Turkey nightclub attack: IS says it carried out shooting
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried […]
Obama’s Farewell Address To Lay A Path Forward Under Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Marina Fang Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address next week in his adopted hometown of Chicago, just 10 days […]
Muslim Leader of Protests Against Jakarta’s Christian Governor Now Facing Blasphemy Charges
Source: The Gospel Herald By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT In an ironic turn of events, the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who led the charge against the Christian governor […]
Lucy and Selam’s species climbed trees: Australopithecus afarensis shoulder blades show partially arboreal lifestyle
Source: Science Daily Date:October 25, 2012 Source:California Academy of Sciences Summary:Australopithecus afarensis was an upright walking species, but the question of whether it also spent much of its time in […]
Donald Trump Says ‘No Computer Is Safe’
Source: Time (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online […]
A Must watch video – TedTalk by American poet Amal Kassir
A must watch video. Beautifully narrated, professionally presented. Enjoy watching all the 16 minutes of it and then forward it to your friends, especially the Americans. http://www.tedxmilehigh.com/talks/the-muslim-on-the-airplane/# A must watch video. Beautifully narrated, professionally presented. Enjoy watching all the 16 minutes of it and then forward it to your […]
Bajwas can’t take Qadian lightly
Source: The Tribune India All three candidates will have to contend with the (Sucha Singh) Chhotepur factor. The AAP-turned-APP leader may be trying his luck from the adjoining seat of Gurdaspur, but he still wields influence in Qadian. Pre-delimitation, he had contested from the now-defunct Dhariwal seat, which now forms […]
Too late, yet welcome
Source: Business Recorder, Pakistan’s Premier Financial Daily By Dr. Maqsudul Hasan Nuri: The writer is presently Head of Department of International Relations, NUML, and former Adviser at COMSATS Institute of […]
Video: Microsoft Celebrates the Spirit of the Season; Refuting Islamophobia
Microsoft Celebrates the Spirit of the Season Source: Huffington Post and Youtube By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Microsoft’s 2016 holiday advertisement celebrates the accomplishments of ordinary people who worked […]
Dalai Lama’s abode turning into concrete jungle
Experts fear a high-intensity quake can turn this quaint uphill town into a tomb of rubble Image Credit: Agency Ganj resort village overcast day. Himalaya, North India Published: 18:00 January […]
Saudi likely to tap multiple funding sources to bridge budget gap
External borrowings vital for reducing pressure on domestic liquidity Published: 13:05 January 1, 2017 Babu Das Augustine, Banking Editor Dubai: In the absence of further increase in oil prices and or drastic cut in government expenditures, analysts expect Saudi Arabia’s budget gap to be wider than the original estimates […]
For poor Algerians, mass weddings a chance to celebrate
By AFP – Jan 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian women sing during a group wedding ceremony, organised by a charity for economically disadvantaged people and orphans, in the Sahara desert village of In-Salah, south Algeria, on December 21, 2016 (AFP photo) AIN SALAH, Algeria — Gathered in a […]
Hope, at last?
Jan 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution that supports the Russian-Turkish peace initiative for Syria, which includes maintaining the recently declared ceasefire and projected talks in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The resolution could be the very breakthrough sought by the […]
Reunification of Syria
Jan 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer So far the endgame in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government’s hands; that decisive victory for President Bashar Assad and his Russian backers has been followed by a ceasefire, and the […]
Speed of Light – Space Documentary
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics. Its exact value is 299792458 metres per second (approximately 3.00×108 m/s, approximately […]
Becoming Human: First Steps – NOVA Documentary
The Muslim Times is promoting guided evolution and we have a large collection of articles about evolution in general and guided evolution in particular.
More than 1,000 migrants storm border at Spain’s Ceuta
Source: Aljazeera More than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday in a violent assault that saw one […]
Uganda’s School for Life: Educating out of Poverty
Source: Aljazeera This film will be available online from January 23, 2017. In the 21st century, for many young people “finding a job” is just not an option. And in […]
Party-goers dump 85 tonnes of rubbish on London’s streets after New Year celebrations
Source: MSN.com By Fiona Simpson A spectacular 85 tonnes of waste and around 15,000 Champagne bottles were cleared from the banks of the Thames after one million revellers gathered to welcome […]
British woman jailed in Iran released from solitary confinement
Source: The Guardian BY Damien Gayle A British-Iranian woman being held in an Iranian prison has been released from solitary confinement, her husband has said. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 37, was sentenced […]