Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after botched Israeli operation
Reuters International Nov 12, 2018 A Palestinian man and his son ride a motorcycle past the debris of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Khan Younis in […]
100 years of female suffrage in Germany: the unknown story
Source: The Local A poster in the Damenwahl (women’s vote) exhibition in Frankfurt am Main promotes the Women’s Day in 1914. Photo: DPA The English suffragettes are world famous, whilst the pioneers of German women’s suffrage are much less known. Now their story is being rediscovered. Who were Clara Zetkin […]
Belgian independent deputy Özdemir: Europe continues to bar the representation of Muslim women
NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANKARA Mahinur Özdemir said it is challenging in Europe to be a Muslim woman and more specifically a Muslim woman pursuing a career in politics. The acceptance […]
Istanbul conference calls for tribunal to judge Yemen ‘crimes’
By AFP – Nov 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — An Istanbul conference under the aegis of Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman on Friday called for concrete measures to end the war […]
The best way for our leaders to remember the dead on Armistice Day? Do everything they can to avoid a nuclear war
We are facing a situation where millions could be killed in minutes. The death toll could be even greater than that of the two world wars put together Des Browne […]
We should all be wearing a Khadi poppy today to commemorate the thousands of Indian soldiers who fought in WWI
The scale and significance of the British Indian Army cannot be underestimated – their sacrifice helped sow the seeds for a peace and harmony that we enjoy today and must […]
The recent buckling down of the state to mobs of the radical right is not the first time it has done so.
Source: Dawn Buoyed perhaps by signs of cleavage between Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and its protectors, the government is trying to look brave after the event and separating dharna (sit-in) participants from arsonists and destroyers of property. It is also true that the concessions allowed to the agitators in the […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, Spiritual Leader, Activist There is no better candidate than Muhammad, no one in fact that comes even close, in terms of fulfilling Jesus’s […]
French President on Nationalism Versus Patriotism
In World War I remembrance, France’s Macron denounces nationalism as a ‘betrayal of patriotism’ Source: The Washington Post The French president’s remarks at a solemn ceremony in Paris could be […]
Will Europe fold under US sanctions against Iran?
KAMRAN GASANOV Published November 7, 2018 Europe’s stance on the U.S. sanctions against Iran will reveal whether the continent can be independent from Washington or not and, secondly, will […]
PM Imran Khan expected to address the nation today: sources / and postponed …
PM Imran Khan expected to address the nation today: sources Web Desk On Nov 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to address the nation today, ARY News […]
Windsor Muslims promote peace & love
By Paul PedroNovember 9, 2018 @PaulPedroNews Windsor’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at community has stepped up for Windsor Regional Hospital, while promoting world peace. Members are pledging $1 million over 10 years […]
The Father of Algebra: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There are about 750 verses in Quran urging Muslims to make use of reason to understand nature and […]
Dr. Abdus Salam: Islam and Science Concordance or Conflict?
By Dr Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics A semi-quantitative measure of this is given by George Sarton in his monumental History of Science. Sarton divides his story of the […]
A Pope Francis gargoyle now watches over Cologne cathedral
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — It took about a week for visitors to the massive Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, to notice a small addition […]
Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis’ rise
Source: Associated Press By ARON HELLER 1 of 3 FILE – This June, 1954, file photo shows renowned physicist Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J. More than a decade before the […]
Overcoming Islamophobia in UK
My Salam Is For Everyone Source: Patheo By Farouq Peru I am your Muslim neighbour in London. As there are almost a million of us here (almost one in eight […]
Bermuda’s government fights against same-sex marriage in Court of Appeal
Source: CNN By Esan Swan Linda Bogle-Mienzer is one of the few Bermudians to have married someone of the same sex. Story highlights Same-sex marriage was legalized in Bermuda, then […]
Exclusive: ‘Can’t eat, can’t sleep’ – Rohingya on Myanmar repatriation list
Source: Reuters By Ruma Paul COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – For Nurul Amin, a Rohingya Muslim living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the days since learning he and his […]
Tibetan dies of self-immolation in protest of China
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in a protest earlier this week calling for the return of the region’s exiled Buddhist […]