UN envoy: Jerusalem crisis could have ‘catastrophic costs’
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Monday that the crisis at Jerusalem’s holiest site affects millions if not billions of […]
Israel removes Jerusalem metal detectors, Palestinians reject new measures
Source: Reuters Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday in favor of CCTV cameras, hoping […]
At Johns Hopkins, clergy try mind-altering drugs for scientific research
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer July 24 Mushrooms growing (AP/the Cecil Whig, Adelma Gregory-Bunnell) Moses saw a burning bush. Paul saw Jesus on the road to Damascus. St. Teresa had […]
Brazilians funneled as slaves by US church, ex-members say
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS, HOLBROOK MOHR and PETER PRENGAMAN SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — When Andre Oliveira answered the call to leave his Word of Faith Fellowship congregation in […]
Houses of worship do some soul searching as their neighborhoods change
Source: USA Today By Holly Meyer, The Tennessean NASHVILLE — A nearly 90-year-old church now stands across the street from a new luxury apartment complex, illustrating how redevelopment has altered its […]
In France, murder of a Jewish woman ignites debate over the word ‘terrorism’
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley July 23 PARIS — What happened to Sarah Halimi resembles the plot of a horror film. In the early hours of April 4, the 65-year-old retired […]
Hungary’s leader: EU and Soros seek to Muslimize Europe
Source: Associated Press By PABLO GORONDI BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — European Union leaders and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros are seeking a “new, mixed, Muslimized Europe,” Hungary’s anti-migration prime minister said […]
Turkey’s Alevis, a Muslim Minority, Fear a Policy of Denying Their Existence
Source: The New York Times By PATRICK KINGSLEY JULY 22, 2017 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, center, at a National Security Council meeting in Ankara last week. CreditPresidency Press Service, via […]
भारत: अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमाअत बिहार द्वारा भागलपुर में सर्व धर्म सम्मेलन का आयोजन
प्रेस रिलीज़ विश्वव्यापी अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमाअत बिहार द्वारा भागलपुर में सर्व धर्म सम्मेलन ” का आयोजन “समस्त धर्मों का आदरएवंसम्मानहीविश्वशांतिकीप्रतिभूतिहै“मौलाना हमीद कौसर दिनांक 23, जुलाई2017: विश्वव्यापी अहमदिया मुस्लिम जमाअत बिहार प्रदेश के ज़िलाभागलपुर में “सर्वधर्मसम्मेलन” का सफ़ल आयोजन किया गया। इस सर्व धर्म सम्मेलन में विश्वशान्ति, सद्भाव के विचारों को […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bihar organizes All Religions Conference at Bhagalpur
Press Release In the name of Allah the most Gracious the ever Merciful Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bihar organizes All Religions Conference at Bhagalpur “Respect for all religions is the key […]
The Single Quranic Verse that Can Convince You about Evolution
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Allah has advised us to read the Quran on a daily basis. (Al Quran 17:78) This is […]
How Power works in Pakistan
NYTimes.com How Power Works in Pakistan By HARRIS KHALIQUEJULY 24, 2017 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan does not have a tradition of political parties that survive for long on the basis of their ideas. Every few years a new political party, mostly on the right, emerges with encouragement from the permanent establishment, […]
Toronto: Mississauga man charged with hate crime
The charge comes after a lengthy investigation into numerous incidents regarding Johnston’s activity on social media By FATIMA SYEDStaff Reporter Mon., July 24, 2017 thestar.com A Mississauga man who has been charged with willful promotion of hatred says he’s “not going anywhere,” and that he intends to run for mayor of […]
Richard Dawkins event cancelled over his ‘abusive speech against Islam’
Source: Guardian Berkeley’s KPFA Radio cancels appearance by evolutionary biologist after learning of his ‘hurtful speech’ against the religion – a charge the author contests Richard Dawkins has denied using […]
South African child ‘virtually cured’ of HIV
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News, Paris Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe child caught the infection from its mother around the time of birth A […]
Five injured in Swiss chainsaw attack
Source: ET GENEVA: A man armed with a chainsaw injured at least five people in an attack in a Swiss town on Monday, local media reported. The Blick news site said police, ambulances and a helicopter had rushed to the scene in Schaffhausen and had sealed off the area. Witnesses, including a […]
Eclipsing the plight of blasphemy: Aasia Bibi campaign sees light
Source: ET In 2009, a member of the Christian minority, just 1.6 per cent of the total population of Pakistan, Aasia Bibi was brazenly charged for blasphemy. As narrated by her daughter, Esham, her mother toiled in the heat of Sheikupura picking berries and as she sipped water to quench […]
Fleeing IS militant got his eyeshadow and lipstick right but forgot to shave
Source: ET An Islamic State militant tried escape Mosul disguised as a woman, but was apprehended as he forgot to shave off his beard and moustache,Mail Online reported. The ISIS fighter was trying to get away from the former militant stronghold as Mosul was recaptured, but did not quite get his escape plan right. Dressed in […]
Canada: Majority of Canadian claim religion does more harm than good
Source: Patheos July 23, 2017 by Michael Stone 10 Comments Religion rejected: Over half of Canadians now say that religion does more harm than good, according to a new poll. A new survey conducted by […]
Woman beats man with shoe after he ‘made lewd advances’ in Dubai mall
Source: Arab News DUBAI: A Bahraini woman beat a man with her shoe after he stopped her in a mall in Dubai and asked her for sex, she told the Dubai Court of First Instance this week. The 28-year-old Algerian man, who was visiting Dubai, has been jailed for six […]