How a giant space umbrella could stop global warming
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 26 April 2016 The race to find a solution to a rapidly warming world is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet. One […]
PNG court rules Australia’s Manus detention centre unconstitutionalPNG court rules Australia’s Manus detention centre unconstitutional
Source: BBC Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island is unconstitutional. Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island […]
God Is Living, So Why Does Religion Treat God As Dead?
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Naseef; Muslim, Writer, Traveller, Author, Foodie, Adventurer There’s a vigorous debate in the United States about the nature of our constitution. Liberals tend to argue that the […]
The pot of tea that costs $10,000
Source: BBC By Theodora Sutcliffe 26 April 2016 In 2002, a wealthy purchaser paid 180,000 yuan – almost $28,000 – for just 20g of China’s legendary Da Hong Pao tea. […]
Battling the zika virus, one old tyre at a time
Source: BBC From Canada, the ovillanta is a clever — and highly effective — mosquito trap made from the pests’ favourite breeding spot. Initial tests show the ovillanta is very effective. During a 10-month study in Guatemala, researchers found that 84 ovillantas placed in seven neighborhoods in the town of […]
Significant increase in hate propaganda against Ahmadiyya community, says report
Tribune: LAHORE: Year 2015 proved to be another harsh year for Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community. According to an annual report of released by Jamaat-e-Ahmadia here on Monday, two members of the community were killed for their religious beliefs, a factory and several of their houses were burnt, and their social lives became tougher […]
Pakistan: Former army chief is a billionaire, Panama leaks
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times is a news aggregation blog and collects from numerous sources. We suggest that the readers should independently confirm accuracy and truth of any posts. Source: In Depth Pakistan ISLAMABAD : Ex Army Chief and former President of Pakistan General Pervaiz Musharraf Owns offshore accounts value […]
It’s World Penguin Day, and penguins are facing extinction
April 25 is World Penguin Day. Around the globe, penguins are at risk of extinction due to overfishing and man-made changes to their breeding grounds. See pictures in CNN
Oil-reliant Saudi Arabia agrees on economic reform plan
Source: Aljazeera Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has agreed on a broad-based economic reform plan, known as Vision 2030, revealing how the oil-reliant state plans to diversify its economy over the next 14 years. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince, said on Monday that the country was building up the […]
Germany’s BDS movement and the paradox of anti-Semitism
Source: ALjazeera BY Yermi Brenner Berlin, Germany – When Sophia Deeg, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, was protesting on the streets of Berlin in support of the Palestinian cause, one passer-by spat in her face. Others shouted,”How can you do this?” and accused her of being […]
Hindu festival of colour kicks off in Pakistan
Source: Aljazeera Hindus across Pakistan celebrated the religious festival of colours on Thursday that is now officially marked in the Muslim-majority country as a public holiday. Holi, which is celebrated with the onset of spring and is widely recognised for the throwing and applying of coloured powders on friends and […]
Beans And Rice For Passover? A Divisive Question Gets The Rabbis’ OK
Source: NPR By Maria Godoy As a Latina who married into a Jewish family, I’ve long lobbied my in-laws to include beans and rice on the Passover menu. The holiday […]
New York Times: Inshallah Is Good for Everyone
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali, who is the author of the play “The Domestic Crusaders” and creative director of Affinis Labs, a hub for social entrepreneurship and innovation […]
China’s Xi warns against religious infiltration from abroad
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has seen bans on the wearing of veils and beards in the predominantly Muslim region […]
Leading Israeli Rabbis: Time for Messiah to Come
Monday, April 25, 2016 Topics: Bible Just a day before the start of Passover last week, two of Israel’s most prominent rabbis got together to discuss the delayed coming of the Messiah. Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch is head of the Rabbinical Court and a leader of one of Israel’s largest and […]
How a Nobel prize-winner thinks
Source: BBC Get an insight into the mind of leading scientist Andre Geim, in this interview covering the beauty of complexity, what makes humans unique, and more. Nobel prize-winner Andre Geim at the University of Manchester is known for creating one of the most promising new materials of the 21st […]
If cryonics suddenly worked, we’d need to face the fallout
Source: BBC By Rachel Nuwer 25 April 2016 Right now, in three facilities in the US and Russia, there are around 300 people teetering on the cusp of oblivion. They […]
Women roll infants in roses to keep them fresh and healthy
April 25, 2016 Women in different parts of Damghan county, northern Semnan province, roll their infants below one year of age in pink roses, believing that it will keep them fresh and healthy. They perform a ritual called Gol Ghaltan (literally meaning rolling in flowers) in April-May when roses bloom […]
The Muslim Council of Britain is failing Ahmadis like Asad Shah
Source: The Guardian By Tahir Nasser These are difficult times in the UK for Ahmadi Muslims as some seek to demonise us – and the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) […]
U.S. volunteers seek adventure fighting Islamic State alongside Kurds
MAKHMOUR, IRAQ | BY STEPHEN KALIN Towering over his Kurdish partner at a checkpoint in northern Iraq, U.S. volunteer John Cole cuts an unusual figure on the road to the newest front in the war against Islamic State. Seven feet (2.1 meters) tall and holding his assault rifle upside down, […]