Pakistan: Laws that set us back
OP-ED Laws that set us back Manahil Shahnawaz FEBRUARY 24, 2019 A nation doesn’t just become crazy and non-nonsensical overnight. Our laws, formulated under the guise of religion have […]
Understanding Satan in the Quran Provides for Progressive Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Satan or Iblis is mentioned no less than 60 times in the holy Quran. Is Satan a real […]
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN • Updated 21st February 2019 CNN — A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on […]
RUSSIA: 100+ Jehovah’s Witness criminal cases
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
Sajid Javid’s selfish ambition eclipsed his judgement – and now Shamima Begum has the moral high ground
He wants to defend national security and impress a public understandably appalled by Begum. Yet she may be a larger threat to western security as a stateless figure at large […]
Billionaire New England Patriots’ Owner Robert Kraft Falls To Show Us Need of Religion
Epigraph: And he who turns away from the remembrance of the Gracious God, We appoint for him a satan, who becomes his companion. (Al Quran 43:36/37) New England Patriots Owner […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
Russia and China Are Driving a Wedge Between Estranged U.S. and Europe
Source: Time By SIMON SHUSTER / MUNICH February 18, 2019 During his speech to the Munich Security Conference in 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a prediction that many in the West […]
A global look at the Catholic Church’s sex abuse problem
By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response. His decision was sparked by the realization that in many parts of the world, bishops and religious superiors continue […]
War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court
BLADENSBURG, Md. (Reuters) – When Fred Edwords first drove by the 40-foot-tall (12 meters) concrete cross that has stood for nearly a century on a busy intersection in suburban Maryland […]
Third Council of Constantinople (680-681): Does Jesus has one nature / operation or two?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The best way to demystify Trinity and other dogma of Christianity, where they differ from Judaism […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – “Becoming Kareem” On and Off the Court | The Daily Show
We have saved the above video in the Muslim Times as well to ensure it for the posterity: Suggested reading and viewing Remembering Malcolm X Can Help Overcome Racism and Sectarianism […]
Pakistan may turn to Islamic banks for second $1.4 billion loan: Official
Pakistan, which has had 12 bailouts since late 1980s, is trying to avert a balance of payment crisis amid dwindling foreign currency reserves and a yawning current account deficit. Reuters@moneycontrolcom […]
Remembering Malcolm X Can Help Overcome Racism and Sectarianism
Remembering Malcolm X Source: AMUST By Bilal Cleland is a keen reader, a prolific writer and a regular columnist of AMUST based in Melbourne. This is a time when many […]
In Detroit, one organization is schooling Muslims on racial justice
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) — It began, as so many social justice movements these days do, on Twitter. Namira Islam, a Bangladeshi-American lawyer living in Detroit, […]
The Spaniards rediscovering their nation’s long-lost Islamic heritage
Source: CNN As he meanders through the spectacular Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, tour guide Yasin Maymir hones in on a section of ornate patterning on the interior walls. “Arabic […]
A US Domestic Terrorist, Who Worked for Coast Guard — Terrorism Called by Any Other Name Smells Just As Terrible
Coast Guard officer allegedly wanted to conduct a mass killing, had political and media hit list https://t.co/3GWioDEPnU pic.twitter.com/Wm4Ttur9WQ — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 20, 2019 Suggested reading: The Root Cause […]
“Two is enough,” Egypt tells poor families as population booms
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019 An Egyptian family prepares a cabbage meal for lunch in the province of Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, Egypt February 19, 2019. […]
Letters: As a 15-year-old British Muslim girl, I know how easily Shamima Begum would’ve been misled
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk I am a 15-year-old British Muslim girl around the same age of Shamima Begum when she joined Isis. Whilst I could never contemplate doing […]
BBC ‘Year of Beliefs’ to shine light on faith and values in modern UK
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Series of programmes to tackle topics such as science, religion, LGBT+ and medical ethics The BBC is launching a year-long series of programmes examining faith, […]