BBC Video: Islam: The Untold Story
Suggested Reading and viewing Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Don’t worry about cartoons, watch and share the best movie about the Prophet Muhammad, the Message BBC Two Documentary […]
Video: Drugs & Alcohol: Physical, Spiritual & Societal Deterioration
There two hundred million people suffering from alcohol addiction in the world. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to tackle addiction
Friday Prayers 14th July 2017 – Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: Desire for children and their proper upbringing
English Many people write to me requesting prayers for their children and for their upbringing. By the grace of God, majority of Ahmadis are worried for their children. This is a blessing of God for us in this age that we are constantly worried about such matters. Allah has laid […]
Rightsizing expectations: U.S. policy options for Afghanistan
John R. Allen, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Tanvi Madan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce Jones July 2017 Download the full report Authors John R. Allen Chair, Security and Strategy Distinguished Fellow in Residence –Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence Vanda Felbab-Brown Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, […]
In first months of Trump presidency, Christians account for growing share of U.S. refugee arrivals
BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTADLEAVE A COMMENT More Christian than Muslim refugees have been admitted to the United States in the first months of the Trump administration, reversing a trend that had seen Muslims outnumber Christians in the final fiscal year under President Barack Obama, a Pew Research […]
Pushing Gaza to Suicide: The Politics of Humiliation
June 29, 2017 By Ramzy Baroud Mohammed Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical care and proper dentistry work cost him all of his teeth, which rotted and decayed […]
Six months later: How different is the Trump administration?
Saturday, 15 July 2017 Ramzy Baroud It has been nearly six months since Donald Trump took office as the 45th President of the United States. The lavish inauguration at the Capitol Building in Washington DC stood at odds with the country’s struggling economy, growing poverty and financial uncertainty for millions […]
After being detained by Israeli forces during prayer, Jerusalem mufti released on bail
JULY 14, 2017 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Late Friday afternoon, after hours of detention, Israeli authorities released the grand mufti of Jerusalem Sheikh Muhammad Hussein on a bail of 10,000 shekels ($2,813).Hussein was detained by Israeli forces early Friday afternoon while he was performing prayers among a crowd of Muslim worshipers […]
Israel closes Al-Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers for the first time after 50 years
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Palestinian Muslims pray outside the old city walls after Israeli police block access to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday, July 14, 2017. (AA Photo) For the first time in 50 years, Friday prayers were not observed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Israel closed […]
Switzerland ranked third best country to be an immigrant (except for social life, that is third last may be)
The Local news@thelocal.ch 11 July 2017 Photo: Swiss Tourism/Per Kasch Switzerland has been named among the top three best countries to be an immigrant in a ranking by US News & World Report. Part of the organization’s Best Countries survey – in which Switzerland came top overall – the ‘Best […]
International marriages dominate in Switzerland
The Local news@thelocal.ch 10 July 2017 File photo: maximka87/Depositphotos Fewer than half the weddings that took place in Switzerland last year were between two native Swiss people. According to recent figures published by the Swiss statistics office, in only 47 percent of weddings held in 2016 were both partners Swiss. […]
WHO warns of cholera risk at annual haj, praises Saudi preparedness
Reuters International JULY 14, 2017 (reuters_tickers) By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – A cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has infected more than 332,000 people, could spread during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in September, although Saudi authorities are well prepared, the World Health Organization (WHO) said […]
Poll: Negative Campaign Against Arabs and Muslims Has Consequences
Published on July 9th, 2017 | by Guest Poll: Negative Campaign Against Arabs and Muslims Has Consequences by James J. Zogby While, as president, Donald Trump has worked to cultivate a relationship with Arab leaders, the antipathy towards Arabs and Muslims that he and his party have cultivated in recent […]
U.N. ends round of Syria talks with focus on fight against terrorism
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a news conference at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura put the […]
BANKING JOBS: What it takes to succeed in the new world of Swiss banking
By Matthew Allen JULY 14, 2017 (Keystone) The threat of cyber attacks like WannaCry and Petya are creating lucrative opportunities for specialists looking to work in the financial sector. Top candidates for a job as a cyber security expert can “easily” command salaries of CHF1 million ($1 […]
‘The Left Has Been Far Too Timid’ Naomi Klein
July 13, 2017 01:16 PM Der Spiegel Naomi Klein helped launch the anti-globalization movement with her book, “No Logo.” Twenty years later, DER SPIEGEL spoke to her about the Hamburg G-20, the current generation of protesters and her concern about how Donald Trump will react in a crisis. SPIEGEL: Ms. Klein, Donald […]
USA: 69th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will take place this weekend in Harrisburg, Pa
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/letters/index.ssf/2017/07/i_hope_that_more_people_will_c.html By Other Voices The 69th annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will take place this coming weekend in Harrisburg, Pa. The purpose of this convention, as outlined by the Founder of the Community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, is for members to gather from all across the country […]
Germany: Karlsruher Ahmadiyya Muslime start counter-terrorism information campaign
Source: KARLSRUHE News | http://timesofahmad.blogspot.in/2017/07/germany-karlsruher-ahmadiyya-muslime.html With campaign of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Under the motto “We are all German” the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat wants to spread enlightenment around Karlsruhe on the subject of Muslims. Only a small minority of the Muslims are responsible for terror. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat community wants to […]
Gambia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat donates food, clothing, shoes & praying mats to disaster victims in Bureng
Source: https://observergm.com/ahmadiyya-donates-to-disaster-victims-in-bureng/ The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in The Gambia recently donated 50 bags of rice, clothing, shoes and praying mats to disaster victims at Bureng village, in the Lower River Region. The package also includes a day’s free medical treatment from the doctors of the Ahmadiyya hospitals in Tallinding and Farafenni. […]
What’s behind Trump’s prayer in the Oval Office
Source: CNN By Errol Louis, CNN Political Commentator Story highlights Errol Louis: The President doesn’t regularly attend church and has displayed a wobbly knowledge of the BIble He has pledged to […]