Badlands on Twitter: US park climate change tweets deleted
Source: BBC “Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years. #climate,” said one of the tweets. The posts […]
Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest
Source: MSN By Jon Swaine in New York Four more journalists have been charged with felonies after being arrested while covering the unrest around Donald Trump’s inauguration, meaning that at least six […]
Your Spirituality Can Affect Your Health. Here’s How
Source: Huffington Post Tara Narula, MD O, The Oprah Magazine In modern medicine, doctors don’t usually talk about life’s deeper meaning; that’s a job for the person in the white […]
Ahmadiyya goes to Osijek, a city in Eastern part of Croatia
By Zubair Khan In its effort to promote the introduction and unique message, “Love for all hatred for None” on 25.01.2017, Ahmadiyya visited Osijek, a city situated in the eastern part of Croatia. A lecture on the “Status of Woman in Islam” was organised to an audience comprising of […]
Islamic State Is Collapsing, So Why Is It Suddenly So Successful Against Assad?
January 23, 2017 James Miller A screen grab from a video released by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency, said to be in Palmyra on December 11 Share There are at least four separate coalitions that claim to be battling the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Three of those coalitions […]
Muslim leaders hold emergency rally on eve of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban
‘This is an immigrant town and we are a sanctuary city’ Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Hours before President Trump enforces a Muslim ban and hours after he ordered federal agents to start building the wall along the Mexican border, Muslim leaders held an emergency rally to protest the executive […]
Germany abolishes law that bans insulting foreign leaders
Decision comes days after Donald Trump’s inauguration and a year after prosecution of German comic who wrote crude poem about Turkish President By Katie Forster @katieforster Germany has decided to abolish a law which defends the honor of foreign leaders. International heads of state will no longer be able to ask the […]
Bangladesh to plant trees to reduce lightning-related death toll
Source: Source: Xinhua DHAKA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Lightning has become a natural disaster in Bangladesh because official statistics show that bolts caused over 200 deaths in 2016 in the […]
Happy Republic Day to all our Indian Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Epigraph: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Happy Australia Day and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
Epigraph: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Pemra mutes Amir Liaquat Hussain – for hate mongering
By Dawood Rehman | Published on January 26, 2017 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has banned TV anchor Amir Liaquat and his programme over hate speech, according to […]
The Afghan girls raised as boys
In Afghanistan, ranked the worst country in the world to be born a girl, some parents are bringing up their daughters as sons. Then comes puberty and the ‘bacha posh’ are expected to to switch back Mehran Rafaat with her twin sisters outside their family home in Afghanistan. Photograph: Adam […]
PLO official ‘shocked’ by US silence on Israeli settlements
By AFP – Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken on Monday from Jerusalem shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Palestinian West Bank with the mountains at the east of the Jordan River in the background (AFP photo by Thomas Coex) RAMALLAH — A […]
Corruption in Pakistan – Two Sharifs, two different sets of rules?
Pakistan’s former army chief, Raheel Sharif, is at the center of a controversy after documents leaked to the media purportedly showed he had been allocated a large tract of land in Lahore. DW examines. According to the media reports, Raheel Sharif was given the land worth 1.35 billion rupees (12 […]
Jordan: Anti-extremism strategy to be ready next month
By Khetam Malkawi – Jan 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The comprehensive national strategy for combating extremism is in the final stages of development and is expected to be wrapped up next month, a senior official said on Wednesday. Retired Major General Sharif Omari, director of counter-extremism and […]
Bangladesh’s plan to allow some child marriages is ‘step backwards’
theguardian: by Nita Bhalla — Campaigners say proposed law change permitting child marriage in ‘special cases’ would increase risks of rape, domestic violence and early pregnancy A 15-year-old girl on the day of her wedding to a 32-year-old man in Bangladesh. The country has one of the highest rates of […]
Trump on waterboarding: ‘We have to fight fire with fire’
Source: CNN Dan Merica-Profile-Image By Dan Merica Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said he wants to “fight fire with fire” when it comes to stopping terrorism, suggesting that he could be […]
Priest disguised gold bars as Swiss chocolate to evade customs
The Local news@thelocal.ch 25 January 2017 File photo: Ana Ulin Customs officials in India have fined a priest working in a parish in Switzerland for hiding three gold ingots disguised as chocolate bars in his baggage, Indian media reported. The 59-year-old Catholic priest travelled to India on Monday and was […]
Islam never judges a person by its skin color. By Mehr Gul Age 14
From the community: Ilustration by Syeda Waseema Sadaf (Posted by chicagonwnasirat, Community Contributor) Community Contributor chicagonwnasirat Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of creating a racism-free America has since challenged racial inequality in various ways. But even before the advent of Dr. King, Prophet Muhammad of Islam (peace and blessings […]
5 Mantras to Help You Become Calm and Confident
Source: Time By Rosie McCall / Health.com Can one simple phrase actually make a difference in your life? According to Sherianna Boyle, the answer is most definitely yes. She is the […]