Xi’s Marco Polo strategy
Jun 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a heavily orchestrated “Belt and Road” forum in Beijing. The two-day event attracted 29 heads […]
Finsbury Park: casualties as van hits worshippers near London mosque – live updates
Follow the developments as one person is arrested after a vehicle struck pedestrians in Seven Sisters Road, north London LIVE Updated 8m ago Police and ambulance crews on the scene in Finsbury Park. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Bonnie Malkin Monday 19 June 2017 04.22 BSTFirst published on Monday 19 June 201701.51 BST Show […]
Canada: Three Alberta Muslim women file human rights complaint
By Barry Ellsworth RENTON. Ont. Three Muslim workers have filed a human rights complaint alleging Islamophobia after they were fired from a maintenance project in western Canada, Canadian media reported Thursday. Amino Rashid told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that she and two of her colleagues were dismissed from a […]
Texas Governor Signs New Adoption Law, discriminating against Non-christians
Texas Governor Signs Christians First ‘Religious Freedom’ Adoption Law June 16, 2017 by Michael Stone 18 Comments New adoption law allows discrimination against non-Christians: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law legislation allowing publicly funded agencies to deny non-Christians the ability to adopt a child in need. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/texas-governor-signs-christians-first-religious-freedom-adoption-law/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 Reuters reports: The Texas governor […]
The consequences if the world decided to go meat-free
Source: BBC By Sophia Smith Galer 12 June 2017 If vegetarianism was adopted by everyone by 2050, the world would have about seven million fewer deaths every year – and […]
Jay Z: For Father’s Day, I’m Taking On the Exploitative Bail Industry
Source: Time BY Shawn Carter Jun 16, 2017 Carter, known as Jay Z, is a lauded recording artist, philanthropist and father Seventeen years ago I made a song, “Guilty Until […]
Melinda Gates Shares the Essential Quality She Inherited From Her Father
Source: Motto By Melinda Gates Melinda Gates is a businesswoman and philanthropist. She is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. June 16, 2017 ‘His need to uncover the […]
Portugal forest fires kill 58 near Coimbra
Source: BBC News A catastrophic forest fire in Portugal has claimed at least 58 lives, officials say. Most died while trying to flee the Pedrógão Grande area, 50 km (30 […]
Islamic views on evolution
Source: Wikipedia Islamic views on evolution are diverse, ranging from theistic evolution to Old Earth creationism.[1] Most Muslims around the world believe “humans and other living things have evolved over […]
Pew Survey of the Muslims about Evolution and More
Source: Pew Research Center The survey asked Muslims about their views on various dimensions of contemporary life. Muslims see few tensions between their faith and life in the modern world. […]
Syrians refugees head home on foot from Turkey for Eid holiday
Reuters International JUN 16, 2017 A Syrian boy runs with the others, who say they are returning to Syria ahead of the Eid al-Fitr, near the Turkish Cilvegozu border gate, located opposite of Syrian crossing point Bab al-Hawa in Reyhanli, in the southern Hatay province, Turkey, June 15, 2017. […]
Start of the final battle for the Arab region?
Jun 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The dispute between Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates and Qatar has added major new developments and regional dynamics to existing dramatic situations across the Middle East — especially in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Libya and Palestine. Diving deep into any of these situations inevitably […]
Fresh Syria talks in Geneva slated for July 10th
AFP news@thelocal.ch 17 June 2017 The talks are aimed at ending a war that has killed more than 320,000 people since 2011. Photo: Delil Suleiman/AFP A fresh round of UN-sponsored Syria peace talks will begin on July 10th in Geneva, the UN envoy said Saturday, amid slim hopes for progress […]
A Muslim Lady Speaks of Biological Evolution and Quran in Cambridge University
Dr. Rana Dajani is Associate professor of Molecular Biology in Jordan University. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about biological evolution and religion. This provides for the most […]
Ted Talk: What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting […]
Germany opens its first liberal mosque in Berlin
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — Seyran Ates’ vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together — women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight […]
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 […]