A terrifying night in Libya highlights the EU’s sly double standards on migrants
The choice migrants face is no choice at all. Stay in the inhuman setting of the detention centre, or go back to a war zone, or a country where you […]
Donald Trump’s most dangerous Twitter joke could well become a reality — and everyone from Nancy Pelosi to Michael Cohen knows it
When we asked constitutional experts what would happen if Trump refused to leave the White House in 2020, they were stumped Dave Maclean New York @geordiestory The Independent Voices There’s […]
Trump’s hissy-fit over Darroch will blow a chill wind across Britain’s embassies in the Middle East
Voices The treatment of Sir Kim is so typical of this time in politics, it’s dangerous, says Fisk Trump’s hissy-fit over Darroch will blow a chill wind across Britain’s […]
Statement by the Prime Minister on Imamat Day
OTTAWA, July 11, 2019 /CNW/ – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Imamat Day: “On Imamat Day, we join Ismaili Muslims in Canada and around the world to celebrate the anniversary […]
Atheism and Islam on the rise in the UK as Christianity suffers ‘dramatic decline’
Source: The Daily Telegraph By Gabriella Swerling Christian belief has halved in Britain in 35 years with just one in three people now identifying as Christian – while atheism and […]
More and more young women are being called to the religious life, after 50 straight years of decline. What on earth is going on?
Behold the Millennial Nuns Source: Huffington Post By Eve Fairban I went to a science magnet high school, graduating in 2001, but in my late 20s, I began to notice […]
Jordan caught between a rock and a hard place
ABDULRAHMAN AL-HUSSEIN Published 11.07.2019 Jordan stands at a serious crossroads, and its future remains tenuous. The U.S. and Gulf-backed Hashemite kingdom located between Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Iraq […]
Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters on Moscow’s Red Square
Jul 10, 2019 By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained seven Crimean Tatars on Moscow’s Red Square on Wednesday after dispersing a demonstration that had aimed to […]
Exclusive: New Kurdish PM says priority is stronger Baghdad ties, rather than independence
Jul 10, 2019 By Raya Jalabi ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of instability, the new regional prime minister […]
Germany steps up warnings about right-wing Identitarian Movement
Jul 11, 2019 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) classified the Identitarian Movement as an extreme right-wing group on Thursday, a sign that authorities are increasingly worried about […]
Who are more tolerant, the Sunnis or the Shias?
Well, let me speak here of my personal experience during my time in Baghdad, Iraq. (For more details see: https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/08/24/glimpses-into-the-life-of-a-global-nomad-part-nine/comment-page-1/ ) I give you a few examples of my inter-action […]
UK: Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Returns Home After Epic 7-day Germany Tour
Source: reviewofreligions.org After speaking over three days at one of Europe’s largest Muslim conventions, personally meeting hundreds and hundreds of his followers, leading congregational prayers 5 times a day, delivering […]
“In Our Selfish Quest for Wealth & Power, We Are Ruthlessly Destroying The Prospects of Today’s Youth” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls for global co-operation and justice to ward off dangers of global war during address at Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 6 July […]
Donald Trump and the strangling of Persia
Washington should be made aware that anti-imperialism has deep roots in Iranian political culture. by Nader Hashemi We know that Donald Trump does not read books. He is more […]
UAE’s new stance on Yemeni war
Jul 11,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The announcement of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it has changed its “military first” posture in the war-torn Yemen to a “peace first” […]
Muslim scholar catches flak for serving on new State Department rights panel
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) — One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly […]
Opinion: The anti-Semitic theology behind the Christian Zionist lobby
July 9, 2019 The anti-Semitic theology behind the Christian Zionist lobby Lynn Gottlieb Graylan Hagler (RNS) — This week, the largest Israel lobby group in the United States, Christians United […]
How far should Muslim women in the West be allowed to cover up?
Source: The Economist By Erasmus Western governments are telling Muslim women not to cover up IN THE diverse democracies of the early 21st century, there are certain political and cultural […]
UN: Unprecedented Joint Call for China to End Xinjiang Abuses
22 Countries Decry Mass Detention, Seek Monitoring Twenty-two countries at the United Nations’ top human rights body issued a joint statement this week, urging China to end its mass arbitrary […]
Schoolboy, 11, wins £3,500 payout after teachers at east London school wrongly accused him of wearing T-shirt supporting ISIS into class
Source: The Daily Mail By Martin Robinson A schoolboy aged just 11 has been handed a taxpayer-funded £3,500 compensation payout after his school wrongly accused him of supporting ISIS. The […]