Saudi Arabia to invest $64bn in entertainment
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia says it will invest $64bn (£46bn) in developing its entertainment industry over the next decade. The head of the General Entertainment Authority said 5,000 events […]
Justin Trudeau rescinds India dinner invite to Sikh separatist
Source: BBC News Canada has withdrawn an invitation to an alleged Sikh extremist to attend an official dinner with its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while he is in Delhi. Mr […]
A Former Russian Troll Explains How to Spread Fake News
Source: Time By SIMON SHUSTER and SANDRA IFRAIMOVA February 21, 2018 In the fall of 2015, soon after he moved to St. Petersburg from his hometown in Siberia, Vitaly Bespalov, an aspiring journalist, […]
Analysis: Divorce, drugs, drinking: Billy Graham’s children and their absent father
Source: The Washington Post BY William Martin Billy Graham and Ruth Bell met at Wheaton College in the fall of 1940. A vivacious and feisty beauty who had grown up […]
Anti-depressants: Major study finds they work
Source: BBC News By Alex Therrien Health reporter, BBC News Scientists say they have settled one of medicine’s biggest debates after a huge study found that anti-depressants work. The study, […]
Your Words Become Your Reality – Joel Osteen
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Huddersfield South holds Mosque Open Day at Bait-us-Samad Mosque
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Huddersfield South held its Mosque Open Day on Sunday 18th February at Baitus Samad Mosque. By the grace of Allah over 25 guests attended the open day. Some of the Key members were Chief Superintendent of West Yorkshire Police, Steve Cotter, representation of the fire service as […]
Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the theme of utilitarian value of Islamic teachings Joel Osteen Very Articulate about Avoiding Pork https://t.co/ErsLkud5eh via @wordpressdotcom — TheMuslimTimes […]
Let Us Celebrate President George Washington’s Birthday Today: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December […]
South Korea’s efforts to build mobile prayer rooms for Olympics tourists thwarted by anti-Muslim group
Source: The Washington Post By Dara Elasfar February 16 The Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea were supposed to include two mobile prayer rooms, but threats of protests scuttled those plans. (Jean […]
In long-secular Turkey, sharia is gradually taking over
Source: The Washington Post By Soner Cagaptay February 16 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey speaks with supporters in Ankara on Feb. 2. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/AP) Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute […]
Polish Jews stunned, scared by eruption of anti-Semitism
Source: Associated Press By VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Matylda Jonas-Kowalik has spent most of her 22 years secure in the belief that she would never know the discrimination, […]
Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday, after coming under fire for his […]
Macy’s decision to sell hijabs sparks debate among Muslim women
Source: CNN By Katy Scott, CNN Clothes from the Verona Collection which is being stocked at department store Macy’s. (CNN)American department store Macy’s sparked a fierce debate on Thursday, when […]
Texas city council members censure colleague over anti-Islam Facebook post
Source: Religion News Service By Bobby Ross Jr. | February 18, 2018 Demonstrators in Plano, Texas, on Feb. 18, 2018, outside a city council meeting called to address council member Tom Harrison’s anti-Islam […]
The Peculiar Position of India’s Third Gender
Source: The New York Times Hijras occupy a special place in Hinduism. But their relationship to modern Mumbai, where transgender people are legally recognized, remains fraught. Photographs by Sara Hylton Text […]
‘Manuscripts’ Encourages Readers To Approach The Bible Like A Novel
Source: NPR BY JUAN VIDAL The first Bible I ever purchased was a New International Version Student Life Bible; it was black with neon pink and green lettering. I picked it […]
The importance of rethinking religious education
Source: The Economist NOT enough people want to teach the subject, and there are plenty of pupils, tax-payers and even head teachers who are highly sceptical about its benefits. And […]
Billy Graham, preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99
Source: MSN (Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 […]