Kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls freed in Nigeria
Source: BBC News Nearly all of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Officials said at least […]
Iraq holding more than 19,000 because of IS, militant ties
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or […]
‘We suffer more’: Rising violence on Shiite targets takes toll on Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Source: The Washington Post By Sharif Hassan and Pamela Constable KABUL — When a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people Wednesday near the majestic Sakhi shrine in west Kabul, where worshipers had gathered […]
Muslims place greater importance on national identity, finds UK study
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than half see being British as important, compared with 44% of general population Muslims pray for Eid al-Fitr at a park in London. […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Source: The Guardian Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. […]
Author Traces Christianity’s Path From ‘Forbidden Religion’ To A ‘Triumph’
Source: NPR By TERRY GROSS For years, religion scholar Bart Ehrman wanted to write a book about the early spread of Christianity, but he shied away from it because the topic […]
Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses break silence on shunning: ‘My mother treats me like I’m dead’
Source: USA Today By Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press Amber Sawyer was just 8 years old when it happened. She was watching cartoons on the living room floor of her Mississippi home […]
Mattis tells Saudi Crown Prince: urgent need to find end to Yemen’s war
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 22 March 2018 Photo showing Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon. (SPA) Photo showing Crown Prince […]
Save Gaza from Greenblatt
Mar 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It was dubbed as a meeting to save Gaza. The meeting summoned by the US peace envoy Jason Greenblatt was called a […]
Why did Abbas blow his fuse?
Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It can be argued that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blew his fuse on Monday, when he insulting US Ambassador to Israel David […]
Allowing anti-diversity voices to divide humanity is profoundly dangerous — King of Jordan
Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah takes part in a question-answer session at a meeting with students in The Hague on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal […]
Religious leaders explore link between faith, development, humanitarian work
By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Mar 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Prince Hassan, Grand Mufti Mohammad Khalayleh, Bishop Elias Toume, KAICIID Senior Adviser Mohamed Abu Nimer, German Deputy Ambassador Ralf […]
Why are politicians comparing everything to the Second World War?
By contrast, the Russians have avoided all mention of their own World Wars – an infinitely greater sacrifice in the second than all the other allies put together – and have shrewdly marketed their response and RT’s propaganda around our own failure to ask obvious questions Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday […]
NAUROZ CELEBRATED
People is Kashmir usually start plantation from this day. It is also expected that light to moderate rains would occur on this day. It also happened on Wednesday as the festival was being celebrated. MUDASIR YAQOOB Srinagar, Publish Date: Mar 22 2018 Nauroz was celebrated across the state with zeal […]
Today is the Anniversary of Goethe – Was He a Muslim?
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (/ˈɡɜːrtə/;[1][2][3] German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə] ( listen); 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Guardian: Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. The survey of 16- to 29-year-olds found the Czech Republic is the least religious country in Europe, with 91% of that age group […]
Navroz Mubarak: Interesting facts about the Parsi New Year
Updated: Mar 21, 2018 | 09:25 IST | Times Now Digital Parsis pray at a temple on occasion of Parsi New Year ‘Navroz’ in Mumbai (File pic) | Photo […]
In Turkey’s Kurdish heartland, anger over Syria war finds a stage
Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Turkish Kurds turned an annual cultural festival into a rare mass political protest on Wednesday against the government’s two-month-old […]
International Women’s Day
By: Sairah Yassir-Deane and Cem Nizamoglu To celebrate Women’s Day on 8th March, no way is better than reproducing a collection of articles written by FSTC scholars and associates on the achievements of women in Muslim Heritage in various fields. We focused in our work on this topic of contributions made by women in […]
Trump praises US military sales in talks with Saudi crown prince
By Reuters – Mar 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (centre) speaks alongside members of his delegation during a lunch meeting with US President Donald […]