New Ahmadiyya Mosque in Indonesia
As we all know the bad news reaches the media much easier than the good news. Recently we have read about an Ahmadiyya Mosque in Indonesia being sealed by authorities […]
The Divide Over Islam and National Laws in the Muslim World
Source: Pew Research Center Varied views on whether Quran should influence laws in countries BY JACOB POUSHTER As strife in the Middle East continues to make headlines, from the militant […]
Are show-offs more likely to get ahead? In an era of ‘extreme pitching’, is there a place for quieter introverts?
Source: BBC News By Lennox Morrison 21 June 2017 As he back-flipped into an ice hole cut into the Baltic sea, Didrik Dege Dimmen drew gasps from onlookers in Oulu, […]
Racism Is Part of the Health Care Debate
Source: Time Dr. Sandro Galea Jun 22, 2017 IDEAS Galea is Dean of Boston University School of Public Health. Last month, the Congressional Budget Office released its evaluation of the […]
John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Phone Call That Changed History
Source: Time By Steven Levingston Jun 20, 2017 Before dawn, on Wednesday, October 26, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was sleeping in a prison cell in DeKalb County, Georgia, when […]
Australian planes to help fight Islamic State-affiliated groups in Philippines
Source: The Guardian Australia’s advanced intelligence-gathering P-3 Orion aircraft will be flown over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic State-affiliated terrorist groups. The defence minister, Marise […]
Man charged with terrorism-related murder in London van attack
Source: Reuters A man suspected of driving a van at Muslim worshippers leaving a London mosque has been charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder, British police said on Friday. […]
Baghdadi death near 100 percent certain: Interfax quotes Russian senator
Source: Reuters By Christian Lowe | MOSCOW The likelihood that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed is close to 100 percent, Interfax news agency quoted the head […]
Muslims ‘absolutely’ the group most victimized by global terrorism, researchers say
Source: ABC News By MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN This week’s terrorist attack targeting people leaving a London mosque after Ramadan prayers is part of a wider phenomenon, in which Muslims are […]
Supreme Court could reveal action on travel ban at any time
Source: Associated Press By MARK SHERMAN Today WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has almost certainly decided what to do about President Donald Trump’s travel ban affecting citizens of six […]
Is Melania’s marriage valid in the eyes of her church?
Source: RNS According to canon law, a marriage is not valid if one of the partners was previously married and the spouse is still alive and the previous marriage has not been annulled by the church. Thus, when Newt Gingrich decided to marry his Catholic inamorata Callista Bisek, he obtained annulments of his […]
Saudi Arabia deports Qatari camels
Source: abna24.com At least 12,000 Qatari-owned camels and sheep have been ordered out of Saudi Arabia as both sides in the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis refuse to back down. Temporary shelters, water and food have been set up for 7,000 camels and 5,000 sheep forced to trek back to the […]
Austria to shut Islamic Kindergartens
Source: abna24.com Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has called for the shutting down of Islamic kindergartens in the country. The comment was made at a public event set up by Kurier newspaper. “Of course, we don’t need them. There should be no Islamic kindergartens,” Kurz said when asked whether he […]
18 Israeli fighter jets landed in Saudi Arabia to prevent coup
Source abna24.com 18 Israeli fighter jets along with two Gulfstream aircraft landed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to prevent any hostile or military moves by former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz who was replaced with Saudi King Salman’s son. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz announced on Wednesday his decision […]
Fasting Is One Of The Five Pillars Of Islam. But There Are Exceptions To The Rule
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Not all Muslims are expected to fast during Ramadan. Muslims around the world are fasting for the month of Ramadan, a time of devotion, […]
Does the Qur’an Sanction Theocracy?
Source: Muslim Sunrise By Arif Humayun Politicized Muslim clerics around the world clamor for the implementation of Islamic Law (shariah) in Muslim majority countries; they denounce Western policies as satanic; […]
Between Two Masters: Qur’an or Science? – Ziauddin Sardar
Promoted Post: Would Intelligent Aliens Undermine God? Not if the Quran Already Predicted Them Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: The very book that this article criticizes: The Bible, the Qu’ran […]
Q&A: Pew Research Center’s president on key issues in U.S. polling
Source: Pew Research Center BY JOHN GRAMLICHLEAVE A COMMENT Even as the polling industry tries to recover from real and perceived misses in U.S. and European elections in recent years, new studies have provided reassuring news for survey practitioners about the health of polling methodology. In this Q&A, Michael Dimock, […]
Unlike their Central and Eastern European neighbors, most Czechs don’t believe in God
Source: Pew Research Center BY JONATHAN EVANS The vast majority of adults in Central and Eastern Europe identify with a religious group and believe in God, according to a recent […]
4 cardinals press pope to clarify divorce-remarriage stand
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD Yesterday VATICAN CITY (AP) — Four conservative cardinals who publicly questioned Pope Francis’ opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics are pressing their case […]