Australian foreign minister in Thailand as Saudi teen seeks asylum
Jan 10, 2019 By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne was in Bangkok on Thursday after Canberra said it would consider giving asylum to […]
China’s brutal crackdown on Uighurs shows no sign of slowing down – so why aren’t Muslim leaders stepping in?
The shameful silence of Muslim politicians over the treatment of this community is more than a story of betrayal. It’s a tragic tale of how globalisation has exalted wealth over […]
Video: What are cryptic pregnancies and why do they matter in Islam?
In this episode, we explain why women in Islam must wait before starting a new relationship after ending an old one. We also discuss the specific waiting times prescribed for […]
A Quiet Revolution: More Women Seek Divorces in Conservative West Africa
Source: The New York Times By Dionne Searcey MARADI, Niger — He didn’t hit her. He didn’t yell. He didn’t cheat, as far as she knows. It was just that, […]
France Debates Where to Teach Arabic: Public School or Local Mosque?
Source: The New York Times By Emma Bubola ROMAINVILLE, France — Early on Sunday mornings, Habiba Hatem, 9, prepares her own breakfast, grabs her flashy pink school bag and jumps into […]
India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research
Source: The Guardian The organisers of a major Indian science conference said they were concerned by speakers citing religious texts and ideas at the event Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) […]
India transgender gurus in landmark Hindu procession
Source: BBC News The northern Indian city of Allahabad witnessed a historic procession on Sunday led by a Hindu congregation of transgender people. Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas reports. Thousands thronged the […]
Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics
Source: Associated Press By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure […]
Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many […]
Advocate of China-Vatican dialogue named Hong Kong bishop
Source: Associated Press BY Viloet Law HONG KONG (AP) — In a move widely seen as kowtowing to Beijing, the Vatican appointed a retired China-friendly cardinal to head the Catholic […]
China passes law to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’
Source: Aljazeera China has passed a new law that seeks to “Sinicize” Islam within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to rewrite how the religion is practised. China’s […]
Ecumenical Patriarch hands over decree, sealing Ukraine church independence
Source: Reuters By Daren Butler, Natalia Zinets ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide on Sunday presented the head of the Ukrainian church with a decree granting it […]
Who is Fethullah Gulen? And why is the US talking about extraditing him to Turkey?
Source: Religion News Service By Claire Sadar (RNS) — For the past 2½ years, the United States and its NATO ally, Turkey, have been at odds over the fate of […]
American Jews and Israeli Jews Are Headed for a Messy Breakup
Source: Religion News Service By Jonathan Weisman The events of the past year brought American and Israeli Jews ever closer to a breaking point. President Trump, beloved in Israel and decidedly unloved […]
Young Muslim men organize to clean up national parks as shutdown enters third week
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Chason A group of young Muslim men fanned out across the Mall shortly after sunrise Sunday to pick up litter and empty trash cans. Following […]
India scientists dismiss Einstein theories
Source: BBC News Scientists in India have hit out at speakers at a major conference for making irrational claims, including that ancient Hindus invented stem cell research. Some academics at […]
I Spent My Fertile Years Training to Be a Surgeon. Now, It Might Be Too Late for Me to Have a Baby
Source: Time By ARGHAVAN SALLES January 3, 2019 “How do you envision your family looking?” My face crumpled and tears fell from my eyes as soon as the young doctor asked […]
Racism, Slavery, History, and Islam
By T.O. Shanavas; Author of book: The Islamic Theory of Evolution: The Missing Link between Darwin and the Origin of Species. In our Trump world of alternate right and other white […]
India’s top court to name panel to weigh demand for temple on disputed site
This content was published on January 4, 2019 By Suchitra Mohanty and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court will name a panel on Thursday to hear arguments […]
Joel Osteen’s Audio: Focusing on God’s approval, rather than people’s approval for our destiny
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times You can’t stop life from happening to you, but you can choose how you respond. At the […]