Life-Size Noah’s Ark To Open Amid A Flood Of Skepticism
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: Ken Ham of Noah’s Ark, Key to Understand Trump’s Lure Source: NPR By Ashley Westerman A replica of Noah’s Ark has been built in the […]
Conservative leadership: Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom in battle to be Prime Minister after Michael Gove eliminated from contest
Live Conservative leadership: Theresa May and May: I’m delighted to have won so much support from my colleaguesPlay!01:33 Danny Boyle Ben Riley-Smith, political correspondent 7 JULY 2016 • 6:34PM Michael Gove elimated from Conservative leadership bid Andrea Leadsom faces Theresa May in two-horse race to be PM May […]
Odd jobs in Istanbul for young Syrians who dreamed big
Jul 6, 2016 A Syrian man uses a mobile phone next to a travel agency in Fatih neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday. — AFP ISTANBUL, Turkey — Receptionist, waiter, hairdresser, pastry-seller: These are the jobs of the ambitious young Syrians who abandoned their dreams in Damascus to start from […]
Over 4 million attend Khatm Al-Qur’an in Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque
Jul 4, 2016 MAKKAH/MADINAH — Over two million worshipers attended the completion of recitation of the Holy Qur’an (Khatm Al-Qur’an) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday night, the 29th night of Ramadan. They included visitors, Umrah pilgrims, citizens and expatriates, Saudi Press agency reported. The worshipers thronged the […]
Alton Sterling shooting: Second video of deadly encounter emerges
Source: CNN (CNN) A second video showing the shooting death of Alton Sterling, a black man shot several times while being held on the ground by police outside a Louisiana […]
The Crimea Complex: A Crisis of Identity Where East Meets West
The Crimea Complex: A Crisis of Identity Where East Meets West By Erich Follath Yuri Kozyrev / DER SPIEGEL It’s been two years since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Since then, President Vladimir Putin has been cheered for liberating the peninsula and scorned for usurping it — depending on who […]
Too late to say sorry: Emirati man wrongfully arrested in US seeks $200 million in damages
Published July 5th, 2016 – 07:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Men in kandooras, the traditional Emirati dress. (AFP/File) Ahmed Al Menhali , An Emirati man who was arrested by US Police over false accusations of being linked to Daesh refused to accept apology from American officials. Speaking over the phone, Ahmed […]
Jordan loses religion from identity cards
Jordan loses religion from identity cards Published July 5th, 2016 – 14:41 GMT via SyndiGate.info Until now, religion has been displayed on all citizens’ identity cards (AFP / File) Follow > Jordan’s Passport Authority , Marwan Qutaishat , Zakaria El Sheikh Jordan has removed mention of religion from its national […]
India: Fiery preacher Zakir Naik office cordonned off by police
tribune.com.pk 2016/07/07 MUMBAI: Police have been deployed outside Mumbai office of a foundation run by Islamic scholar and preacher Zakir Naik, whose ‘hate speech’ is reported to have inspired one of the five Bangladeshi militants involved in the recent Dhaka carnage, Times of India reported on Thursday. A senior Mumbai Police official said […]
The true meaning of Freudian slips
Source: BBC Do our verbal stumblings unveil our unconscious desires – or are they simply an innocent glitch in the brain’s workings? BBC Future investigates By Zaria Gorvett 7 July […]
Bangladesh blast ‘kills four’ near huge Eid gathering
Source: BBC Militants have attacked police guarding the largest Eid gathering in Bangladesh, throwing homemade bombs and launching a gun attack. More than 250,000 people had gathered for Eid prayers […]
Tony Blair says world is better as a result of Iraq War
Source: BBC Tony Blair says the world would be “in a worse position” had he not taken the decision to invade Iraq. The former PM said despite the “terrible consequences”, removing Saddam Hussein “moved with the grain” of what was to come in the region. He also said it would […]
My Mom, a Mexican Immigrant, Taught Me to Love America
Source: Time By Cristela Alonzo Alonzo is a comedian and the star of the showCristela. Actress and comedian Cristela Alonzo shares a story of heritage and family My name is Cristela […]
Bangladesh Faces an Uncertain New Reality After the Dhaka Attack
Source: BBC By Nikhil Kumar The carnage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1 has turned the world’s attention on rising extremist violence in the small South Asian […]
Another Voice: Fourth of July has special meaning for Muslims
Source: The Buffalo News By Amer Aziz For immigrant Muslims like myself, I get quite excited about the Fourth of July. It has special meaning for us. The early Americans came to this land escaping persecution and oppression. They came to gain their freedom of religion and the right to […]
What will happen to the UK’s European farm workers?
Source: BBC By Camila Ruz and Susannah Stevens Thousands of foreign farm workers come to the UK every year. But in the wake of the UK vote on 23 June to leave the EU, they find themselves in uncertain times. Some EU workers fear they may soon need visas Some […]
‘I toppled Saddam’s statue, now I want him back’
Source: BBC What effect did the Iraq war have on Iraqis themselves? One man who found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment of the war – the […]
Why Mullahs Are Mere Pawns In Pakistan’s Persecution Of Ahmadis
S.Mubashir Noor Two Ahmadis were gunned down in Karachi recently. On June 20, a homeopathic doctor named Abdul Khaliq fell to unknown assailants in Malir district. This followed the brazen drive-by shooting of Dawood Ahmad in Gulshan-e-Iqbal town less than a month earlier. Neither killings registered on the 24/7 news […]
We ignored the rule of law – the result was Iraq
Elizabeth Wilmshurst By acting in defiance of the UN charter, as I warned when I was a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, we put our reputation at risk. So it has proved ‘Lord Goldsmith, who as attorney general constitutionally had the last word, had given a provisional view that a […]
Ashrawi Denounces Plans to Expand Three Illegal Settlements in West Bank
RAMALLAH, July 5, 2016 (WAFA) – PLO Executive Member Hanan Ashrawi Tuesday strongly denounced Israel’s plan to expand three illegal Israeli settlements around the Jerusalem area, by building hundreds of residential units to accommodate more Israeli settlers. She said in a press release, “We strongly denounce plans by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]