Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan VIENNA (RNS) — Just over five years ago, a Saudi-financed center for interfaith relations opened in Vienna amid concern it might be a public relations […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times BBC has reported that the world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He […]
Mar 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the next regular annual Arab summit. Last year’s was held in Jordan. Arab leaders’ […]
Mar 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby You need to prepare yourself for language shock before listening to speeches at the annual convention of the American Israel Public […]
A Marilyn Monroe lookalike cut a huge birthday cake; a troupe of can-can dancers performed; there was music and singing. When the week’s events were all over, he celebrated with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]