Preparing for Tomorrow – Raising Pious Children
October 2017 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) Address to the Ladies, delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and 5th […]
Indonesia to add hundreds of counter-terrorism police to monitor IS
Reuters International This content was published on December 29, 2017 By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s counter-terrorist police force is to get 600 extra personnel next year to monitor Islamic State networks and head off so-called lone wolf attacks, the chief of police in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country […]
New economic protests in Tehran challenge Iran’s government
By amir vahdat and jon gambrell, associated press TEHRAN, Iran — Dec 30, 2017, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University […]
Saudi-UAE pact’s aggressive policies could break up GCC: Oman source
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman, 15 February 2017 (Reuters) Joe Gill Tuesday 19 December 2017 14:03 UTC Oman and other Gulf states […]
Mohammed Bin Salman’s regional failures are leaving Saudi Arabia isolated
Manifestations of disrespect toward the Saudi leadership are being expressed across the region due to its poorly manoeuvred foreign and regional policies Mustafa Salama Friday 29 December 2017 08:44 UTC […]
The Muslim Times’ Best for 2017 about Religion & Science
Discovery of 13 million-year-old ape skull shows what human ancestors may have looked like Source: Washington Post By Amy B Wang To the untrained eye, the area west of Lake Turkana […]
Pew Research Center: 17 striking findings from 2017
Source: Pew Research Center Abigail Geiger is an associate digital producer and writer for Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. […]
Just 10 Minutes of Exercise Can Help Your Brain
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN December 22, 2017 TIME Health Just 10 minutes of physical activity can increase brainpower for a short time afterward, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia. The […]
President Trump Says He Believes Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Will ‘Be Fair’
By REUTERS Updated: December 28, 2017 11:50 PM ET | Originally published: December 29, 2017 President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes he will be fairly treated in a […]
Egypt attack: Gunman targets Coptic Christians in church and shop
Source: BBC News Nine people have been killed in two attacks on Coptic Christians in Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. Six civilians and a policeman […]
Iran and Saudis’ Latest Power Struggle: Expanding Rights for Women
Source: The New York Times By ANNE BARNARD and THOMAS ERDBRINK Saudi cheerleaders at a breast cancer awareness campaign called Shoot for a Cause, which brought together 3,000 women for a basketball tournament […]
Thousands of Palestinians take part in anti-Trump protests
Source: Reuters GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza and the occupied West Bank for the fourth Friday in a row in protests against U.S. […]
AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across […]
Video: Hamza Yusuf & Tony Blair – Religious Tolerance
Suggested reading Demystifying ISIS for Trump and Others: Religion or Politics? A Collection of Articles Demystifying Prophethood, Theocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship Is There Coercion in Islam and Christianity? Is There Freedom of Thought […]
The Top Ten South Asia Stories of 2017
Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres December 29, 2017 Rohingya refugee women cry while crossing the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters As 2017 comes to an end, it’s time to assess which stories from South Asia had […]
Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Jammat Seeks Resuscitation of Moral Values
By Shakirah Adunola No fewer than 35, 000 Muslim faithful recently gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria 65th Islamic Conference, Jalsa Salana, to chart path to resuscitating the […]
Continuing conflicts: Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?
By Imogen Foulkes December 29, 2017 UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for another round of peace talks in Geneva, December 13, 2017. (Keystone) “One year ago I […]
Turkey slams Greek Cypriot over hydrocarbon-related activities
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Turkey slammed the Greek Cypriot Administration Friday over its unilateral hydrocarbon-related activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying the Greeks disregard of Turkish Cypriot people’ […]