Video: The Story of God With Morgan Freeman – Beyond Death
Season 1 Episode 1 of the series. Suggested Reading for the Quranic case for afterlife Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’
Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election
Source: Time If she gets elected president next November Hillary Clinton says she has found a role for her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her future administration, should she be […]
West Trying to Impose Its Own Brand of Democracy to Libya, Iraq: Pope Francis
Tuesday 17 May 2016 Alwaght- Pope Francis censured “cultural colonialism” of western powers, standing out against their efforts to export western brand of democracy to other countries. Criticizing Western’s ignorance about countrie’s culture in advancing its objectives, Pope Francis in an interview with Roman Catholic newspaper, La Croix said: “we […]
Prejudice against Muslims aids terrorist ‘who wish to kill us all’: Petraeus
May 17, 2016 In an article in the Washington Post published on May 13 former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus has said that prejudice against Muslim will help terrorists “who wish to kill us all”. In his article headlined “Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists”, Petraeus says those politicians who […]
KSA: Iran blocking its own Haj pilgrims
ARAB NEWS | Published — Tuesday 17 May 2016 JEDDAH: The Council of Ministers said Iran is attempting to politicize the Haj by refusing to sign an agreement mandatory for all countries seeking to send pilgrims on the holy journey. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy […]
The Iraq War wasn’t as a one-off – it was just one more episode in a story that’s lasted 100 years
The (British) Government hasn’t grasped the extent to which Western governments are discredited in the Middle East Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Thursday 26 November 2015 16 comments This looks simple enough then. We’ll bomb the same people as Putin is bombing, in the same places, co-ordinated with Putin. But […]
Migrant crisis needs generosity, not fear — Angelina Jolie Pitt
By AFP – May 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on March 16, shows UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Pitt greeting (centre) refugees and migrants during her […]
Bloodshed blurs Middle East borders set 100 years ago by UK-French pact
By Reuters – May 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War I, its borders have been blurred by sectarian bloodshed — and some in the region see […]
Resentment over Sykes-Picot deal still drives Turkey foreign policy
By AFP – May 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Resentment over the Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France that carved up the Middle East from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire remains, 100 years later, a major factor in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy. The May […]
West’s double standard in defending Christians
May 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Christians in the Levant, especially those in Syria, Iraq and Palestine, are facing grave challenges that are either misunderstood or ignored in the West. In recent years, protecting them, or even acknowledging their existence, has only been a concern of policymakers or advocacy groups […]
Iran arrests eight for ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram modelling
Source: BBC Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be “un-Islamic”, the prosecutor of Tehran’s cybercrimes court has said. The arrests are part of […]
Elderly Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh
Source: Aljazeera A 75-year-old Buddhist monk has been hacked to death inside a temple in Bangladesh, police said. The body of Mongsowe U Chak was found on Saturday at the […]
With Interfaith Sunday Schools, Parents Don’t Have To Choose One Religion
Source: NPR By Rami Ayyub Interfaith marriage is on the rise, putting parents in a tough spot to choose one religion to pass to their kids. Rami Ayyub reports on a Maryland Sunday school that says it’s possible to have both. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you have a parent who […]
19 Most Guarded Places on Earth
Vatican Secret Archives Despite the church’s attempt at openness, critics say the contents aren’t accessible enough since only qualified clergy and academics are allowed inside the facility, and even those granted entry cannot view items without advanced approval. Thus, the skeptics remain, with theories ranging from the cavern hiding gospels […]
The longest train journey in India
Source: BBC By Rowena Henley The Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express train number 15906 crosses India from the northeastern state of Assam to the southernmost town of Kanyakumari. The 85-hour journey along […]
The hidden world of the Knights Templar
Source: BBC By Amanda Ruggeri It was rush hour on a weekday and I was weaving my way down the Strand, one of central London’s most famous thoroughfares. The street […]
India to ‘divert rivers’ to tackle drought
Source: BBC By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service India is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has […]
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman: Chance or Providence?
Season one, the sixth episode My Commentary on the documentary Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There used to be a “holy man” […]
BBC is ‘too Christian,’ more room should be granted to Muslims, Hindus & Sikhs
Source: RT BBC is ‘too Christian,’ more room should be granted to Muslims, Hindus & Sikhs – internal report An internal review within the BBC has concluded that the network […]
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Suggested reading by the Muslim Times’ Chief Editor: Answering the Question of Suffering for Sir David Attenborough Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology […]