Saudi women in ‘inside-out abaya’ protest
Source: BBC News Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya – a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public – by saying that they […]
Australia, Malaysia trade words over Israel embassy shift
Source: Associated Press By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA SYDNEY (AP) — A top Australian official seized Friday on past comments from Malaysia’s prime minister seen as anti-Semitic, amid a diplomatic war of […]
‘Love will prevail’: Costa Rica’s same-sex couples can marry in 2020
Source: Reuters By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will have the right to get married by mid-2020, the nation’s constitutional court has ruled, a first […]
UN committee criticizes human rights violations in Iran
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. committee on human rights approved a resolution Thursday urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary […]
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide
Source: BBC News For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of […]
Myanmar holds 106 Rohingya aboard boat to Malaysia, official says
Source: Reuters BY Shoon Naing, Simon Lewis KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar immigration authorities detained 106 Rohingya Muslims aboard a boat off Yangon on Friday, officials said, raising fears of a […]
Bangladesh admits no Rohingya willing to take repatriation offer
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Shaikh Azizur Rahmanand Michael Safi Bangladesh has conceded that it will be unable to voluntarily repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar as it had planned because it cannot […]
‘This is not all of us.’ Call to remove Muslim from post divides Tarrant Republicans
Source: Star Telegram BY ANNA M. TINSLEY There’s a clear division in the Tarrant County Republican Party. At a time when many want to focus on the 2020 election, in […]
What you don’t know about America’s Islamic heritage
Source: USA Today BY Kim Hjelmgaard WASHINGTON — One of the greatest stories rarely told about the long history of Muslim immigration to the United States stretching back hundreds of […]
An 11-year-old girl had her hijab pulled off at school. This Utah group is now asking districts to update their bullying policies.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner Maram Al-Shammari was playing outside during recess when she felt a tug on the back of her head. She turned around […]
‘I Don’t Want to Go Anywhere Else but Home.’ How Residents Will Rebuild a Paradise Destroyed by Wildfire
Source: Time By TARA LAW November 15, 2018 Brenda Howell is glad her father isn’t alive to see Paradise, Calf., today. He was the longtime fire chief of the mountain town […]
An Islamic History of Europe, TV documentary for BBC Four
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page An Islamic History of Europe,[14] TV documentary for BBC Four : August 2005 Rageh Omaar (/ˈræɡi ˈoʊmɑːr/; Somali: Raage Oomaar; Arabic: راجح عمر; born […]
Press release; Fighting the stigma of sexual violence: Lord Ahmad launches film festival
‘Fighting Stigma through Film’ will take place 23-24 November 2018 at the British Film Institute in London with PSVI co-founder Angelina Jolie. Published 16 November 2018 From: Foreign & […]
California wildfires: Number of missing leaps to 631
Source: BBC News The number of people missing in northern California’s devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. […]
World Bank pulls $300m Tanzania loan over pregnant schoolgirl ban
Source: The Guardian By Karen McVeigh The World Bank has withdrawn a $300m (£232m) loan to Tanzania amid concerns about the nation’s policy of expelling pregnant girls from school. The money, a […]
Denmark withholds aid to Tanzania after anti-gay comments
Source: BBC News Denmark is withholding 65m krone (£7.5m; $9.8m) in aid to Tanzania after “unacceptable homophobic comments” from a senior politician, a minister says. Development Minister Ulla Tornaes did […]
Attackers target church in Ukraine amid religious split
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian Orthodox Church says unknown attackers hurled Molotov cocktails at the landmark St. Andrew’s Church in the capital Kiev and assaulted a priest. […]
Italian priest who doubted Francis excommunicated for heresy
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian Catholic priest who considers Pope Francis an antipope and claims to have supernatural communications with angels, saints and the Madonna has been […]
As India eases citizenship path for Hindus, Rohingya Muslims fear expulsion
Source: Reuters By Zeba Siddiqui JODHPUR/JAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Nar Singh can vividly recall the day in 2014 when Narendra Modi promised to provide refuge to Hindus suffering around the […]
First Rohingya Are to Be Returned to Myanmar Killing Grounds
Source: The New York Times By Hannah Beech BANGKOK — The United Nations doesn’t want it to happen. Dozens of rights groups say they are shocked. Even the people who […]