Life may have a hidden superpower
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk 2 March 2017 In 1996, a young graduate student called Richard Watson sat down to read a paper on evolution. The article was provocative. It […]
Video Games For Adults: On The Rise, And Growing
Source: NPR More adult Americans are playing more video games for more hours than ever before. We’ll ask why, and instead of what? The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments As more […]
Where is the Muslims’ Pope?
Source: Albawaba News, from 2015 By Hunter Stuart Fresh off a six-day tour to the United States, Pope Francis is on a roll. The Catholic leader’s progressive remarks on controversial […]
This Muslim Mom Was Targeted By Hate. Her Neighbors Refused To Stay Silent
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, who is an Associate Editor of HuffPost Religion. Prior to joining The Huffington Post, Carol was a reporter at the New York Daily News […]
Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070: Report
Pakistan Today: A recent research found Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070. Analysing demographic changes in the world’s major religions, Pew Research Centre found Muslim population to grow by 73 per cent between 2010 and […]
Reza Aslan: Why I am a Muslim
CNN: by Reza Aslan — What’s your most unshakeable belief? As a writer and scholar of religions, I am often asked how, knowing all that I know about the religions of the world, I can still call myself a believer, let alone a Muslim. It’s a reasonable question. Considering the […]
Catholicism has done more harm to Australia than Islam. Where’s the outrage?
theguardian: by Kristina Keneally — Every Muslim who speaks out is expected to own, explain and condemn any act carried out by Muslims worldwide. The same doesn’t apply to Catholics ‘Why isn’t the outrage machine demanding the Catholic prime minister condemn this horrendous and sustained attack on Australians every time […]
Bipolar And Creativity: A Study Of Poet Robert Lowell
Source: NPR Fresh air Author Kay Redfield Jamison’s new book describes how Lowell’s manic-depressive illness influenced his life and work. “His manias tended to lead him into writing a fresh […]
Montreal: No bombs found after Concordia buildings evacuated because of threats against Muslims
ANDY RIGA, MONTREAL GAZETTE More from Andy Riga, Montreal Gazette Published on: March 1, 2017 | Last Updated: March 1, 2017 5:15 PM EST Montreal police are investigating after a letter was sent to media outlets Wednesday morning threatening to set off bombs targeting Muslim students in two Concordia University buildings. […]
Trump Is Planning These Cuts to Make Way for a Military Spending Surge
Source: Time President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in U.S. military spending for new aircraft, ships and fighters in his first federal budget while slashing big […]
President Obama Put an All-Gender Bathroom in the White House. Trump Kept It
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller, Katy Steinmetz 1:19 AM PKT The Trump Administration is maintaining a gender-neutral restroom at the White House, despite recently rolling back a key Obama-era policy designed to protect transgender youth. The White House’s “All-Gender Restroom” was established during the Obama Administration in 2015 in Room […]
Donald Trump’s Inaugural Pastor Creates ‘Safe Haven’ for Immigrants
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias The Sacramento church of an evangelical pastor who led a prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration is offering beds for congregants who need a safe haven from […]
President Trump Delays New Travel Ban After Speech to Congress Gets High Marks
Source: Time by Zamira Rahim President Trump has delayed the announcement of a new version of his travel ban, after his first address to Congress was warmly received. The new travel […]
Swedish mum’s battle against sugar goes viral
Source: BBC Swedish mother’s successful stand against sugar has turned her into a social media sensation. Anna Larsson decided to cut out sweet treats after realising how bad her young […]
Life on Earth began ‘earlier than thought’
Source: BBC By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightM DODDImage captionAncient life: These clumps of iron and filaments show similarities to modern microbes Scientists have discovered what they […]
Murderer Tanveer Ahmed inspires Pakistani hardliners from Scottish jail
Source: BBC By Secunder Kermani and Sajid Iqbal BBC News Image captionTanveer Ahmed claimed that he murdered Mr Shah as he had “disrespected” Islam When Tanveer Ahmed was sentenced to […]
Muslim ban: Japanese and Muslim Americans join forces
Source: Aljazeera Japanese Americans remember discrimination they endured during WWII and say they will defend Muslim Americans. Children at the Weill public school in San Francisco pledge allegiance to the […]
The Muslim Brotherhood and Trump’s terror list
Source: Aljazeera Outlawing the Brotherhood reflects a total failure to understand the historical complexities of the group’s evolution. Previous attempts to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation were […]
Failing Quebec’s Muslims
Source: The New York Times By MARTIN PATRIQUIN MONTREAL — “Where is it written in the criminal code that I don’t have the right to leave someone a pig’s head? […]
Middle East regimes are using ‘moderate’ Islam to stay in power
Source: The Washington Post By Annelle Sheline Muslim clerics from around the world gathered in Morocco in January 2016 to draft the Marrakesh Declaration on religious tolerance. A reaction to […]