Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected
Jan 25, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Iraq’s president on Saturday and the two agreed that the country’s sovereignty must be respected, […]
Food and medicine: Swiss humanitarian channel to Iran starts up with trial run
Jan 30, 2020 – SWISSINFO>CH A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations, the Swiss government said on Thursday, helping supply Swiss goods to […]
Abu Dis, an unlikely capital for a future Palestinian state
Jan 29, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Stephen Farrell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Abu Dis, the town earmarked for the Palestinian capital in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East […]
Nils Melzer UN rapporteur: Assange being set up to be ‘burnt at the stake’
Jan 31, 2020 – SWISSINFO.CH The detention and potential extradition to the US of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is an attack on democratic principles and the freedom of the press, […]
Azim Premji’s $7.5 billion pledge to charity is world’s biggest donation in 2019
Azim Premji, who is also the chairman of Azim Premji Foundation, has also raised his total lifetime giving to $21 billion. Source: The News Minute Giving away shares worth almost […]
Surah Qamar – The Moon: The Quran has been made easy
Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction We believe that the most important verse of this surah is: “Indeed We have made the Qur’an easy to understand and to remember. But is there anyone who would receive admonition?” (54:17) […]
Meet the 25-year-old Imam from South London who helped raise £1 million for 10 British charities last year
Source: My London As he dreams of world peace, Adeel Shah wants to change people’s perceptions of Islam By Darcy Jimenez The first building you see as you approach Morden’s […]
300 Ahmadiyya Schools in Sierra Leone
By Amadu Daramy Published on January 30, 2020 By Alhaji Saidu Kamara. GLOBAL TIMES The Education Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone, Mr. Fuard F. Lawleh has said […]
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ is beyond insulting. That’s deliberate
Source: The Guardian By Yousef Munayyer, is the executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights US proposals always treat Palestinians as second-class citizens. But this time Trump has […]
7,000 people held on cruise ship in Italy as Wuhan coronavirus fears spread
Hong Kong (CNN) Seven thousand people are being confined to a cruise ship docked in Italy as a couple is being tested for the Wuhan coronavirus, while Russia is closing […]
French politics feeds off Muslim bashing and Islamophobia and our constructive response
Source: TRT World, is a Turkish state international news channel broadcast 24-hours per day in English. The news channel is based in Istanbul Many French Muslims have grown disillusioned with […]
Jordan fears long-term threat to its national security following Trump’s peace plan
Osama al Sharif 30th January 2020 al-monitor.com It took the Jordanian government less than an hour to respond to the US peace plan following its release by President Donald Trump […]
Senior Defense Officials Warn Annexation Would Endanger Israel’s Peace With Jordan
Jordan’s King Abdullah is facing internal pressure, top officials say in assessment conveyed to political leaders, sounding the alarm about ramifications of any unilateral moves for relations with Amman and […]
How Arab leaders abandoned Muslim causes
CJ Werleman TRT WORLD 30th January 2020 The drastic realignment of international alliances leaves vulnerable Muslims with few powerful friends. US President Donald Trump’s unveiled peace plan, a promise to […]
Indonesia’s wealth gap spurs Muslims to join ‘economic jihad’
Devout citizens strive to take on tycoons with convenience stores ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer January 28, 2020 16:54 JST JAKARTA — Taufan left his petrochemical job in […]
Ottawa Muslims mark Québec City mosque attack anniversary
“I believe that if people get to know Muslims at our deeper level, the chances of prejudice…or demonstrating any hatred toward Muslims, would reduce radically,” said Luqman Ahmed, a religious […]
Corona-virus Reminds Once Again: The Indispensable God-hypothesis
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an article describing the Transcendent, yet Personal God of the Abrahamic Faiths in the present […]
Algeria intensifies harassment of religious minorities
After a two month lull, following heavy criticism on the forced closure of Christian churches in the Kabylie region, the authorities in Algeria resumed their repression against Christians this week, […]
«Harassed» by his country, the former head of the Ahmadis in Algeria seeks asylum in Morocco
Source: Yabiladi.com The former head of the Ahmadiyya community in Algeria, Mohamed Fali is currently in Morocco seeking asylum, escaping the «restrictions» imposed on him and on Ahmadis by the […]
Is Trump Bibi’s Chump ?
The president needs to demand a commitment so he doesn’t get played. By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist Jan. 28, 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES TEL AVIV — Given the […]