Addressing Africa’s skills mismatch
Jan 20,2020 – JORDAN TIMES By Hanan Morsy ABIDJAN — While much of the world struggles with rapid population aging, Africa is experiencing the opposite trend. With 60 per cent […]
Slow genocide of minorities in Pakistan: Farahnaz Ispahani
Elizabeth Roche Farhanaz Ispahani blames Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq for creating a militant group to target Shias, Ahmadis, Hindus and Christians From 23% in 1947, Pakistan’s minorities today constitute a mere 3-4% […]
Foreign powers to push Libyan rivals for truce in Berlin
Jan 17, 2020 – 12:20 By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami BERLIN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace, diplomats and […]
Geneva mosque to be run by Swiss management
Jan 19, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Switzerland’s largest mosque, which has been embroiled in various controversies, is to come under Swiss management. “It is time to hand over the mosque […]
‘Modi is afraid’: women take lead in India’s citizenship protests
Housewives, grandmothers and students in Delhi at centre of resistance to new citizenship laws Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Shaikh Azizur Rahman in Kolkata Tue 21 Jan 2020 With […]
It reeks of self-importance, but I need to overcome my cynicism about Davos because this year it really matters
I made my own tiny, pointless gesture by not going when I had the opportunity. But with globalisation in retreat and nationalism advancing, there is now more to be said […]
Western leaders have disregarded Libya for years – these peace talks are too little, too late
Today’s summit in Berlin seems like a step forward, but it might not be enough to stop the unfolding humanitarian disaster Borzou Daragahi @borzou After all but ignoring the […]
The white nationalist fantasy of ancient Christian-Muslim conflict would get an ‘F’ in history class
Source: Raw Story By Tony Keddie is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia. When I first heard the tragic news of the […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds Real Talk About Islam at the Detroit Public Library in the State of Michigan
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit The Detroit Public Library held a program titled Real Talk about Islam on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at their main branch located at the Woodward […]
Turkey’s Hegemonic Bet: Neo-Ottomanism with Pan-Islamist Face
Finding itself at a crossroads, increasingly isolated by its Western allies and no longer the dominant Muslim voice it once was, Turkey is now flexing its pan-Islamist muscles. But the MENA wants other alternatives. By Tamba François Koundouno – Jan 7, 2020 Rabat – At a pan-Islamism and anti-Islamophobia-themed […]
This African king ruled over a democratic nation centuries before Abraham Lincoln
Many years before the colonial invasion of Africa, there existed one of the most powerful kingdoms between what is now modern-day Mauritania and Mali, located at the south of the […]
To Refute the Hate-mongering of White Supremacists I visited Martin Luther King’s Memorial
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Original post dated August, 2017 Recent tragedies in Charlottesville has shook the conscience of a nation wounded by racism […]
Movie and Documentary: Malcolm X — One of the Best Biographies for Repentance and Reformation
Suggested reading To Refute the Hate-mongering of White Supremacists I visited Martin Luther King’s Memorial
Who’s who at WEF 2020 in Davos
By Jessica Davis Plüss (text), Kai Reusser (graphics) This content was published on January 20, 2020 11:00 AM Jan 20, 2020 – 11:00 Many eyes will be on the […]
Two popes, plotting cardinals and the fallout of an explosive book
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida, who is the Guardian’s Rome correspondent Benedict and his inner circle are accused of intervening to halt Pope Francis relaxing celibacy rules as the […]
Defence policy ; Targeted killings via drone becoming ‘normalised’ – report
Drone Wars says UK and US has developed ‘easy narrative’ for targeted assassinations Dan Sabbagh Sun 19 Jan 2020 The report’s author has called on the government to release […]
Guantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify
Source: The Guardian By Julian Borger in Guantánamo Bay Techniques included waterboarding and other forms of torture Hopes that trial will cast more light on scale of program The two […]
10 million Bangladeshi Muslims to be ousted from India
Source: The News Indian Hindu hardline party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh said on Sunday that the government is committed to implementing the proposed nationwide […]
Has Your Therapist Asked About Your Religion/Spirituality?If not, they should.
Source: Psychology Today By Cassandra Vieten Ph.D Do people’s spiritual and religious beliefs and practices (or lack thereof) influence their mental and emotional health? Should psychotherapists ask about them, and […]
Rising of the Sun from the West in the Latter Days
Epigraph: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Source: Muslim Sunrise, the very First Muslim quarterly publication of North America […]