Source: National geographic In the fall of 1989 Princeton University welcomed into its freshman class a young man named Alexi Santana, whose life story the admissions committee had found extraordinarily compelling. He had barely received any formal schooling. He had spent his adolescence almost entirely on his own, living outdoors […]
Jun 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Fifty years after the Six-Day War, which marked the beginning of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Middle East remains a region in seemingly perpetual crisis. So it is no surprise that, when addressing the region, politicians, diplomats, and the donor […]
Beginning the month of Ramadhan Abu Huraira relates that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: start the month after sighting the new moon and end it at the next sighting. If you are unable to observe it by reason of the sky being […]
Allah says in the Qur’an: The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn. [Qur’an: 97:3-5] The blessed Laylatul Qadr can be found in any of the last […]
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: This Ramadan Learn Quran from 50 Translations, Rather Than Just One Although the immense blessings of Ramadan are well known, the last ten nights of Ramadan are even more important and even more blessed than the rest of Ramadan. In these ten nights is […]
Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 FILE PHOTO – A sign adorns the security fence near shelters inside the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea, February 11, 2017. Behrouz Boochani/Handout via REUTERS/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will tell dozens of refugees […]
Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet […]
Londoners have said Muslims awake for Ramadan may have helped save a lot of lives Smoke and flames billow from a massive fire that raged in a 27-floor high-rise apartment building in London, WImage Credit: AP People react near a tower block severely damaged by a serious fire, in north […]
More than 5tr pieces of plastic floating in world’s oceans, with more hidden in the guts of marine creatures A beach in the Azores is pictured littered with plastic garbage, […]
Funding terror through ransoms, Qatar has sought to punch above its weight by expanding its brand and influence abroad Image Credit: QNA In April, Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al […]
Source: BBC News By Elizabeth Currid-Halkett From Aeon 14 June 2017 In 1899, the economist Thorstein Veblen observed that silver spoons and corsets were markers of elite social position. In […]
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Olivia Goldhill Psychologists have only begun to unravel the concept of “personality,” that all-important but nebulous feature of individual identity. Recent studies suggest that personality traits […]
Source: The New York Times A building spree of houses of worship is furthering the Islamicizationof the country and providing an ongoing economic engine. Photographs by NORMAN BEHREND In […]
Source: NPR BY JANE ARRAF Christians in Minya province have faced long-running tensions with their Muslim neighbors over an issue central to their survival as a community — whether […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is once again flexing his papal muscle by seeking to keep tabs on his cardinals who live in […]
Source: WFPL By Roxanne Scott A gray Honda pulls up on the corner at Fourth and Chestnut and stops at the traffic light. A few people walk up to the left […]
Source: Associated Press By VIVIAN SALAMA WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump’s travel ban is soon set to expire amid an […]
Source: The Guardian BY Amanda Holpuch Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, in a crackdown attorneys and advocates […]
Source: Time BY Charlotte Alter Jun 14, 2017 James T. Hodgkinson, who injured Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and several others when he opened fire on Republican members of Congress and […]
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Updated: Jun 15, 2017 8:34 AM ET | Originally published: Jun 15, 2017 A spokesman for President Donald Trump’s personal attorney hit back against a […]