Man charged with online threat to lynch Muslim candidate
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN A North Carolina man has been charged with posting an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American candidate for a state Senate […]
Opinion: We must not forget value of religious people in society
Source: The Mercury News By ABIYA AHMED This month my son Ismael turned one. For his birthday, I wrote him a letter in which I tell him we named him after […]
Married men as priests? This could be the start of a Roman Catholic revolution
Source: The Guardian BY Joanna Moorhead The Vatican has opened debate on ordaining married men to meet a shortage, showing its ability to be pragmatic and to react Desperate times […]
Anti-Semitism is an American Problem
Source: Tablet By Liel Leibovitz On Thursday, Senator Ted Cruz gave one of the most important statements on anti-Semitism delivered by an American public official in the last few decades. The resolution he was introducing, […]
Germany’s imam quandary: Educate, don’t import
Source: DW Ending foreign influence on Muslim religious leaders’ education is a long-term goal for the German government. A new study might lead the way for training local imams, if […]
Group seeks hate crime probe of Ali mural vandalism
Source: Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Muslim advocacy group wants Kentucky authorities to investigate vandalism on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali as a possible hate crime. […]
Joe Biden and other candidates speak to diverse faith leaders, activists
Source: Religion News Service By Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a major forum on faith and poverty issues Monday afternoon, fielding questions from […]
Vatican lifts French archbishop’s immunity in groping probe
PARIS (AP) — The Vatican said Monday it has decided to lift the diplomatic immunity of its ambassador to France, who is accused of groping and inappropriate touching by multiple […]
Opinion from Iran: UAE evil plots against neighboring countries and the Arab world
By Mohammad Ghaderi July 8, 2019 TEHRAN – United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the name of a country that didn’t exist before 1971 when the area was called Emirates […]
Long journey to Europe begins in Istanbul for illegal migrants
EMIR SOMER ISTANBUL Published 09.07.2019 Istanbul attracts migrants here to stay as well as those making the city a starting point for illegally crossing into Europe. Daily Sabah’s […]
Boris Johnson, classics and Ibn Khaldun
OP-ED Daily Sabah > NAGIHAN HALILOĞLU Published 09.07.2019 It seems like Johnson and other Brexiteers are attempting to boost the ‘asabiyyah’ of the British nation, and preventing the kingdom […]
Living as an Ahmadi in Pakistan: ‘Our home became an environment of fear’
Source: The Independent When they’re found out, shops refuse to serve them, estate agents won’t rent to them, and their neighbours stage a ‘social boycott’. Raza Hamdani talks to Shafiq […]
Tunisia Bans Full-Face Veils for Security Reasons
Source: The New York Times By Lilia Blaise Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of Tunisia on Friday prohibited anyone wearing the niqab, a religious covering for the face with only an […]
‘Serious Problem’ With Media Portrayal Of Muslims And Islam, Study Claims
More than a third of the articles that were checked “misrepresented or generalised”. Source: The Huff Post By Nadine White Sections of the British media have a “serious problem” […]
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac: The Hero of Dr. Abdus Salam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Gordon Fraser mentions in his book, Cosmic Anger: Abdus Salam – The First Muslim Nobel Scientist, that Dr. […]
India Jains: Why are these youngsters renouncing the world?
Source: BBC Hundreds of young people belonging to India’s Jain community have begun renouncing the material world to become monks who always walk barefoot, eat only what they receive as alms and never bathe or use modern technology. The BBC’s Priyanka Pathak explores why. “I will never be able to […]
EU standoff dampens European dream for migrants
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Istanbul Published 08.07.2019 Rescue ships are defying Italy and Malta’s hard-line policies of closing their harbors to them and migrants saved at sea are caught up […]
UK regrets leak of memos calling Trump administration ‘inept’
This content was published on July 8, 2019 By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it had contacted Washington to express regret for the […]
You probably didn’t know that California is named after a black queen
March 24, 2019 Bridget Boakye | Contributor March 24, 2019 Bridget Boakye is a writer, activist, and entrepreneur based in Accra, Ghana. Raised in both Ghana and the U.S., […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]