DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL AA Photo A freelance journalist working for Anadolu Agency was shot in the foot by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli police officers. The photojournalist was covering a weekly protest against the separation barrier in the northern West Bank when he was shot. According […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON A member of the public looks at the dead Pilot whales during a mass stranding at Farewell Spit on February 11, 2017. (AFP Photo) A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed […]
Source: BBC By Tiffanie Wen 10 February 2017 “Gently close your eyes. Listen to the soundscape you’re now in. As you focus your awareness on different parts of your body, […]
Source: BBC Ohio Governor John Kasich has delayed eight upcoming executions amid a row over the legality of the state’s execution process. Earlier this year a magistrate judge declared as […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump is considering a new executive order to ban citizens of certain countries from travelling to the US after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. […]
Source: DW Berlin’s Labor Court has ruled that the city violated a teacher’s rights by denying her a job. The woman had been told that she could not wear her […]
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER and MARK LANDLERFEB. 9, 2017 Photo An Israeli settlement in the West Bank. President Trump initially presented himself as an unstinting supporter […]
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH Yesterday BEIJING (AP) — The head of the Catholic church in Hong Kong has expressed optimism that the Vatican and Beijing can overcome the […]
Source: RNS By Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Wrapped around the porch molding of a blue clapboard house in this capital city is a saying inscribed on thin sheets of […]
Source: The Washington Post By Dan Lamothe The scholarly journal of the Pentagon’s top general published an essay that examines what someone in his position should do if a president […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis says he is at peace with himself and not taking “tranquilising pills” while dealing with corruption in the Vatican and […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Justin Welby leads calls among religious figures following government announcement that it will no longer accept lone children Justin Welby said he […]
Source: NPR Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders tweeted an fake image this week, purporting to show a political rival demonstrating with Islamists holding signs calling for sharia law. Wilders’ party […]
Source: Politico Magazine By BLAKE HOUNSHELL and NAHAL TOOSI Trump administration officials pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization face at least one significant obstacle: analysts […]
Source: CNN CNN)-Scores of evangelical leaders, including at least one from each state, have taken out a full-page newspaper advertisement to denounce President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on refugees, urging […]
Turkish public will vote on proposed constitutional changes in referendum announced for April Bethan McKernan Beirut @mck_beth Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved a controversial bill that could see him stay in office until 2029, before it goes to a country-wide referendum. Under the proposed far-reaching changes to the executive […]
Source: The Guardian Neo-Maoists have launched an online crusade against a “Christianity theme park” that recently opened in the southern Chinese city where Mao Zedong “converted” to communism. The park […]
By SHIREEN YOUNUS, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER When I was four years old, my mother taught me how to read the Quran. We started with the Arabic alphabet. I remember learning how to sound out “alif,” the first letter in the word “Allah,” and “sheen,” the first letter of my own […]
View of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank on Feb. 7, 2017. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) By William Booth February 10, 2017 JERUSALEM —President Trump warned Israel on Friday that building more homes in Jewish settlements was not “good for peace” and said he wanted Israel to “act reasonably” […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Revelation and intuition on the one hand and human reason, logic and humanity’s cumulative experience on the […]