Trump election: Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey America lacks hope
Source: BBC Her husband repeatedly used messages of hope in his presidential campaigns and during his time in office. But US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less […]
Philippines: Duterte confirms he personally killed three men
Source: BBC The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed to the BBC that he shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. He said: “I killed about three […]
Putin calls for Syria peace talks
Source: CNN A nationwide ceasefire is the next step to restore peace in Syria after the recapture of Aleppo in the country’s north, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters at press conference in Japan on Friday. The Syrian regime is on the brink of retaking the whole city of Aleppo, which […]
Put up or shut up
Source: CNN The United States must either stop accusing Russia of meddling in its elections or prove it, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “indecent” of the United States to “groundlessly” accuse Russia of intervention in the US election campaign, Russian […]
12-year-old attempted to bomb Christmas market in south Germany: prosecutors
Source: The Local The boy, a German citizen of Iraqi heritage, attempted to blow up the device at the Ludwigshafen Christmas market on November 26th. When the device failed to detonate he gave up, before trying again on December 5th, prosecutors said on Friday. This time he took the explosive device, […]
Ahmadiyya Croatia organized event on “Woman in Islam” at Culture Information Center Zagreb.
By: Zubair K Khan On 15.12.2016 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia organized an event in the auditorium of Culture Information Center Zagreb. Mainly it was a lecture on the topic of Woman in Islam. However prior to lecture, recitation from Holy Quran and its Croatian translation was read by Ahmadiyya Missionary […]
Thousands To Pray In London For Persecuted Ahmadi Muslims
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 15 December 2016 Thousands of people will gather to pray in south London on Friday after a series of attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The Baitul Futuh Mosque has issued an open invitation to join Friday prayers this week in “solidarity with victims of persecution” in […]
The Muslim Sunrise Exploring Unity and Diversity in Our Global Village
The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. Its winter volume explores unity and diversity in our global village: Winter-2016 Editorial for the winter volume By Mubasher Ahmad, […]
It was bizarre to watch Samantha Power at the UN conveniently forget to mention all the massacres done in America’s name
When Samantha talked about ‘barbarism against civilians’ in Aleppo, I remembered climbing over the dead Palestinian civilians massacred at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, slaughtered by […]
Critical role
Dec 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Her Majesty Queen Rania on Tuesday honoured the winners of the 2016 Queen Rania Award for Excellence in Education at a special ceremony, presenting […]
Trump names Friedman as US ambassador to Israel
Bankruptcy attorney named US ambassador to Israel, to help ‘strive for peace in the Middle East’ Image Credit: Bloomberg David Friedman with US President-elect Donald Trump. Published: 06:01 December 16, 2016 AFP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, the transition team […]
Video: The Legacy Of Barack Hussein Obama – Fareed Zakaria
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, with special enthusiasm, as he does share the middle name with the President.
Atheism exposed in one paragraph
Even a few lines scribbled on a beach have a purpose and a writer, but, our complex universe, which we can barely explain with the help of complex mathematics and […]
Corpus Christi, Texas, residents warned to avoid tap water
Source: BBC Residents of a Texas city have been warned by officials not to drink or bathe in the tap water because of a chemical contamination. Wednesday’s advisory applies to […]
Aleppo Syria battle: Evacuation of rebel-held east
Source: BBC Hundreds of people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Israel settlers reject relocation offer as eviction looms
Source: Yahoo News By Mike Smith Amona Outpost (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Residents of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday rejected a proposal to leave […]
Swiss high court slaps down effort to ban university’s Islamic centre
Source: Reuters By John Miller | ZURICH Switzerland’s highest court on Wednesday blocked efforts to ban a state-funded Islamic-focused academic centre at a Swiss university, ruling that an anti-immigration political […]
France will soon have a new crime: online obstruction of abortion
Source: RNS By Tom Heneghan (RNS) France will soon create a new crime that will make someone running an anti-abortion website as liable to a lawsuit as a protester blocking the door […]
French Terrorism Suspects Appeared Anything But
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER STRASBOURG, France — One was a well-liked elementary school assistant. Another was a hard-working cargo handler. The third was a friendly grocer. […]
Religion News: New hotels won’t carry religious books
Source: Sun Times The world’s largest hotel company will no longer place Bibles or the Book of Mormon in rooms of its newly constructed and to-be constructed hotels. In its […]