Audio: Pushing People Up by Joel Osteen
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 and […]
Flying while Brown and Muslim
Source: Politico By Qasim Rashid I got harassed at the airport by Customs and Border Patrol. Good thing I’m a lawyer—in the Trump era, others aren’t so lucky. After a […]
Damage above 100’000 Swiss Francs (USD) – Fire in adjacent building of Nuur Mosque in Wigoltingen, Switzerland.
The fire is in the building on the right. Nuur Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Switzerland on the left. sda 13.8.2018 during a fire at an adjacent building […]
Five Swiss cantons to extend pilot scheme to offer jobs in agriculture to refugees
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 9 August 2018 migrationagriculture A participant in the program. Photo: Union Suisse des Paysans. The trial phase launched in 2015 saw 30 refugees or people on […]
Italy says Britain should take in Gibraltar-flagged rescue boat carrying 141 migrants
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA ROME Migrants rest after being rescued by SOS Mediterranee organisation and Doctors Without Borders during a search and rescue (SAR) operation with the MV Aquarius […]
Death toll from Indonesia eathquake rises to 436
ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia Workers take down a damaged shop with an excavator in an earthquake-hit area in Gangga on August 12, 2018. (AFP Photo) The death toll from […]
Syrian rebels build an army with Turkish help, face challenges
By Reuters – Aug 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Members of National Army, backed by Turkey, take part during a graduation ceremony in the city of Al Bab, Syria, on August […]
Trump and Erdogan: Soul Brothers … and the future of America
Turkey’s economic crisis is a glimpse into the future of Trump’s America Turkey’s situation is what happens when you undermine independent institutions, trample over norms of good governance, ignore expert […]
Jordan’s foreign policy: The need for revision
Aug 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Jordan faces challenges at the international, regional and domestic levels. There is a significant shift under way in the conduct of […]
Charity ambassador removed over burqa row
Christine Hamilton axed from charity over burka tweet Source: BBC News Christine Hamilton has been removed as a charity ambassador after comparing burkas to the hoods of the Ku Klux […]
Parker Solar launched aims to dip directly into our star’s outer atmosphere
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft takes off on its mission to the Sun Source: BBC News US space agency Nasa has launched its mission to send a satellite closer to […]
The child welfare crisis is not only limited to border separation
I Was in Foster Care. Family Separation Isn’t Just a Problem at the Border Source: Time By SHERRY LACHMAN Lachman, who was a domestic policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, […]
This photographer spent the year since Charlottesville documenting white supremacists
Source: Time Charlottesville, Va., blew up a year ago, the tiki torch march illuminating the night skies of Aug. 11, 2017 and street confrontations ending in death the next day. […]
Alienating Immigrants Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
How the media helps increase terrorist groups membership
Stelter: How to report on racists without fanning the flames Source: CNN By Brian Stelter As journalists fan out to cover a hate group gathering on the one-year anniversary of the […]
IBM has a Watson Dilemma
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Daniela Hernandez and Ted Greenwald Can Watson cure cancer? That’s what International Business Machines Corp. IBM -1.23% asked soon after its artificial-intelligence system beat humans at the quiz show “Jeopardy!” in 2011. […]
Eid-ul-Adha: Sacrifice and its Symbolic Relevance
By Maryam Hedayat The Muslims around the world are preparing themselves for the festival of Eid-ul- Adha. Unlike the Eid-ul-Fitr, we do not focus much on buying new clothes, shoes […]
Arab philanthropy moves from charity to development, new reports finds
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Boris Johnson must apologize !
Boris Johnson must apologise for veil remarks, says Stevenage Muslim leader JP Asher jp.asher@archant.co.uk @journo_JP PUBLISHED: 15:10 10 August 2018 | UPDATED: 17:49 10 August 2018 Conservative MP and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in 2014. Picture: Danny Loo Boris Johnson should apologise for his comments about women’s veils, and […]
Pakistan dynasties unite against triumphant Imran Khan
Sharif and Bhutto families form unlikely alliance against cricketer-turned-PM Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and Kiran Stacey in New Delhi The two dynasties that have battled for control of Pakistan for […]