South Sudan doctor wins UN refugee prize
By AFP – Sep 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES South Sudanese surgeon Evan Atar Adaha speaks during a press conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on Tuesday, after winning UNHCR’s 2018 […]
Jordan’s unwavering faith in peace
Sep 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s speech at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly not only focused on the Palestinian problem as the main […]
The Tories have based their cruel immigration policy on divisive myths for too long – it’s time for a different approach
Diane Abbott is the shadow home secretary and Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington It has been widely trailed that Theresa May will announce a clampdown on immigration in […]
Maldives marine artwork destroyed for being a ‘threat to Islamic unity’
Source: The Guardian BY Antonia Wilson A new sculptural work, Coralarium, created by artist and environmentalist Jason deCaires Taylor, was demolished last week after it was deemed anti-Islamic. The semi-submerged artwork […]
The silent Popes: Why Francis and Benedict won’t answer the accusations dividing their church
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)One rarely leaves his monastery high on a hill in Vatican City. The other speaks freely — too freely, critics say — but […]
‘Science not fairy tales:’ Teachers speak out against proposed science standards
Source: Arizona Central By Lily Altavena, Arizona Republic Parents and teachers on Monday rallied outside an Arizona Board of Education meeting, and then took turns during the meeting blasting a proposal […]
Thai court finds 9 Muslim men guilty in Bangkok bomb plot
Source: Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Tuesday convicted nine young Muslim men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a car bomb in the capital, […]
US: Myanmar military led ‘extreme’ violence against Rohingya
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military targeted Rohingya civilians indiscriminately and often with “extreme brutality” in a […]
In Nigeria, fears that a crackdown on Muslim group will court another Boko Haram
Source: Religion News Service BY Ali Abare Abubakar ABUJA, Nigeria (RNS) — Two years ago, Modu Bukar, a local leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, was gunned down in […]
Pope: Priestly abuse scandals driving Catholic faithful away
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JARI TANNER TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Pope Francis conceded Tuesday that priestly sex abuse scandals are outraging the Catholic faithful and driving them […]
Should the Catholic Church Pay Reparations to Sex-Abuse Victims?
Source: The Atlantic BY SIGAL SAMUEL The Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal has reached such a fever pitch that its top officials are now compelled to act. Last week, Pope Francis expelled a priest […]
Are you an “insecure overachiever”
Source: BBC News By Laura Empson 25 September 2018 Listen to Insecure Overachievers on BBC Radio 4 here. Presented by Laura Empson and produced by Jonathan Brunert. “It feels like a […]
Gene editing could eliminate mosquitoes, but is it a good idea?
Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN (CNN)Researchers have rendered a population of mosquitoes in a lab sterile using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 by homing in on a specific target in […]
Urdu Video: Deflating the Muslims’ Religious Ego
This is one of the reasons why the Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world and stressing interfaith tolerance and appealing to every Muslim to give […]
That thing India and Pakistan do
Mohammed Hanif, NYTimes KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago when India elected the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) to power, Pakistan’s iconic feminist poet and peace activist Fahmida Riaz recited a poem of despair, comparing new India to old Pakistan: Turns out you were just like us, Where were you hiding all […]
What Should be the Punishment of Salman Rushdie?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times What prompted me to bring back a decades old subject was that Pew Research Center picked up an […]
Will Europe Ban Male Circumcision?
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
US-Iran: John Bolton warns Iran of ‘hell to pay’ if crossed
Image copyrightAFP/GETTYImage captionJohn Bolton was speaking at United Against Nuclear Iran Summit in New York US National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned Iran’s rulers that there will be “hell […]
Offer of friendship with India is no ‘weakness’ – Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Published time: 24 Sep, 2018 © Global Look Press/ Rana Sajid Hussain Pakistan’s leader Imran Khan warned India that his offer of friendship should not be seen as “weakness,” while […]
Climbdowns, cheese and crowdfunding: Imran Khan’s first month as PM
Imran Khan Pakistan’s former cricket captain is fast learning that holding office in the country brings heavy compromises Memphis Barker in Islamabad Fri 21 Sep 2018 Imran Khan has been […]