BBC Video — Big Questions: Should gambling be socially unacceptable?
Epigraph: They ask you Muhammad concerning wine and the game of hazard (gambling). Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is […]
‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Makes Bonkers Claim: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Jesus
Epigraph: The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall. Thomas Paine Source: Huffington Post “I […]
ڈارون سے ہزار برس قبل نظریۂ ارتقا پیش کرنے والا مسلمان مفکر کون تھا؟
Source: BBC, Urdu Courtesy: Altaf Qadeer of Canada ظفر سیدصحافی، اسلام آباد جاحظ نے سائنس، جغرافیہ، فلسفہ، صرف و نحو اور علم البیان جیسے کئی موضوعات پر قلم اٹھایا نظریۂ ارتقا انسان کی فکری تاریخ کے طاقتور ترین نظریات میں سے ایک ہے اور جتنا اس نے انسانی فکر پر […]
Islam’s evolutionary legacy
Courtesy: Altaf Qadeer, Canada Source: The Guardian; from March, 2009 By Ehsan Masood Last month, scientists from around the world partied into the small hours on the 200th anniversary of the birth […]
Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, But Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People
Columbus’s treatment of the Taíno people meets the UN definition of genocide. But there has also been a curricular genocide — erasing the memory of the Taíno from our nation’s […]
France and Italy Fighting Over Libyan Oil: Is This Why They Killed Gaddafi?
Source: The African Exponent By Tatenda Gwaambuka France and Italy are fighting over Libyan oil and destroying the country in the process. NATO killed Gaddafi so as to access Libya; […]
A Muslim Saint About a Sikh Saint
Source: Book — A Message of Peace from 1908 Although the newborn branch of Vedic faith entitled Arya Samaj teaches that after the revelation of the Vedas, communication from God […]
Citizens in the West should care about discriminatory immigration policies
February 11, 2019 In this October 2015 photo, German federal police officers guide a group of migrants on their way after crossing the border between Austria and Germany. Once granted […]
What do the Muslims need, as they face decline of the nation-state?
The decline of the nation-state in the Middle East Source: TRT World By Dr Yakoob Ahmed, who is a PhD graduate from SOAS, University of London. An Ottoman historian, he […]
An Island for ‘Unwanted’ Migrants Is Denmark’s Latest Aggressive Anti-Immigrant Policy
By Lisa Abend/Vordingborg January 16, 2019 On a cold December night, Inger Stojberg stood in an overlit auditorium in Vordingborg, eastern Denmark, and explained why the Danish government had chosen […]
Today is the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln: What is Common between the Holy Prophet Muhammad and Him
Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th […]
Ilhan Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC
Source: Politico By JOHN BRESNAHAN Freshman Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar ignited a new controversy on Sunday night when she suggested GOP support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from a […]
Abuse of Faith
Source: Houston Chronicle By Robert Downen, Lise Olsen, and John Tedesco Multimedia by Jon Shapley First of three parts Thirty-five years later, Debbie Vasquez’s voice trembled as she described her trauma to a […]
Can this technology put an end to bullying?
Source: BBC News Breaking up with your first love is hard to do, but at the age of 18, it was a particularly traumatic experience for Nikki Mattocks. Rather than […]
How This Ethiopian Photographer Is Giving Storytellers a New Platform
Source: Time By Naina Bajekal When TIME approached photographer Aida Muluneh to create images for the 2019 Optimists issue, she immediately turned to Ethiopia’s political climate for inspiration. A new Prime […]
The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth
Source: Pew Research Center Have living things always existed in their present form, or did they evolve? And if evolution occurred, was a divine hand at play? Measuring public opinion […]
Top Vatican Official Resigns After Being Accused Of Sexual Harassment
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Herreria VOICES OF FAITH Former nun Doris Wagner has spoken publicly about the harassment and abuse she says she faced in the Roman Catholic Church. […]
India court hands seven Muslim men life sentences for killings that sparked 2013 riots
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Friday sentenced seven Muslim men to life in prison for the murder of two Hindu men in 2013 in the […]
Uighurs fled persecution in China. Now Beijing’s harassment has followed them to Australia.
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack February 10 ADELAIDE, Australia — Alfiraa Dilshat and Rashida Abdughufur were picnicking in the small seaside town of Victor Harbor in late December when […]
The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio
Source: The New York Times By Jane Margolies [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Since the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” tourists have been […]