Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Tuesday
Source: Arab News The UAE, Kuwait, and other Gulf countries will all celebrate Eid on Tuesday The Shawwal crescent moon was visible from some parts of the Kingdom on Monday […]
Mali celebrates 2019 Eid after moon sighting, rest of Muslim world waits
The communiqué explained that the decision to end Ramadan yesterday was premised on the sighting of the moon in parts of the country. The case of Mali is […]
Sri Lanka Muslim ministers quit to protest ‘threat to community’
Muslim ministers resign after hardline Buddhist monks demand their removal following deadly Easter bombings. by Rukshana Rizwie & Lisa Fuller Colombo, Sri Lanka – All of Sri Lanka’s Muslim […]
Malta: Ramadan and Peace: the Concept of Fasting in Religions
Posted on June 3, 2019 by Laiq Ahmed Atif On Friday 31st May 2019 the Ahmadiyya Muslin Community in Malta hosted an Interfaith Ramadan Iftar Dinner and its 11th Annual […]
Buckingham Palace, the new battle ground for Trump’s war on race
President Trump Denies Meghan Markle ‘Nasty’ Comment Despite Recording Source: Time By Abby Vesoulis Amid a growing online outcry, President Donald Trump responded to claims he called Meghan Markle, the […]
Kenya Deciding To Overrule Compulsory Celibacy in Catholicism
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We […]
CNN Video: Shaking Plane, Prayers and Atheism
Suggested reading Longing for consolation: A Dilemma for Dawkins Curing Sigmund Freud’s Atheism Longing for consolation: A Dilemma for Dawkinshttps://t.co/LKyNgnIfal pic.twitter.com/2vL2SySKvY — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) October 25, 2015 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
I Was Raised Muslim By an Ex-Catholic and a Former Jew. Here’s What Ramadan Teaches Me That No Other Holiday Has
Source: Time By Ahamed Weinberg is a comedian, writer and director from Philadelphia, living in Los Angeles. As a pasty white child raised Muslim in America, I have distant memories […]
US begins requiring social media accounts for visa applications, report says
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published 02.06.2019 The U.S. is reportedly demanding nearly all visa applicants submit information on social media accounts they have used for the past five […]
Ramadan approaching its end – Making the most of this time
Alhakam From The Markaz Ramadan approaching its end – Making the most of this time 31st May 2019 By the time these lines reach you, we will be more than […]
Ultra-nationalist Jews’ visit stokes Palestinian anger at Jerusalem holy site
Jun 2, 2019 – 14:17 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hundreds of ultra-nationalist Jews guarded by riot police streamed their way into the Jerusalem compound revered both in Judaism and Islam […]
Cassis Pompeo talks – Swiss ask US to ease aid deliveries to Iran
Jun 2, 2019 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has called on the United States to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to Iran in a bid to de-escalate tensions […]
Jared Kushner expresses doubt that Palestinians can self-govern
White House senior adviser says he hopes Palestinians will become ‘capable of governing’ and denies Trump is racist in rare interview Guardian staff and agencies Mon 3 Jun 2019 White […]
Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid in UK: Letting Royal Observatory in Greenwich Decide
Al Hijra, Ramadan and the Islamic calendar: Eid 2019 Source: Royal Observatory website Observations of the Moon determine the timing of the Islamic year Al Hijra and its months including […]
The 2020 global crisis and a third world war
JORDAN TIMES – By Talal Abu-Ghazaleh For some time now, I have been sounding the alarm of an impending major economic crisis that may hit globally by the year 2020. […]
Aligning positions, efforts most needed to attain Palestinians’ rights — King of Jordan
‘Jordan to continue to bolster steadfastness of Jerusalemites, counter attempts to impose new reality on the ground’ By JT – Jun 02,2019 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah heads Jordan’s delegation to the 14th Session of the Ordinary Islamic Summit Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca on […]
UN Torture Report: ‘Demonized’ Assange Has Faced ‘Psychological Torture’
May 31, 2019 • The UN special rapporteur on torture has blasted four nations for imposing psychological torture on Julian Assange. ‘A Relentless and Unrestrained Campaign of Public Mobbing, Intimidation […]
Malta: Experiencing Iftar together
Posted On June 1, 2019 President George Vella and his wife were the special guests of the Muslim Community in Malta for the meal of Iftar that is taken during […]
Malta: President Vella shares meal with Muslim community
By Luisa Apap 02/06/2019 President of Malta George Vella and his wife were amongst an array of people from different religious backgrounds that shared a meal with the Muslim community […]
The mayor who wears a hijab
Source: BBC By Fahima Abdulrahman This is Cllr Rakhia Ismail. She’s the UK’s first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab. Cllr […]