“Reimagining the Role of Islam for the Future” [MUIS Academy Public Lecture]
Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, has addressed this issue in some detail in an article published in the Muslim Sunrise: Rising of the Sun from […]
Ronaldo wins third UEFA player of the season award
Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA Player of the Season for 2016-2017 on Thursday after a campaign which saw the Portuguese superstar help Real Madrid to the La Liga and Champions League double. It was the third time that Ronaldo had won the award which was presented on the sidelines of […]
I Won’t Make Jesus Bow Down to Xi Jinping
Source: The New York Times By DEREK LAM HONG KONG — Since I was 16 years old, I have wanted to be a pastor. I was raised in a Christian family […]
‘Blood and Faith’: A new book links white nationalists to Christianity
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston | August 23, 2017 (RNS) — There were no burning crosses or other hijacked symbols of religion on obvious display when white nationalists descended on Charlottesville, […]
The U.S. Catholic Church’s last major effort on racism was in 1979. Charlottesville woke it up.
Source: The Washington Post By Anthea Butler August 23 at 6:23 PM A young boy clasps hands while demonstrators and sympathizers hear a prayer as they continued to stand at a rope […]
‘The new Obama’: will Abdul El-Sayed be America’s first Muslim governor?
Source: The Guardian At seven years old, Abdul El-Sayed sat in the eye of Hurricane Andrew, the most destructive hurricane in US history until Katrina. Living near Miami, El-Sayed drank […]
Evangelicals squander their moral authority by sticking with Trump
Source: USA Today BY Jonathan Merritt, Opinion contributor In the wake of President Trump’s waffling on white supremacy, his supporters and advisers have abandoned him in droves. After a wave of […]
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
Source: BBC News Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), […]
What price would you put on a passport?
Source: BBC News By Simon Tulett Business reporter, BBC News, Malta Fiddling distractedly with her headscarf and in words little louder than a whisper, Amar Al-Sadi tells me Malta has […]
Can Trump’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Actually Succeed?
Source: Foreign Policy BY JUDD BIRDSALL If confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will face a daunting trifecta […]
US: Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals?
Ayaan Hirshi Ali, NYtimes.com 2017/08/24 Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 others injured, the Southern Poverty Law Center has hit the jackpot. The Alabama-based nonprofit is set to receive millions of dollars in donations from some of the […]
Aga Khan “Prince” of Development | Jeune Afrique
Source: Translated from Jeune Afrique By Par Marion Douet and Nadoun Coulibaly His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader to millions of Muslim, delivers the Jodidi Lecture, at Harvard University, on Thursday, Nov. 12, […]
Pope Francis is becoming the voice of compassion for the world’s refugees
Source: Vox Pope Francis leveraged his position to bring awareness to environmental issues. Now he’s doing the same for the migrant crisis. Updated by Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Aug 22, 2017, 4:50pm EDT […]
God or the divine is referenced in every state constitution
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM20 COMMENT The U.S. Constitution never explicitly mentions God or the divine, but the same cannot be said of the nation’s state constitutions. In fact, […]
Chiniot: 70-year-old Tableeghi Jamaat preacher murdered over sectarian beliefs
Chiniot https://tribune.com.pk/story/1489391/man-murdered-religious-belief-disagreement/The inner view of the mosque where the incident took place. PHOTO: EXPRESS A member of Tablighi Jamaat was murdered while another was injured over disagreement about religious beliefs within Sadar police station precincts in Chiniot on Wednesday. Sadar Police Station SHO Muhammad Afzal told The Express Tribunethat 70-year-old Waliur […]
India: 15,000 paramilitary personnel deployed in Punjab, Haryana; mobile internet to be suspended
Tribune News Service New Delhi/Chandigarh, August 24http://tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/15-000-paramilitary-personnel-deployed-in-punjab-haryana-mobile-internet-to-be-suspended/456852.html More than 15,000 paramilitary personnel have been deployed in Punjab and Haryana ahead of Friday’s Dera verdict by a Panchkula court, a Union Home Ministry official said on Thursday. Meanwhile, mobile Internet and data services across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh will be suspended for […]
India’s Supreme court’s wrecking ball wrecks Triple Talaq in one instance
Source: Huffington Post By Mike Ghouse, who is committed to build a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. India’s Supreme court’s wrecking ball does it. India’s […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Nine
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (How Sergio di Mello saved my life and lost his!) (to Cyprus and […]
To devise reply to Trump’s accusations
Source: Dawn A meeting of high-level military and political leadership is currently underway at the PM House under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.Members of the national security meeting gathered on Thursday with the agenda to come up with a combined response to US President Donald Trump’s new […]
Trump rhetoric versus Afghan reality
Source: BBC Of course Mr Trump inevitably tried to present this policy as a new departure. A conditions-based strategy means the US is involved for the long haul.Things are not going well for government forces. The Taliban hold almost half of the country and the Afghan military’s performance – other […]