MAR 2, 2017 – UN investigator Carla Del Ponte at the presentation of the latest report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria on human rights violations committed during the battle for Aleppo (Keystone) United Nations investigators have accused both sides in the battle for Aleppo of committing war […]
BY MICHAEL LIPKA345 COMMENTS People at Djemaa el-Fna Square, late afternoon sun Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist groups that commit acts […]
BY JYNNAH RADFORD AND PHILLIP CONNOR1 COMMENT More than 1,800 refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen have resettled in the U.S. since a federal court judge suspended key parts of an executive order President Donald Trump signed on Jan. 27 that restricted travel from these seven […]
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic […]
Source: The Guardian Sharia councils say they offer Muslim women a way out of religious marriage but critics argue this parallel legal system can leave vulnerable people trapped in abuse. […]
Source: Bloomberg by Siraj Datoo March 2, 2017, 9:53 AM GMT+5 Something curious has happened to the fashion industry in the last few years: So-called modest fashion has started to […]
Source: The New York Times By AURORA ALMENDRALFEB. 28, 2017 Jhay-ar Tumala, left, who has tested positive for H.I.V., talking with a doctor in Manila this month.CreditJes Aznar for The […]
Source: The Washington Post By Mark Berman March 1 at 4:30 PM President Trump. (Aude Geurrucci/EPA) President Trump questioned who was behind a recent spate of anti-Semitic threats and incidents […]
Source: IndyStar BY Richard Gootee The idea that someone fired a round through the window of Evansville’s Jewish temple should be unnerving enough, but Rabbi Gary Mazo said the exact location […]
Source: Linkedin BY Bernard Marr Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker What’s holding you back from landing your dream job or advancing in your career? Are you afraid of failure? Of the stress […]
Source: BBC By Chelsea Clinton Many of the global health challenges I see in 2017 were painfully present and widely acknowledged as challenges in 2016. This is true of specific […]
Source: BBC By Richard Gray Who was the first black president of America? It’s a fairly simple question with a straightforward answer. Or so you would think. But plug the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]