Michael Cohen trial: Trump accused of directing hush money
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty in a New York court to violating campaign finance laws. He said he had done so […]
UK urged to intervene as female Saudi activist becomes ‘first to face death penalty’
Officials are pushing for a women known to document protests to be executed if she is convicted by a secret terrorism court. 18:22, UK, Wednesday 22 August 2018 Image: […]
Muslims are challenged to think about Eid-al-Adha
Source: World Muslim Congress Muslims are challenged to “think” in the following three pieces written about the true meaning of Eid-al-Adha. Each article seeks to align it with the universal […]
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
Pakistan Mateen Haider August 22, 2018 Rawalpindi, 22 August 2018: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who is in Saudi Arabia to perform hajj, met Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin […]
Man charged after threatening to kill people at Fairfax County mosque, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Jouvenal A 22-year-old man has been charged after police said he threatened to kill everyone he encountered at a Fairfax County mosque, rammed parked cars […]
Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s named 200 times in the grand jury report on child abuse
Cardinal Wuerl target of rising anger after Pa. grand jury report Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein In the week since a Pennsylvania grand jury reported on child sex abuse […]
Maine town’s Amish population quadruples in less than two years
Source: Bangor Daily News By Jessica Clifford, Lincoln County News In March 2017, three Amish families moved into Whitefield. Today, the population has quadrupled. The town is home to 13 […]
Movie star’s lifestyle reversal sparks a debate in Egypt
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Hala Shiha quit the glamorous film industry a decade ago to embrace a more religious lifestyle, adopting the traditional Muslim headscarf, […]
Indonesian woman sentenced 18 months in prison for complaining about noisy mosque
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy Source: Associated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman who complained about a noisy mosque to […]
Hajj and Universal Brotherhood and Sisterhood
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times More than two million have performed Hajj this year. Hajj is the best symbol for universal brotherhood and the […]
Happy Eid Mubarak and Hajj to All Our Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for you
Eid Mubarak to all our readers from our Editorial team. The Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year, Eid-ul-Fitr and the other, which comes about 10 weeks later, is called Eid-ul-Adha. […]
See a Pictorial Fulfillment of a Prophecy From the Time of Patriarch Abraham
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
Calgary Muslims helping feed city’s less fortunate during Eid al-Adha
Ryan Rumbolt August 21, 2018 Meat from a traditional livestoc slaughter at Calgary’s the Baitun Nur Mosque will be given to Calgarians in need, as well as friends and family […]
Muslims at haj blame Arab disunity for Jerusalem embassy move
Source: Reuters By Muhammad Yamany, Seham El-Oraby ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Muslims at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia criticized what they described as discordant Arab leaders for failing to […]
Rockets fired at Afghan presidential palace during Eid speech
Source: The Guardian The Taliban have fired a pair of rockets towards the presidential palace in Kabul during a live broadcast by Ashraf Ghani to mark the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, […]
Dublin hospitals told to free up beds ahead of Pope Francis’s visit
Source: The Guardian BY Giuseppe Lami/EPA Hospitals in Dublin have been advised to discharge patients in order to free up beds ahead of the pope’s visit to Ireland this weekend amid warnings […]
Pope will meet sexual abuse victims in Ireland: Vatican
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will meet victims of clergy sexual abuse during his visit to Ireland this weekend, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The stage from […]
Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals
Source: Associated Press By IVAN MORENO and JEFF KAROUB For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of […]
Murder Mystery in Ancient Monastery Reverberates in Coptic Church
Source: The New York Times By Declan Walsh WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. […]
ISIS resurfaces again despite efforts by Europol to block them from the internet
In fight against ISIS’s propaganda machine, raids and online trench warfare Source: The Washington Post By Joby Warrick THE HAGUE – The campaign started with the cyber equivalent of a massive airstrike: law-enforcement agencies from eight countries, moving in unison to smash two of the main propaganda organs of the Islamic State. […]