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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]