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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Palestinians should not waste their time by expecting concrete results from Jared Kushner’s mediation efforts. Jared Kushner’s pro-Israel bias is not a secret to anyone, writes Fraihat [AP] by Ibrahim Fraihat @i_fraihat Ibrahim Fraihat is Associate Professor of International Conflict Resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. White […]
Attackers strike mosque packed with people attending Friday prayers in Afghan capital killing at least 20 worshippers. Police try to rescue a child at the site of the suicide attack claimed by ISIL [Omar Sobhani/Reuters] A suicide bombing followed by gunfire as Shia Muslims gathered for Friday prayers at a […]
17 SHARES FacebookTwitterGoogle+EmailPrint Ravin Gandhi. New York, August 23 http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-origin-ceo-racially-abused-by-trump-supporters-in-us/456259.html An Indian-origin CEO was racially abused and told to “go back to India” and also take along Nikki Haley after he said that he will not support President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after the US leader appeared to defend white […]
Tribune News Service, Panchkula, August 25, http://tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/12-dead-panchkula-bears-the-brunt-as-violence-breaks-out-in-punjab-haryana/457311.htmlVehicles torched by Dera followers in Sector 5, Panchkula, on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari Curfew in Panchkula, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Mansa; clashes with police, banks, govt offices attacked A trail of death and destruction descended on Panchkula as soon as Sirsa Dera head Gurmeet […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]