Ramadan, Fasting and the FIFA World Cup By Gary Meenaghan 11 June 2018 For Muslims around the world, Thursday is expected to be the last day of Ramadan, yet for players of Saudi Arabia’s national team, the date takes on added significance. The Green Falcons will kick off the FIFA […]
Source: The Guardian By Richard Orange, Holbaek “It’s a lovely place,” says Jens Kramer, as he gazes across the harbour from his seat outside the wooden shed that serves as Holbæk’s […]
Source: Reuters By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Christian convert Loubna and her husband Kamal marry in a small ceremony in a meeting room of a human rights group in […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – As violence-torn Africa grows weary of solutions that haven’t worked, Nigerian Cardinal John Onaiyekan is proposing a controversial alternative: Negotiate with […]
Source: The Guardian Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall, 22, makes history during Queen’s birthday parade BY Nadia Khomami A Coldstream Guards soldier has become the first person to wear a turban […]
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Muslim Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of its […]
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) The Vatican says it is open to discussing the ordination of married men and an official role for women, to address […]
June 8, 20184:46 PM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Quil Lawrence Gen. Robert Neller, front row fourth from left, at Bait-us-Samad (House of the Eternal) mosque outside Baltimore, […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis warned that climate change risked destroying humanity on Saturday and called on energy leaders to help the world to […]
Source: BBC News A senior Vatican official who served as a diplomat to the US will face charges of possessing images that show child sex abuse, the Holy See said. […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis began purging Chile’s Catholic hierarchy on Monday over an avalanche of sex abuse and cover-up cases, starting with accepting the resignations of the bishop at the center of the scandal and two others. More heads were expected to […]
The G-7 summit once again made it clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is intent on treating America’s allies worse than its enemies. Europe must draw the consequences and […]
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Europeans’ Attitude Towards the Muslims: The Glass is More than Half Full Source: Daily Sabah By Yahya Bostan The mosque scandal in Rotterdam is a […]
Martin Downer June 10, 2018 There is no problem with Islamophobia in the Conservative Party, according to UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid, because he — a Muslim — has one […]
Saudi King Salman (left) meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II (center), UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (right) and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (back toward the […]
US president and North Korean leader are set to meet on Tuesday in a landmark summit in Singapore. more on Singapore Kim-Trump meeting: More theatrics than substance?today Final preparations […]
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: USA Today By Kirsten Powers, Opinion columnist In September of 2004, […]
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: Psychology Today By Diane Dreher Ph.D. Your Personal Renaissance Where can […]
People have always had an exaggerated respect for facts and, thanks to the internet, these are now easily accessible in far greater quantities than ever before Patrick Cockburn @indyworld One […]
By Mubin Saadat 11 Jun 2018 For the first time, a sitting US President and a North Korean leader, representing two countries which have never seen eye to eye, will meet face to face, and the island nation of Singapore will host this historic event. Just weeks ago, when Kim and […]