U.S. envoys on hand as Israel digs down in east Jerusalem
This content was published on June 30, 2019 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. envoys attended the inauguration of a Jewish heritage site in East Jerusalem on Sunday, signalling support for […]
Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949[1]) is a leading American Christian apologist[2] and analytic philosopher.[3] He works in the philosophy of religion, philosophy of […]
اکرمو اولادکم و احسنو آدابهم Respect your Children and Cultivate in them the best of Manners
‘Respect your children and cultivate in them the best of manners’ is a saying of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Hazrat Ans bin Malik […]
Thousands of Muslims to ‘pray for Canada’ at Brampton’s biggest mosque on Canada Day
Source: Brampton Guardian The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Canada is hosting a large Canada Day event at Brampton’s largest mosque that organizers expect to draw thousands of visitor for a […]
The unsuspected link between monogamy and trust.
New Research: Why Religions Promote Sexual Conservatism Source: Psychology Today Religions provide a common moral compass for their believers. For instance, all faiths promote some version of the Golden Rule as one of their major tenets. Many also enforce dietary restrictions in the form of guidelines about what’s appropriate to […]
Unwinding the biggest enemies of religion: A conversation with Karen Armstrong
Source: CNA International Edition Source: Mubeen Saadat SINGAPORE: Not politics, not secularism and not even extremism. Religion’s biggest enemies in today’s world are unkindness, selfishness and heedlessness, according to reknowned […]
Five truths about the hijab that need to be told
Source: The Conversation By Peter Hopkins; Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also helping to shake […]
Turkish politician faces 17 years over tweets
Source: Dawn ISTANBUL: Hundreds gathered at Istanbul’s main court on Friday to support an opposition politician who faces 17 years in prison for a series of tweets criticising the government. […]
Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?
Source: The New York Times By Olivia Goldhill CONSCIENCE – The Origins of Moral Intuition By Patricia S. Churchland In “Conscience,” Patricia Churchland recounts a conversation with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, in which he laments moral philosophers’ focus on reason. “Surely,” he said, “philosophers must know about biological […]
Unwinding the biggest enemies of religion: A conversation with Karen Armstrong
Source: CNA International Edition Source: Mubeen Saadat SINGAPORE: Not politics, not secularism and not even extremism. Religion’s biggest enemies in today’s world are unkindness, selfishness and heedlessness, according to reknowned […]
Muslims Converting to Christianity and How the Muslim Times can Help
WHY MORE MUSLIMS ARE TURNING TO JESUS | OPINION Source: Newsweek By David Garrison, who is Executive Director of Global Gates and author of A Wind in the House of […]
The Serenity Prayer: One of the Best Prayers
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr[1][2] (1892–1971). The best-known form is: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to […]
Over 20 Muslims recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. (Al Quran 3:110/111) Source: The Muslim […]
How the local strength of faith can impact a company’s ethical behavior
Source: Physics.org by University of Sussex Companies are less likely to engage in unethical accounting practices when their headquarters are in areas of high religious observance, new research by academics […]
Canada by the numbers: Happiness, immigration, life expectancy and more
Source: CBC By Jonathon Gatehouse Monday is Canada Day, and to mark the country’s 152nd birthday, here are some numbers you should know: 37,578,285 — Canada’s population as of 12:15 p.m. ET on Friday. 3,463,000 — the […]
More Canadians report high levels of happiness after age 55: survey
Source: CBC East Coast, Quebec, B.C. report higher levels of happiness, while Ontario comes in last A new national survey suggests Canadians are happier after age 55 and when […]
Fourteen Ahmadiyya Missionaries pass out, told to be an embodiment of Islam
Friday, 28 June 2019 Source: Ghananewsagency.org The new missionaries were drawn from 8 countries Jamia Ahmadiyya International, Ghana, an international Islamic seminary and educational institute of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Palestinians blast ‘amateur’ Kushner at UN Jerusalem meet
By AFP – Jun 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES GENEVA — Palestinian officials on Thursday dismissed the Bahrain conference led by “amateurs” like Jared Kushner, as they opened two days of […]
French Scared of Islam: A city shuts down public pools after two women wear burkinis
French city shuts down public pools after two women wear burkinis Source: The Guardian Despite the unprecedented heatwave sweeping across western Europe, lifeguards in Grenoble have shut down the city’s two municipal […]