Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader, ‘was a CIA informant’
There was a ‘nexus’ between Kim, who was assassinated in 2017, and US intelligence agency, WSJ reports Justin McCurry in Tokyo Tue 11 Jun 2019 08.44 BST Kim Jong-nam, the […]
US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China’s attacks on Uighurs
Source: The Guardian Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been silent in the face of the mass incarceration of Muslims in Xinjiang By Julian Borger in Washington […]
The populist right is forging an unholy alliance with religion
From Salvini to Orbán, ethno-nationalists are hijacking religious themes to fuel its agenda. Progressives need to fight back Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Anton Jäger Tue 11 Jun 2019 06.00 BST […]
Poems vs swastikas – there’s a cultural war being waged on the streets of Rome
The battle for ideological hegemony in the city mirrors that of wars gone by Alessio Colonnelli The Independent Voices Seventy-five years ago this month Rome was liberated by Anglo-American forces […]
Bloated bodies in the Nile show Sudan protesters were right to fear the arrival of Saudi and UAE money
The US has found itself in an even more embarrassing situation than it did in Egypt Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices The Sudanese democracy demonstrators were the first to […]
‘Egg Boy’ Donates Almost $70,000 To Victims Of New Zealand Massacre
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Will Connolly, the Australian teen who egged an anti-Muslim politician, said funds he got through GoFundMe campaigns weren’t “mine to keep.” The Australian teenager […]
Kashmir’s Jewish Connection
By Kashmir Life on February 2, 2018 Scores of books and ethnolinguistic literature have been around to explain who the Lost Tribes of Israel took refuge in Kashmir. The […]
Germany slams online hate posts about murdered pro-migrant politician
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 7 June 2019 The German government on Friday slammed online hate commentaries cheering the unsolved murder of a Hesse politician, who was vocally pro-migrant. “If someone is […]
The township of Fatima in Portugal and we have the best collection for the Muslim heritage
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Fátima (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ] (listen)) is a city in the municipality of Ourém, Beira Litoral Province, in the […]
Tehran closes 547 restaurants for breaking ‘Islamic principles’
Source: Guardian Iranian police close venues for crimes ranging from ‘playing illegal music’ to ‘debauchery’ Iranian police have shut down 547 restaurants and cafes in Tehran for not observing “Islamic […]
Attackers destroy Qurans, break windows at 2 mosques in Germany
Source: Daily Sabah Attackers threw rocks at a mosque in the central German city of Kassel on Sunday while some 50 Qurans – the holy book of Islam – were damaged in another attack on a mosque in northwest Bremen. The Central Mosque in Kassel, which operates under the Turkish-Islamic […]
The US Catholic Church Spent 300 Million in a Year to Defend Against Sex Abuse
The US Catholic Church spent more than $300 million on abuse-related costs in 12 months Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)Between June 2017 and June 2018 the […]
Mediterranean will be ‘sea of blood’ without rescue boats, UN warns
Refugee agency says risk of people dying attempting crossing is at its highest Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo @lorenzo_tondo Sun 9 Jun 2019 The risk of migrants and refugees becoming […]
Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017
Overseas investment flowed to Cadre while Trump’s son-in-law works as US envoy, raising conflict of interest questions Jon Swaine in New York @jonswaine Mon 10 Jun Jared Kushner, who is […]
UK flags concern over rights abuse in Pakistan, cool on India
India used to figure prominently in previous such reports on the issue of attacks against woman, the rights of children and corruption. The report for 2018 released on Thursday makes […]
Rehashing old ideas will not get Palestinians, Israelis closer to solution
Jun 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI The recent visit of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his accompanying delegation to Jordan and Israel was some sort […]
Sanusi vs Ganduje: Kano indigenes reject new emirs, ask Sultan to denounce emirates
Published on May 20, 2019 By Daily Post Staff Some concerned Kano Indigenes and civil society groups have forwarded a strong position paper to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad […]
1 in 5 boys married off before turning 15: UNICEF
While 1 in 5 young women aged 20 to 24 years old gets married before their 18th birthday,1 in 30 young men goes through child marriage, say UNICEF. Source: India Today The UNICEF has, after its first-ever in-depth analysis of child grooms, stated that an estimated 115 million boys and […]
Hijab dress an artistic tribute to New Zealand’s Muslim community
Source: Stuff, NZ By Tim Newman A Nelson woman has created a piece of wearable art to honour the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Ruby Bay resident Susan Mott designed and made the dress out of 51 hijabs, one for each person who died in the March 15 shootings at […]
Jordan’s interfaith drive hailed as instilled culture, institutionalised policy
By JT – Jun 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Since the Accession to the Throne, His Majesty King Abdullah has institutionalised a policy of interfaith dialogue, earning the Kingdom an […]