I Use My Phone While I Breastfeed. I’m Not a Bad Mother
Source: Time By ANYA KAMENETZ January 29, 2018 IDEAS Kamenetz is an education correspondent for NPR I often have my phone in my hand while breastfeeding my one-year-old daughter. This isn’t […]
Divorce parties are now a trend in Saudi Arabia
ASEEL BASHRAHEEL | Published — Tuesday 30 January 2018 JEDDAH: Parties to celebrate divorces have become a trend in the Kingdom as divorced women have become accepted by society. […]
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque: SPA
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 30 January 2018 DUBAI: Groups of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem early Tuesday morning, Saudi Arabian state news agency reported […]
India: Kerala Muslim woman who led Friday prayers now faces threat
A Muslim woman who led Friday prayers in a mosque for the first time defying the age-old customs is now facing the heat. Fundamentalists have threatened to eliminate Jamida, 34, a school teacher, who led Jumu’ah, the congregational prayer service of Muslims held every Friday, at a mosque in Wandoor […]
PM Trudeau urges Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia
Source: The Daily Sabah and the French Press Agency (AFP) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Monday for Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia and discrimination as he paid tribute to […]
Padmaavat: Controversial Indian movie plays to packed halls in Switzerland
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Vevey This content was published on January 28, 2018 The movie was shown at private screenings in cinema halls across the country (swissinfo.ch) The […]
Draft proposals in Indonesian parliament aim to ban extramarital sex
Reuters International This content was published on January 29, 2018 Indonesian members of parliament listen to president Joko Widodo’s speech ahead of Independence day in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 16, […]
An act of raw aggression
Jan 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday that the ruling Likud Party has introduced a bill calling for the annexation of the West Bank! As a matter of fact, the Likud Executive Committee has already endorsed this very idea and now it […]
Pence’s Middle East
Jan 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby US Vice President Michael Pence’s recent foray into Middle East politics has been nothing short of a disaster. Because he sees […]
Allies Form Human Chain Around Muslims Praying During Travel Ban Protest
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion reporter “It’s what we should do as Americans,” said Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer, executive director of the Interfaith Center of New York. More […]
On the ground in Afrin, it’s hard to know what Kurdish fighters really stand for
Exclusive: While the Kurds try to persuade you of their potential loyalty to Syria and disclaim any connection to the rest of Kurdish Syria and the Iraqi Kurds – clearly […]
Atlanta Jail Lets Muslim Inmates wear Hijab
Caving into the demands of a terrorist front group, the City of Atlanta Detention Center in Georgia is allowing female Muslim inmates to wear a head scarf (hijab) used as a symbol of modesty in the Islamic dress code. Hats and other head covers are banned in American state and […]
The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim
Source: Pew Research Center By Besheer Mohamed and Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify […]
Muslims and Mormons champion religious freedom in Guatemala
By Jason Swensen @JNSwensen Published: January 29, 2018 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Julio Alvarado, public affairs director for the Central America Area, delivers remarks at the Convention of the Muslim Ahmadiyya […]
New British anti-extremist commissioner provokes Muslim ire
The appointment of Sara Khan to the Commission for Countering Extremism described as ‘deeply disturbing’ The National January 25, 2018 Sara Khan, was previously the director of Muslim women’s consultancy […]
Ethical Banking and Islamic Banking: A Comparison of Triodos Bank and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited
Contents: Author info Abstract Bibliographic info Download info Related research References Citations Lists Statistics Corrections Author Info Listed author(s): KHAN, TARIQULLAH (tkhan@qfis.edu.qa) NABEE MOHOMED, AMIIRAH BINT RAFFICK Registered author(s): Abstract Ethical finance and Islamic finance are the two important topics in the post global financial crisis market environment and in […]
Pilgrims, scholars welcome Mihrab shift at Prophet’s Mosque
The shifting of the Prophet’s Mihrab reduces the time taken by an individual to visit the Prophet’s grave and pay him homage from 15 minutes to 20 seconds. — Courtesy […]
Long, uneasy love affair of Israel and U.S. evangelicals may have peaked
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris, Michelle Boorstein and Ruth Eglash January 28 Email the author JERUSALEM — For many, the beaming smiles on both sides during Vice President Pence’s visit to Jerusalem this past week […]
‘Halal’ internet means more control in Iran after unrest
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Guns drawn, Iranian intelligence agents rushed into the apartment of a Washington Post reporter and his journalist wife […]
Malaysia’s top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
Source: Associated Press By EILEEN NG KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court said in a landmark decision Monday that both parents must consent to the religious conversion of […]