A deadly day in America
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) 9 dead, 16 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio By […]
What comes next after demise of ‘deal of the century?’
Aug 03,2019 – JORAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi There is a unanimity in the Arab world, especially among the Palestinians, to reject the so-called “deal of the century” that […]
US to deploy missiles in Asia soon, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA Published 03.08.2019 The U.S. wants to deploy an intermediate-range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, it announced only a day after quitting a major arms […]
Istanbul’s new Assyrian church to be completed in 2 years, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL 03.08.2019 “I see Mor Ephrem (Saint Ephraim) Assyrian Church as a new richness for Istanbul,” the president said in the city’s Yeşilköy district on the European […]
Japanese historian converts to Islam at Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine
Source: ABNA News A young Japanese historian has converted to Islam after extensive research on Islam, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS). The 21-year-old Japanese, who chose […]
Why charismatic Christianity is popular with migrants
Source: The Economist By ERASMUS IT IS A well-established fact among religion-watchers that charismatic forms of Christianity, including the Pentecostal churches, are the fastest-growing variety of the world’s largest monotheism. […]
Babies Expect Leaders To Address Unfairness, New Study Finds
Source: The Science Daily Infants 17 months of age expect leaders — but not others — to intervene when one member of their group transgresses against another, a new study […]
US-Iran brinkmanship: The view from Iraq
OP-ED Daily Sabah > GIORGIO CAFIERO Published 02.08.2019 As a neighbor of Iran, Iraq is the country most threatened by a possible Iran-U.S. war in the Gulf. With close ties […]
First human-monkey chimera raises concern among scientists – and what the Qur’an says about it
Researchers reprogrammed human cells before injecting them in the monkey embryo Nicola Davis @NicolaKSDavis Sat 3 Aug 2019 The human-monkey chimeras have reportedly only been allowed to develop for a […]
Trump, Kushner and Netanyahu are hellbent on destroying the two-state solution – the EU must not let them
In typical Trump style, Kushner is pushing a $50bn Middle East ‘deal of the century’ to solve the Israel-Palestinian question. It won’t work and so the European Union should step […]
Facebook removed Urdu ‘Photo Frame’ that called for death of Ahmadis and went viral in Pakistan
By Sajeel Syed on August 2, 2019 Since last week, a Facebook profile picture frame targeting Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community designed in Urdu language was going viral on social media […]
35,000 attend Britain’s biggest Muslim festival
Play Video : https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2019-08-02/35-000-attend-britain-s-biggest-muslim-festival/ Thirty five thousand people will gather over the weekend for Britain’s biggest Muslim festival – with the aim of […]
30,000 Muslims storm U.K for Ahmadi conference
by Tajudeen Adebanjo, Saudi Arabia August 2, 2019 THIRTY thousand Ahmadi Muslims, scholars, other faithful, and guests will gather at the United Kingdom’s Tilford Surrey for the annual Ahmadiyya […]
Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Edward Wong BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network […]
Mauritania releases Facebook blogger convicted of blasphemy
Source: BBC News A Mauritanian blogger who was jailed for more than five years after being convicted of blaspheming the Muslim Prophet Muhammad has been released. Rights groups had waged […]
Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
Source: Reuters By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their […]
Amish upset by Pa. township plan to require buggy registration, horse diapers and rubber horseshoes
Source: Pennlive By John Beauge | Special to PennLive ELIMSPORT – “Blatant discrimination” is what an attorney for Old Order Amish says about proposed ordinances in a rural Lycoming County township […]
More churches are checking the national sex offender registry. Is it helping?
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Since they were first offered an opportunity to pool their resources and buy background checks on volunteers and employees at a discount […]
National Cathedral leaders: Trump’s racial comments ‘give cover to white supremacists’
Source: CNN By Caroline Kelly, CNN (CNN)Leaders of the Washington National Cathedral slammed President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on minority lawmakers and the city of Baltimore as a “dangerous” rallying cry […]
Muslim Virginia lawmaker heckles Trump at Jamestown speech
Source: Associated Press By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) — A heckler who interrupted a speech by President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s commemoration of 400 years of […]