ZEYNEP ESRA KOCA ISTANBUL The prestigious tailoring company La Misura, which has offered customized alteration services to high-end clients from Turkey and all over the world since 2009, has now added a distinguished client to its list as it prepares the hand-tailored frock coats, shirts, trousers, vests and shoes of […]
Reuters International JAN 5, 2017 – A Rohingya abandoned house is seen at U Shey Kya village outside Maungdaw, in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (reuters_tickers) YANGON (Reuters) – Human rights groups said Myanmar’s government is trying to cover up abuses against civilians in a Muslim-majority […]
Reuters International JAN 5, 2017 By Zack Baddorf BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Blindfolds secured tightly, more than a dozen men and women are led by their partners around leafy plants and trees in the compound of an international charity in the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui. The occasional stumble […]
Reuters International JAN 5, 2017 Shi’ite fighters gather to fight against Islamic State militants in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against Islamic State are committing war crimes using weapons provided to the Iraqi military by […]
In Iraq 11 years ago, Justin Huggler broke the story in The Independent of a 19-year-old Iraqi civilian driven to his death in the Tigris River by five American soldiers. The semi-autobiographical book he wrote about a hero reporter in Iraq is an absolute cracker Robert Fisk Berlin @indyvoices When […]
E! News reports some have theorized Eissa means Jesus in Arabic, a nice balance for a child whose mom was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and whose father is a Quatari Muslim. Bustle dug a little deeper, citing BabyNamesPedia as its source for discovering that Eissa translates to “Yaweh,” a […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments I completely agree with three of the four main points of discussion in this video of Jerald Dirks. The first topic discussed here with several […]
And how it takes her two hours to get a blowout SHARE BY RANI SHEEN DECEMBER 20, 2016 Congratulations to actress Priyanka Chopra’s hair are in order—the luscious mane belonging to one of 2016’s breakout stars has joined Pantene as its latest global ambassador. It’s just as well, because Chopra is a confirmed shampooing […]
Source: Time BY Abigail Abrams A transgender man is suing a Catholic hospital in New Jersey after he says it refused to allow his hysterectomy on religious grounds. Jionni Conforti’s doctors concluded that a hysterectomy was medically necessary for him, so he found a surgeon and scheduled the procedure at St. […]
Source: BBC The US intelligence chief has promised to explain why Russia allegedly meddled in the US presidential election. Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir […]
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent A controversial study that found there has been no slowdown in global warming has been supported by new research. Many researchers had accepted […]
Source: Time BY Omar Saif Ghobash Omar Saif Ghobash is the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia and the author ofLetters to a Young Muslim Habeebie Saif, I remember […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic recently performed the first deep brain stimulation for stroke surgery in a patient. The experimental procedure could help people regain function […]
Source: BBC Turkey has arrested a number of people of Uighur ethnicity over a deadly nightclub attack that killed 39, the state-run news agency reports. Those detained are believed to […]
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky January 4 at 7:48 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six weeks after he shot and killed nine people at a Charleston church, Dylann Roof […]
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Sarah Parvini|Contact Reporter Aisha Shafi stuffed pens and notebooks into her sons’ backpacks and buzzed around her San Marcos home as she made sure the boys were ready […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — From a perch on Main Street, the home town of actor Andy Griffith looks this day like it […]
Source: Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan police say violence erupted at a rally convened by Islamists in favor of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws in the city of […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The best way to demystify Trinity and other dogma of Christianity, where they differ from Judaism and […]
Source: The Local A cargo ship on its way from China to Bremen lost some of its freight in heavy storms on Wednesday – to the delight of children on the island of Langeoog. Thousands of plastic eggs containing toys washed up on the beaches of the island off Germany’s […]