52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues https://t.co/wNfbp5ctzu pic.twitter.com/VohmHPlyHH — Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) January 12, 2018 Suggested reading […]
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Rohingya Muslim refugees take shelter from the rain during a food distribution, Nayapara refugee camp, Ukhia, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2017. Being civilized is not tied to material possession or technological gadgets. It is about being human in the most fundamental sense of the term The last […]
Shortly before Kushner accompanied Trump on his first diplomatic trip to Israel in May, his family real estate company received about $30m in investments from Menora Mivtachim, one of Israel’s largest […]
Source: The Washington Post Francisco Merlos is still haunted by the image of Geneva Gomez’s lifeless body covered in blood — his ex-girlfriend’s arms spread out as though she had been crucified, […]
JAN 12, 2018 11:20 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER3 COMMENTS Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they […]
Source: The Guardian By Dan Collyns in Lima and Piotr Kozak in Santiago Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Activists in Chile have promised to protest every day of his visit. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis leaves Rome this weekend for a tour of Chile and Peru amid renewed […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo Updated Jan. 12, 2018 3:13 p.m. ET A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged […]
Source: Time By RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH and MAYA RHODAN 12:57 PM EST President Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” comments ricocheted around the world, spurring criticism from U.S. allies, rebuttals from Americans with roots in those […]
Source: Time By JOSEPH HINCKS 12:23 AM EST The perennial clash between Saudi Arabian soccer rivals Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad normally ranks low on the international sporting calendar. But Friday’s fixture at Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium is momentous: for the first time in the country’s history, women will join men cheering […]
Source: Travel and Leisure By TALIA AVAKIAN JANUARY 11, 2018 Queen Elizabeth sacked her royal bra-fitter because the 82-year-old owner revealed royal secrets in a book last year. Luxury London […]
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has reportedly lashed out at immigrants in a foul-mouthed Oval Office outburst that a UN spokesman later condemned as “shocking”, “shameful” and “racist”. […]
The rocket launch would take place from ISRO’s spaceport located at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: January 08, 2018 16:01 IST ENGALURU: India will launch 31 satellites, including earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on January 12 instead of its earlier tentative schedule on January 10, an Indian Space […]
Time to Say It: Trump Is a Racist Source: New York Times By David Leonhardt When it comes to President Trump and race, there is a predictable cycle. He makes […]
Source: The New York Times By BHADRA SHARMA and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Photo Women and their children in a chhaupadi hut in western Nepal in September. Nepal’s government has been trying to discourage the […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron | 16 hours ago A variety of the redacted documents available on FaithLeaks.org from the “Jehovah’s Witness Palmer Congregation Sexual Abuse Investigation.” Images from FaithLeaks.org (RNS) […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Every religious and political leader is issuing a message of love and compassion. Yet the world is […]
Source: Reuters BY Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of […]
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians […]
Source: CNN Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) – With more than one million visitors in 2016, Cape Town already ranks highly among the most popular destinations in Africa. But South Africa’s legislative capital […]
Source: DW Tunisia has declared itself a multi-faith state. But the attack on the Jewish school in Djerba shows that radical anti-Semitism has its adherents in Tunisia, too – primarily […]