Hadron Collider discovers new particle
Source: BBC Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much […]
Eating disorders at Ramadan: One teenager’s experience
Source: BBC By Anisa Kadri; BBC Asian Network It is coming to the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between dawn and sunset for a month. The 18-hour spiritual fasts are […]
Breaking: Iran, major powers reach historic nuclear deal in Vienna, diplomats confirm
Dawn: VIENNA: Iran and six major powers have reached a historic nuclear deal, which will grant Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat […]
Iran nuclear agreement ‘reached’ – diplomats in Vienna
Source: BBC A deal on limiting Iran’s nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say. Under the agreement, access for […]
TIME Admits ISIS Bringing Arms, Fighters in From NATO Territory
Journal-Neo.org: Late last year, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) investigated what turned out to be hundreds of trucks a day carrying billions of dollars in supplies, flowing across the Turkish border into […]
Catholics Giving Up Sacraments: Becoming More Like Muslims?
Catholic Families Are Strong On Prayer But Weak On Sacraments, According To Study For Religion News Service (RNS) By Cathy Lynn Grossman Posted: 07/11/2015 (RNS) Most of today’s American Catholic parents […]
Book Review: Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating is the Only Way to Peace
Amazon Book Review: Book by Jonathan Powell (Author) Should governments talk to terrorists? Do they have any choice? Without doing so, argues author Jonathan Powell in Terrorists at the Table, […]
Is God to Blame for Our Food Crisis?
Source: The Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist A one-liner by Indian actor Kamal Haasan caught my eye on social media recently. It read, “I […]
Breaking News: Greek MPs back bailout reform plan
Source: BBC Greece’s parliament has backed a government package of economic reforms aimed at ending the country’s debt crisis and securing a new bailout. In a late-night debate, Prime Minister […]
Waiting for Pope Francis’ Apology for Inquisitions and Crusades, as He Apologizes in South America
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times July 9, 2015 Pope Apologizes For Catholic Church’s ‘Offenses’ Against Indigenous Peoples By Nicole Winfield, Jacobo Garcia […]
Scapegoating minorities may reap a bitter harvest
smh.com.au: Earlier this week we attended a federal government “consultation” over planned legislative changes that would remove Australian citizenship for dual citizens found guilty of terrorist activities. We attended despite our “engagement fatigue” since many local Muslims are urging no further engagement with the Abbott government on the issue of national […]
Iceland’s Pirate Party gets law passed abolishing ‘blasphemy’
Source: RT.com The Pirate Party, which has just three MPs in the Icelandic parliament but is leading in opinion polls, has had its first bill signed into law, decriminalizing “blasphemy.” […]
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
7 July London bombings: Flowers laid in memory of victims
Source: BBC Flowers have been laid in memory of the 52 people killed in the 7 July bombings – 10 years to the hour since suicide bombers began the attacks. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among those who laid wreaths in Hyde Park. A service […]
UK Muslims decry move to host Prophet Muhammad exhibit
Muslim organisations in the UK have condemned a move by an anti-Sharia campaign group to host an exhibition featuring cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in London in September. Azad Ali, chair of the Muslim Safety Forum based in London, told Al Jazeera on Friday the proposed “Muhammad Cartoon Exhibit” by UK-based Sharia […]
Prime Minister David Cameron: British Schools Must Root Out Muslim Extremists
Religion News Service | By Trevor Grundy Posted: 06/30/2015 1:54 pm EDT CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Headmasters and teachers at Britain’s privately owned and state-run schools have been ordered to be […]
Nominating Robert Fisk for Nobel Peace Prize for 2015
Epigraphs: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Why The Greek Orthodox Church Is Weighing In On The Referendum
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush The sermon at the Church St. Paul Thessaloniki ended abruptly one day recently when one of Greece’s most important religious leaders informed the congregation that he was going to vote “yes” on an economic bailout referendum taking place on Sunday. The Metropolitan Anthimos told […]
Tabligh Enthusiasm a century ago- A letter from British Library Collections
Excerpt from letter from Abdul Rahim to Fatah Muhammad Syal – This is an excerpt from a letter written by an Indian Post Office clerk, Abdul Rahim, to Fatah Muhammad […]
HIV, hepatitis risk for many Sydney dental patients
Source: BBC Thousands of Sydney dental patients may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis, according to health authorities. A New South Wales (NSW) Health spokesman said at least 11,000 patients of two dental operators were at “low risk” because of poor cleaning and sterilisation practices. Patients who had invasive […]