You Belong to God
Epigraph: I (Allah) have created men high and low, only to worship Me. (Al Quran 51:56/57) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles for interfaith tolerance among the […]
Commentary of Al-Dhariyyat: The Scatterers
Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction After attesting to the reality of the Day of Judgment (vv. 1-6) in the Islamic understanding, the surah discusses the intellectual fallacies that lie at the heart […]
How Islamic inventors changed the world
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the […]
Two new beginnings
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Recent shuttle diplomacy by American envoys in the region aims at solidifying a new regional order to confront Iran’s influence and expansionist […]
Israel needs a long-term vision
Jan 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI What Israel lacks more than anything else is a long-term vision for the future. Surely it must have dawned on Israel […]
Children are getting stabbed to death on our streets – we can do more to tackle these senseless tragedies
Jayden Moodie was a black child and, because of this, on social media and in the press, the words ‘gang-related’ have been scattered about with abandon – without evidence, and […]
Saudi teen’s asylum case being judged at lightning speed
Source: Yahoo News BY Andrew BEATTY Australian authorities are weighing a young Saudi woman’s asylum claim at unusual speed, several lawyers and legal experts have told AFP, contrasting her high-profile […]
‘If you enter a camp, you never come out’: inside China’s war on Islam
Source: The Guardian In Hotan, documents show officials are expanding detention camps and increasing surveillance by Lily Kuo in Luopu The Luopu County No 1 Vocational Skills Training Centre is hard to […]
‘Not acceptable’: Indian army backs gay sex ban despite decriminalisation
Source: The Guardian India’s army chief said on Thursday that gay sex and adultery would not be tolerated in the army’s ranks, months after a landmark court ruling struck down colonial-era […]
India slaps cases against critics of plan to grant citizenship to non-Muslims
Source: Reuters BY Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Indian police on Friday said they are investigating an academic, a journalist and a peasant leader for possible sedition for publicly […]
Maryland attorney general: Hotline for clergy abuse victims
Source: Associated Press By DAVID McFADDEN BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s top law enforcement official on Thursday announced a phone hotline for victims to report child sex abuse associated with a […]
Is Sisi Good for Egypt’s Christians?
Source: Wall Street Journal By Marlo Safi On Thursday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the recently opened Coptic Cathedral of the Nativity, not far from Cairo. “It is a […]
Pompeo and His Bible Define U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Source: The new Yorker By Robin Wright Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened a speech in Cairo on Thursday by referring to the Bible that he keeps in his small, wood-panelled office […]
Despite denials, D.C. Cardinal Donald Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against Theodore McCarrick and reported them to Vatican
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reported them to the Vatican in 2004, church officials confirmed […]
Vatican launches track team of Swiss Guards, nuns
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican launched an official track team Thursday with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an […]
Brussels Jewish Museum killings: Mehdi Nemmouche trial begins
Source: BBC News The trial of a man accused of killing four people at the Jewish Museum of Brussels has started in Belgium. Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche is accused of shooting […]
Putin disavows crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses, giving hope to detained
Source: Religion News Service BY Marc Bennetts MOSCOW (RNS) — Before he was arrested in April, Anatoly Vilitkevich often went door to door in his hometown, proselytizing and passing out […]
Bosnian Serbs celebrate day that kicked off devastating war
Source: Associated Press By AMEL EMRIC BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Threatening Bosnia’s fragile peace, Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday celebrated a holiday associated with a bloody civil war and criticized […]
Pakistan Wants To Reform Madrassas. Experts Advise Fixing Public Education First
Source: NPR BY Diaa Hadid Youths sporting peach fuzz sway as they chant parts of the Quran. They sit in the courtyard of a sprawling Islamic seminary, or madrassa, on […]
Philippine president renews attack on Catholic church
Source: Reuters (This Jan. 10 story corrects the priest’s comments and removes the words “played down”) MANILA (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country […]