Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The Asian economies are picking up speed again. After the big hit from Wall Street when the bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in a heap in 2008, sending shock waves everywhere, a recovery is now in the works. How many child deaths in the […]
Source: Time By Jo Boaler First Daughter Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured the National Air and Space Museum with a group of middle school students Tuesday, encouraging […]
Mar 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri Few people in the Arab world or abroad will take seriously the regular Arab summit of heads of state in Jordan this week, which is a tragedy for all concerned. Pan-Arab action could have generated worldwide respect for the views and policies […]
Source: Orlando Sentinel A Rollins College student who has accused his Muslim professor of religious discrimination has been clashing with his teacher since the semester started, court records show. Areej […]
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans will be asked to reconsider its ruling allowing student-led prayer at school board […]
Source: Associated Press By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without running afoul of the Constitution’s prohibition against […]
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 27 February 2017 The UK has educated a monarch, president or prime minister from a quarter of the world’s countries. It is 10 times more likely to educate a world leader than the US, producing one leader per 50,000 graduates. That must rank as […]
Kenneth Primrose is head of religious, moral and philosophical studies at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also runs The Examined Life. Edited by Sam Dresser REPUBLISH Will religious literacy help in a multicultural society? David Evers/Flickr By walking down the street of any major city, you are likely to […]
Source: NPR By LUKE VANDER PLOEG Growing up on Long Island, Zachary Linderer was obsessed with science. He grew up a Jehovah’s Witness, and like many others in the faith, he […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: We want secularism in every country of the world. The article below is very interesting and highlights the constant tug in the Muslim countries towards Shariah Law. We however have a large collection to promote secularism from different angles, social, judicial, religious, cultural and political. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Emma Brown February 15 at 5:02 PM A policy manifesto from an influential conservative group with ties to the Trump administration, including Education Secretary Betsy […]
The University Consultant, Prof. Ayo Omotayo of the Lagos State University said that MIU will be one of the best Universities in a short time. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk Source/Credit: Vanguard Nigeria By Haroon Balogun | February 10, 2017 The groundbreaking of Minaret International University, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published February 11, 2017 AA Photo Talya Özdemir, a 10-year-old Turkish girl became the youngest person to address the United Nations General Assembly on the momentous occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Speaking at the panel titled ‘Gender, Science and Sustainable Development: The […]
Reuters International FEB 9, 2017 – By Emily Wither and Girish Gupta ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighbouring Syria are learning how to code. Some are already being sought by global companies even though they […]
MUSLIMS IN SWITZERLAND By Peter Siegenthaler FEB 8, 2017 How does an imam understand young Muslims’ lives in Switzerland if he only spends a few years in the country and doesn’t speak one of the national languages? (Keystone) Many imams at Swiss mosques spend only a few years in Switzerland, […]
INTERNATIONAL | Saturday, 02.04.2017, Iraqi children stand behind the doors of their home during a fight with ISIS. -Reuters MOSUL —Yousef, 14, pushes a wheelbarrow through a sprawling camp in Iraq running errands for pennies, the only source of income for his family of 11. On a good day, he […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL VIRTANEN MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner’s mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible […]
Source: Time BY Kate Samuelson Millennial children are earning around 20% less than their baby boomer parents despite being better educated, new research says. Analysis of Federal Reserve data by the […]
Source: Aljazeera This film will be available online from January 23, 2017. In the 21st century, for many young people “finding a job” is just not an option. And in […]