The world’s indifference to Muslim woes
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson jeopardise what remains of the west’s human rights credibility Edward Luce January 2 2020 Imagine if China had incarcerated upwards of a million Christians. […]
Muslim population of England passes the three million mark for the first time as the numbers of Christians continues to decline
Source: Daily Mail Estimates said that Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group in the country According to the ONS assessment, Christians continue to decline in number The scale of the […]
Iraqi parliament votes to expel US troops — awaits government approval
The Iraqi parliament has voted for a resolution to ask the government to end the agreement to host US troops in Iraq. The move would essentially oust US troops and […]
In India, Ahmadis are Muslims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Source: The Economic Times ‘We have had the citizenship law since 1955. There has been no change in its provision. Anyone can apply directly for Indian citizenship. There are provisions for direct application. In fact more than 500 people, including Muslims and Ahmadis, have got citizenship via this route. So […]
Different interpretations about the arrival of Imam Mahdi and Messiah
While most Islamic Schools of thought practically agree in principle on all interpretations of the Holy Qur’an (with only slight differences), the differences in understanding about the arrival of Imam […]
Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian targets, Borrell urges ‘de-escalation’
EURACTIV.com with AFP and Reuters European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday (4 January) stressed the “need for de-escalation” after the US assassination of a top Iranian […]
Donald Trump’s order to assassinate Soleimani was more about grabbing headlines than foreign policy
Up until recently the US president has shown he has no idea who Qassim Soleimani is, but the killing of the Iranian general has now pushed the Middle East […]
China’s Uighur Crackdown ‘The Holocaust Did Not Take Place in One Day
Source: Spiegel The Chinese government is currently interning hundreds of thousands of the country’s Uighur Muslim minority. In an interview, Jewher Ilham, the daughter of human rights activist Ilham Tohti, […]
Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocide
Dec 31, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday indicted a Bosnian Serb former army general for taking part in the 1995 massacre of […]
Is Netflix’s ‘Messiah’s Second Coming’ a Christian TV series or blasphemous?
Is Netflix’s ‘Messiah’ a Christian TV series or blasphemous? The answer remains a mystery: Review Source: The Christian Post By Jeannie Law, Christian Post Reporter The Netflix series “Messiah” produced by […]
Is Jesus God? Let us Reason Together
The Author: Dr Mansour Leghaei Monotheism; The common word Monotheism and believing in one unique God is the core of the teachings of all divine prophets. In the Old Testament […]
Death toll rises in Indonesia’s sinking capital as flood defences struggle
Krithika Varagur in Jakarta Sat 4 Jan 2020 Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital as […]
‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
Friday’s rally recognized Trump’s need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 Richard Luscombe in Miami @richlusc Sat 4 Jan 2020 They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday […]
Qassem Suleimani: tears mix with vows of vengeance at Iran general’s funeral march
Mourners weep and beat chests as coffins of those killed in US drone strike pass through Baghdad’s streets Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad Sat 4 Jan 2020 Iraqi militiamen march and […]
Bernie Sanders’s Antiwar Message Highlights Ascendant Young Left
Source: Huffington Post By Daniel Marans The post-9/11 generation is a core of the Vermont senator’s White House campaign coalition. When the Democratic presidential candidates announced their reactions to Thursday’s […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
There is no scientific case for homeopathy: the debate is over
Source: The Guardian By Edzard Ernst, who is a prize-winning physician and the founder of two medical journals. He is emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter […]
US foreign policy – Suleimani killing the latest in a long, grim line of US assassination efforts
The Guardian – There has been no shortage of US attempts to remove foreign adversaries through highly dubious legal or ethical means Ed Pilkington in New York @edpilkington Sat 4 […]
Ghana: The 88th Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention Opens at Pomadze
Ghana News Agency Friday 3rd January, 2020 By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA Pomadze, Jan. 03, GNA – The 88th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ghana dubbed […]
Trump is starting a war with Iran – whether it is by accident or design
Tehran will likely take time to consider its options, with few having expected the US president to go for the jugular like this Robert Fisk @indyvoices Is this war by […]