Pope on Epiphany: Don’t make money, career your whole life
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday advised against making the pursuit of money, a career or success the basis for one’s whole […]
Can We Learn to Believe in God?
Source: The New York Times By Agnes Callard Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you […]
Palestinians protest Greek Orthodox patriarch for land deals
Source: Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians in Bethlehem are protesting the arrival of the Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land to celebrate Orthodox Christmas. […]
How Oprah Could Beat Donald Trump at His Own Game in 2020
Source: Time By RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH January 8, 2018 Oprah Winfrey has more in common with Donald Trump than you might think. In several key ways, she even beats him at […]
Is Liberal Zionism Dead?
Source: The New York Times By Michelle Goldberg Last month, Donald Trump announced that the United States would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, infuriating the Palestinians, […]
American Exceptionalism and America First
Source: Religion and Politics By Abram Van Engen In 2016, Donald Trump won the White House with a policy of “America First,” which he quickly made the official position of his administration. Such […]
Islam’s gradual resurgence in post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Source: Aljazeera By Ayseba Umutlu Fargana Gasimova says the fall of the Soviets has allowed greater freedom of religion in Azerbaijan [Courtesy:Fargana Gasimova]Fargana Gasimova’s memories of Islam during the Soviet […]
French town bans pork-free school meals in move branded ‘anti-Muslim’
Source: The Guardian Decision by far-right local authority in southern France, affecting about 150 mainly Muslim pupils, has been called ‘an attack on the rights of children’ In a newspaper […]
Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
Source: Associated Press By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers in Greece are set to limit the powers of Islamic courts operating in a border region […]
Man convicted of Islamic Center vandalism dies by suicide
Source: Coloradoan BY Cassa Niedringhaus, cniedringhaus@coloradoan.com It’s the Coloradoan’s policy not to report on individual suicides unless the act is in a public place or involves a high-profile person, such as […]
After Rare Talks With the South, North Korea Will Send a Delegation to the Winter Olympics
Source: Time By CHRISTINE KIM AND JOSH SMITH / REUTERS North Korea said during rare talks with the South on Tuesday it will send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics […]
This Food May Help You Sleep Better
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Forget warm milk. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania says that fish may be the key to a good night’s sleep. The paper, published Thursday […]
An illustrated guide to making better decisions
Source: BBC News Should I take this job, or that job? Stay put or move to the far-flung city? Stay together or break up? Buy the blue one or the […]
The day I accidentally killed a little boy
Source: BBC News In 1977 Maryann Gray was a 22-year-old college graduate with her whole life ahead of her, when a little boy darted out in front of her car. […]
Goldman and Citi reportedly poised for big roles in Saudi Aramco IPO
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank are poised to take lead roles in Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering, according to reports. The IPO of Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant is […]
Urdu Video: Ghamidi Declaring Ahmadis to be Muslims
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page The video is in Urdu: Pakistanis, drop everything & listen to this. Q: Do you […]
Saudi’s oldest man dies at 147, had walked 600km to Makkah
Web Report /Riyadh Filed on January 9, 2018 (Picture via Al Arabiya) While his son had already died, he passed away after suffering a brain stroke. The oldest man in Saudi […]
Saudi Crown Prince’s High-Speed U-Turn On State Handouts
It took less than a week of Saudis grousing on social media and TV for authorities to announce they’d plow billions of riyals into people’s pockets to help offset government-initiated […]
One of the Best English Translations of the Quran Now Available Online
Translator: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem Publisher: Oxford University Press; Click here to read the translation of the individual surahs. If subscription is not possible or choose not to buy from Amazon, […]
Arabic Medicinal Manuscripts of Pre-Colonial Northern Nigeria: A Descriptive List
By: Mukhtar Umar Bunza West African Muslim scholars produced a number of Arabic works relating to medicine, philosophy, economic studies, political thought, geography, architecture, town planning and public administration… Introduction Traditional Muslim scholarship in West Africa, as elsewhere, used to involve fields of knowledge outside the scope of narrowly defined […]