Does Religion Make People Moral?
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol, a contributing opinion writer, is a visiting fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesley College. Over the past 15 years, my country, Turkey, […]
A Proposal for Islam
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol Sept. 28, 2017 I am writing this column from an airplane, on my way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to my new home, Wellesley, […]
How Islamism Drives Muslims to Convert Image
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol March 25, 2018 The antigovernment protests that erupted in Iran in the last days of 2017 showed that millions of Iranians are now […]
Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals aren’t rejecting Trump. This is why.
Source: The Washington Post By Andrew L. Whitehead, Joseph O. Baker and Samuel L. Perry March 26 In an interview that aired March 25, Stormy Daniels said she was threatened for attempting to tell her […]
Court in Metro’s ad ban case discusses Christmas shopping, beer-making monks, charitable giving
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow March 26 at 1:48 PM Email the author A federal appeals court on Monday considered whether Metro’s policy barring issue-oriented advertisements on buses, trains and […]
S. Arabia: Four eminent Female Scientists
The Amazing Saudi Women Scientists You Need To Know About By Tamara Abueish March 25, 2018 When I first registered for a Women, Science, and Technology class last semester, the prospect of learning about women’s contributions to the STEM fields excited me. As a Saudi woman, I didn’t know […]
Deep Roots and Peace of Mind by Joel Osteen
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism and success. […]
A mean son of a bitch
Source AT My guess is that he was chosen precisely on that account. You have to be a mean son of a bitch to be a dictator in the Kim family mold. If, in fact, he’d been a secret reformer, Kim had time after his father’s 2011 death to show […]
Why India is a growing economy but an unhappy nation
Source: Hindustan Times By Udayan Mukherjee If people don’t earn enough, don’t have jobs they like, worry about their health, cannot trust others or the State, and are not free to make their choices, how can they be happy? As the world celebrated Happiness Day on March 20, we were […]
Chances of Tashkent conference leading to a consensus within Afghanistan look slim
Source: HT A high-level international conference on Afghanistan opened in Tashkent on March 26, even as Kabul is still recovering from an Islamic State (IS) led terror attack that killed 32 people in the capital on March 21. Just two days later, a car bomb in Helmand killed 14 innocents. […]
Punish a Muslim Day
Source: ET Ever since Britain’s exasperated populace announced its wish to leave the European Union (EU), there seems to have been a blanket approval given to racists to harass, intimidate and scare Muslims and other ethnic minorities in an attempt to put ‘Britain first’. A sizeable increase in attacks against Muslims was reported soon after Brexit occurred, […]
We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers – Ted Talk
Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on […]
Canada: 2 hate-motivated’ incidents at Mississauga Islamic centres
Woman seen placing torn-out pages of Qur’an on car windshields, making Islamophobic statements Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Mar 26, 2018 10:04 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Peel police say they are investigating two incidents as possibly ‘hate-motivated’ after this woman went to two Islamic centres in Mississauga last […]
Turkey and the Middle East’s emerging geopolitical void
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran A new way of Arab nationalism based on more radical sectarian discourses is currently being promoted by Mohammed bin Salman and his partners with the help […]
Turkey will not accept double standards in EU relations, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Before departing for the Turkey-EU Summit to be held in Bulgaria’s Varna on Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Turkish officials will remind their […]
Blue Bus of Kabul Brings Joys of Reading to Afghan Children
KABUL — The children of Kabul love the blue bus – they rush toward it every time it pulls into their street, eager to come on board, their young eyes brimming with excitement. https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-kabul-books-on-wheels/4301484.html But it’s no ordinary bus. Its name is Charmaghz, the Dari word for Walnut, and it’s […]
Jews, Arabs nearing population parity in Holy Land, emphasizing need for 2-state solution
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a Jewish settler looks at the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, from the E-1 area on […]
Sudan, Qatar ink $4 billion deal to develop Suakin seaport
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Sabah File Photo Related Articles Feature Turks return to Suakin Island after two centuries Sudan and Qatar on Monday signed a $4-billion […]
A Last Holdout on Divorce, Philippines Tiptoes Toward Legalization
Source: The New York Times By AURORA ALMENDRAL MARCH 24, 2018 Lennie Visbal, 52, has not been able to cut ties to her estranged husband because divorce is illegal in the Philippines. CreditLauren […]
In Yemen’s war, all losers
Mar 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis told visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman last Thursday in Washington that there is an urgent need to find […]