Tackling the Ever Present Question of Suffering from Agnostics’ and Atheists’ Works
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I recently had dinner with a friend of mine, who is an agnostic and is a professor of […]
5 Common Stereotypes About Muslims, Debunked
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: The Huffington Post By Kareeda Kabir Student, Human, Writer Yet another tragedy has fallen upon […]
Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert’s Late Show Desk to Tackle Republican Convention
Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are too big for one late night host to tackle alone.
Discrimination against Muslims an affront of American values: Obama
Source: Reuters President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands […]
Kelvin MacKenzie, we’re sick of your toxic propaganda. Fatima Manji is admirable
theguardian: by Ramona Aly — Complaints are pouring in after the Sun’s columnist criticised the headscarf-wearing newsreader. He’s manipulating an already volatile anti-Muslim climate ‘As a British, Asian, Muslim woman who wears a headscarf, it makes me utterly proud to see Manji breaking through stereotypes and glass ceilings to front […]
Another horrible example of herd mentality: The man hired to have sex with children
Source: BBC In some remote southern regions of Malawi, it’s traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a paid sex worker known as a “hyena” once they […]
Mumbai: Zakir Naik aid arrested
Mumbai, July 22: The arrest of Arshi Qureshi in Navi Mumbai is expected to provide more leads into the functioning of the Islamic Research Foundation founded by the controversial Islamic preacher, Dr Zakir Naik. In a joint operation the Kerala and Mumbai Police arrested Qureshi from his residence in Navi […]
BBC: Organisms May be Quantum Machines
Source: BBC By Martha Henriques Few of us really understand the weird world of quantum physics – but our bodies might take advantage of quantum properties If there’s any subject […]
Video: Could Donald Trump Pass a Sanity Test?
Keith Olbermann provides his decidedly amateur analysis. Source: Vanity Fair Short answer: probably not. First, several important caveats. There is little worse and nothing cheesier than questioning the psychological stability […]
Africa: Ahmadiyyat Muslim Jama’at Nigeria to establish University in Osun
Source: championnews.com.ng Ahmadiyya to establish University in Osun BISIRIYU OLAOYE Ahmadiyyat Muslim Jama’at Nigeria will soon join league of religious organizations in Nigeria that own universities as it has proposed to establish a university in Osun State. Already, 250 hectares of land have been acquired for the establishment of the tertiary […]
Ireland: Christians, Muslims & atheists call for end to compulsory religious education
Schools in Ireland are forcing children of atheist, secular and minority faith families, into religious instruction and Catholic faith formation. Source: irishnews.com The Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) has joined Atheist Ireland and Irish Ahmadiyya Muslims in calling for reform to religious education (RE) to allow pupils to choose another subject […]
Indian Muslim women defy tradition — and men — to be judges
Source: Religion News Service MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) An Indian Muslim women’s rights organization is training women to be qazis, or judges, a role traditionally reserved for men, amid growing […]
US cardinal says ‘Christian nations’ in West must counter Islamic influx
Source: Religion News Service By David Gibson (RNS) Amid heightened tensions over ISIS-fueled terror attacks and anti-Muslim rhetoric, a prominent U.S. cardinal says Islam “wants to govern the world” and […]
The pilots who make it rain
Source: BBC By Tao Tao Holmes When a cloud-seeding pilot flies inside a storm, it is not a matter of flying from point A to point B: you are trying […]
The greatest traveller in the world
Source: BBC By Ella Davies We all know that getting from A to B can be a slog, but spare a thought for the animals that cover thousands of miles […]
Black Lives Matter Is Not a Hate Group
Source: Time By J. Richard Cohen @splcenter J. Richard Cohen is president of the Southern Poverty Law Center Barbara Davidson—LA Times via Getty ImagesAll Lives Matter protesters come together for a […]
The Rise of Muslim-Friendly Workplaces in Corporate America
Source: Bloomberg More U.S. employers are taking steps to make Muslims feel accepted and safe at work, as their faith comes under scrutiny with the rise in terror attacks and […]
What Is The State Of Political Islam Today?
Source: Huffington Post By Nick Robins-Early; Associate World Editor, The Huffington Post Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. […]
Toronto: Muslim mother cites racism after she and daughter forced to leave pool.
Thestar.com https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/20/muslim-mother-cites-racism-after-she-and-daughter-forced-to-leave-pool.html A Mississauga woman who was told she and her daughter had to leave a public swimming pool says city staff discriminated against them for being Muslim. Shazia Dawood took her 11-year-old daughter Birra Alyas to the Applewood Heights outdoor pool in Mississauga on Friday. Dawood said while watching […]
Earth Just Experienced The Hottest June Ever Recorded
Source: Huffington Post Dominique Mosbergen Reporter, The Huffington Post The heat wave continues. Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, according to both NASA and the National Oceanic and […]