Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions
By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH BAHTIM, Egypt (AP) — Every year during Ramadan, the Light of Muhammad Mosque sets up long tables on the street and dishes up free […]
Bill Gates backing plan to stop climate change by blocking out the sun
Source: MSN It sounds like a wacky idea out of science fiction – but it’s backed in part by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates and top scientists from Harvard. The […]
New trial to test if anti-inflammatory drug colchicine prevents COVID-19 complications
Source: Fox News By Christopher Carbone A new international trial will examine whether a common anti-inflammatory drug known as colchicine could ward off COVID-19 symptoms and potentially prevent the need […]
The Coronavirus Is Empowering Islamophobes — but Exposing the Idiocy of Islamophobia
By Mehdi Hasan If anti-Semitism is the world’s oldest hatred, perhaps Islamophobia is the world’s weirdest. How else to explain the fact that a pandemic of global and historic proportions, […]
‘Guy with 100kg of flour seeking girl with 100 rolls of toilet paper’
Adnan Mahmutovic Alia Amir Ramis Orlu 8 Apr 2020 Humour helps us deal with anxiety and the current pandemic is a testament to that notion. A global pandemic is […]
Yesterday, Jews were demonised for spreading disease. Today, it’s Muslims
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 6 days ago In countries like India and Israel Muslims are being scapegoated for the spread of Covid-19. When the Black Plague ravaged Europe in the middle of the 14th Century, killing roughly 50 percent of those infected and one-third of the continent’s […]
The pandemic deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East
Shahram Akbarzadeh Accusations of biological aggression is distracting the region from working together to defeat Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent regional and international coordination to tackle the spread […]
Baba Guru Nanak: A Saintly Bridge Between Hinduism and Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Guru Nanak ([gʊɾuː naːnəkᵊ], pronunciation, IAST: Gurū Nānak) (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539), also referred to as Baba Nanak[1] (‘father Nanak’), was […]
Israeli professor offers alternate coronavirus prediction
Source: AT Israel professor does not believe the global approach of enforcing a lockdown to contain the coronavirus is the right solution, based on virus infection data he has analyzed. His finding shows that the coronavirus spread peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days, a result that […]
French prof sparks furor with lab leak claim
Source: AT A theory put forward by French professor Luc Montagnier — award-winning co-discoverer of the AIDS virus but also mocked by some colleagues for some outrageous theories — has sparked a scientific firestorm. According to the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, a man used to controversy, the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
China’s ‘mask diplomacy‘ wins over US blame game
Source: AT MANILA – Following high-profile deployments of medics and medical equipment to virus-hit nations in Europe and the Middle East, China is now ramping up its “face mask diplomacy” closer to home in neighboring Southeast Asia. As US politicians call for China to be held accountable for spawning the […]
Who was Gabriel Wortman, the denturist behind the Nova Scotia mass shooting?
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
A Great Early Muslim Woman: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya
Source: Patheos by Dan Peterson I’m beginning to write up a brief introductory discussion of the great early Muslim mystic Rābiʿa al-‘Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya. In order to do so, I’m drawing […]
Austrian Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Wilhelm Ott Converts to Islam
Ott said the coronavirus crisis helped him find his faith. By Safaa Kasraoui Apr 19, 2020 Rabat – Austrian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Wilhelm Ott announced his conversion to […]
Coronavirus: Plasma treatment to be trialled
Source: BBC By Rebecca Morelle; Science correspondent, BBC News The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease. NHS […]
France First Banned Face Veil Targeting Muslims, Now Fines €150 for Not Covering Face amid Coronavirus
France banned the wearing of Veil (Burqa and Hijab) Islamic attire which is worn by Muslims across the world, was banned by France in 2011. There is a complete ban […]
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under […]
US and Russia blocking UN plans for a global ceasefire amid crisis
Resolution strongly supported by dozens of countries, human rights groups and charities Simon Tisdall Sun 19 Apr 2020 The US fears the measure could hinder its ability to prosecute military […]
Dolphins reconquer Istanbul’s historic peninsula
As citizens enter their second weekend of lockdown, Turkey’s maritime denizens continue to enjoy a significant decrease in sea traffic in the country’s biggest city. Dolphins were seen by […]