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
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, […]
$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 […]
#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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Libya’s divisions
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises form the headquarters of Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli after three militants […]
Oslo Accords at 25: Many negatives and a few positives
Updated 13 September 2018 DAOUD KUTTAB September 13, 2018 Despite the return of Palestinian leaders and the release of prisoners and withdrawal from populated cities, the negatives have outweighed the positives […]
When extremism began: 40 years since the Grand Mosque in Makkah was seized
MOHAMMED AL-KINANI September 12, 2018 The rise of extremism in Saudi Arabia began on Nov. 20, 1979 when a deviant group stormed the Holy Mosque of Makkah. Crown Prince Mohammed […]
The battle of Idlib and its regional implications
Sep 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Amer Al Sabaileh The battle of Idlib could be the final chapter of the ongoing Syrian crisis. In hindsight, the beginning of the end was […]
China: Religious Freedom, Secularism and Patriotism?
Epigraph: Jesus said “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21) With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to […]