Book Review: Jews and the Qur’an
Source: Princeton Press By Meir M. Bar-Asher, who is the Max Schloessinger Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Scripture and Exegesis in Early […]
Zionism has no space for an Arab Jew like me
The State of Israel conditioned us to see the intersection of ‘Jewish’ and ‘Arab’ as impossible — even though my family held that identity for generations. Whenever I find myself […]
Here’s how Yom Kippur is the holiest ‘meeting’ of the year
Yom Kippur this year starts on the evening of September 15 and ends the evening of September 16 By Michael Friedman In 2021, living a Jewish life means more than […]
Are the Taliban descendants of Israel?
Pashtun practices include circumcision on the eighth day and refraining from mixing meat and milk — Is there a connection to ancient Hebrews? By MICHAEL FREUND SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Source: The Jerusalem […]
Islam and Judaism in Morocco
AUG 12, 2021 Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the […]
Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate
By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — Artem Dolgopyat fulfilled a lifelong dream when he won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. But back home in Israel, his hopes […]
World Faiths -The Ideal Society
MAGAZINE: EDITION APRIL 2021World Religions 12th July 2021 Verily, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. […]
Israeli Supreme Court upholds contentious Jewish state law
By Josef Federman JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a controversial law that defines the country as the nation state of the Jewish people — rejecting claims […]
As U.S. Jews switch denominations, Reform Judaism has gained and Conservative Judaism has lost
Source: Pew Research Center The U.S. Jewish population, like other groups, is in constant flux. Some people who were raised as Jews have left the religion, while some who were […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Israelis and Palestinians create new movement for peace
BY RAY HANANIA Source: Arab News Though replacing hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with another hard-liner in Naftali Bennett might not seem like much of a change, it does […]
Israel opposition parties agree to form new unity government
Source: BBC Israeli opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure as prime minister. Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist […]
U.S. Jews have widely differing views on Israel
Source: Pew Research Center Israel, the world’s only Jewish-majority country, is a subject of special concern to many Jews in the United States. Caring about Israel is “essential” to what […]
This 90 Year Old Jew Says Zionism is Genocide
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whoso kills a person, except for killing another or for creating disorder in the land, it shall be as if […]
Letter to President Biden and his cabinet about Israel and Palestine conflict
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whoso kills a person, except for killing another or for creating disorder in the land, it shall be as if […]
I am Israel – by Dr.William Nassar
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page I Am Israel by Dr. William Nassar — This is reproduced from an Arabic website […]
Armed with a Headscarf
Jewish women in the cemetery in Tunis in 1908. Scherl/süddeutsche Zeitung Photo These images were part of an exhibition in 2018/19, titled ‘Veiled, Unveiled!, The Headscarf’. The Weltmuseum Wien presented 17 distinct positions […]
Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem?
Epigraph: Glory be to Him, Who carried His servant (Muhammad) by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque (Prophet Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem), the environment of which We […]
Israel religious festival crush kills 45
Source: CNN A crush during a religious celebration at Israel’s Mount Meron killed 45 worshipers and left at least 6 of the 112 injured in critical condition. An estimated 50,000-100,000 […]
Muhammad Asad: A Great Apologist for Islam From Jewish Descent
Source: Wikipedia Muhammad Asad, (Arabic: محمد أسد [/mʊħʌmmʌd ʌsʌd/], Urdu: محمد أسد, born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900[18] – 20 February 1992[19][20]) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Muslim journalist, traveler, writer, linguist[citation needed], political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar.[6] Asad was one of […]
