‘The Muslim prayer that might save your life’
Afsun Qureshi, National Post | London, England — As a young girl in a downtown Toronto hospital, I stood on my tiptoes, peering at my cancer-ridden uncle lying mutely on […]
Praying for Peace
Huff Post: by Fr. Peter-Michael Preble — I try not to choose sides especially in events that do not directly involve me or events that are so complex I do not understand them. Sometimes, however, we are forced to take sides but if we do I hope we have all […]
Interfaith Leaders Launch Daylong Fast For Peace In The Middle East
Huff Post: by Dale Hansom Bourke — (RNS) While the violence escalates in Israel and Gaza, a movement is taking hold that unites Jews, Muslims and others in a campaign for peace. On Tuesday (July 15), a daylong fast is planned as part of a public effort to show unity […]
Some atheists find solace in prayer
The Washington Post: By Michelle Boorstein, Each morning and night, Sigfried Gold drops to his knees on the beige carpeting of his bedroom, lowers his forehead to the floor and […]
Doctor’s Orders: 20 Minutes Of Meditation Twice a Day – How about 10 minutes 5 Times a day?
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times has added to the original title. Doctor’s Orders: 20 Minutes Of Meditation Twice a Day Source: WSJ Written by Sumathi Reddy: sumathi.reddy@wsj.com At Beth Israel […]
Thais open hearts to Rohingya, bringing supplies and sympathy
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
Who Will Retell? An Interfaith Miracle
By: Rabbi Rachel Gartner Source: The Huffington Post The Talmud teaches that Hanukkah menorahs should be placed in the window to fulfill the commandment of pirsumei hanes, publicizing the miracle. The Hanukkah miracles of resilience and faith are meant to be shared. Because the miracles we choose retell are the ones […]
UN General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar’s Muslims
Source: DNA The U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern on Monday over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and called upon its government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities. The 193-nation General Assembly approved by consensus a non-binding resolution, which Myanmar said last month […]
Trapped by Traffickers: Fleeing Rohingya Held Captive on the Thai Border
Source: Phuket Wan PHUKET: Rohingya fleeing ethnic cleansing and starvation in Burma are driving a surge in business for people traffickers on the Thai border with Malaysia. The would-be refugees, who arrive by boat, are imprisoned in primitive conditions until someone pays for their passage across the border into Malaysia. […]
Suu Kyi’s comment on Rohingyas surprising
Source: The Daily Star We have learnt from newspaper reports that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on November 13 described the violence in west Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims as a “huge international tragedy” and said illegal immigration from Bangladesh had to be stopped. Dhaka has expressed surprise at […]
62% – Most Muslim Americans Say Israel, Palestinian Rights Can Coexist
Source: Pew Research Center The deadly violence between Israel and Hamas escalated this week, with Israel launching strikes on Hamas leaders in Gaza in response to rocket attacks into Israel. Though there is a long history of violence in the region, most Muslim Americans do not view Israel’s existence as […]
Obama to raise Rohingya issue
Source: Hindustan Times President Barack Obama will press Myanmar leaders during an upcoming trip to restore calm to the western part of their country and bring instigators of ethnic violence there to justice, White House officials said on Thursday. Obama leaves on Saturday for a trip to Asia that will […]
Obama urged to press Myanmar on Rohingya citizenship
Source: Alertnet // Emma Batha A girl joins others collecting pieces of metal from the rubble of a neighbourhood in Pauktaw township, in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, that was burned in recent violence October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun By Emma Batha LONDON (AlertNet) – U.S. President Barack Obama must press […]
Nearly 100 Missing As Rohingya Refugee Boat Sinks
Source: RTT News Nearly 100 people reported missing after a rickety boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar to Malaysia sank off the Bangladesh coast early on Wednesday morning, reports quoting officials said. A top official of the Bangladesh Border Guard said the vessel was carrying around 110 passengers when […]
Burma considers citizenship for Rohingya Muslims
Source: The Telegraph Burma has acknowledged the persecution of its stateless Rohingya Muslim minority and is considering giving citizenship to thousands of members of the group as a first step to finding a solution to the conflict with local Rakhine Buddhists. The government’s search for a ‘win-win’ solution to the […]
Myanmar orders surrender of weapons to stem ethnic violence in western state
Source: Washingtonpost YANGON, Myanmar — The authorities have ordered people in strife-torn western Myanmar to surrender guns, swords and other weapons to the police within three days or face legal action. The announcement in the state-run Myanma Ahlin daily on Thursday said that some groups of people in the state […]
The world must act to protect Burma’s Rohingya from starvation and slaughter
Source: The Independependent Revelations of widespread violence against ethnic minorities in Burma’s north-western Rakhine state fleetingly drew the eye of the world’s media last week. Headlines and op-eds reflected the shock felt by the international community at the slaughter of the local Rohingya population and other predominantly Muslim groups, such […]
Myanmar unrest could destabilise wider region: ASEAN
Source: The Hindu Jakarta, Oct 30: ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has warned that sectarian bloodshed in Myanmar could radicalise minority Rohingya Muslims there and destabilise the whole of Southeast Asia. Surin called on the international community to help after clashes in the western state of Rakhine between Muslims and […]
3,000 Muslims stranded as Bangladesh turns away refugees fleeing Burma unrest
Source: Telegraph As many as 3,000 Rohingya Muslims were reported to be waiting off the coast of Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh in around 50 boats after fleeing attacks by Buddhists in Burma’s Rakhine state. According to official reports, 84 people have been killed and more than 28,000 displaced in a […]
Burma’s leader admits deadly attacks on Muslims
Source: The Guardian A satellite image of Kyaukpyu on 9 March. Click to see image showing scale of destruction. Photograph: Human Rights Watch Burma‘s president has admitted an unprecedented wave of ethnic violence has targeted his country’s Rohingya Muslim population, destroying whole villages and large parts of towns. Thein Sein’s […]