamic feminism
The west misunderstands Muslims on many things, and the rights of women and their ill-treatment is one of them. It is a fact that in the recent past years […]
Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
By AFP – Dec 20,2021 – People queue to enter the passport office at a checkpoint in Kabul on Saturday, after Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said they will resume issuing passports (AFP photo) […]
Our world is changing in worrying ways
NIDHAL GUESSOUM December 21, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/47y55 In October 2020, with the pandemic still to reach its peak and vaccines not yet available, the writer and CNN host Fareed […]
What is the UK-Pakistan relationship?
UK-Pakistan ties are located in a fairly narrow band of diplomacy and military relations. By Ayesha SiddiqaAugust 11, 2021 In Islamabad people will point in the direction of the British High […]
Islam’s reformists: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Pan-Islamism
BY MEHMET HASAN BULUT ISTANBUL DEC 19, 2021 – 2:19 PM GMT+3Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, circa 1883. (WikiMedia Commons Photo) From Egypt to the Ottoman Empire to Europe, from assassinations to revolutions, […]
Migration is key issue facing Middle East
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON December 20, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/m5uu5 Among the issues that will shape the Middle East in 2022 is migration. While the level of violence in several conflicts […]
Lira plunges again after Erdogan cites Islam to defend rate cuts
1 / 2 Lira plunges again after Erdogan cites Islam to defend rate cuts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched an ‘economic war of independence’ focused on growth at all […]
As we get ready to celebrate Christmas, my debate on ‘the birth of God?’ with the top Christian apologist
Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’ Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949[1]) is a leading American Christian […]