Austrian Muslims Say Religious Intolerance Is Growing
Source: NPR By SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON Across the street from Vienna’s iconic Ferris wheel, the Schura Mosque is packed each Friday with Muslims who come to pray. It’s one of some […]
Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among Islamists
Source: The New York Times By NOUR YOUSSEF CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 men on Tuesday for an attack in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the start of an Islamic insurgency […]
Washington’s huge new Bible museum talks a lot about Jews. So why are some Jews so skeptical?
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein Funded and founded by evangelicals, the new Museum of the Bible sticks out for something its leaders clearly wanted to emphasize: Jews. The eight-story, […]
Highlighting Compassion in the Abrahamic Faiths
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those […]
Obama warns against irresponsible social media use
Source: BBC News Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January. He warned that such […]
Barack Obama Warns Against the Divisive Nature of Social Media in Interview with Prince Harry
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER Former President Barack Obama has warned against some of the perils of social media — in particular, its potential to create social divisions and spread misinformation […]
People Who Live to 100 Have These Traits in Common
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN If you’re looking to live to 100, you may want to watch more than your diet. A study of people in remote Italian villages who lived […]
Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But It Does Change How You Experience It
Source: Time By AMANDA MACMILLAN People feel happiness in different ways—and one possible factor is how much money they make, according to new research. People with higher incomes tend to […]
Palestinian Christians tangle with Greek Orthodox Church over Holy Land properties
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash December 23 Beside a nondescript stretch of highway linking Bethlehem to Jerusalem, there’s a large shiny rock and a cluster of olive trees. This place, […]
With few options, Israeli couples turn to rogue weddings
Source: Associated Press By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — Rabbi Chuck Davidson is a criminal in the eyes of Israeli law. However, he wouldn’t be put behind bars for his crime in most countries. His offense: conducting rogue weddings in defiance of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. Even though Davidson belongs […]
How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion
Source: The Atlantic Those who went into exile have creatively adapted their rituals. Those who stayed have been just as innovative. Yezidis light candles and paraffin torches during a ceremony […]
‘We Are Afraid of Christmas’: Tensions Dampen Holiday in India
Source: The New York Times By KAI SCHULTZ and SUHASINI RAJ A Christmas display at a New Delhi mall. Though Christians are a small minority in India, celebrating the holiday appeals to many […]
Florida deputies investigating beating of Muslim girl
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office said Friday that it is investigating the videotaped beating of a Muslim teenager by three […]
Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and MARTHA BELLISLE HONOLULU (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that President Donald Trump once again exceeded the scope of […]
Archbishop of Canterbury denounces ‘populist leaders that deceive’
Source: The Guardian Justin Welby also used his Christmas Day sermon to draw similarities between Nativity and refugee crisis The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, during the Christmas Day service […]
More pregnant women are using pot, study finds
Source: CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN)More pregnant women seem to be using pot — sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety — and a new study […]
The Hunt to Capture the Real Islam
| October 2017 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) Concluding Address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaba, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on […]
Aung San Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ discussion of Rohingya rape during UN meeting
Myanmar state counsellor refused to engage in substantive talks about alleged violence against the Muslim minority, says envoy Rohingya Muslim women scramble for aid at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. […]
Swiss cheese and Asian tea: An arranged culinary marriage
By Anand Chandrasekhar This content was published on December 18, 2017 Besides adding an interesting layer of taste, tea also helps digest cheese (swissinfo.ch) Cheese and tea have been around […]
Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco
By AFP – Dec 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Migrant vendors sell cellphones on a sidewalk in the Moroccan capital Rabat on December 19 (AFP photo) RABAT — Unable to reach […]