What is Istakhara? How to do it? Addressing some misconceptions about it
The need for Istakhara: There are various periods and phases of life in which we feel ourselves to be in a twisted situation. We need to take important decisions […]
UT Austin’s first Muslim sorority seeks to redefine Muslim womanhood after one year on campus
Maria Haseem (front), Ushna Ahmad, Aya Akid (middle, right) and Deenah Kafeel held an info session for a new organization called Mu Delta Alpha on Tuesday. MDA will be the […]
ABC under fire for show dedicated to ‘oppressive’ Muslim garment
11/04/2018 Ben Fordham ABCSenator Eric AbetzYassmin Abdel-magied The ABC is feeling the heat over their new show dedicated to discussing Muslim headscarves. The woman hosting the program is none other […]
America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Syrian regime flag raised in Douma: Russian military
By AFP – Apr 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on April 8, 2018, shows Syrian Army soldiers gathering in an area on the eastern outskirts of Douma, as […]
‘Nothing will stand in way of Red Sea-Dead Sea water desalination project’
By JT – Apr 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki discusses the water situation in Jordan with officials at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Wednesday (Petra photo) […]
Syria is the ultimate free-for-all free fire zone
Apr 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen This region has become a free fire zone. Any country can become a shooting gallery at any moment. A video of the shooting by […]
Australian Muslim activist ‘kicked out of US’
By AFP – Apr 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Sydney- A high-profile Australian author and Muslim activist was refused entry to the United States Thursday and put on a plane home […]
Easter exposes Arab Christians’ diminishing numbers
Apr 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It clearly was neither coordinated nor intentional, but this Easter Sunday saw an unusually low governmental and public interaction with Palestinian Christians. It […]
UN warns against letting Syria crisis ‘spiral’ out of control
By AFP – Apr 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Washington – The United Nations warned world powers against letting the crisis over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria from […]
Young Catholics tell Pope Francis the church is indifferent and judgmental
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Erickson March 25 Email the author Pope Francis waves as he celebrates the Vesper prayer in the Church of San Gregorio al Celio, in central Rome. (Andreas […]
‘I paid $90,000 to free my family from IS’
Source: BBC News By Lizzie Porter Sharya, Iraq Image copyrightLEILA MOLANA-ALLENImage captionKhalid Taalo Khudhur al-Ali with nephews and nieces who also made it to safety in August 2014 Khalid Taalo Khudhur al-Ali fled with his wife and children as Islamic State militants attacked their town in Iraq in 2014, but 19 […]
Why Tuesday Could Define Trump’s Presidency
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT April 10, 2018 Historians judge presidents by how they react in times of crisis, and during an unseasonably cold April in Washington, Trump is facing two major ones: how to respond to a brutal chemical strike in Syria and what to do about investigations reaching his […]
They Were Jailed for Miscarriages. Now, Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban.
Source: The New York Times By ELISABETH MALKIN APRIL 9, 2018 Women at risk of premature birth resting at El Hospital de La Mujer in San Salvador.CreditFred Ramos for The New York Times SAN SALVADOR — When Teodora del Carmen Vásquez walked out of the Ilopango women’s prison a few weeks ago, […]
LDS prophet poised to launch global tour Tuesday after making historic changes to help boost international Mormonism
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack By any measure, the new Mormon prophet is an optimist. In a move at once audacious and somewhat inexplicable, for example, 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson stood at the pulpit at the conclusion of his first LDS General Conference as the faith’s 17th president […]
‘An oasis of calm’: Quakers broadcast 30 minutes of silence
Source: The Guardian Podcast of quiet Nottingham group gathering, inspired by BBC’s ‘slow radio’ season, clocks 400 tune-ins BY Frances Perraudin North of England reporter The Silent Special podcast featured the ambient sounds of a clock ticking and rain falling. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo It’s not the most obvious subject for […]
France’s Macron asks Catholics to voice euthanasia concerns
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is encouraging religious leaders to voice their concerns ahead of a proposal to change the country’s laws on assisted reproduction and euthanasia. Speaking to Catholic bishops in Paris —a rare occasion in the historically Catholic country attached to its secular […]
After ‘no hell’ report, Pope gives the devil his due
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has put Satan in his place, citing the devil repeatedly in a document published on Monday following a Vatican rebuke last month of a journalist who quoted him as saying hell does not exist. Pope Francis arrives to […]
‘Two or three illegal’ church crosses torn down in central China
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have torn down “two or three” crosses adorning Christian churches in one county because they were “illegally built”, state media quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. The officially atheist ruling Communist Party has tightened restrictions and oversight of religious practice in China […]
Somaliland elders approve ‘historic’ law criminalising rape
Source: Reuters BY Nita Bhalla NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rapists in Somaliland face up to 20 years in jail after the break-away conservative Islamic region passed its first law against rape in a drive to combat gender violence, a senior official said on Monday. The bill, which passed parliament’s […]