Turkey to send Daesh prisoners to home countries
Arab News Saturday . November 02, 2019 Updated 9 sec ago Reuters November 02, 2019 ISTANBUL: Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Daesh members back […]
Last Post Played For First Time Ever In A Mosque
Source:Fosrces Network For what is believed to be the first time ever, ‘The Last Post’ has been played at a mosque. The rendition took place at the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) East Surrey Poppy Appeal launch at Baitul Futuh Mosque. It was attended by veterans, local school children and members of the […]
What Every Muslim, Christian and Jew needs to know: The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After the top constitutional body on Islamic laws in Pakistan recommended ‘a light beating for women’ sparking […]
A successful Europe tour
1st November 2019 http://www.alhakam.org On the autumn evening of 27 October, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper, entered the gates of the Markaz in Islamabad, Tilford. […]
Pakistan protest leader calls on PM to resign in 48 hours
Aamir Saeed November 02, 2019 Fazlur Rehman claims ‘sea of public’ has the power to ‘arrest’ Imran Khan ISLAMABAD: The leader of one of Pakistan’s largest religious parties, […]
Greece passes asylum law aimed at curbing migrant arrivals
Opponents of legislation say it will severely curtail access to safeguards for asylum seekers Greece has passed a controversial asylum law aimed at curbing the rising number of migrants […]
Ted Talk: What we can do about the culture of hate
Watch the video in the Ted website or watch it below in the Muslim Times: Additional Reading and Viewing Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message […]
CNN Video: President Trump’s Impeachment and Congressman Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California’s 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff is currently in his 10th term […]
In Defense of the Secular Narrative of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
Indonesian man who helped set strict adultery laws flogged for adultery
Source: BBC An Indonesian man – who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws – has been publicly whipped after being caught having an affair with a […]
Plan to ban niqab in government offices stirs controversy
Source: The Jakarta Post A suggestion proposed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s minister to ban the niqab in government offices has triggered mixed responses among officials and politicians amid the […]
The new revolutions of the Middle East are not the same, but they all share this one fatal flaw
They have no leadership, no recognisable faces of integrity. And – the greatest tragedy of all – they don’t seem to be interested in finding any Robert Fisk in Beirut […]
Mosque evacuated over bomb threat in Germany’s Cologne
ANADOLU AGENCY COLOGNE Published 31.10.2019 The mosque officials told Anadolu Agency that the mosque complex, which houses the headquarters of the Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, was evacuated in the afternoon […]
Migrants on Greek islands ‘on edge of catastrophe,’ rights watchdog says
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published 31.10.2019 The situation for migrants in camps on Greek islands is “explosive” and “on the edge of catastrophe,” the Council of Europe’s commissioner for […]
TheFace: Lubna Abdul Aziz Al-Khalidi, Saudi media personality
I am an emerging media figure working for the Eastern Region Channel and a director of corporate communications, public relations and media in a major Saudi investment company. Born […]
Tug of war
Oct 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Over the past couple of decades in particular, our world has undergone dramatic changes. Globalisation, the information and technology revolution, postmodernism, […]
Macron and Islam: French president weighs in on new headscarf row
Source: France 24 By François PICARD France is on again, off again row over the Muslim headscarf is on again. This time, was it the president who started it? […]
If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!
Epigraph: And you (Muhammad) shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are […]
Jammu and Kashmir: India formally divides flashpoint state
The area is one of the most militarised in the world India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new […]
Trump is not the first, and will not be the last, US politician to exploit, then drop the Kurds
Oct 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN In response to US President Donald Trump’s personal triumphalism over the slaying by US forces of Daesh’s leader, Kurdish militia Commander Mazloum […]