No More Persecution
Home Thursday, 31 May, 2018 | 06:58 WIB TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – This nation has truly failed to guarantee the freedom of religion and faith. Although our constitution clearly guarantees […]
New Iraq gov’t must overcome sectarian divide — UN
Source: The Jordan Times UNITED NATIONS, United States — Following elections, Iraq must move quickly to form a government that can overcome sectarian divisions and push ahead with badly-needed reforms, […]
Water : A Swiss engineer in the Hezbollah Valley
By Marguerite Meyer This content was published on May 30, 2018 Lucas Beck at the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit office in Zahlé, Lebanon.(swissinfo.ch) Lucas Beck works on a Swiss water […]
US involvement in Syria to prolong war, cause forgotten civilian casualties
May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Monday was the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day in the US, a day of commemoration originally set aside following the country’s devastating […]
Europeans’ Attitude Towards the Muslims: The Glass is More than Half Full
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: If we look carefully at the table by the Pew Research Center below, we realize that the glass is more than half full and is […]
Pakistan: Man Blinded by Father, Brothers in Loralai for Falling in Love
Balochistan: A man has been blinded by his own father and siblings for allegedly wanting to marry a girl he fell in love with in southwestern Pakistan.https://www.voanews.com/a/man-blinded-by-father-siblings-for-falling-in-love/4410181.htmlAbdul Baqi, 22, thought his family would help him get married. Instead, his father and four brothers accused him of violating Islamic values and removed […]
Pakistan: Prominent Sikh Leader shot dead in Peshawar
Yudhvir Rana / TNN / May 30, 2018 AMRITSAR: A prominent Sikh religious leader Charanjit Singh Sagar was shot dead in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan on Tuesday. President of Peshawar based Khalsa Peace and Justice Foundation of Pakistan Radesh Singh Tony told TOI that unidentified gunmen shot dead Charanjit Singh in […]
Book Review: The Future of Work – Robots, AI, and Automation
By Darrell M. West May 15, 2018 Look Inside Contents Chapter One Purchase Book Select edition Qty Add to Cart For orders outside the US Purchase by Mail, Fax, or […]
John Bolton presided over anti-Muslim think tank
The content of the advocacy group Gatestone is part of an echo chamber that includes Russian media. by Heidi Przybyla / Apr.23.2018 / National security adviser John Bolton, second from […]
American finds spirituality in the air in first Ramadan in the UAE
Asfour enjoys festive lights and lanterns on the streets Image Credit: Published: 12:47 May 30, 2018 Binsal Abdul Kader, Senior Reporter Abu Dhabi: Jamil Asfour, 40, a digital […]
EU handouts not always the answer for Africa’s returning migrants
Sofia Christensen, Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – When Fatou Kine’s failed attempt to reach Europe left her jobless and penniless in Algeria, she turned to an agency she had heard […]
China orders crackdown on large outdoor religious statues
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to better regulate the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions on religious expression […]
Australia’s New Rule for Asylum Seekers Makes Ramadan Even Harder
Source: The New York Times By Sarah Malik May 28, 2018 SYDNEY, Australia — For hundreds of Muslim asylum seekers being held in Australian detention facilities, Ramadan this year has […]
On Abortion Rights, Ireland Has Mirror Image in Conservative Poland
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Drew Hinshaw and Francis X. Rocca WARSAW, Poland—Ireland’s vote on Friday to legalize abortion echoed through another Roman Catholic-majority country in Europe, but one […]
Portugal considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide
Source: Associated Press By BARRY HATTON LISBON, Portugal (AP) — After legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage in recent times, Portuguese lawmakers will decide Tuesday on another issue that has brought […]
Fearing extremist violence, Egypt silences 20,000 storefront mosques
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) – The Egyptian government has banned preaching at 20,000 mosques as a precautionary measure to prevent extremist […]
Egypt blocks YouTube over film denigrating prophet Muhammad
Source: The Guardian Egypt’s top administrative court ordered authorities to block video-sharing website YouTube for a month over a film denigrating Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The ruling on Saturday ends a […]
What Politics and Religion Could Learn From Science
Source: Slate Returning to a science conference after a few years of covering politics was jarring and instructive. By William Saletan Over my years as a journalist, I’ve written […]
Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground
Source: The Economist ON A baking-hot Friday afternoon in the dusty Athenian district of Neos Kosmos, a cheerful assortment of (mostly male) worshippers greet one another in Arabic, Greek and […]
Trump exposes the hypocrisy of Christian Republicans
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson Opinion writer Three recent news items: ● At the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said: “We see moral […]