Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women on Tuesday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the […]
Houston: Islamic group hosts Sanders and Castro as rightwingers protest
Source: The Guardian In Houston on Saturday, an annual Islamic convention hosting presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Julian Castro braced for an armed far-right protest and a counter-demonstration. The 56th Islamic Society of North […]
Pope calls for global commitment to put out Amazon fires
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
Sikh teacher moves to B.C. over Quebec law banning religious symbols in public-sector jobs
Source: CBC News Amrit Kaur says she was forced to leave Quebec to teach school BY Meera Bains Amrit Kaur, teacher and vice-president of the Quebec chapter of the World […]
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
Source: Associated Press By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and ruled Friday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy of […]
As U.S. Jews Cool To Israel, Evangelicals Flock There As Tourists
Source: NPR By Tom Gjelten President Trump’s evident desire to identify who’s most “loyal” to Israel has a clear winner: U.S. evangelicals. Not only do they outpace U.S. Jews in […]
Cracks are appearing in the Mideast’s most important alliance. That’s bad news for Trump
Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN August 22, 2019 (CNN)The partnership of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is the closest anywhere in the Middle East. It goes back […]
Obama: What Muhammad Ali meant to me
Source: USA Today In 2010, in celebration of Muhammad Ali’s 50 years on the world stage, President Barack Obama penned for USA TODAY Sports the following essay on what Ali […]
Imran Khan in New York Times: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
Source: New York Times By PM Imran Khan If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer […]
President Obama’s Speech about the Muslim Heritage and the Muslim World, in Cairo, in 2009
Text from NY Times The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House. I […]
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Gay Gene,’ a New Study Argues
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
Ibn Sirin: Islamic Dream Interpretation: Seeing ‘river’ in your dream
A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched https://t.co/AHTev2hfQo via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes (@TheMuslimTimes2) July 17, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: […]
Citizenship list in Indian state sparks fears for millions
Arab News Friday . August 30, 2019 AP August 30, 2019 Activists said the list is to protect Assam’s indigenous people regardless of religion The draft version of the list […]
Video: Malcolm X’s Letter from Hajj
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Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men.’ But what does God want?
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’. Source: Religion News Service By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis prayed for the strength […]
Senate Candidate Qasim Rashid versus State Sen. Richard Stuart
GOP state senator attacks his ‘radical’ challenger, a Muslim, over ‘Islamic terrorism’ Source: Richmond Times Dispatch By Patrick Wilson State Sen. Richard Stuart, R-Stafford, launched Facebook ads this week attacking […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed to […]
The Family: ‘Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15’
Source: BBC By Miriam Annenberg For the first 15 years of his life, Ben Shenton lived in a doomsday cult that thought the world would soon end. Instead the police […]