Suicide attack on Kabul Shi’ite mosque kills at least 30
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kabul as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least […]
Attention On Hate Speech Drives Donations To Fight Anti-Semitism
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Jewish groups have broadened their work to oppose all forms of bigotry. Following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., more non-Jews see the reality of anti-Semitism […]
Iranian refugees turn to Christianity in the Netherlands
Source: BBC News In the Netherlands, thousands of Iranian Muslim migrants and refugees are converting to Christianity, despite conversion from Islam being considered apostasy in Iran and punishable by death. […]
India guru rape case: 23 die in unrest as Ram Rahim Singh convicted
Source: BBC News At least 23 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in north India. The victims are believed to […]
Norwegian PM refuses to meet Gen. Musharraf
Oslo – NNI https://www.express.com.pk/epaper/Index.aspx?Issue=NP_LHE Former Pakistani president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was denied a meeting with the Norwegian PM during his visit to Norway last week, according to media reports. According to reports, the ex-military leader tried meeting Erna Solberg at the opening ceremony of a multicultural festival in Oslo […]
Security officials targeted in knife attacks in Belgium and London
AFP | APAugust 26, 2017 Dawn.com A man wielding a knife was shot dead on Friday after wounding a soldier in Brussels in an “attempted terrorist murder”; in London, counter-terror experts were investigating a similar attack on police near Buckingham Palace. The two incidents come as much of Europe is on high […]
JAY-Z Explains Why He and Beyonce Named the Twins Rumi and Sir
Source: ETonline By Liz Calvario We finally know why JAY-Z and Beyonce named their twins Rumi and Sir. The 47-year-old rapper explained the origin of their little ones’ names in […]
Islamic State gunmen storm Shiite mosque in Kabul, killing at least 20
Source: TOI Mohammad Ismail Kawasi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s health ministry, said authorities believe that along with the 20 dead so far, 35 people were also wounded in the attack. More explosions and gunfire echoed from inside the mosque well into the afternoon. The mosque had been packed with worshippers […]
National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves White House
Source: TOI White Housenational security aide Sebastian Gorka tells The Associated Press he has resigned from his position.A White House official, however, says Gorka did not resign but “no longer works at the White House.”That official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Gorka […]
Saudi crown prince plans to replace his brother as foreign minister
Source :ABNA The crown prince’s likely plan to appoint Khalid bin Salman, who currently serves as the Saudi ambassador to the US, is considered partly due to Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir’s “hardline” stance against Iran, reported Stratfor, an American geopolitical intelligence platform and publisher. The decision would also enable the […]
Saudis destroyed Islam’s holiest stone in Kaaba
Source: ABNA (AhlulBayt News Agency) – Saudi Monarchy destroyed the most sacred stone in Islam, a rare book by an Austrian academic has revealed. The shocking discovery of a key event in Muslim history hidden for two centuries was reported by Alois Musil, a 19th century Czech-Austrian academic, explorer and […]
Ayatollah Alavi Boroujerdi: Wahhabism has nothing to do with Sunni Islam
Source: ABNA (AhlulBayt News Agency) – “We hope that all divine religions join their efforts to spread peace worldwide, to help eradicate poverty, hunger, oppression and discrimination all around the […]
Pakistan’s population tops 207 million, new census says
Source: Arab News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population has surged by more than half to 207 million, according to provisional results of the country’s first census in almost two decades released by […]
North Korea fires three missiles into sea
Source: BBC North Korea has fired three short-range ballistic missiles, the US military says.They were launched from a site in the North Korean province of Gangwon and flew for about 250km (150 miles), officials in South Korea said.Since firing an intercontinental ballistic weapon last month, Pyongyang has threatened to aim […]
Kingdom’s expansion projects, development of holy sites raise Hajj pilgrim numbers
SAUDI ARABIA Arab News | Published — Saturday 26 August 2017 Hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims listen to a first Friday sermon of Dul Hajjah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA) MAKKAH: Continuous expansion of the Two Holy Mosques and the holy sites, as well as the upgrading […]
Who is “Rockstar Baba”?
Source: BBC Known as “Rockstar Baba”, Singh is often spotted in shiny, colourful clothes and has performed in half a dozen music videos. He has also earned the nickname “Guru of Bling” because of his preference for ornate jewellery. On Friday, ahead of the court verdict, his supporters gathered across Punjab […]
Daesh asks Hizbollah, Syrian army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border — source
By Reuters – Aug 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian pro-government forces fire towards extremist positions, in the western Qalamoun, on Wednesday, during an offensive against Daesh extremists (AFP photo) BEIRUT — The Daesh terror group has asked the Syrian Army and its ally Hizbollah to let it withdraw from […]
We need to talk about the Spanish and Catalan reactions to the Barcelona attack – even if it’s not a nice conversation
It may be a jolly idea that the cultist murderers of Isis – however unwittingly – could create Spanish unity on the eve of Catalonia’s independence vote, but the idea that this potentially catastrophic moment in Spanish history played no part in the aftermath of the massacre is ridiculous Robert […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Ten
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (Benghazi and back to Amman, and on to Switzerland and Indonesia) Libya At […]
INSPECTION OF JALSA SALANA GERMANY 2017 TAKES PLACE IN KARLSRUHE
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses volunteers of Jalsa Salan The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conducted an inspection for the arrangements of the 42nd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 24 August […]