Evangelical Christians Grapple With Racism As Sin
Source: NPR Christians the world over have been united in their revulsion over the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer, and faith leaders from across the […]
Germany launches terrorism probe over planned attack on Muslims
Police arrested a 21-year-old suspected right-wing extremist after he threatened to kill Muslims in Germany. The man reportedly said he wanted to carry out an attack similar to the deadly […]
Amazon put a Black Lives Matter banner on its web store
Source: Bloomberg Bezos Decries ‘Sickening’ Answer to Black Lives Matter Post By Matt Day Jeff Bezos said he received “a number of sickening but not surprising” responses after publicly supporting the […]
A Million-Mile Battery From China Could Power Your Electric Car
Source: Bloomberg The Chinese behemoth that makes electric-car batteries for Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles — an industry landmark and a potential boon […]
UK Muslim leaders urge mosques to remain closed until congregational prayers can resume
Source: Arab News Muslim leaders have urged the government to release clear guidelines to protect the safety of their congregations LONDON: Muslim leaders in England have called for mosques to […]
Isis and al-Qaeda set to profit from Covid-19 as lockdowns and aid shortages makes Sahel communities ‘an easy target’
Violent instability in the Sahel means millions need international aid – but lockdowns are stifling the efforts of aid workers. And an economic standstill creates opportunities for jihadis, as Borzou […]
Hillary Clinton questions how ‘anybody with a beating heart and a working mind’ can still support Trump after disastrous coronavirus and protest response
Source: Independent Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out about her 2016 presidential rival Donald Trump, calling his time in office a “failure” and questioning how anyone could continue to support […]
WSJ Video: Different types of vaccines against Covid 19
https://www.wsj.com/video/the-promise-and-peril-of-fast-tracking-coronavirus-vaccine-development/FE09B5E7-1A8D-4818-8FCC-F2A956743597.html The best of the Muslim Times’ collection for war against Covid 19: In this day and age, understanding bacteria and viruses and developing vaccines are national security issues. In my view sizable part of every country’s defense budget should be spent in these pursuits rather than making tanks and […]
AstraZeneca Cancer Drug Shows Early Signs of Promise in Covid-19
Source: Bloomberg By Cristin Flanagan and Suzi Ring A small study in 19 people suggested a drug from AstraZeneca Plc’s arsenal of cancer treatments may be repurposed to help Covid-19 patients experiencing extreme immune reactions. Many patients with Covid-19 suffer from an inflammatory condition, sometimes called cytokine storm, when the immune system overreacts […]
‘It’s a war crime’: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu annexation bid
Source: Times of Israel Meretz MK, Joint List leader says move would create ‘apartheid’; Sanders sends video message; police forcefully detain photojournalist covering event, arrest 4 demonstrators By Jacob Magid […]
Singapore to Build Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity Amid Pandemic
Source: Bloomberg Singapore is building up its vaccine manufacturing capacity in order to offer fill and finish contract manufacturing services to vaccine developers, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said […]
AstraZeneca Approaches Gilead About Potential Merger
Source: Bloomberg AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest […]
This Morning Video from UK: Why We Might Not Need A Vaccine for COVID-19
The best of the Muslim Times’ collection for war against Covid 19: In this day and age, understanding bacteria and viruses and developing vaccines are national security issues. In my […]
Swiss court blocks extradition of alleged PKK functionary to Germany
Jun 4, 2020 – 11:13 The Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona ruled that German authorities had not made enough of a case against the man, who belongs to a group […]
Manipulating mosquitoes ” Swiss scientist’s work could stop malaria – but how soon?
By Markus Spoerndli Jun 6, 2020 Jeremy Herren and his team in Kenya have discovered a microbe that eliminates the malaria pathogen in mosquitoes. (Evan Teal) When Jeremy Herren […]
The question of being a minority
Waqar Gillani Political Economy June 7, 2020 The newly constituted National Commission for Minorities was in the news over lack of Ahmadi representation The federal government came up with a […]
When I moved from India to the US, I believed in the American dream. Now I realize how terrifyingly similar both countries are
Source: Independent I became an American groupie because the India of my youth was bedevilled by poverty and protest. Living in the US for the past two decades — and […]
Michael Jordan Pledges To Donate $100 Million To Racial Justice Efforts
Epigraph: O people! We created you from a male and a female, and made you races and tribes, that you may know one another. The best among you in the […]
History: Fast and lethal, the Black Death spread more than a mile per day
Roughly one out of three people died as this medieval plague quickly travelled along European trade routes, devastating communities along the way. Friday, 24 April 2020 By Antoni Virgili […]
Was the medieval order of Assassins a real thing?
Tales of a Muslim group of drug-fuelled stealth killers stir imaginations, but stray far from the true history of the Nizari Ismaili state. Wednesday, 3 June 2020 By Erin Blakemore […]