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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BBC News – Running and mental health: 'I couldn't see a way past depression until I ran' https://t.co/3wR0l26PLq — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) January 11, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Iran has admitted “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. An investigation found that “missiles fired due to human error”, President Hassan Rouhani said. […]
Source: The Star By Lee Berthiaume An international dispute over the cause of the Tehran plane crash deepened on Friday even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met the families of […]
During World War II, Muslims in Kosovo and Albania saved many Jews from the Nazis in the German-occupied territory. They were following an ancient Albanian code of honor which demands […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Richard Hurowitz; April 25, 2017 This year marks the 75th anniversary of the release of “Casablanca,” which immortalized quiet acts of resistance against fascism at […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 26.02.2019 The U.S. Army is transferring tons of gold from Daesh-held areas in Syria to the U.S., multiple reports said. According to a source who […]
The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and The Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations Hardcover – February 5, 2013 by Ervand Abrahamian (Author) In August 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence […]
DNA evidence links Muhammad Ali to heroic slave, family says Source: The Washington Post By Ben Strauss When Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and changed his […]