Pope to address oil majors in Vatican climate conference
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican will host executives of the world’s top oil companies for a conference next week on climate change and the […]
Gay in India, Where Progress Has Come Only With Risk
Source: The New York Times ByKai Schultz BILASPUR, India — If you had told Ayesha Kapur 10 years ago that she would help lead the fight against one of the world’s oldest laws criminalizing gay sex, she would never have believed you. For most of her life, Ms. Kapur […]
Bombing targets Afghan clerics calling for peace, killing 7
Source: Associated Press By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Afghanistan’s top clerics on Monday, killing at least seven people […]
What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t)
Source: The New York Times By Stephen T. Asma Mr. Asma is a professor of philosophy. It’s a tough time to defend religion. Respect for it has diminished in almost every corner of modern life — not just among atheists and intellectuals, but among the wider public, too. And the next generation […]
Europe and America part ways when it comes to “religious freedom”
Source: The Economist RELIGION and human rights have always had an intense, tortured relationship. On one hand, liberty of conscience and belief is one of the first and most fundamental […]
Video: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi about Continuation of Prophethood?
Suggested reading Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let us ask Prophet Muhammad Are Ahmadi Muslims: A Collection of Articles? Urdu Video: Ghamidi Declaring Ahmadis to be Muslims The Muslim Times has the Best Collection of […]
Will a Canadian Donald Trump Become Ontario’s Leader?
TORONTO — He is a wealthy businessman whose favorite political targets are “elites” he describes as drinking champagne “with their pinkies up in the air.” He hates government, but is running to lead one with a $121.7-billion budget, confident he will root out waste with his well-honed business acumen. And he has […]
Danish parliament to consider becoming first country to ban circumcision
Jews and Muslims find a common enemy in defending their religious freedom — a misguided effort to ban circumcision in Denmark Daniella Greenbaum On Friday, a petition arguing for a ban on circumcision for all children under the age of 18 crossed a 50,000-signature threshold in Denmark. That means the […]
Younger Evangelicals Waver in Support for Israel
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Updated June 3, 2018 5:33 p.m. ET JERUSALEM—Growing up in evangelical Christian churches, Caleb Fitzpatrick learned quickly to be a steadfast supporter […]
Judge: ‘In God We Trust’ on money isn’t religion endorsement
Source: Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal court has ruled that printing “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency doesn’t amount to a religious endorsement and therefore doesn’t violate […]
Trump to host Ramadan dinner
Source: Politico By ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NAHAL TOOSI President Donald Trump will host an iftar dinner at the White House next week to recognize the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to a […]
World Cup 2018: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in Egypt’s World Cup squad despite injury
Source: BBC News Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named in Egypt’s World Cup squad despite being injured in the Champions League final. Salah, 25, will not meet up with […]
Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts
Source: BBC News Guatemala’s most violent volcanic eruption in more than a century has killed 33 people, officials say. Dozens more are missing, the country’s disaster agency says. Villages on […]
Opioids Are Now Responsible for 1 in 5 Deaths Among Young Adults
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME In 2016, one in 65 deaths in the United States involved opioids — and among younger adults, that number skyrocketed to one in five, according to […]
US Supreme Court: Religious Rights Versus Human Rights?
Supreme Court rules for Colorado baker in same-sex wedding cake case Source: CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Updated 11:21 AM ET, Mon June 4, 2018 The […]
Pakistani mob razes historic property of minority Ahmadi sect
May 26, 2018 Web Editor 0 A spokesman of Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya said that “a 500-strong mob had desecrated the 135-year-old ‘Baitul Mubarik’ and a one-time residence of the Jamaat founder, Mirza […]
Philippines eyes greater regulation of Islamic schools
Philippine’s Secretary of Defence Delfin Lorenzana speaks at the fourth plenary session during the 17th Asian Security Summit of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday. (AFP) AP June […]
Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News 3 June 2018 About 70% of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer can be spared the […]
Saudi Red Crescent records spike in ‘physical confrontations’ during Ramadan
While Ramadan is supposed to be a time of spiritual renewal and contemplation, the authorities have noted a dramatic spike in the number of fights, traffic accidents and road-rage incidents […]
The Holy Quran and the Seventh Century Arabian Metaphors
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is consensus of opinion among the Muslim scholars of the Quran that the scripture was revealed in […]