Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday assigned a Vatican office to concern itself with the role of women in the Catholic Church and their “equal dignity” — his latest effort to address longstanding complaints of women’s second-class status in the church. Francis approved new statutes […]
Source: Swiss Info Channel By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli and Julie Hunt A training course for imams at Geneva University, introducing them to Swiss law and values, is yielding results. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The course organisers […]
Source: The Daily Sabah MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL The controversial call by some 300 famous French figures to change the Quran is a provocative move which targets Muslims, experts say, […]
Source: BBC News By Bruce Lieberman In late 1971, US Navy veteran Stephen Islas returned from Vietnam, but the war continued to rage in his head. “I came very close […]
Source: Independent Muslims, especially second generation Muslims, seem to be finding ways to reconcile British culture with religion. It’s only natural that, when Islamic thought has adapted to the context […]
Source: The Guardian By Simon Jenkins The group is considering dropping God from its meetings guidance as it makes some feel uncomfortable. This is the new religiosity The Quakers are […]
Source: Dawn By Nadir Guramani The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to change the name of the National Centre for Physics at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) from the […]
Competing Visions of Islam Will Shape Europe in the 21st Century Source: The Atlantic By David Frum Akbar Ahmed’s new book deals with how migration is reshaping the continent, and […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The title of this article is a part of a verse of the holy Quran from Surah Yasin: […]
Epigraph: And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a […]
Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 120 Women Who Changed Our World Source: MSN News BY Kara Lad MALALA YOUSAFZAI 1997-ACTIVIST […]
Suggested Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
Courtesy: Hamid Rahman Source: The Guardian By Rachel Obordo and Guardian readers From student debt to loneliness, young people in Britain share their reasons for why the happiness of 16 […]
Summary Hadith are oral accounts of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Their authentication has traditionally relied almost entirely upon assessing the chain of narrators. The author […]
Epigraph: And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. (1 Corinthians 15:14) Empty Tomb: Did Jesus rise in a physical or a spiritual […]
Source: The Washington Times By Austin Davis – Special to The Washington Times BERLIN — Popular anger at her refugee policies cost German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s long-dominant conservative bloc dearly […]
Source: Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A father testified in an Australian court Thursday that his son said he was sexually abused by Vatican Cardinal George Pell during a […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times BBC has reported that the world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He […]
Source: Jordan Times – March 2, 2018 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday underlined that the global anti-terrorism war is not a fight between different religions or peoples […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism […]