Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Connolly in Berlin The Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – march has been planned as opposition to violence in the name of […]
India, Stung by Backlash, Plans to Roll Back Restrictions on Cattle Slaughter
Source: The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJ NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Thursday called on the government to answer charges that stringent new restrictions […]
Russia’s military says it may have killed IS leader; West, Iraq skeptical
Source: Reuters By Dmitry Solovyov and Ahmed Rasheed | MOSCOW/BAGHDAD Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in […]
Recorded threats at mosque lead to federal hate crime charge
Source: Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man already charged with leaving recorded threatening messages at a mosque will also be charged with a federal hate crime. Court records […]
Ghamidi Knowledgeable About Many Things, But Denying Details of Evolution in This Urdu Video
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have great respect for Javed Ahmad Ghamidi for his moderate views on host of issues. Only […]
Catholic groups launch conversation about female deacons
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna | June 15, 2017 VATICAN CITY (RNS) Several progressive Catholic groups are launching an initiative aimed at giving lay Catholics and clergy across […]
‘Are you religious?’ Fired employee sues company over interview question.
Source: Chron By L.M. Sixel Questback opened its The Woodlands office August 5. From left: CEO Frank Møllerop, President of North America Carol Lee Andersen and Chairman Terje Bakken. At […]
5 Reasons Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods
Source: Time BY Lisa Eadicicco Updated: Jun 16, 2017 11:44 AM ET Amazon announced on Friday that it will acquire upscale food market chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, giving […]
The London Tower Fire Is Being Called Theresa May’s Hurricane Katrina Moment
Source: Time BY Mark Leftly / London Jun 16, 2017 Hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters will descend upon Westminster Friday evening calling for justice for the victims of the […]
Lennox Vs. Dawkins Debate – Has Science Buried God?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I am a theist and so emotionally with Lennox. Yet, happy to report that Dawkins, at least knocks […]
What Can we Learn from Bill Cosby’s Trial: Benefit of Doubt Goes to the Accused?
Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby’s criminal trial as jury deadlocks Source: CNN Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 10:52 a.m. ET] The judge in the Bill Cosby trial declared […]
Sir David Attenborough and President Obama: The Full Interview About Global Warming
President Obama and Naturalist Sir David Attenborough sit to discuss and contemplate the natural world at the White House in 2015.
Evolution rejected by hundreds of millions of Muslims and evangelicals
Source: Vancour Sun By Douglas Todd Creationism, a religious world view that adamantly rejects Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, is on the rise among evangelical Protestants and most of the […]
USA: Pakistan rape victim attends US opera she inspired
Fifteen years after her gang rape by a local clan in her village in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai is reliving her ordeal, but also her courage, through a US opera inspired by her story. The opera, by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Susan Yankowitz, recounts Mai’s 2002 rape and her decision […]
Trump confirms he is under investigation over Comey sacking
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was under investigation for firing the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The probe seeks to determine whether the former FBI chief James Comey was fired to stop him from holding an inquiry into alleged Russian […]
Europeans see Germany favourably, but think it has too much power
Source: The Local A large majority of Europeans have a positive view of Germany, while seeing Berlin as still having too much power in EU affairs, a new survey shows. The Pew Research Centre study released on Thursday showed that 71 percent of respondents outside of Germany had a favourable view of […]
Friday Sermon 16th June 2017
The Promised Messiah (as) has said that in order to have true Taqwa, one must instill all good morals in one’s self. Therefore, a believer should try to adopt all […]
Taboo-breaking liberal mosque opens in Berlin
Source:The Local With a mission to spread a liberal form of Islam, a mosque where men and women pray side by side has opened its doors in Berlin, complete with female imams. The Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is greatest’) resonated through the crowded Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque Friday as US-Malaysian Ani Zonneveld, […]
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies
Source:CNN German statesman Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification after the end of the Cold War, has died, his Christian Democratic Union party announced Friday. He was 87. Kohl served as chancellor for 16 years — from 1982 to 1998 — and was Germany’s longest-serving leader since 1945. He […]
US sailors missing after Navy destroyer collision off Japan
Source: CNN Seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is among the injured after the warship collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the US Navy said. The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald suffered damage to its starboard side above and below […]