None arrested over attacks on Ahmadiyyas yet
Our Correspondent . Panchagarh | Published: 16:59, Feb 18,2019 | Homesteads of Ahmadiyya Muslims are burnt by religious bigots in Panchagarh’s Ahmadnagar on Tuesday night. — New Age file photo […]
India welcomes guest of honour invite at OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Abu Dhabi
Wam/Web Report/Abu Dhabi/New Delhi Filed on February 23, 2019 (Mofa file) The theme will be ’50 years of Islamic cooperation: Road map for prosperity and development’. Abu Dhabi will host […]
Pakistan: Laws that set us back
OP-ED Laws that set us back Manahil Shahnawaz FEBRUARY 24, 2019 A nation doesn’t just become crazy and non-nonsensical overnight. Our laws, formulated under the guise of religion have […]
Understanding Satan in the Quran Provides for Progressive Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Satan or Iblis is mentioned no less than 60 times in the holy Quran. Is Satan a real […]
‘You’re fired!’ America has already terminated Trump
Robert Reich The Mueller report looms but the president is doomed anyway – no one who screws the people so blatantly can win re-election Sun 24 Feb 2019 Donald Trump delivers his “You’re fired!” catchphrase at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2015. Photograph: Dominick Reuter/REUTERS Robert Mueller’s soon-to-be-delivered […]
UK must stop investing in fossil fuels in developing countries
Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon It is time to prove it is serious about phasing out use of fossil fuels worldwide Ban Ki-moon tells Britain: stop investing in fossil fuels overseas […]
Shamima Begum says she regrets publicising desire to return to UK
Shamima Begum 19-year-old who left Britain to join Isis in 2015 fears talking to media may have harmed cause Haroon Siddique Sun 24 Feb 2019 Shamima Begum want to return […]
African Union seeks to kill EU plan to process migrants in Africa
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating Daniel Boffey in Sharm el-Sheikh Sun 24 Feb 2019 Migrants and refugees arrive in Messina, Sicily, following a […]
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN • Updated 21st February 2019 CNN — A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on […]
RUSSIA: 100+ Jehovah’s Witness criminal cases
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
A view from Turkey: Married couples, women happier according to life satisfaction survey
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23.02.2019 A tramway drives through a crowd in İstiklal Avenue, Istanbul, Jan. 25, 2019. The happiness rate dropped in the country last year though hopes for a […]
Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Residents at the Kashgar city vocational educational training centre attend a Chinese lesson during a government organised visit in […]
Forced to beg, Senegal’s “talibes” face exploitation and abuse
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2019 Abdel Rahman, 20, a former Koran student, called a talibe, who became a karate coach at Maison de la Gare, an […]
Illegal immigration, refugees top Arab-EU Summit agenda
MOHAMED AL-SHAMAA February 24, 2019 Heads of state, officials from EU and Arab League member countries to attend summit today Some 19.5 million people globally have been forced to flee […]
Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Rima bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US – the first woman ever to take on an envoy […]
Sajid Javid’s selfish ambition eclipsed his judgement – and now Shamima Begum has the moral high ground
He wants to defend national security and impress a public understandably appalled by Begum. Yet she may be a larger threat to western security as a stateless figure at large […]
Billionaire New England Patriots’ Owner Robert Kraft Falls To Show Us Need of Religion
Epigraph: And he who turns away from the remembrance of the Gracious God, We appoint for him a satan, who becomes his companion. (Al Quran 43:36/37) New England Patriots Owner […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
In New England, battling the opioid crisis with a mix of science and faith
Source: Religion News Service BY Amanda Greene NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — Doreen Abubakar arrived at Manjares Restaurant and Fine Pastries in New Haven, Conn., catching her breath and waiting […]
Macron announces crackdown on anti-Semitism in France
Source: BBC News French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new measures to tackle anti-Semitism, following a spate of attacks. He told Jewish leaders that France would recognise anti-Zionism – the […]