In Palestinian Power Struggle, Hamas Moderates Talk on Israel
Source: The New York Times By IAN FISHER JERUSALEM — Hamas, the militant group built around violent resistance to Israel, sought on Monday to present a more moderate public face, […]
Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers Seeking Harsher Penalties
Source: The New York Times By AUDRA D.S. BURCHAPRIL 30, 2017 The Victoria Islamic Center mosque in Victoria, Tex., was gutted by an arson attack in January.CreditMohammad Khursheed/Reuters The anonymous […]
Meet the activist who calls Trump an anti-Semite using Anne Frank’s name
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk Steven Goldstein couldn’t stop watching himself, but who could blame him? He says CNN wouldn’t stop running the clip. CNN commentator: “You think the president does […]
U.S. top court rejects ‘gay conversion’ therapy ban challenge
Source: Reuters By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact California’s ban on “gay conversion” therapy aimed at turning youths under age 18 away from homosexuality, rejecting […]
China to launch Wikipedia rival in 2018
Source: BBC China is to launch an online version of its national encyclopaedia next year, to compete with Wikipedia. Officials said more than 20,000 people had been hired to work […]
Sweden ends ID checks on ‘The Bridge’ with Denmark
Source: BBC Sweden is ending identity checks on border crossings with Denmark that were instituted early last year as thousands of migrants arrived seeking asylum. A major crossing point is […]
‘We are not burqa’: German government sets out 10-point plan to define national identity
Source: Independent Germany’s government has launched a 10-point plan to define the country’s culture, starting with the statement: “Wir sind nicht Burka” (“We are not burqa”). The interior minister, Thomas […]
The Negative Politics of the Opposition Parties in Pakistan
By Saeed Qureshi The next general elections in Pakistan are due to be held within three months after June 4, 2018. It means that hardly a year is left for […]
Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model
Cameron Russell admits she won “a genetic lottery”: she’s tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don’t judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry […]
Prophecies of a Third World War
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Promoted post: Use and Misuse of Surah Nur by the Muslims, Before and After Nida Ul Nasser’s Allegations andVideo: Is this dream of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad applicable to Russia Ukraine war now? During […]
Behind the belief: The Ahmadis of Singapore
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: We have the best collection of articles about the holy Quran Source of the news: Yahoo News Singapore May 2, 2017 By Nicholas Yong View photos (L-R) Retiree Syed Ali, religious teacher Ataoul Qudus and retiree Sulaiman Adnan are part of Singapore’s tiny Ahmadi community. […]
Leaked details from May’s disastrous dinner with Juncker suggest Brexit could be far worse than anyone imagines
Denis MacShane Europe is waking up on May Day to the most devastating document published so far on Brexit. In what appears to be an almost verbatim account of the […]
Ups and downs in Far East foreshadowing another world war
BERIL DEDEOĞLU According to a British newspaper, people are increasingly interested in acquiring nuclear bomb shelters to install in their homes. If ordinary people are interested in spending money on such a thing, they are probably thinking that a war is approaching. They must imagine that even a nuclear war […]
FBI agent married Daesh terrorist she was assigned to investigate, CNN says in report
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Daesh militant Cuspert (L) and Greene Daniela Greene, a translator working for the U.S. domestic security agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), married a Daesh terrorist […]
Pride or shame in Balfour
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 1 May 2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May expects the British public to be proud of one of their most terrible colonial disgraces and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The then British government promised to support a national home […]
OIC wraps up workshop on NGO responses to crises
RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Sunday 30 April 2017 RIYADH: A five-day workshop initiated by the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to respond […]
Poll: 81% of Americans cannot identify Arab world on map
Ben Flanagan | Published — Tuesday 2 May 2017 DUBAI: Most Americans have scant knowledge of the Arab world, with eight in 10 unable to point out the region on a map, a wide-ranging Arab News/YouGov poll has found. The survey of 2,057 people in the US revealed an alarmingly […]
‘Why I dissent’
May 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, nearing the end of four years of service as an Obama presidential appointee to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), I felt compelled to issue a public dissent to USCIRF’s 2017 annual report. While the larger part of […]
Algerians to elect new parliament amid apathy, president’s absence
By Reuters – May 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian city employees install Algerian flags and President’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika poster on the streets ahead of the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ALGIERS — In a sports arena festooned with national flags, Algeria’s ruling FLN Party […]
Ted Talk on Leadership: How great leaders inspire action
Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and […]