The known: Obituary: Tristan Jones. http://www.independent.co.uk Tristan Jones, sailor, author, adventurer: born off Tristan da Cunha 8 May 1924; died Phuket Island, Thailand 21 June 1995. Tristan Jones’s […]
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 10, 2018 By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fanny Potkin JAKARTA (Reuters) – Hardline Islamists protested in Indonesia’s capital on Wednesday […]
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 10, 2018 FILE PHOTO: An Uighur vendor cuts meat at a street market in Kashgar, Xinjiang province August 3, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria […]
I don’t face judgement or peer pressure – people my age are willing to accept everyone’s individuality and right to their own choices Jessica Pardoe @jessicapardoePR The Independent Voices I don’t […]
As we sat for dinner after the conference, Jamal pointed out to me some of the negative tweets that were posted by his Saudi critics. He, like many compatriots, had […]
For finding a counselor in your area please go to: PsychologyToday.com We, the Muslim Times, have the best collection of articles on human psychology and self help: Depression Has Spiked By 33% In […]
Call for Europe’s ‘golden visa’ schemes to have higher standards of due diligence. European governments have been accused of opening the door to criminals through lax sales of passports and visas to the super-rich. The European Union had gained nearly 100,000 new residents and 6,000 new citizens in the last […]
Source: BBC News Sherin Khankan became Scandinavia’s first female imam when she opened the Mariam mosque in Copenhagen. The mosque holds women only Friday prayers but also mixed gender meetings […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley LES LILAS, France — There could scarcely be a spectacle more French than elderly matrons and young fathers vying for choice cuts of veal on […]
Source: BBC News By Rahil Sheikh A Labour MP has said she wants to know why details of five Sikhs in the UK were leaked to Indian newspapers after their […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish activists met with opposition lawmakers Monday to demand criminal punishment for Catholic priests convicted of sexually abusing children and […]
Source: The Japan News URAYASU, Japan – A “mobile mosque” was unveiled in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, in late September, with Muslim residents of the Kanto region coming to say their […]
Source: BBC News North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit the country, South Korea’s presidential office has announced. The invitation to visit Pyongyang will be delivered […]
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB BEIRUT (AP) — Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who disappeared last week after a visit to his country’s consulate in Turkey, was once […]
Source: The Guardian By Samuel Okiror Activists trying to open Uganda’s first centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have been told their plans for a safe space are illegal. […]
Source: Reuters BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling party aims to introduce legislation to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, the state news agency quoted a cabinet minister as saying, after […]
Source: Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Nationalists will stay firmly in power after Bosnia’s general election, deepening the ethnic divide in the country that went through a brutal war […]
Source: Time By KATY STEINMETZ Like his ancestors, 65-year-old Clayton Long spent his childhood immersed in Navajo culture, greeting fellow clan members with old, breathful Navajo words like “Yá’át’ééh.” Then he was sent to an English-only boarding school where his native language, also known as Diné, was banned. “I went into a […]
Source: BBC News By Christine Ro When her daughter was preschool-aged, Rebecca Spencer experienced something familiar to many parents and childminders: the power of a nap. Without it, her daughter […]