El Chichon eruption implicated in Mayan upheaval
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Vienna Scientists think they can now tie the disruption that hit Mayan civilisation in the 6th Century to an eruption of the […]
India says 330 million people affected by severe drought
Source: BBC The Indian government has told the Supreme Court that 330 million people are affected by drought in the country. It said that nearly 256 districts across India, home […]
Iraqi families sell organs to overcome poverty
Source: BBC By Ahmed Maher Om Hussein is a mother close to breaking point. Along with her husband and their four young children, she is struggling with poverty like millions of other Iraqis. Her husband, Ali, is unemployed. He is diabetic and has heart problems. She has been the breadwinner […]
Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy tests
Source: BBC Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Tyre pressure figures were falsified by employees to flatter mileage rates, the […]
Social media cries foul over Twitter’s new China boss
Source: BBC By Stephen McDonell So Twitter now has a managing director in China – a Chinese woman who used to be in the military – and online activists on […]
US election 2016: Trump and Clinton win New York primaries
Source: BBC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable victories in the crucial New York primary election. Mrs Clinton, after beating Bernie Sanders, said her victory for the Democratic nomination was in […]
The Astonishing Story of the Prophet takes centre stage in Milton April 28
The Muslim Times has the Best Collection on the Prophet Muhammad, in Media, History & Literature Source: InsideHalton Milton Canadian Champion Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Milton presents Muhammad, The Astonishing Story of […]
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami workers are joining Islamic State, the terrorist group says
Source: BDNews24.com IS claims the persons in the photo published in Dabiq are members of its Bangladesh unit. The grassroots followers of Jamaat-e-Islami, an organisation under pressure over the war […]
The Cold Medicine That’s Linked to Cognitive Problems
Source: BBC By Mandy Oaklander A common kind of prescription and over-the-counter medication, including some cold medicines, has been linked to cognitive impairment in older adults, finds a new study published in JAMA Neurology. Shannon Risacher, assistant professor of radiology and imaging sciences at Indiana University School of Medicine and first […]
Google wins copyright battle over books
Source: BBC The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google in its 11-year legal battle with an authors group. The Court said it would not hear an appeal […]
Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let us ask Prophet Muhammad
Huff Post: An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim of Pakistani origin, claimed he committed the act because Asad had “disrespected Islam.” In his eyes, Asad was a blasphemer. The Sunni extremist group, Almi Majlis Tahaffuz […]
Muslims Are Standing Up To Extremism
http://original.antiwar.com/: Following every Islamist terror attack on a Western soft target, like the recent one in Brussels, we hear the same refrain from certain corners: “Why won’t Muslims stand up to Islamic extremism?” The rhetorical question is meant to imply its own answer: that Islam is unavoidably a religion of […]
Israel and the Golan Heights
Apr 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah I did not pay much attention to a recent news report quoting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that Israel will never leave the Syrian Golan Heights. His statement was made on the occasion of holding an Israeli Cabinet meeting on the […]
Museum: America to Zanzibar Showcases Islamic Diversity
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Deighton; PhD Student in Islamic Studies at Emory University, Writer, Contemplative America to Zanzibar is a new exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan designed […]
German far-right Pegida founder Bachmann in race trial
Source: BBC The founder of Germany’s anti-Islamist Pegida movement has gone on trial in Dresden on hate speech charges. Lutz Bachmann, 43, is accused of inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts, in which he called refugees “cattle”, “scumbags” and “filth”. Pegida’s rallies have attracted thousands of supporters in Germany. Separately, […]
Muslim man loses high court bid to have sons circumcised
Source: The Guardian A devout Muslim has failed to persuade a high court judge to rule that his sons should be circumcised. The man, who was born in Algeria but […]
Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
Source: Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jew convicted over Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbings
Source: Yahoo News Jerusalem (AFP) – An Israeli court on Tuesday convicted an ultra-Orthodox man of murder and six counts of attempted murder over stabbings at a Jerusalem Gay Pride […]
‘An international disgrace’: Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square
Source: The Guardian By Zach Stafford in Chicago and Spencer Ackerman in New York The Rev Jesse Jackson has called for Chicago police to close the warehouse it uses for thousands […]
Israel Will Never Give Golan Heights to Syria, Netanyahu Vows
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel led a cabinet meeting in the Israeli-controlled portion of the Golan Heights on Sunday, […]