Iran protests: Supreme leader Khamenei blames ‘enemies’
Source: BBC News Iran’s supreme leader has accused the country’s enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking for the […]
North Korea: South proposes Olympics delegation talks
Source: BBC News South Korea has offered high-level talks with North Korea next Tuesday to discuss its possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, […]
Time’s Up: Women launch campaign to fight sexual harassment
Source: BBC News More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. The initiative, which is […]
India: 123rd Jalsa Salana Qadian Concludes with Address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
123rd Jalsa Salana Qadian Concludes with Address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community January 1, 2018 Press Releases Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says persecution can never weaken the faith of Ahmadi Muslims The 123rd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India, concluded with a faith […]
How America is Transforming Islam
Being young and Muslim in the U.S. means navigating multiple identities. Nothing shows that more than falling in love. Mobashra Tazamal at her wedding in August Justin Gellerson Emma Green […]
Report: Expect more war, hunger in 2018
REUTERS GENEVA A woman holds her severely malnourished 10-month old daughter at the feeding center for children, South Sudan, Dec. 10, 2017. Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen […]
Jerusalem decision a test for Muslims leaders, an end to hopes for peace
MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL AFP Photo Jerusalem, or Al-Quds as the Muslim world calls it, came to the forefront of world politics once again when U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Pope, in year-end message, says 2017 was marred by war and lies
Reuters International This content was published on December 31, 2017 Pope Francis arrives to lead the First Vespers and Te Deum prayer in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican […]
Trump says U.S. has gotten ‘nothing’ from Pakistan aid
Reuters International This content was published on January 1, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a visit to the Walter […]
Saudi Arabia: High-speed rail takes minister on first Madinah-Makkah journey
ARAB NEWS |Published — Monday 1 January 2018 RIYADH: Dr. Nabil Al-Amoudi, minister of transport and chairman of Saudi Railway Organization and Saudi Railways Company (SAR), on Sunday took […]
Israel charges Palestinian teenager in viral ‘slap video’
AFP | Published — Monday 1 January 2018 Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have filed charges against a Palestinian woman after a video showing her and her cousin slapping and kicking […]
Pakistan man exonerated after serving 9 years for blasphemy
Source: ABC news By ZARAR KHAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistan’s supreme court exonerated a man convicted of blasphemy after he served nine years of a life sentence in prison. A two-judge panel of the […]
Fatwa: Should Muslims celebrate New Year?
Mike Ghouse, Contributor Mike Ghouse is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. 12/29/2017 A majority of Muslims celebrate New Year’s Eve like a majority of people in every group. However the orthodoxies in most faiths shun the celebrations. They falsely equate […]
Happy New Year and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
The Muslim Times is promoting universal brotherhood and sisterhood in a world, which is divided by nationalism, religion, race, social class, gender and last but not the least, obfuscation created […]
There’s more than Alwaleed’s empire at stake
By Bloomberg News – December 30, 2017 In Photo: Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal at London’s High Court Almost two months into it, Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on corruption is […]
Saudi squeeze on Prince Alwaleed has more at stake than money
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Co. of Saudi Arabia, during an Economist magazine conference in Athens in 2014. (Panagio/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Alaa Shahine , Glen CareyBloomberg Almost two months […]