THE CONTRADICTIONS OF REZA ASLAN’S “BELIEVER”
Source: The New Yorker By Elias Muhanna April 9, 2017 A few years ago, a friend sent me an e-mail with the subject line “Reza Aslan is insulting you!” The […]
Israel shuts Egypt border after terror warning Passover eve
Source: Associated Press By IAN DEITCH JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed its Taba border crossing to the Sinai peninsula on Monday following warnings by its anti-terrorism office of an “imminent” […]
Dalai Lama says Tibetan people should decide on his succession
Source: Reuters By Sunil Kataria | TAWANG, INDIA Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Saturday the Tibetan people should decide if they wanted to continue with his institution, […]
Hindu Group Claims Christians Tried Forced Conversions in India
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and NIDA NAJARAPRIL 8, 2017 Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, during a news conference […]
Berlin to see its first Jewish campus after the Holocaust
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal doesn’t get much sleep these days, but says it’s well worth it. The community rabbi and head of […]
Unfettered online hate speech fuels Islamophobia in China
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH HEFEI, China (AP) — The flood of angry anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media was the first sign of how fiercely the suburban middle-class homeowners […]
Reza Aslan Makes the Best Case Yet for Secularism in Israel
Reza Aslan: Why I worry about Israel’s future Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN) I know better than most how unexpectedly a country can be changed from within. I was […]
Golden Globes gives nod to banned Indian film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
IMAGES STAFF, ESK REPORT https://images.dawn.com/news/1177405 The ‘lady-‘oriented’ film may have a chance at bagging a Golden Globe. While the Indian censor board refuses to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha, the west is already pushing the Alankrita Shrivastava directorial towards a potential Golden Globe nomination. According to Times of India, the Hollywood Foreign […]
Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acting on a tip from explorer of caves four years ago, scientists in South Africa discovered what […]
Iraqis celebrate Palm Sunday near Mosul for the first time in three years
Reuters International APR 9, 2017 – Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook it […]
In the Trump era, one U.S. Muslim investor tries a louder voice
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – Activist investor Bashar Qasem, President and CEO of Azzad Asset Management Inc, speaks to a client during a conference in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. […]
UNICEF official seeks release of detained Rohingya children in Myanmar
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – By Antoni Slodkowski YANGON (Reuters) – A top official from the U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) has sought the release of Rohingya children detained in a Myanmar army crackdown on the Muslim minority, the organisation’s country representative said on Monday. Children as young as 10 […]
Jordan and China — what a difference
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fahed Fanek There is an old but persisting question: Why does the world go forward, while we stay back? This is a basic question that few dare answer. It will remain on the table waiting for those who have the necessary courage to deal with […]
Developments in Western Christianity from Martin Luther to Pope John XXIII
Apr 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber Martin Luther’s “opening” of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, to his followers caused Western Christians, initially Protestants and, five centuries later, […]
Trump’s pride has been hurt at home, so he’s looking to bolster it with a win in Syria
There’s nothing like a nice little war to rally a country around you. Just ask George W Bush, who romped to a second term after a couple of big ones James Moore @JimMooreJourno 67 comments Is it just me or is there something faintly ridiculous about Donald Trump taking to […]
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PTSD and the Journey Home For many vets, the first steps home are a mix of emotions that many cannot grasp or understand. The happiness of making it back alive, the […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the […]
The dream lives on?
Source: Dawn IT’S not quite riddle-mystery-enigma level, but it’s worth revisiting why. Especially now that the fling seems to be over. Why did the boys want the PTI to topple the PML-N? The other way round — why did the PTI need the boys’ help? — is not very interesting. […]
Jewish billionaire admits presenting gift to Netanyahu in corruption probe
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 9, 2017. (AP Photo) Israeli media say police have questioned another billionaire as part of a corruption probe involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Channel 2 TV says police […]
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan alliance’s main objective to serve Islam: Minister
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 9 April 2017 Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh. RIYADH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh highlighted the deep relations linking Pakistan with Saudi Arabia at a conference held by the Pakistani Association of Muslim Scholars in Peshawar on the occasion […]