Boris Johnson ‘won’t apologise’ for burka comments
Source: BBC News Boris Johnson has stood by his remarks about the burka after the Conservative Party chairman told him to apologise. The former foreign secretary has been criticised for […]
Survival stories from devastated Lombok
Buried in Indonesia Earthquake, He Dug Out With Chunk of Debris Source: The Washington Post By Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono LADING-LADING, Indonesia — He was in the […]
Argentina’s senate rejects bill that would have legalized abortion
Argentina’s Senate rejects bill legalizing abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy Source: The Washington Post By Max Radwin and Anthony Faiola BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s upper house […]
Rashida Tlaib may be the first Muslim woman in Congress
Michigan Democrat likely to be first Muslim woman elected to Congress Source: Time Rashida Tlaib will likely be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress after CNN has projected her […]
Millions of Americans Can’t Afford a Checking Account. The Post Office Could Fix That
Source: Time By Abby Vesoulis Leonard Edwards, 57, doesn’t have a checking account. He can’t afford one. Once a month, the Social Security Administration adds money to his Direct Express […]
Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, despite other tech giants dropping him
Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Source: BBC News The CEO of Twitter says it will not ban InfoWars or its founder Alex Jones because their accounts […]
UK: The burka looks ridiculous, and those who defend it do Muslim women like me no favours
Suad Farah – The Telegraph UK https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/burka-terrifying-defend-do-muslim-women-like-no-favours/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget LOL” was the reply I got from my niqab-wearing best mate when I sent her the article that Boris Johnson wrote for this newspaper on Monday. I don’t like the veil, and like Boris I would never seek to ban it. But the growth […]
Turkey committed to agreement with Iraq, keeps water flowing to neighbor
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Delaying water-filling operations in the multi-billion dollar Ilısu Dam Project, Turkey continues to maintain water flow to its southern neighbor Iraq at 500 cubic meters per second […]
Muslim woman becomes America’s first headscarf-wearing TV reporter
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON AA Photo Tahera Rahman knew her road to becoming the U.S.’s first headscarf-wearing Muslim television reporter would be fraught with obstacles. After graduating from Loyola University Chicago […]
UK: An Open Letter from 16 year old to Boris Johnson
Below is an open letter to Boris Johnson, written by my 16-year-old Anam in response to Mr Johnson’s remarks about Muslim women who wear the veil calling them “Bank Robbers” and “Letterboxes” Mr Johnson, My name is Anam Ahmedi and I am 16 years of age. I belong to the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
The Quran Gives Principles of Justice, But No Judicial System
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Supreme Court of USA during the time of President Obama made several decisions in favor of […]
Indonesia earthquake death toll: 347 dead as Lombok hit by SEVENTH huge quake in 3 days
INDONESIA earthquake effects have been catastrophic in the last few days as the major tremors have given way to a steadily rising death toll. The latest estimations now show the […]
Ahmadiyya community comes together for largest Muslim convention in the UK
Ahmadiyya community comes together for largest Muslim convention in the UK August 8, 2018 MORE than 35,000 people from 100 countries gathered in the town of Alton, Hampshire to […]
POLITCS OF EXCLUSION: Why a Pakistani community has boycotted elections for 30 years
AP Photo/B.K.Bangash A long and lonely struggle. POLITCS OF EXCLUSION Why a Pakistani community has boycotted elections for 30 years By Peter Gottschalk, Wesleyan University Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan is […]
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion
By Becka A. Alper A growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated. We recently asked a representative sample of more than 1,300 of these “nones” why they choose not to […]
Audio: Ahmadiyya Community as Interviewed by BBC
An interesting and informative video comprising of interviews and other details about Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. A must watch video. Suggested reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran, ‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living.
Canada: Good riddance to our ties with Saudi Arabia
Tarek Fatah: The Toronto Sun Most Canadians were taken aback by the hostile reaction of Saudi Arabia towards Canada after Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland issued statements late last week calling on Riyadh to release imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose wife, Ensaf Haider, and three children are Canadian citizens. In […]
Iranian President congratulates Imran Khan, invites him to Tehran
Web Desk On Aug 8, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday called Prime Minister-designate and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. The Iranian President congratulated him on his […]
Imran Khan to live in Punjab House annex after becoming PM: PTI
Fahad Chaudhry Updated August 08, 2018 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will live in the chief minister’s annex in Punjab House after he is elected prime minister, senior PTI leader […]
Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 131, more than 156,000 displaced
ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGSAL, Indonesia Indonesian K-9 dog police officers search for victims at a collapsed house in Tanjung, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 08 August 2018. (EPA Photo) Related Articles Asia […]