Joel Osteen’s Video: Beating Bitterness
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. […]
Turkish police launch raids to detain Islamic figure, followers – media
Reuters International This content was published on July 11, 2018 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police launched an operation on Wednesday to detain 235 people associated with a Muslim author and […]
Son of slain anti-Taliban politician among 20 dead in Pakistan blast
Reuters International This content was published on July 11, 2018 Men and relatives carry a coffin of a victim, who was killed with others in Tuesday’s suicide attack during an […]
The ‘Muslim Exclusion Act’ and America’s rising xenophobia
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian People protest the then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to register Muslims in the country, in front of his hotel in Washington D.C. By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban affecting […]
ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign
Source: Wall Street Journal ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign The group decentralized its command structure, set up sleeper cells, and dug tunnels in the desert spanning Syria and […]
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
Source: Associated Press By MARK PRATT BOSTON (AP) — A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as “devils incarnate” during a […]
Leicestershire monks brew Britain’s first Trappist beer
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent For most of the past 183 years, the Trappist monks of the Mount St Bernard monastery in rural Leicestershire were dairy farmers, selling their milk to fund […]
Malaysian man who married 11-year-old Thai girl fined $450 by sharia court
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb A Malaysian man who married an 11-year-old Thai girl has been fined 1,800 Malaysian Ringgit (US$450) after pleading guilty in a sharia court. Che […]
Government allies rough up priests at Nicaragua church siege
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Masked supporters of Nicaragua’s government attacked a group of Roman Catholic priests led by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on Monday as they arrived to […]
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
Source: Religion News Service BY Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Following the recent killings of priests in the Central African Republic, Catholic officials worry that clergy are being targeted by […]
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of ‘entitlement’ in hijab row
Source: The Guardian BY Sally Weale Education correspondent The head of Ofsted has again stepped into the debate over the wearing of the hijab by primary school pupils, accusing minority groups with a “sense […]
RSS – India’s Hindu nationalists spread their wings far and wide
Source: DW The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the ideological mentor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party. It is increasingly playing an influential role both inside and outside government. […]
Trump’s policies are against Christian teaching – and that’s why Quakers across the UK will be protesting his visit
Source: Independent This will likely be the biggest Quaker Meeting outside of the annual gathering and the largest weekday protest in Britain for decades By Tim Gee, @TimCampaigns Christianity has […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Emergency response team “Humanity first” helping flood victims
日本Humanity Firstのボランティアチームが現地入りしました｡今夜は､岡山県倉敷市の福田第二小学校でお炊き出しをします｡ Report by Anees Ahmad Nadeem Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan Western Japan floods update: Reportedly two million people have been told to evacuate their houses because of the recent heavy rain in western Japan. Emergency response team of Humanity first Japan has entered in the affected area and started […]
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
Source: Quartz In this age of globalization few events draw more attention than sport as the World Cup in Russia illustrates with billions of people across the globe glued to their screens. […]
Church of England threatens oil firm crackdown
Source: BBC News The Church of England is to sell its shares in oil and gas firms that fail to do enough to tackle climate change. It will pull its […]
Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said […]
Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Over the years, the Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa that has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have banned music, cinemas, […]
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
Source: CNN By James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Tokyo (CNN)Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been […]