Letters: Explaining Ramadan
Source: Public Opninion Our President said, “I stand firmly with Muslim American communities in rejection of the voices that seek to divide us or limit our religious freedoms or civil […]
As Christians squabble, the religious status quo in their heartland is shifting
Source: The Economist In the heartland of eastern Christianity, at the very point where that faith intersects with Islam, some peculiar things are going on. A monument of vast historic resonance for both faiths […]
Minister: Empty West Bank Area C of Palestinians, annex it
Source: Times Of Israel BY RAPHAEL AHREN MOSCOW – Israeli minister Uri Ariel proposed removing “a few thousand Arabs” from Area C of the West Bank –– the 60% of […]
Jewish Woman Detained for Taking Torah Scroll to Western Wall in Jerusalem
Source: Washington Post By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — The Israeli police briefly detained a leader of a Jewish women’s rights group on Tuesday for bringing a Torah scroll to the […]
French police quiz cardinal over alleged abuse cover-up
Source: Yahoo News By Gregory Danel Lyon (AFP) – One of France’s most powerful Catholic leaders, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was questioned by police on Wednesday over allegations he covered up the […]
Trump thinks Muslim judges would be biased against him – but there are none
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington When Donald Trump remarked that “it’s possible” Muslim judges would be biased against him, he probably did not know how many Muslim judges […]
France releases terror alert app ahead of Euro 2016
Source: BBC The French government has released a mobile phone app to alert the public in the event of a terrorist attack. The app is being released ahead of the […]
Switzerland: Report finds prejudice over skin colour, religion
Anti-racism Jun 7, 2016 – 14:10 Recorded cases of victims seeking advice grew from 87 in 2008 to 239 in 2015. (Keystone) Most racial discrimination in Switzerland happens in the workplace, according to an annual survey published by the interior ministry. Of the 239 incidents where victims sought advice […]
Misguided policies and self-interest in Syria show no lessons learnt
Jun 08,2016 – MICHAEL JANSEN Poised for weeks on the boundary between Hama and Raqqa provinces, Syrian army troops bolstered by the Homs-based pro-government Falcons of the Desert militia, finally entered Raqqa to do battle with Daesh. Given air cover from Russian warplanes, the ground forces advanced on the town […]
TRUSTED TWEET? Fact checking the rumours spread on social media
Trusted tweet? Fact checking the rumours spread on social media By swissinfo.ch Jun 8, 2016 – 11:00 Have your heard the news? Digital media make it easier to spread rumours fast. (Keystone) For the last two years, swissinfo.ch has been involved in a collaborative project to help journalists tackle one […]
Why is Qatar investing so much in education?
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent 8 June 2012 From the section Business Image caption Dr Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani says Qatar is making a strategic decision to spend oil income on education Global education When oil rich countries get involved in global education projects, it is easy to […]
Video: The Big Questions, Do We Misunderstand Islam?
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC Onebetween 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven […]
Muhammad Ali my kind of Muslim
Source: Toronto Sun BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN, FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JUNE 07, 2016 February 28, 1964, would have been just another day for the boys of St. Lawrence’s Boys’ Catholic School in […]
Michelle Obama trashes Trump in Commencement Speech at CCNY Graduation; June 3 2016
Michelle Obama offered a scathing, barely veiled critique of Donald Trump on Friday as she delivered her final commencement address as first lady, warning graduates of City College in New […]
24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God?
Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–9 (St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea). The Muslim Times has the best collection for rational understanding of Christianity Source: The Teaching Company […]
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
Epigraph: And He it is who created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom and the Truth; and the day He says, ‘Be!’, it will […]
Cardiac ‘bruising’ may predict worse heart attack
Source: BBC UK researchers say they have found a new way to tell if a heart attack is more severe and might cause lasting harm – by looking for bruising […]
Rumi film will challenge Muslim stereotypes, says Gladiator writer
Source: The Guardian By Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul An Oscar-winning screenwriter has agreed to work on a biopic about the 13th-century poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi. David Franzoni, who wrote the script for the […]
US election 2016: Clinton hails ‘milestone for women’
Source: BBC Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women – the US Democratic nomination for president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. Mrs Clinton hailed “the first time in our nation’s […]
What an Obama endorsement will mean for Hillary
Source: BBC Anthony Zurcher North America reporter Barack Obama is about to tell Bernie Sanders that the revolution stops now. On Tuesday evening Mr Obama called Hillary Clinton to congratulate her […]