Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump
Source: BBC News Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of […]
Towering cross-shaped monument on public land is unconstitutional, court rules
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow October 18 A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a towering cross-shaped monument that has marked a major intersection in Prince George’s County […]
Quebec bans face covering in public services, raising worries among Muslims
Source: The Globe and Mail BY Ingrid Peritz Quebec has adopted a law that will force people to show their faces when taking the bus or borrowing a book from the library, pushing ahead with legislation that is being criticized for targeting Muslim Canadian women. Bill 62, which the Justice […]
Hamas must disarm to join Palestinian unity government – US
Source: BBC News The United States says the militant Islamist movement Hamas must lay down its weapons if it is to play a part in a new Palestinian government. Hamas, […]
Monument of love, the Taj Mahal, at heart of political storm
Source: Associated Press By BISWAJEET BANERJEE LUCKNOW, India (AP) — India’s famed monument of love, the white marble Taj Mahal, is finding itself at the heart of a political storm, with some members of the country’s ruling Hindu right-wing party claiming that the mausoleum built by a Muslim emperor does […]
Family Of Muslim Marine Recruit Sues U.S. Government $100 Million For Son’s Death
Source: Huffington Post Raheel Siddiqui died during boot camp after allegedly being hazed. By Antonia Blumberg The family of a Muslim Marine recruit who died during boot camp at Parris Island last […]
We Just Fully Blocked Muslim Ban 3.0!
Source: Huffington Post BY Shayan Modarres, Contributor Legal Counsel at the National Iranian American Council We just blocked Muslim Ban 3.0! Overnight, Judge Theodore D. Chuang, the federal judge who issued […]
U.S. Resettles Fewer Refugees, Even as Global Number of Displaced People Grows
Source: Pew Research Center Break with past responses to global refugee surges BY PHILLIP CONNOR Mohammad Mobin smiles on Feb. 1 after greeting his sister’s family, who had arrived as refugees […]
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH Most U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values (56%), up from about half […]
Muslims try to break impasse over housing project
Source: ABC2 News BY Jeff Hager JOPPATOWNE, Md – The heavy equipment now sits idle on the Ansar housing development in Joppatowne, but Muslim leaders are now trying to build […]
Pakistan, Land of the Intolerant (specially for Ahmadies)
Source: NY Times: KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of heretics. The […]
The only option is the Palestinian option
Oct 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh The Israeli government has been flagrantly disregarding Palestinian peace overtures and violating Palestinians’ rights. Worse, it has been systematically taking “measures on the ground” that not only make a settlement with the Palestinians almost impossible, but also promote and escalate the […]
As a former US marine, I see Trump’s phone call with a widow being used as a political football and feel like everyone’s missed the point
Civilians in the US don’t seem to understand that we are fighting what we’ve termed the Forever War Peter Lucier Thursday 19 October 2017 We call it the “Forever War”. Waged for 16 years, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, to Iraq, Syria, Yemen, North Africa and beyond, it’s been going on […]
World Leading Christian Apologist, William Lane Craig Always Presents God of Islam and Judaism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times William Lane Craig in all his debates with the atheists, and at least a dozen are available in […]
Bangladesh lets stranded Rohingya into camps after screening
By AFP – Oct 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Rohingya refugees, who crossed the border from Myanmar two days earlier, walk after they received permission from the Bangladesh army to continue […]
Vladimir Putin is positioning himself as the main player in the Middle East
It would be Russia who does the rebuilding of Syria after the war and Saudi Arabia who paid for it. The two vast oil nations now seem to be set […]
Returning to God
Source: Dawn However painful his life may be, and however worthless he might believe himself to be, a person will never agree to die, except in a state of extreme emotion, as is witnessed in the case of suicide. Death is perceived as the annihilation of life — a life […]
Hostage family held in Pakistan for five years: CIA
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: The CIA head said on Thursday that the US-Canadian couple kidnapped by the militants in Afghanistan were held inside Pakistan for five years before being freed last week. “We had a great outcome last week when we were able to get back four US citizens who had […]
Peace promoted in third Ahmadiyya Muslim peace conference
Nick Kituno journo_kituno Reporter – Wandsworth The third peace conference which aims to promote ‘loyalty, freedom, respect and equality’ was held by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting last week. Shadow […]