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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Ectoplasm and the Last British Woman Tried for Witchcraft

POLITICS & HISTORY Spiritualist medium Helen Duncan was photographed emitting ectoplasm, supposedly proof of her ability to contact the dead. Helen Duncan’s ‘Ectoplasm’ c. 1939, Imitation silk. © Cambridge University […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

After fleeing Afghanistan, this formerly homeless 26-year-old is becoming a nurse

Shamim Ahmadi risked her life to educate herself and now she wants to inspire others Taylor Simmons · CBC News · Posted: Sep 17, 2018  Shamim Ahmadi is beginning her […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 18, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

The number of ex-Muslims in America is rising

 Yet even in the land of the free, apostasy isn’t easy Print edition | United States Mar 15th 2018| ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA AS SOON as he stepped off the plane on […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Joel Osteen’s audio – Activating your faith instead of fear

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Burqa or Hijab: That is the Question?

Laws banning Muslim women from wearing face-covering veils are largely in line with Western European attitudes on the issue: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/yLVMAaNsBB — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 17, 2018 % […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Seeking Asylum is a Fundamental Human Right and We have Best Collection on Universal Brotherhood

Seeking asylum is a fundamental human right. pic.twitter.com/jeXiqgTBgH — UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) September 17, 2018  

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Internet Sleuths Are Hunting for China’s Secret Internment Camps for Muslims

Source: The Atlantic By SIGAL SAMUEL Citizen journalists and scholars are in a race against time, scouring the internet for evidence before the Chinese government can erase it. Since last year, […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute

Source: Associated Press By JAMES ANDERSON DENVER (AP) — A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

#MeToo in the Monastery: A Chinese Abbot’s Fall Stirs Questions on Buddhism’s Path

Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson   BEIJING — Over the past two decades, religion in China has boomed, and no faith has benefited more than Buddhism. The number […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Russia’s Orthodox Church freezes ties with Constantinople over Ukraine spat

Source: Reuters BY Tom Balmforth, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, deepening […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Dutch Catholic church accused of widespread sexual abuse cover-up

Source: The Guardian More than half of the Netherlands’ senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed on Saturday, […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Pope pays tribute in Sicily to priest slain by Mafia

Source: Associated Press By TRISHA THOMAS and FRANCES D’EMILIO PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Pope Francis appealed to Mafiosi to renounce their quests for power and money as he visited Sicily […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel backs same-sex marriage

Source: Associated Press Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has backed same-sex marriage. The Cuban leader, who took over from Raúl Castro on 19 April, said he was in favour of recognising […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

‘Sacrilege’: Varanasi priests warn Ganges luxury cruises could contaminate river

Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Plans for a new luxury cruise liner on the Ganges river in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi have run into trouble, with priests […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The IT giant you never heard of

Yandex: The rise of ‘Russia’s Google’ Source: BBC News By Anastasia Zyrianova in Moscow Earlier this year, I climbed into a self-driving car for the first time. I was one […]

By Zia H Shah on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Punjabi Video: Comedy About PM Imran Khan and Atif Mian’s Fiasco

Suggested reading The Muslim Times Finally Has the Recipe to Unite All Muslims Non-Sectarian Islam: The Proportionate Faith Hajj and Universal Brotherhood and Sisterhood A New Commentary of the Holy Quran […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Experts: Spain’s Cordoba Mosque should be under public ownership

Source: Daily Sabah BY YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc ISTANBUL Amid a simmering disagreement over the rights of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain, a committee recruited by the local […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

From the wealth of nations to the fall of nations: The hegemonic protection of elites

FERHAT KÜÇÜK Published September 13, 2018 A damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo’s Saif al-Dawla district, Syria, March 2015. (REUTERS) The question of why some nations are economically […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Libya’s ‘Desert Lion’ Omar Mukhtar lives on in memory 87 years after death

DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL   This file photo shows Omar Mukhtar being taken away after he was arrested by occupation powers. Related Articles AfricaLibya’s ‘Desert Lion’ Omar Mukhtar’s only […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Pakistan’s Ahmadis: Pariah within Islamic society

EXPLAINERS Pakistan’s Ahmadis: Pariah within Islamic society The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan and Ordinance XX declares Ahmadis to be non-Muslims and further deprives them of religious rights. […]

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