What price would you put on a passport?
Source: BBC News By Simon Tulett Business reporter, BBC News, Malta Fiddling distractedly with her headscarf and in words little louder than a whisper, Amar Al-Sadi tells me Malta has […]
Can Trump’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Actually Succeed?
Source: Foreign Policy BY JUDD BIRDSALL If confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will face a daunting trifecta […]
Pope Francis is becoming the voice of compassion for the world’s refugees
Source: Vox Pope Francis leveraged his position to bring awareness to environmental issues. Now he’s doing the same for the migrant crisis. Updated by Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Aug 22, 2017, 4:50pm EDT […]
God or the divine is referenced in every state constitution
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM20 COMMENT The U.S. Constitution never explicitly mentions God or the divine, but the same cannot be said of the nation’s state constitutions. In fact, […]
India’s Supreme court’s wrecking ball wrecks Triple Talaq in one instance
Source: Huffington Post By Mike Ghouse, who is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. India’s Supreme court’s wrecking ball does it. India’s […]
Psalm 23 – A psalm of David: A Message of Hope
A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,a]”>[a] I will fear no evil, […]
Abbott insists marriage equality a threat to religious freedom after Brandis calls it a ‘trick’
Source: The Guardian BY Paul Karp Former PM rejects attorney general’s view and says Australians should vote no in postal survey if they’re ‘concerned about where our country is going’ Tony […]
The U.S. Imposes Secondary Sanctions on Chinese and Russian Firms Over North Korea
Source: Time BY Charlie Campbell / Beijingg 12:53 AM ET The U.S. has announced new sanctions on ten Russian and Chinese firms as well as six individuals that it accuses of aiding […]
New Afghanistan Deployments Could Happen Within Days
Source: Time BY Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington / AP Updated: 9:28 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising […]
Triple talaq: How Indian Muslim women fought, and won, the divorce battle
Source: BBC News The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam is unconstitutional. It is being hailed as a huge victory by rights […]
Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case
Source: BBC News Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (£323.4m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. The […]
How a corporate mission can drive young workers away
Source: BBC News By Sydney Finkelstein A former student of mine called the other day. She’d worked at a major global company in the food industry, with primary responsibility for […]
How your digital self could ‘live’ on after you die
Source: BBC News By Suzanne Bearne Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionWhat if you could “talk” digitally to your descendants, not just appear in photo albums? The death […]
Walmart and Google to offer voice-enabled shopping
Source: BBC News Corporate giants Walmart and Google are teaming up to enter the voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon. From next month, US consumers will be able to buy […]
Trump says he is willing to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Source: BBC News Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The president told supporters at a “Make […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened in Giessen, Germany by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 21 August 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Eight
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (Cultural shock: From Expatriate Life in Bangkok to Humanitarian Relief in Kosovo). Well, […]
‘Don’t take the Bible literally’ says scholar who brought to light earliest Latin analysis of the Gospels
Telegraph: The earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels has been brought to light by a British academic – and it suggests that readers should not take the Bible literally. Lost for 1,500 years, the fourth-century commentary by African-born Italian bishop Fortunatianus of Aquileia interprets the Gospels as a series of […]
Can Faith Leaders Help America Heal After Charlottesville?
Source: American University Radio GUEST HOST: STEPHEN HENDERSON Presidents are expected to serve as moral leaders. But after the shows of hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, many Americans are turning to […]
Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2000 plot to kill PM
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A Bangladesh court has sentenced to death 10 leaders and activists from a banned Islamist group for a plot in 2000 to kill […]