How others warp you memories
Source: BBC By David Robson 20 September 2016 When we think of our memories, it’s natural to imagine a kind of personal library, a bit like Sherlock Holmes’s memory palace, […]
Aisha: Scholar and Wife of the Prophet of Islam
Source: Huffington Post Yasmina Blackburn Writer, Activist, Mom She was called the “most truthful daughter of the most truthful one.” She was most devout. Most beautiful. And she was wed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, in the latter part of his lifetime. The story of […]
Flying over the Mediterranean in rescue missions
HUMANITARIAN PILOTS INITIATIVE http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:42461012 SEP 21, 2016 – 17:00 A private group of Swiss pilots has founded an NGO to search for migrants’ boats in distress in the Mediterranean. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The volunteers from the Humanitarian Pilots Initiative claim its easier to spot small boats from the air than it is from […]
DNA hints at earlier human exodus from Africa
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Hints of an early exodus of modern humans from Africa may have been detected in living humans. People outside Africa […]
Video: Meet the British-Ghanaian architect behind a new African American museum
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by […]
Are we really facing an unprecedented migrant crisis?
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 3) By Duc-Quang Nguyen SEP 22, 2016 – Phrases like “refugee crisis” and “migrant waves” have routinely made the headlines in recent years. But is the prevailing feeling that Europe is facing an unparalleled level of mass migration backed by hard numbers? Here is a much quoted […]
The World Bank’s recipe for irrelevance
Sep 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Devesh Kapur World Bank President Jim Yong Kim’s nomination for a second term is inexorably moving forward with a lack of transparency that has become all too typical. Many observers are once again gnashing their teeth at the United States’ continued monopoly over the top […]
Read: Amol Palekar’s essay on censorship makes a blistering case for the freedom of expression
Source: scroll.in ‘An intelligent, culturally aware, aesthetically evolved citizenry must take an uncompromising stance against bigotry and thought control.’ Plays are pre-censored in Maharashtra and scripts have to be passed before they can be staged – a necessary nuisance that directors , writers and producers have been facing for years. […]
Talking about refugees does not help them
Sep 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL World leaders are meeting in New York where the United Nations General Assembly is holding the first-ever summit on “Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants”. With numbers of people forced to flee conflict and hunger in their countries unprecedented since World War II, […]
Rewarding arrogance and disregard for humanitarian law
Sep 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The US Congress has recently passed a bill giving Israel $38 billion over 10 years in military assistance, making it the largest to any of US’ allies. Israel hailed the deal as historic, and historic it is for this country that continues to defy […]
Response to refugee crisis should be based on facts not wishful thinking — King of Jordan
By JT – Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah takes part in Tuesday’s Leaders Summit on Refugees in New York (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday reiterated that an apt response to the escalating refugee crisis is […]
Syria war: John Kerry urges planes to be grounded
Source: BBC The US Secretary of State has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to save the truce there, following an attack on an aid convoy. In a blistering speech at the United Nations, John Kerry said the future of Syria was “hanging by […]
Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Mirza […]
What Being My Sister’s Bone Marrow Donor Taught Me About Love
Source: Motto By Elizabeth Lesser My younger sister Maggie was a renaissance woman—a no-nonsense nurse practitioner in a rural Vermont community, an accomplished artist, a mother and farmer and beekeeper […]
President Obama: U.S. Will Accept 110,000 Refugees From Around the World
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan President Obama announced Tuesday the U.S. will accept 110,000 refugees from around the world in the coming year, a nearly 60% increase in the number of refugees that were welcomed over the past year. Obama called the global refugee crisis a “test of our common humanity” […]
Donald Trump Called Debate Moderator Lester Holt a Democrat. He’s Actually a Republican.
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller Republican nominee Donald Trump called first presidential debate moderator, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, “a Democrat” Monday, despite public records that indicate otherwise. New York State voter registration documents show that Holt has been a registered Republican in the state since 2003. Trump’s comments to […]
Teenage cannabis use rises in Europe – EU Espad survey
Source: BBC Cigarette and alcohol use among 15- and 16-year-olds is declining across Europe but the numbers using cannabis are growing, an EU survey shows. The Espad report for 2015 […]
Global pledge to stamp out drug-resistant infections
Source: BBC The 193 countries of the United Nations have agreed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drug-resistant infections or “superbugs”. Six years in the making, the international […]
In the name of freedom, porn is trashing our lives
Source: RNS By Tahir Nasser (RNS) After last month’s spectacle of armed policemen forcibly undressing a Muslim woman on a beach in Nice, France, I wrote a column titled “When did modesty become a dirty word?,” arguing the positive, Islamic case for modesty of dress and behavior for men and […]
An Ahmadi Muslim’s Letter to American Sunni Leaders
Source: The Islamic Monthly By KASHIF CHAUDHRY On July 8, 2016, prominent American Muslim cleric Imam Omar Suleiman gave a brilliant speech at the Dallas Police memorial: “We ask that the […]