Indicting the International Criminal Court
May 19,2019 By Aryeh Neier NEW YORK — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come under withering criticism from the first four presidents of its oversight body, the 123-member Assembly […]
Turkey insists on right to drill for energy reserves off Cyprus
Dispute likely to escalate after Nicosia said it would seek to arrest anyone caught drilling Helena Smith in Athens Mon 20 May 2019 Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s foreign minister, says Ankara does […]
US to hold Bahrain economic conference to launch Middle East peace plan
Official does not confirm Israeli and Palestinian attendance Palestinians believe peace plan will be in favour of Israel Reuters in Washington Sun 19 May 2019 The US will hold an […]
Billionaire pledges to pay student debt for 2019 class at historic black US college
Robert Smith makes pledge to eliminate students’ debt estimated at $40m at Morehouse, Martin Luther King’s alma mater Martin Pengelly and agencies @MartinPengelly Sun 19 May 2019 My […]
Where is Saddam Hussain ?
Editor’s Note: PLEASE forgive me, this thought just came to my mind. It is well known that Saddam Hussain was a brutal dictator. While he did not […]
In Iraq, the ghosts provide the glue of unity in a story of survival
For a land that has experienced such suffering – under Saddam, then under the Americans, and then under attacks from the Isis cult – Robert Fisk finds that a profound […]
The British Victorians who became Muslims
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: BBC At the height of the Empire, a select band of British people renounced […]
Harvard University Documentary: The God Question?
Suggested Reading Religion and Science: The Indispensable God-hypothesis Video: The world’s best known atheist, Richard Dawkins does seem to believe in a Creator God Now that Ben Carson is out of Presidential […]
Iran dismisses possibility of conflict, says does not want war
By Reuters – May 19,2019 -JORDAN TIMES Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not photographed) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on […]
Dalai Lama lets slip how India vetoed his meeting with China’s leader in 2014
President Xi appeared open to discussing Tibet but the Dalai Lama’s hosts in Delhi were not so keen, a book reveals Michael Safi and Lily Kuo Sun 19 May 2019 […]
India’s Muslims fear for their future under Narendra Modi
Source: BBC News With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world’s largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist […]
Muslim woman says Ga. Corrections Department won’t let her wear hijab
Source: AJC By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination complaint against the Georgia Department of Corrections, alleging the agency violated her religious beliefs by […]
U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Is ‘on the Side of God’
Source: The New York Times By David M. Halbfinger JERUSALEM — The United States ambassador to Israel, a driving force in crafting the Trump administration’s long-awaited proposal to settle the […]
Sowing division, Islamists target Christians in Burkina Faso
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili (RNS) — A rash of attacks on churches in Burkina Faso is exposing the growing challenge of containing Islamist violence across Africa’s Sahel […]
A Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-Semitism
Source: The New York Times By Patrick Kingsley BUDAPEST — In late November, the office of Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, announced it would donate $3.4 million to causes […]
Trump proposes new US immigration plan favoring ‘merit’ over family ties – as it happened
Source: The Guardian By Vivian Ho (now) and Jamiles Lartey(earlier) The Mueller team unsealed evidence today that indicated that Michael Flynn told them of several instances of “persons connected to the Administration or Congress” interfering with the […]
San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology
Source: CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business San Francisco (CNN Business)San Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the United States […]
Poland’s church sex abuse scandal becomes political
Source: Politico A documentary exposing child sex abuse in Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has turned religion into a key issue ahead of the European election. The film, “Tell No One,” […]
Poland backs paedophilia law after Church documentary rattles ruling party
Source: Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland announced plans on Tuesday to tighten sentences for child sex abuse, just days after the country’s politics were upended by a documentary on paedophilia […]