TEDGlobal: Africa needs more engineers and makers
Source : BBC News By Jane Wakefield Africa needs more engineers and makers, the head of Gearbox – Nairobi’s leading maker-space – has told the TEDGlobal conference in Tanzania. Kamau […]
Chemistry: The Search for the Philosopher’s Stone
Source: Aljazeera The chemical industry has reshaped the modern world – giving us new fuels, drugs and materials. But the methodology and principles of chemistry go back over a thousand […]
US approves first cancer drug to use patient’s own cells – with $475,000 price tag
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Glenza in New York US regulators have approved the first cancer drug that uses a patient’s own cells to fight cancer. But the drug is priced […]
Why Houston Will Never Be Able to Stop Flooding for Good
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Aug 31, 2017 The scale of Hurricane Harvey is unprecedented in U.S. history: more than 50 inches of rain falling in less than a week inundating a […]
U.S. Shuts Down Russia’s Consulate in San Francisco
Source: Time BY Josh Lederman / AP Updated: Aug 31, 2017 2:57 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — In an escalating tit-for-tat, the United States forced Russia on Thursday to shutter its […]
Here’s How Low President Trump’s Approval Rating Could Drop
Source: Time BY Chris Wilson President Trump loves breaking records, even when the evidence is dubious, but here’s one he probably doesn’t want to shatter: It is conceivable that he could become the […]
As Artificial Intelligence Advances, What Are its Religious Implications?
Source: Religion and Politics By Ellen Duffer The concept of artificial intelligence has been fuel for science fiction since at least 1920, when the Czech writer Karel Čapek published R.U.R., his play […]
Here’s why people hate Joel Osteen
Source: The Washington Post By Kate Bowler August 29 Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch transforms into shelter Lakewood Church, a 606,000-square-foot megachurch in Houston where Joel Osteen preaches, is being used as a […]
Where are the condemnations of Harvey as God’s punishment?
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) When Superstorm Sandy hit the New York metropolitan area in 2012, the floodwaters in Lower Manhattan were still rising when some pastors pointed […]
A journey through Hajj, Islam’s special pilgrimage
Source: CNN By Tamara Qiblawi and Kara Fox, CNN Graphics by Henrik Petterson, CNN (CNN)For the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, the Hajj is a spiritual pinnacle. Each year, […]
More than 1.7 million Muslims gather for start of hajj
Source: Associated Press By OMAR AKOUR and AHMED HATEM MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In Saudi Arabia, more than 1.7 million pilgrims are marking the start of the hajj pilgrimage […]
PM Theresa May: I send my warmest wishes to Muslims around the world
PM: “I send my warmest wishes to Muslims around the world, and here in the UK, who are celebrating Eid al-Adha this week.” #EidalAdha pic.twitter.com/5s9ATF1j5f — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) […]
CNN Video: 66-million-year-old dinosaur skull uncovered
Construction crews in Colorado uncovered a fossil. Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Joe Sertich says it’s a triceratops skeleton and skull that is at least 66 million years old. […]
Eid Mubarak to All our Muslim Readers and What is the Muslim Times doing for You
Eid Mubarak to all our readers from our Editorial team. The Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year, Eid-ul-Fitr and the other, which comes about 10 weeks later, is called Eid-ul-Adha. […]
Head of Indian Medical College and His Wife Charged in Oxygen Shortage
By HARI KUMAR and JEFFREY GETTLEMANAUG. 30, 2017 NYTimes.com NEW DELHI — The chief of the Indian medical college where dozens of sick children died this month after the oxygen supply ran out has been arrested on charges of culpable homicide, the Indian authorities have said. Dr. Rajiv Mishra, who had been chief of Baba […]
Amazon study discovers 381 new species in two-year period
Source: BBC Researchers have discovered 381 new species during a two-year study in the Amazon region. The report by the WWF conservation body and Brazil’s Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development said that […]
PM Justin Trudeau: Eid Mubarak! Sending my best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha
Eid Mubarak! Sending my best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha & the end of the Hajj today. https://t.co/UjUx5gg0dE pic.twitter.com/4gsVb3gA0a — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 31, 2017 Suggested reading and […]
Hajj 2017: When is the Eid al-Adha Holiday?
Source: Newsweek One of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar is Eid al-Adha (‘Festival of Sacrifice.’) Also known as the Greater Eid, the day comes at the end […]
Ghamdi A Good Teacher, But Only in Moderation
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This video is in Urdu, so this post will make sense to only those who know both Urdu […]
U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam
Source: Pew Research Center For American Muslims, being highly religious does not necessarily translate into acceptance of traditional notions of Islam. While many U.S. Muslims say they attend mosque and […]