Tariq Ramadan: The professor of European Islam
France has held the scholar in solitary confinement since his arrest on February 5 over accusations of sexual assault. Once hailed as a religious reformer by Western media outlets, Oxford […]
Battle Ground church seeks to demystify Islam with event
Methodist Church to host Islamic Society members for panel Rick Bannan/rick@thereflector.com Battle Ground Community United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Boegli talks with Islamic Society of Southwest Washington President Shirin Elkoshairi about the specifics of an upcoming panel scheduled at the church for March 23. Those looking to learn more […]
‘ I want to explain arranged marriages to white people ‘
14 March 2018 When Pakistani designer Nashra Balagamwala produced a board game about arranged marriage, most news reports about her wrongly assumed she was dead against it. Actually her position […]
Today is the Birthday of Albert Einstein, Who Said: ‘Everything is A Miracle!’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Albert Einstein, man of the century, the 20th century, according to the Time magazine was born on […]
Poland’s Sunday trading ban takes effect
Source: The Guardian Catholic church welcomes law that begins with ban on two Sundays a month, extending to all in 2020 A Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays […]
Brazilian prosecutors sue to shut church over forced labor
Source: Associated Press By PETER PRENGAMAN, SARAH DiLORENZO and MITCH WEISS SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with ties […]
Tunisian women march for equal inheritance rights
Source: Reuters ByTarek Amara 2 MIN READ TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of women took to the streets in the Tunisian capital on Saturday to demand equal inheritance rights as men, […]
Ethiopian-Israelis decry family separation as discriminatory
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG Mar. 10, 2018 JERUSALEM (AP) — Zemenech Bililin has not seen her sisters in more than a decade, since she immigrated to Israel from […]
‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Letters Rattle U.K. Communities
Source: The New York Times LONDON — The anonymous letters arrived this weekend in plain white envelopes with second-class stamps, and were sent to people in at least six communities […]
A Catholic bishop and his rural Chinese parish worry about a deal between Beijing and the Vatican
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Rauhala March 11 Email the author Catholics from nearby villages pray and chant in Bobei Catholic Church in Guangdong province, China, on the morning of March 4, […]
Pakistan activists say court ruling threatens minorities
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents, saying […]
Judge tosses convicted B.C. polygamists’ constitutional challenge
Source: CBC News A judge in British Columbia has ruled that Canada’s polygamy laws are constitutional, rejecting the argument from two B.C. polygamists who claimed the law violated their charter […]
Being Sleepy During the Day Could Be a Warning Sign of Alzheimer’s
Source: Time By ALICE PARK Researchers know that a condition as complicated as Alzheimer’s can’t be traced to a single or simple cause. Genetic factors contribute to the degenerative brain disorder […]
Four Muslim MPs receive suspicious packages at Westminster
Police say parcels contained ‘low-level noxious’ substance and letters advocating violence against Muslims Jessica Elgot Political correspondent @jessicaelgot Tue 13 Mar 2018 Shares 79 Rupa Huq has been MP for […]
Acts of Faith Sweeping comments by Trump’s State Dept. pick about Islam have long worried Muslim advocates
by Michelle Boorstein March 13 2018 Mike Pompeo (left) at a confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Rex Tillerson during a daily press briefing at […]
Muslim Cyber Army: a ‘fake news’ operation designed to derail Indonesia’s leader
Police in Indonesia make arrests as Guardian investigation reveals fake Twitter accounts and violent propaganda Kate Lamb in Jakarta Tue 13 Mar 2018 A screengrab from the Muslim Cyber Army […]
Forbidden truth: Ahmadis in the social fabric of Pakistan
Commentary / Insight “The forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo — that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply […]
Playing politics with the dead
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has now extended its oppression of the Palestinians to their dead, when the Israeli Knesset adopted a draconian legislation that won 48 votes […]
Trump fires chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo
By Reuters – Mar 13,2018 -JORDAN TIMES FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018, and Central Intelligence […]
Can Artificial Intelligence have Consciousness — A Quranic Perspective?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, the very first Muslim quarterly of North America: The Muslim Sunrise, Spring 2018 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The […]