What should be done in the Middle East? Ask the Romans
The more you travel, the more you realise the obvious, says Robert Fisk: globalisation is nothing new. To fix today’s crises, we must look at the fall of the world’s […]
Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell found guilty of child sex charges
Melbourne, Australia (CNN) One of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church was found guilty of multiple historical child sex offenses at a secret trial in Melbourne in […]
Polygamist family tries to cast practice in a more normal light
February 25, 2019 RAPID CITY, SD (KOTA/Gray News) – Polygamy is illegal in all 50 states, but for three people in South Dakota, the law is not standing in […]
Video: Laughter is the best cure for psychics
Four in 10 Americans (42 percent) believe spiritual powers rest in physical objects like mountains, trees, and crystals, according to a new study of American religion from Pew Research. A similar number […]
The scourge of racism rages on
Source: AT Do not judge people without their knowledge; there is no difference between black and white.” For Khadija Ben Hamou, the recently crowned Miss Algeria, there was no better way to say it: Racism hurts. In January after Khadija, 26, became the second black woman and first southerner to […]
Pakistan Army’s ideology a stumbling block to peace
Source: AT A former Pakistan diplomat has described Prime Minister Imran Khan as “a low-level government employee who is there because the army wanted a ‘face.’” Former diplomat Husain Haqqani’s description of the prime minister is another indication of the real power behind the throne in Pakistan – the army. The […]
If Women Can be Rocket Scientists, They Should be Priests As Well!
Why the Priesthood Needs Women Source: New York Times By Alice McDermott, who is a novelist and essayist. Far more than celibacy or sexual repression, barring one gender from the […]
My Response to: A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral: https://t.co/ILXA3ZZRCx pic.twitter.com/47iMBYeQHz — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) February 25, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Epigraph: Those who […]
Bernie Sanders Hires First-Ever Muslim Presidential Campaign Manager
Source: Forward.com By Aiden Pink Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign manager will be American Civil Liberties Union national political director Faiz Shakir, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. The move means that Sanders, who […]
73% of Americans say universities should not consider ethnicity when making decisions about admissions
NEW: As the debate over college admissions policies reignites, 73% of Americans say colleges and universities should not consider race or ethnicity when making decisions about student admissions. https://t.co/yP61WeDbZP — […]
How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the mention of 330 million gods?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It is very simple! And as we celebrate, the first United Nations International Day of Yoga – the […]
Mahershala Ali wins best supporting actor Oscar for Green Book
Source: The Guardian Mahershala Ali has won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as Don Shirley in Green Book in the 91st Academy Awards. This is Ali’s second […]
‘Tit-for-tat steps’ toward a nuclear war
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Published24.02.2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to reports that the U.S. would deploy short-range missiles has strong warnings about how they could counter this move. Those missiles, […]
100 Years Ago… – Our London Letter
A letter written for the Review of Religions recounting some of Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq’sra experiences whilst serving in England as a missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. This letter […]
The Virtue Of The Five Daily Prayers
Hazrat Abu Hurairah, Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Do you think that if there was […]
Showdown in Munich
Feb 24,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – CARL BILDT MUNICH — It was at the 2007 Munich Security Conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin first signalled a cooling of Russian-Western relations. Soon […]
No regrets for woman who stuck by Daesh through defeats
By Reuters – Feb 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Women and children are searched by fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, after fleeing the Daesh group’s last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria’s […]
New attempts to impose ‘regional settlement’
Feb 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – AMER AL SABAILEH Heading into the final year of his first term in office, US President Donald Trump will be pursuing a regional settlement […]
Another India-Pakistan crisis
Feb 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL India and Pakistan are, once again, at each other’s throat, this time after Islamabad was accused by New Delhi as having been behind […]
Exodus from last Daesh enclave overwhelms Syria force
By AFP – Feb 25,2019 – JORDAN TIMES A man prays as men suspected of being Daesh fighters wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]