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By Zia H Shah on January 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Organized Religion’s Obsession with Unproductive Dogma: Catholic Church and Celibacy?

  Retired Pope Benedict warns Francis against relaxing priestly celibacy rules Source: BBC Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his […]

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Seeking the Truth and Not A Champion for Our Prejudices: Craig Versus Hitchens

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The libraries have been opened up for you. Scholars of all dimensions are presenting all the world books […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 13, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Long read: Muslim leader charts journey from persecution in Pakistan to leafy Tilford

    Sunday, 12 January 2020 –   We try to teach our children from a very young age the right way to live their lives according to the teaching, […]

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The Israelization of US foreign policy

Epigraph: You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 22:21) Source: ARAB NEWS By Daoud Kuttab, […]

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America’s sacred politics

  Jan 12,2020 – JORDAN TIMES By Ian Buruma NEW YORK — Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland was the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. […]

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What after Soleimani’s assassination?

Jan 12,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – AMER AL SABAILEH The prospect of war is dominating concerns across the region, following the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by the US […]

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Britain has left Islamophobia to fester – I’ve never seen it this bad in my life

  Source: Independent It’s chilling to live under a prime minister who seems to me to be complicit in spurring hate against Muslims, minority groups and people of colour By […]

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If Iran really wants to honour the 176 passengers its forces killed, it will de-escalate its campaign of revenge now

  It can’t bring back the innocent people who were caught up in this recklessness. But one thing is clear, continuing to fight will contradict any expression of remorse Borzou […]

By Zubair Khan on January 13, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Retired Pope Benedict warns Francis against relaxing priestly celibacy rules

Source: BBC Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert Sarah. It comes in response to a proposal […]

By Zia H Shah on January 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

President Obama’s Speech about the Muslim Heritage and the Muslim World, in Cairo, in 2009

Text from NY Times The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House. I […]

By Zia H Shah on January 12, 2020 • ( 23 Comments )

Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The world appears to be a more dangerous place since September 11, 2001, more so than any time […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Saudi Arabia, Japan, UAE, Oman ‘can work together to defuse tension’

  Arab News Faisal J. Abbas Ali Itani January 12, 2020 Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Arab News of friendship between Japanese PM and Saudi crown prince, and Tokyo’s support for […]

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I watched the Iran-Iraq war unfold as a child – now I feel like I’m reliving it

Voices What is happening in Iran now is not simply ‘news’ for us in the diaspora – it’s the repetition of decades-old trauma Shappi Khorsandi @ShappiKhorsandi January 11th, 2019    […]

By A Q Farhat on January 11, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

New Study Says 72 Percent of People With Anxiety Recover with Social Support & Spirituality

Epigraph: Man does indeed transgress, Because he thinks himself to be self sufficient. Surely, unto thy Lord is the return. (Al Quran 96:6-8) Source: Best Life By Diana Bruk Anxiety […]

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G25 in Malaysia decries laws against apostasy

Source: Free Malaysia Today By Robin Augustin and Nicholas Chung PETALING JAYA: The G25 group of former senior civil servants has spoken out against apostasy laws, saying a Muslim’s decision […]

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Ahmadis donate over 2000 pints of blood during the 88th annual convention

Ghana News Agency   Tuesday 7th January, 2020 By Afedzi Abdullah, GNA Pomadze (C/R), Jan. 07, GNA – Two thousand, seven hundred and seven units of blood were donated by […]

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Washington turns down Iraqi call to remove troops

By John Davison and Susan Heavey BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 11, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; successor vows to pursue peace

Jan 11, 2020 – 17:52   swissinfo.ch By Lisa Barrington and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI (Reuters) – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East’s longest- serving rulers who […]

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Search and rescue operation continues after boat carrying migrants sinks in Greek waters

  At least 12 people died Saturday when a boat loaded with migrants sank in the Ionian Sea, the Greek coastguard said. “So far 12 bodies have been recovered. The […]

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

The Never Ending Debate Between the Sharia Law and the Secular Law

Pakistan forgiveness laws: The price of getting away with murder Source: BBC The murder was so brutal it shocked even the hardened detectives who arrived at the scene on the […]

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