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By Zia H Shah on February 12, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

How a Western megachurch pastor fell in love with Eastern meditation

Source: Religion News Service By Jarrett Stevens, who is pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago and author of “Praying Through: Overcoming the Obstacles That Keep Us From God.”  CHICAGO […]

By Zia H Shah on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Sudan To Hand Over Omar Al-Bashir To International Criminal Court For Genocide Trial

Source: Huffington Post By Annum Masroor Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed to surrender all those wanted in connection with the Darfur conflict. CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed […]

By A Q Farhat on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Burying the Dead in Taipei’s Public Parks

The eco-friendly approach reflects Taiwan’s shifting funerary practices. Source; Atlas Obsecura by Amandas Ong Twice a year, the Chen brothers Boris and Po-An hop onto the latter’s motorcycle and make […]

By A Q Farhat on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Air Force Issues New Guidelines for Beards, Turbans and Hijabs

Source: Stars and Stripes | By Chad Garland Airmen will be allowed to wear up to 2-inch beards under a new Air Force guidance that outlines grooming standards for religious […]

By A Q Farhat on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Doctors in Egypt launch anti-genital cutting campaign after girl dies

Source: Reuters By Menna A. Farouk Doctors in Egypt have taken time out of their surgeries for a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) […]

By Zia H Shah on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Netflix TV Series: Rise of Empires: Ottoman

Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: The Cinemaholic Over the course of history, there have been events that have shaped […]

By Zia H Shah on February 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Laughter is the Best Medicine for the Televangelists

Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We Will be Judged by Our Compassion and Deeds and Not Our Dogma Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living […]

By Zia H Shah on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Bernie Sanders, America’s most prominent ‘unaffiliated’ politician, still says religion shaped his values

Source: Washinton Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), perhaps the most prominent politician in America who is religiously unaffiliated, spoke Thursday about how the Jewish faith has had a major impact […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Russia repatriates orphans of suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria

Russia repatriates 26 children held at Syria’s al-Hawl refugee camp, as Kremlin official says plans are to bring dozens more home By MEE and agencies Published date: 7 February 2020 […]

By Zia H Shah on February 10, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Compulsory religious education ‘may breach human rights’

Source: BBC By Bethan Lewis, BBC Wales education and family correspondent Making all pupils take part in religious education classes could see the Welsh Government taken to court for breaching […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Rulings spark hope for Egyptian Copts fighting Islamic estate law

  Short Url https://arab.news/cu7bg AFP February 10, 2020 Egyptian courts have largely applied Islamic inheritance laws to both Muslims and the Coptic Christian minority But Coptic Orthodox customs call for […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Not so fast: US orders Netanyahu to delay annexation of West Bank land

https://arab.news/5tpwp Daoud Kuttab February 10, 2020 Palestinian leaders: Netanyahu had no option but to do what Washington told him AMMAN, Jordan: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced on Sunday […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( 7 Comments )

Fareed Zakaria: Where are the Palestinian voices ?

On Sunday, February 2, 2020, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hosted Jared Kushner to talk about the Apartheid Plan that the Trump and Netanyahu administrations have introduced to annex 30 percent of […]

By Zia H Shah on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Nigeria has the world’s fifth-largest Muslim population (90 million) and the world’s sixth-largest Christian population (87 million)

Nigeria has the world’s fifth-largest Muslim population (90 million) and the world’s sixth-largest Christian population (87 million). https://t.co/p2LTTs1Mol — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) February 10, 2020 Suggested reading by Zia […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The First European Scholars Were Taught By Africans In Egypt

Again and again, documented historical evidence has shattered widely held views that Europeans were the pioneers of early human civilization. In fact, there is corroborative evidence that half of humanity’s […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Italy told to stop using Malaysia as plastics dumping ground

greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 10 Feb 2020 THE GUARDIAN The Italian government has been urged […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

How Donald Trump became a sure bet for 2020 – but only a small number of people will profit

The black swan that some economists feared failed to glide in, plus the farce of an impeachment trial may turn out to be one of the more glaring miscalculations the […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s shameful that one in three EU children has been refused permanent residency

These families have made this country their home, yet they are forced to jump through bureaucratic hoops just to have the right to stay here, sometimes the only country they […]

By Zia H Shah on February 10, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein

Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 9, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The Muslim World’s Question: ‘What Happened to Us?’

  Understanding the events of 1979 is crucial for those trying to figure out a better future for today’s Middle East. Kim Ghattas January 25, 2020 What happened to us? […]

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