Source: The Guardian The small Siberian town of Birobidzhan is set in a mosquito-infested swampland on the far eastern end of the Trans-Siberian railway. It was to places such as […]
Source: Time Aric Jenkins 1:49 AM PKT Preet Bharara, the high-profile Manhattan federal prosecutor, said he was fired from his role as United States Attorney for the Southern District of […]
Source: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/leamington-youth-group-faithfully-help-with-spring-clean-1-7860835 Leamington youth group faithfully help with spring clean Community-minded members of a youth group have spent their weekend keeping Britain tidy. A group of Young Muslims from Leamington Spa joined other community groups to help keep Britain’s streets and parks clean. Youths from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) […]
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. humanitarian chief says the world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation […]
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/exhibition_in_barkingside_challenges_portrayals_about_muslim_women_1_4926154 Exhibition in Barkingside challenges portrayals about Muslim women Rosaleen Fenton An exhibition aimed at overturning stereotypical assumptions about Muslim women was held last week. The event on International Women’s Day was an attempt to move on from the outdated portrayals that are bestowed upon women, said Samina Siddiqi of […]
Source: Time Muhammad Ali Jr. was detained and questioned at a Washington airport before being allowed to board a flight to Fort Lauderdale after meeting with lawmakers to discuss a […]
Source: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/controversial-plans-mosque-cardiff-set-12729276 Controversial plans for a mosque in Cardiff are set to be refused again Planning officers say the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association plans would impact traffic too much to be passed BYRUTH MOSALSKI Plans to build a new mosque in Cardiff are set to be turned down for a second time […]
Source: BBC Does the ‘five-second rule’ actually exist? This is the myth that if you drop food and pick it up quickly enough (within five seconds is most common, although some […]
Source: BBC At least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, officials say. They say dozens […]
Source: BBC There’s a curious thing about people. All of us are driven in some way or another to achieve – we want to run faster, be more creative, win […]
Source: Time By Elizabeth Renter/NerdWallet Mar 10, 2017 If you drive to work every day, you know the stress and costs of commuting all too well, but perhaps you only have […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Suffering and the question of suffering is our shared destiny. Today millions are homeless in different parts […]
Happy Holi to all our Indian readers from the whole of the Editorial team of the Muslim Times (TMT). One of the biggest themes of TMT is interfaith tolerance, universal […]
Source: http://www.courant.com/opinion/letters/hc-meriden-honors-muslims-20170309-story.html The same day President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order obstructing migrants from Muslim majority nations, our Ahmadiyya Muslim Community received the Spirit of Meriden Award at the city’s council meeting [March 7, news, “Trump Signs Revised Entry Ban”]. The difference was like night and day. Our progressive […]
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/03/meet_a_muslim_in_cleveland_on.html NORTH CANTON, Ohio — It’s easier to blur the lines about what is and what isn’t acceptable speech about a certain group of people if they are just an abstract concept. This situation prevails in America, in which, when some individuals refer to Muslims, they are speaking not about […]
Source: http://dailytexanonline.com/2017/03/09/interfaith-communities-come-together-with-strength-in-numbers BY HANNAH PLANTOWSKY Interfaith communities come together with strength in numbers Though the anti-Muslim flyers stapled across the West Mall and the vandalism of the Texas Hillel building were clearly intended to frighten, religious leaders on campus have come together in showing mutual interfaith support. “There is a really […]
Source: Youtube U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt attended an interfaith Iftar reception to mark World Refugee Day at 7:30 p.m. on June […]
Source CNN Trump’s chaotic entry to the global stage is already having repercussions. Trump’s actions could trigger another tumultuous year in a fragile Europe ever more fragmented by nationalism Close to a dozen European countries — including Germany — will go to the polls this year with populist-nationalists, many of […]
Source: Time Joseph Hincks Mar 10, 2017 Every year millions of people in India, Nepal, and around the world celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi under clouds of technicolored powder. […]
Source: Muftah By Usman Ahmad March 10th, 2017 Recent months have seen Pakistan’s blasphemy laws come under the spotlight once again. In January, five liberal-leaning bloggers and activists went missing under […]