Cardinal Keith O’Brien dies after fall
Source: BBC News Cardinal Keith O’Brien, formerly the Catholic Church’s most senior cleric in Britain, has died at the age of 80. The cardinal, who resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews […]
Decaying notion of one Ummah
Source: ET A few days ago, the whole world witnessed the epitome of political hypocrisy when the chief propagandist of a Muslim travel ban was warmly welcomed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Islam. As a result, the Saudi-government invited taunts on social media for allegedly honouring […]
Jailed Palestinian teen in good spirits ahead of closed trial, father says
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL In this Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi is in a courtroom at the Ofer military prison near Jerusalem. (AP […]
Ambitious policies of Saudi Arabia and the Emiratis
MUHITTIN ATAMAN @MuhittinAtaman After the Arab revolutions and insurgencies started, all strong republican regimes, which were known as the main carriers of Arab nationalism, collapsed. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began to claim the leadership of the splintering Arab world. These two states tried to reverse […]
Iran denies Saudi allegations of harbouring bin Laden’s son
Reuters International This content was published on March 20, 2018 2:42 PMMar 20, 2018 – 14:42 LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince […]
Archaeology : Is Swiss town Chur one of world’s oldest?
By Bill Harby This content was published on March 18, 2018 In 1998, construction workers excavating for a car park uncovered archaeological artifacts dating back to about 11,000 BCE […]
Trump’s pick for U.N. migrant job says he is not anti-Islam
Reuters International This content was published on March 19, 2018 4:28 PMMar 19, 2018 – 16:28 By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States’ nominee to lead […]
Germany: Merkel faces critical test with German integration policies for Muslim refugees
Source: The Washington Times By Austin Davis – Special to The Washington Times BERLIN — Popular anger at her refugee policies cost German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s long-dominant conservative bloc dearly […]
Canada struggles as it opens its arms to Yazidis victims of Daesh brutality
March 18, 2018 CALGARY—As leader of one of Canada’s largest refugee agencies, Fariborz Birjandian, a refugee himself, has years of experience welcoming the world’s most vulnerable — Kosovar Albanians fleeing ethnic cleansing, Burmese Karens evicted from Thai refugee camps, and Syrians escaping the civil war. Nothing prepared him for the […]
USA: Muslim students living in fear on campuses
March 19, 2018 One in three Muslim students are living in fear of Islamophobic attacks or abuse on campus – and women who wear traditional garments are most concerned for their safety, a report has found. More than half of Muslim students have been subjected to harassment or abuse online. […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Mahmood Mosque hosts Detroit Regional Interfaith Meeting
“The doors of our Mosques are always open to all those who want to worship the One God.” said Imam Shamshad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detriot. Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit Interfaith leaders from around Michigan gathered at Masjid Mahmood, 1730 W. Auburn Road, Rochester Hills, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Relic or reformer? A Nigerian emir wants to take his ancient city into the modern era
Source: The Washington Post By Kevin Sieff The most powerful man in this ancient city rides through the streets on prized thoroughbreds and in vintage Rolls-Royce convertibles. One servant holds a […]
Boko Haram’s seizure of 110 girls taunts Nigeria, and its leader
Source: The New York Times By JONATHAN GOPEP, DIONNE SEARCEY and EMMANUEL AKINWOTU MARCH 18, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the parents of the kidnapped girls in Dapchi, Nigeria, on Wednesday. He has said […]
Saudi women should have choice whether to wear abaya robe: crown prince
Source: Reuters RIYADH (Reuters) – Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety – as long as […]
Burma considers law that could restrict work of United Nations, nongovernmental groups
Source: The Washington Post By Timothy McLaughlin March 18 RANGOON, Burma — Burma’s government, struggling to handle accusations of ethnic cleansing over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims, is contemplating legislation that would seek […]
Debate On Role Of Islam Divides German Government
Source: NPR BY SIMON SCHÜTZ Germany’s new minister of interior, Horst Seehofer, has stirred up debate about the role of Islam in Germany. In an interview with the German newspaper BILD Seehofer […]
New cycle of nuclear weaponisation
Mar 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has warned in no uncertain terms that his country would without a doubt develop and acquire nuclear arsenal […]
Not the time to let UNRWA down
Mar 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It must have taken some countries with surprise, notably the US, when Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano pledged […]
Why Do Ismailis Have 7 Pillars Instead of 5? Do the Pillars Comprise the Entirety of Faith?
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times’ Chief Editor: Compassion or Dogma: That is the Question for the 21st Century? Posted on June 3, 2016 by Ismaili Gnostic Certain Muslim groups in present […]
OECD report Immigrant schoolchildren in Switzerland perform well
This content was published on March 19, 2018 The study focused on 15-16-year-olds in secondary schools around the world. (Keystone) A new report shows that immigrant teens in Swiss […]