The blue whale is not the only animal with a huge apptite
Source: BBC By Ella Davies 11 April 2017 Ravenous, famished, starving. We all have hungry days, but are you ever 4 tonnes of seafood hungry? Let’s be honest, the blue […]
Malala named youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace
(CNN) Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been named the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace, with a special focus on girls’ education. The 19-year-old Pakistani activist became known […]
Russian arrested in Spain ‘over US election hacking’
Source: BBC Spanish police have arrested a Russian programmer for alleged involvement in “hacking” the US election, Spanish press reports have said. Pyotr Levashov, arrested on 7 April in Barcelona, […]
Shooting at California primary school
Source: BBC ‘Multiple’ victims in shooting at primary school in San Bernardino, California, fire service says This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. […]
THE CONTRADICTIONS OF REZA ASLAN’S “BELIEVER”
Source: The New Yorker By Elias Muhanna April 9, 2017 A few years ago, a friend sent me an e-mail with the subject line “Reza Aslan is insulting you!” The […]
Israel shuts Egypt border after terror warning Passover eve
Source: Associated Press By IAN DEITCH JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed its Taba border crossing to the Sinai peninsula on Monday following warnings by its anti-terrorism office of an “imminent” […]
Dalai Lama says Tibetan people should decide on his succession
Source: Reuters By Sunil Kataria | TAWANG, INDIA Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Saturday the Tibetan people should decide if they wanted to continue with his institution, […]
Hindu Group Claims Christians Tried Forced Conversions in India
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and NIDA NAJARAPRIL 8, 2017 Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, during a news conference […]
Berlin to see its first Jewish campus after the Holocaust
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal doesn’t get much sleep these days, but says it’s well worth it. The community rabbi and head of […]
Unfettered online hate speech fuels Islamophobia in China
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH HEFEI, China (AP) — The flood of angry anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media was the first sign of how fiercely the suburban middle-class homeowners […]
Reza Aslan Makes the Best Case Yet for Secularism in Israel
Reza Aslan: Why I worry about Israel’s future Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN) I know better than most how unexpectedly a country can be changed from within. I was […]
Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acting on a tip from explorer of caves four years ago, scientists in South Africa discovered what […]
Iraqis celebrate Palm Sunday near Mosul for the first time in three years
Reuters International APR 9, 2017 – Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook it […]
In the Trump era, one U.S. Muslim investor tries a louder voice
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – Activist investor Bashar Qasem, President and CEO of Azzad Asset Management Inc, speaks to a client during a conference in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. […]
UNICEF official seeks release of detained Rohingya children in Myanmar
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – By Antoni Slodkowski YANGON (Reuters) – A top official from the U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) has sought the release of Rohingya children detained in a Myanmar army crackdown on the Muslim minority, the organisation’s country representative said on Monday. Children as young as 10 […]
Jordan and China — what a difference
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fahed Fanek There is an old but persisting question: Why does the world go forward, while we stay back? This is a basic question that few dare answer. It will remain on the table waiting for those who have the necessary courage to deal with […]
Developments in Western Christianity from Martin Luther to Pope John XXIII
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber Martin Luther’s “opening” of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, to his followers caused Western Christians, initially Protestants and, five centuries later, […]
Trump’s pride has been hurt at home, so he’s looking to bolster it with a win in Syria
There’s nothing like a nice little war to rally a country around you. Just ask George W Bush, who romped to a second term after a couple of big ones James Moore @JimMooreJourno 67 comments Is it just me or is there something faintly ridiculous about Donald Trump taking to […]
Did you know that 20 U.S. veterans commit suicide DAILY? Someone does something about it:
PTSD and the Journey Home For many vets, the first steps home are a mix of emotions that many cannot grasp or understand. The happiness of making it back alive, the […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the […]