New Afghanistan Deployments Could Happen Within Days
Source: Time BY Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington / AP Updated: 9:28 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising […]
Triple talaq: How Indian Muslim women fought, and won, the divorce battle
Source: BBC News The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam is unconstitutional. It is being hailed as a huge victory by rights […]
Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case
Source: BBC News Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (£323.4m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. The […]
How a corporate mission can drive young workers away
Source: BBC News By Sydney Finkelstein A former student of mine called the other day. She’d worked at a major global company in the food industry, with primary responsibility for […]
How your digital self could ‘live’ on after you die
Source: BBC News By Suzanne Bearne Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionWhat if you could “talk” digitally to your descendants, not just appear in photo albums? The death […]
Walmart and Google to offer voice-enabled shopping
Source: BBC News Corporate giants Walmart and Google are teaming up to enter the voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon. From next month, US consumers will be able to buy […]
Branches of Shia Islam: Ismailis, Twelvers, and Bohras
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON AUGUST 23, 2017 The Shi‘i Ismaili Muslims, better known today as the Ismailis, make up the second largest branch of Shi‘i Islam after the Twelvers (Ithna ‘Ashariyyah). Shi‘i Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad’s divinely-ordained spiritual authority and divinely-inspired knowledge continues in members of his family, beginning […]
Trump says he is willing to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Source: BBC News Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The president told supporters at a “Make […]
Women-only train carriages: Keeping women ‘safe’ by separating them from men is Handmaid’s Tale territory
CLAIRE COHEN 23 AUGUST 2017 • http://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-10/html/container.html#eid=21060375 Acouple of years ago, I was ‘goosed’ on my way to work. A man stood behind me on the tube and firmly pressed his groin into my backside, leaving it there for an uncomfortably long time. I could feel his hot breath on […]
Toronto Islamic High School shuts down
By NOOR JAVEDNews reporter Wed., Aug. 23, 2017, thestar.com With just two weeks before the school year begins, students at a private Islamic high school in Toronto are “devastated” and scrambling to find other options after they were informed over the weekend it was abruptly shutting down. Management of the Islamic […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened in Giessen, Germany by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 21 August 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad […]
Fighting a Killer Disease: New Malaria Drug could be ‘Game Changer’
Source: Financial Times and SwissInfo.ch By Clive Cookson and Science Editor The first new malaria drug to emerge for 20 years is beginning clinical trials in nine countries across Africa […]
With Steve Bannon out of the White House the military is now firmly in charge of Afghan policy
Breitbart, with Bannon once again running it, is already openly deriding Trump with one piece headlined ‘His McMaster’s Voice: Is Trump’s Afghanistan policy that different from Obama’s?’ Kim Sengupta The sending of more troops to Afghanistan by Donald Trump was not, in the end, unexpected. It was, however, a […]
Trump has been subject to a military coup behind the scenes – this is the beginning of the end for his presidency
He is now so enfeebled that the Generals and Admirals are not just emboldened to ignore his orders with contempt (not a blind bit of notice was taken of his ban on transgender people in the military). They are dictating foreign policy even when it directly undermines the support of […]
King meets senior adviser to US president
Discussions cover Mideast peace process, region By JT – Aug 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah receives Senior Adviser to the US President Jared Kushner in Amman […]
‘Peace for all or peace for none’
. Aug 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Middle East is a region that has been deprived of peace for no less than a full decade. All efforts, by the UN, superpowers, regional actors and mediators over the years to resolve causes of instability have failed. Actually, the […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Eight
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (Cultural shock: From Expatriate Life in Bangkok to Humanitarian Relief in Kosovo). Well, […]
‘Don’t take the Bible literally’ says scholar who brought to light earliest Latin analysis of the Gospels
Telegraph: The earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels has been brought to light by a British academic – and it suggests that readers should not take the Bible literally. Lost for 1,500 years, the fourth-century commentary by African-born Italian bishop Fortunatianus of Aquileia interprets the Gospels as a series of […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque Opened in GIESSEN by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source:pressahmadiyya.com Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says all immigrants must be loyal to country of residence and calls for religious tolerance and understanding The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 21 August 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza […]
Don’t Pray for Barcelona Reject Religious Extremism
While some pray for Barcelona after the terrorist attack that left at least 13 people dead and more than 100 injured, others offer prayers of celebration. The bitter truth is that Islamic extremists celebrate the death and carnage in Barcelona as an answer to their prayers, and a victory for […]