Death by Selfie
Voices I’m not surprised an Israeli teen fell to his death taking a selfie on holiday – I used to be that obsessive myself A few years ago, I was […]
Stirred by Sexual Abuse Report, States Take On Catholic Church
Source: The New York Times By Sharon Otterman and Laurie Goodstein Attorneys general across the United States are taking a newly aggressive stance in investigating sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, opening […]
Love Pakistan a great deal, deeply desired to serve it: Atif Mian
Source: Dawn News Celebrated economist Atif Mian, who was asked to resign earlier on Friday from the government’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for his adherence to the Ahmadiyya faith, tweeted […]
Malaysian PM says caning of lesbians counter to ‘compassion of Islam’
Source: Reuters KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and […]
Twin Bombings in Afghanistan Hit Shiite Enclave
Source: Wall Street Journal By Craig Nelson, Ehsanullah Amiri and Habib Khan Totakhil KABUL—Two bomb blasts just minutes apart tore through a mainly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Afghan capital on […]
Australian prosecutors want tougher sentence for archbishop
Source: Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australian prosecutors said on Thursday they will appeal for a tougher sentence for the most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child […]
A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris September 1 ISFIYA, Israel — At a military cemetery lined by conifers on the wooded slopes of Israel’s Mount Carmel, Safwan Marich walks beside the […]
Khan al-Ahmar: Israel court approves demolition of Bedouin village
Source: BBC News Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected appeals against the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has been a subject of international concern. […]
In France, rebel priest takes on church bosses on sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By JOHN LEICESTER SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France (AP) — When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal’s handling of child sex-abuse […]
The Princeton University Press Wants the Muslim Times to Review this Book, for Our Commitment to Interfaith Tolerance
Christian Martyrs under Islam Publisher: Princeton University Press By Christian C. Sahner, who is associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross […]
Will Saudi Arabia Cease to Be the Center of Islam?
Source: New York Times By Faisal Devji, who teaches history at the University of Oxford Saudi Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula before the formation of the modern kingdom, has been and […]
Lombok reconstruction to start in early September: Minister
Reporter: antara 24th August 2018 Illustration. rubble of houses collapsed after the earthquake in Labuan Pandan Tengak Hamlet, Padak Guar Village, Sambelia District, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). (ANTARA […]
Three years after Germany’s borders opened: How migrants are lost in bureaucratic web
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 5 September 2018 Photo: DPA Zaid al-Ahmad fled from war in Iraq, but the 23-year-old is still struggling to get out of a bureaucratic web in Berlin. […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community honored with Jamaica street renaming
By Carlotta Mohamed Enlarge this image Courtesy of Grodenchik’s office (From l. to r.) City Councilman Barry Grodenchik alongside City Councilman Rory Lancman, state Assemblyman David Weprin, Imam Mahmood Kauser […]
Sadly, already ‘out of date’ : OP-ED: Imran Khan’s government takes a bold stand
No Pakistani government in its right senses would dare antagonising both the Sunni and Shia Ulema Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary’s statement that the new government […]
Debt-ridden Pak removes illustrious economist for being Ahmadi
Source: ANI | Updated: Sep 07, 2018 13:59 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 07 (ANI): The newly formed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has axed economist Atif R Mian from the Prime […]
Bowing to far-right pressure, Pakistan removes Ahmadi advisor
Government says decision to relieve leading academic from economic advisory council was made to ‘maintain unity’. by Asad Hashim The Ahmadiyya, a minority Muslim sect, has long been persecuted by […]
Breaking News: Pakistani PM bows to its Mullahs
Pakistan removes minority Ahmadi from economic council Source: KPVI ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman says the government of Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister has removed a minority Ahmadi Muslim from […]
One Day in the Haram review – a fascinating glimpse inside Islam’s holiest site
Guardian: With a release timed to coincide with Muharram, the Islamic new year, on 11 September, this very reverent documentary proffers an access-all-areas look at the Haram, the Great Mosque of Mecca (or Makkah), built to house Islam’s most holy shrine, the Kaaba. Only Muslims are permitted to enter Mecca, […]
US envoy sees Israel keeping Golan Heights forever
By Reuters – Sep 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli army vehicles patrol the border fence with Syria in the Golan Heights on July 4 (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The […]