Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could ‘burn’ Iraq
Source: Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — Leading Iraqi Shiite figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the U.S. […]
Al Jazeera suspends journalists for Holocaust denial video
Source: BBC News Al Jazeera has suspended two journalists over a video they produced that denied the facts of the Holocaust. The Qatari state-funded broadcaster had published the video on […]
Sikhs say Nordstrom apologized for turban, waiting for Gucci
Source: Associated Press By Anita Snow PHOENIX (AP) — Nordstrom has apologized to Sikhs for selling a turban they found offensive, but a representative with the U.S. community’s top civil […]
India’s Hindu groups to double down on demands as Modi set for big win
Source: Reuters BY Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Hindu temple on a disputed site, life in jail for killing cows and ending the autonomy of India’s only […]
Under Modi, Hindu hardliners turn Indian theatre into a battleground
Source: Reuters BY Anuja Jaiman NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Five days after a suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF personnel in February in the Kashmir Valley, playwright and director Abhishek Majumdar […]
Putin calls for compromise over Orthodox cathedral standoff
Source: Associated Press By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a compromise Thursday to ease tensions over a plan to build a […]
Western Companies Get Tangled in China’s Muslim Clampdown
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Eva Dou and Chao Deng AKSU, China—Western companies, including brand name apparel makers and food companies, have become entangled in China’s campaign to forcibly assimilate its Muslim […]
Modi faces backlash for backing terror accused candidate Pragya Thakur
Source: Reuters By Zeba Siddiqui BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – For nearly a decade, Pragya Thakur was known mostly as the saffron-clad Hindu ascetic shuttling in and out of Indian courts, flanked […]
Jinn From Wikipedia
Promoted Post: Why Everything and Every New Discovery in Quantum Physics Glorifies Allah, and: Do Jinns Exist: Majority of the Muslim Scholars Say Yes, the Populace is Ambivalent? From Wikipedia, […]
Austria scandal: Mystery of the honey-trap video
By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna 24 May 2019 The video, from, 2017, was recorded in a villa in Ibiza It was a warm, summer night at a luxury villa […]
What Does it mean to Dream of a Snake in Islam – Islamic Dream Interpretation
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and […]
Hamza Yusuf on Jinns: Powerful Men or Demons?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The above audio is a presentation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf about Jinns. I have too much respect for him to […]
India’s Modi stuns opposition with huge election win
May 23, 2019 By Alasdair Pal and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI/AYODHYA (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory on Thursday, putting his Hindu nationalist party […]
British Airways to resume Pakistan flights next week after a decade
May 23, 2019 By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next week a decade after it suspended operations following a major hotel bombing, becoming […]
The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack
The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices We like to take the Big Boys on […]
Silence is golden but it can also be elusive
Source: The National By Justin Thomas is a professor of psychology at Zayed University On a five-day silent retreat in Liwa, there were only the sand dunes for company. Aside from one daily call to the organiser, I was not to converse with anyone. Instead, I had an hour-by-hour schedule […]
How Right-Wing Extremism Has Changed the Lives of Canadian Muslim Women
Source: Vice.com From mosque shootings to Quebec’s anti-religious symbols bill, more Muslim women are living in fear. “Do you force her to wear that?” a waitress asked Stephanie Roy’s fiance one day, pointing at Roy’s hijab. Roy, a convert to Islam just a few years ago, who always leaves tips […]
UN human rights observers warn Quebec about secularism bill
Source: CBC High-ranking human rights monitors with the United Nations are concerned the Quebec government will violate fundamental freedoms if it moves ahead with legislation to limit where religious symbols can be worn. Three UN legal experts, known as rapporteurs, signed and sent a letter written in French last week […]
Why Do Volunteers Live Longer?
Source: Psychology Today By David Fryburg M.D. Research suggests that volunteerism is associated with a lower risk of dying. Once a month, I volunteer at a meal center to help serve food to people who are in need. Prepping and serving the dinner is a busy yet fun team activity […]
How Western Career Women Create Motherless Villages At Home And Abroad
Source: The Federalist By Libby Emmons While leftist women in the West push for less family structure and more centralized child support, they disrupt not only their own families but also families around the world. There are motherless villages in Indonesia where so many women have entered domestic service overseas […]