Remembering Salman Taseer
Source: The Beginning By Saira A. Nizami January 2014 Years on, nothing has changed. Those who chant Qadri’s name stay the same and those who condemn this act and ask […]
Garbage collector Syrian finds gold in trash, hands it to Turkish police
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A Syrian man making a living by collecting recyclable garbage in an eastern Turkish city was hailed for taking gold jewelry he found in a dumpster to […]
From an Arab point of view: Sizing up the Turkish threat
Fadi Esber | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 In his magnum opus “Strategic Depth,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top foreign policy adviser Ahmet Davutoglu predicted that one day popular uprisings would […]
The significance of the insignificant in Israeli assault on truth
Ray Hanania | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 There is no boundary for Israel’s atrocities; a lesson Arabs should understand and take into account when addressing Israel’s political actions. To Israel, no lie is too small to advocate, and they will defend their lies to the extreme. To Israel, […]
Makkah Grand Mosque management to pilgrims: Don’t get carried away taking selfies
Saudi Arabia TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Published — Friday 29 December 2017 MAKKAH: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque urged worshippers and […]
‘Race law’ takes Jerusalem a step closer to being a Jewish-only city
Ramzy Baroud | Published — Wednesday 3 January 2018 The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and […]
What is Unrwa and What Would It Mean if Trump Cuts Its Funding?
By MEGAN SPECIAJAN. 3, 2018 Palestinians last year unloaded sacks of food aid provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for refugees in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. […]
Indian or not? Muslims fret amid drive against illegal immigrants
Reuters International This content was published on January 4, 2018 Women stand next to policemen as they wait to check their names on the draft list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at an NRC centre in Chandamari village in Goalpara district, in the northeastern state of […]
Switzerland: New laws: Legal changes come into force in 2018
This content was published on January 1, 2018 The rules overseeing Swiss citizenship are being made more uniform across Switzerland, but are also becoming tougher (Keystone) From January 1, […]
If Religion is about Spiritual Salvation, Why do We Need Queen Bees?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Catholic Church does not allow women priests and hardly any Muslim group or sect allows for women […]
Ethiopia to release political prisoners, says prime minister
Source: BBC News In a surprise move, Ethiopia’s prime minister has announced the release of political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre, allegedly used as a torture […]
Eric Garner death inspires an unlikely police experiment
Source: BBC News A debate continues to rage over police use of force, with officers seeing incidents very differently to civilians. What happens when the two sides are forced to […]
Berlin reels after nine inmates escape Plötzensee prison
Source: BBC News Berlin authorities are the target of ridicule and disbelief after nine prisoners escaped or absconded from one prison in the space of five days. Six remain on […]
Trump to Kim: My nuclear button is ‘bigger and more powerful’
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has boasted that his nuclear button is “much bigger” and “more powerful” than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s. Mr Trump’s tweet is the latest contribution to an increasingly personalised feud between the nuclear-armed leaders. Mr Kim threatened earlier this week that his nuclear […]
It’s True: Alcohol Helps You Speak a Foreign Language Better
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN October 20, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Those who dabble in learning a new language sometimes find that alcohol — in moderation — helps […]
Emboldened Israeli Right Presses Moves to Doom 2-State Solution
Source: The New York Times By DAVID M. HALBFINGER Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud Party voted Sunday to support the annexation of Israeli settlements in occupied territory. CreditAmir Cohen/Reuters JERUSALEM — An emboldened Israeli […]
German police accuse AfD lawmaker of incitement over anti-Muslim tweet
Source: Reuters BY Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have asked prosecutors to investigate a far-right lawmaker for possible incitement to hatred after she criticized a police force for […]
Gunmen kill 14 churchgoers after services in Nigeria
Source: The Guardian Killers reportedly operated at two locations in coordinated attack on Christians returning from churches At least 14 people have been killed and 12 injured in attacks on […]
New Slaughtering Rules Pit Dutch Religious Freedoms Against Animal Rights
Source: The New York Times By NINA SIEGAL DEC. 31, 2017 The Slagerij Marcus kosher butcher shop in Amsterdam. Jewish and Muslim groups have agreed to change ritual slaughter practices in […]
THE ZEALOUS FAITH OF SECULARISM
Source: First Things by Mary Eberstadt January 2018 Begin with a sobering fact. During the past ten years, some of the sharpest observers of our time have come to believe that […]