More than 40 million people live in slavery, reports say
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP PARİS AFP Photo The revelation that migrants are being sold as slaves in Libya is not an isolated case: more than 40 million people […]
Religious extremism is no new thing
Nov 23,2017 JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Wahhabism, Al Qaeda or Daesh get so charged up and angry? Perhaps to understand, we should go back to the 16th century in Europe and the furious debate about the “divine right of […]
Pakistan: The general who won’t go away
Along stretches of highway and railway tracks across Pakistan, walls bear a familiar inscription: Mard kabhi boorha nahin hota, a man never grows old. It’s an advert by quacks and herbalists peddling eternal virility to aging Pakistani men. It would appear that Pakistan’s former military leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf has taken […]
British law must recognise Muslim marriage ceremonies
Source: The Guardian When I had my nikah, my Islamic marriage ceremony, I considered myself a married man. In the presence of our nearest and dearest, squeezed into my partner’s front […]
Three cups of coffee a day ‘may have health benefits’
Source: BBC News By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe effects of caffeine can vary from person to person Moderate coffee drinking is safe, and three to […]
Beijing nursery ‘needle abuse’ of children shocks China
Source: BBC News A Beijing nursery is accused of giving injections and feeding drugs to toddlers, in a case that has sparked outrage in China. Authorities are now investigating the […]
Egypt attack: More than 230 killed in Sinai mosque
Source: BBC News Militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, killing 235 people, state media say. The al-Rawda mosque in the […]
You don’t need to look much further than the Quran for proof that Islam is a peaceful religion
Source: Independent By Pooyan Fakhraei The so-called Jihadi groups, which consist of extremist Muslims of every faction: ranging from Salafis, Wahhabis, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Isis and many more, consider themselves as advocates of True Islam. These terrorists claim that the Paris, London and New York attacks are supported and justified by the […]
Israel and Saudi Arabia: What’s shaping the covert ‘alliance’
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Marcus Defence and diplomatic correspondent To all intents and purposes, Saudi Arabia and Israel are de facto allies in the struggle against Iran’s rising influence […]
Thanksgiving: The Islamic Way
Source: Germantown Patch Thanksgiving is a holiday which transcends all faiths. It is a time to gather with friends and family and express our gratitude. By Shahina Bashir, Patch Poster | Nov 22, 2017 […]
The last village in Pakistan
Source: BBC News By Vanessa Nirode 24 November 2017 At 3,100m, Shimshal is the highest settlement in Pakistan’s northern Hunza region and the last village before the Chinese border. It […]
The science of procrastination
Source: BBC News Excessive mind wandering and procrastination are annoying for those prone to the time-wasting tendencies – which can have dire consequences on their personal and professional lives. But […]
This Thanksgiving, American Muslims Are Thankful For Allies Speaking Out And Showing Up
Source: Huffington Post Nihad Awad, Contributor National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations While some may try to divide us along religious lines, we are and always will […]
The Purpose And Context Of The Qur’an
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Naseef, an American Muslim The Qur’an – like all other texts – can only be properly understood by understanding the purpose of its author and […]
Terrorism in Egypt and the Muslim Times’ collection on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Inside Geneva: Geneva disarmament process targets killer robots
By Imogen Foulkes November 20, 2017 The Northrop Grumman X-47B is a US Navy prototype unmanned combat aircraft which was successfully tested between 2011-2015(Keystone) Since the day it opened, the United […]
Brahumdagh Bugti : Switzerland denies asylum to Pakistan’s most wanted man
By Anand Chandrasekhar November 23, 2017 Bugti (centre) applied for asylum in Switzerland in 2010 (swissinfo.ch) Brahumdagh Bugti, the leader of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) who is currently in exile in Geneva, has been denied political asylum by the Swiss authorities. He has been campaigning for the independence […]
British risk complicity in Yemen ‘famine crime’, says Alex de Waal
Guardian: Britain is in danger of becoming complicit in the use of starvation as a weapon of war in Yemen, academic and author Alex de Waal has said. “The UK and the US, and others on the security council risk becoming accessories to the worst famine crime of this decade,” said De […]
Mystic Mantra: The essence of happy living
PublishedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST UpdatedNov 11, 2017, 1:50 am IST Dr. Moin Qazi ……Moin Qazi is a well-known banker, author and Islamic researcher. He can be reached at moinqazi123@gmail.com http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/111117/mystic-mantra-the-essence-of-happy-living.html In a world marked by strife and depression, it is time we renew those lessons on how we can […]
Inside Saudi Arabia’s gilded prison at Riyadh Ritz-Carlton
Source : BBC News Dozens of prominent Saudi figures are being held in the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh. Many names are still secret, but the list is said to comprise at […]