The Past 50 Years of Israeli Occupation. And the Next.
Source: The New York Times By NATHAN THRALL An Israeli soldier praying at the Western Wall during the Six-Day War, in June 1967.CreditMicha Bar Am/Magnum Photos JERUSALEM — Three months […]
Trump Didn’t Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem—but He Still Might
Source: The Atlantic President Trump’s campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem—coupled with his reiterating this promise as a sitting president—means the administration could be forced […]
Muslim woman breaks century-high glass ceiling as the first female judge in Israel’s religious courts
Source: By Ari Plachta Hana Mansour-Khatib is pictured in her office in a small law firm in the Arab-Israeli town of Tamra. Credit: Ari Plachta Israel is often celebrated for […]
Turkey criticizes US for not hosting Ramadan dinner
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the U.S. State Department over reports that it would not host a dinner ending the day’s […]
Is India’s ban on cattle slaughter ‘food fascism’?
Source: BBC News BY Soutik Biswas India correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionBeef kebabs are popular with millions of Indians A lawmaker from India’s southern state of Kerala has announced that he […]
UK election exposes Northern Ireland’s deep divisions
Source: Reuters By Conor Humphries and Amanda Ferguson | BELFAST Political leaders in Northern Ireland are casting next week’s British election as a referendum on whether voters want to be […]
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow The Trump administration late Thursday asked the Supreme Court to revive the president’s plan to temporarily ban citizens from […]
How Probiotics May Help Depression
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan Jun 02, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. It’s common for people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to also struggle with depression. […]
Britain’s Muslim cabinet minister hopes women will give up burqa themselves
Source: The Express Tribune Britain’s first Muslim member of the Cabinet, on Monday, said she hoped Muslim women should soon do away with ‘burqa’ themselves but emphasised that the change […]
Scottish Muslim convert is arrested after fleeing his home town over online rant blaming Britain for ‘inevitable’ Manchester bombing
Source: The Daily Mail A Scottish Muslim convert has been arrested after allegedly posting a message blaming Britain for the Manchester Arena bombing. Hamza Siddiq – who was […]
British Islamic groups are undermining fight against terror
Source: Daily Mail The former chief crown prosecutor and the country’s most prominent Muslim lawyer has said British Islamic groups are undermining fight against terror by peddling ‘myths’ about the Prevent campaign. Nazir Afzal has claimed an ‘industry’, of Muslim groups was spreading misinformation about the Prevent strategy, according to The Times.The scheme […]
Kabul blast: Deadly explosions at protest victim’s funeral
Source:BBC Suicide bombers have killed at least six people at the funeral in Kabul of a man who died during a protest on Friday, Afghan officials say. Dozens were wounded in the blasts, which hit the funeral of one of five people killed when police fired on a protest against […]
Pakistani man sets world record for fastest typing of text message using Swype
A Pakistani man has been recognised by the Guinness World Records for being the fastest person to type a text message using Swype technology. Abdul Basit Siddiqi accomplished the feat by typing a two-sentence long text message in a lightning 17.5 seconds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 22: “The razor-toothed piranhas […]
REACTIONS Switzerland: US shooting itself in the foot on climate deal
By Veronica DeVore JUN 2, 2017 – 16:13 US President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Swiss politicians and scientific leaders are disappointed and baffled at US […]
The truth about US involvement in Syria is far more complicated than Donald Trump wants you to think
In April, I entered Deir Hafer. Isis had just fled for their lives, leaving their infamous black flags, crucifixion posts, arms factories and black-painted Islamic courtrooms still intact. And yet Washington still maintains that the Syrians don’t fight Isis Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices A member of the Syrian pro-government forces carries an Isis […]
Ansari family’s $15 million gift to Notre Dame aims to unite global religions
Source: Notre Dame University website By Dennis Brown Rafat and Zoreen Ansari and their family, of South Bend, Indiana, have made a $15 million gift to the University of Notre […]
Trump climate deal pullout: The global reaction
Source: BBC Former President Barack Obama, who negotiated the Paris deal for the US “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits […]
Travel ban: Trump seeks Supreme Court ruling
Source: BBC The White House has asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a travel ban on people from majority Muslim countries. The ban has been blocked by lower courts […]
What to Know About the Attack at Resorts World Manila
Source: Time BY Kevin Lui At least 36 people died in the Philippines when an upscale hotel and casino complex was attacked in the early hours of Friday morning, local time. […]
Can the Quran be Unjust? Can the Fundamentalists Kill Anyone Who Cheats Them?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Can the fundamentalist’s kill those who do not ascribe to their political ideology? How about those who […]