Palestinians threaten to smash Temple Mount security cameras
Source: The Times Of Israel Palestinians placed notices on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem warning of plans to smash security cameras installed at the site holy to both Muslims […]
Reverse censorship of Palestine maps, scholars tell McGraw-Hill
Charlotte Silver Lobby Watch 13 April 2016 An image published by Elder of Ziyon from the textbookGlobal Politics, as part of the anti-Palestinian blogger’s successful campaign to pressure McGraw Hill over maps depicting land loss in Palestine. A group of American and international scholars is urging publishing giant McGraw-Hill Education to reverse its recent […]
Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family
Source: PEW Research Center Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices A new […]
Ending Sectarianism in Syria : How to Secure a Lasting Peace
By Brian Dooley As peace talks resume in Geneva, one thing is clear: Syria will need to address sectarianism if it is to succeed. Syrian sectarianism is often presented as insoluble, derived from age-old divisions, and impossible to control or contain. But new research suggests that it may not be […]
Expect More Rapes With Women Allowed Into Shani Temple, Says Shankaracharya Swaroopanand
Source: NDTV HIGHLIGHTS Earlier, he had warned of the ‘harmful effect of Shani (Saturn) on women’ Women were banned from entering Shani Shingnapur temple’s inner sanctum Court overturned ban saying women, men must have equal access to temple The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or […]
Britain to hire 400 doctors from Indian chain
Source: The Times Of India By Paul Gallagher Hundreds of general practitioners (GPs) are being recruited from India to help fill the growing demand-supply gap in general practice and meet a UK government pledge to add 5,000 doctors by 2020. Health Education England, the non-departmental body of the Department of Health […]
US health experts confirm that Zika causes birth defects
Source: BBC The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly. Hundreds of babies were born in Brazil […]
Microsoft sues U.S. government over data requests
Source: Yahoo News By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is […]
Book on fasting during Ramadan for diabetics launched
Book can be downloaded for free from April 15 midnight, and offers comprehensive advice on fasting for all categories of diabetics Published: 17:03 April 14, 2016 Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary, Senior Reporter Dubai: Of the 132 million diabetic Muslims around the world, nearly 100 million can fast safely during Ramadan provided […]
What decides outcome of Syria peace talks
Apr 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The two sides involved in the intra-Syrian peace talks resuming in Geneva this week are taking seriously the dictum “you don’t win at the peace table what you don’t win on the battlefield”. Between this round and the last, the Syrian regular army, backed […]
Israel’s ‘absurd’ Jerusalem map
Apr 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It has been proven true over the years that victors write the history. Nowhere is this fact more obvious than in Jerusalem, where Israelis are trying unsuccessfully to rewrite centuries-old history. By changing facts on the ground the Israelis are desperately trying to […]
Maximum capacity
An ancient and valuable fragile Chinese vase had been found by the villagers. There was an argument in the teahouse as to its exact capacity. During the wrangling, Mulla Nasrudin entered. The people appealed to him for a ruling. ‘Simple’, said Nasrudin. ‘Bring the vase here, together with some sand.’ […]
Saudi Arabia clips religious police’s powers and orders them to be ‘gentle and humane’
Source. IB Times Saudi policemen keep watch along a main street in RiyadhFahad Shadeed/Reuters The ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reined in its religious police, stripping their arresting powers and ordering them to be “gentle and humane” while imposing the Islamic code. The much-feared morality police’s powers were clipped […]
Khatme Nubuwwat claims there is ‘nothing illegal’ in ‘kill Ahmadis’ leaflets
Source: International Business Times By Tom Porter A spokesman for the Khatme Nubawwat Academy in East London, which has been accused of spreading anti-Ahmadiyya hate speech, has said the organisation […]
The Holy Bible Is Now One Of The Most Challenged Books In America
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor The top 10 most challenged books for 2015 includes an entry that may seem unlikely for the United States, which is home […]
UK: Shunned for saying they’re Muslims: life for Ahmadis after Asad Shah’s murder
Some of Samia Sultan’s neighbours don’t greet her any more, and sometimes it’s hard for her to understand why. Sultan, a dentist, lives in Glasgow, in an area of the city that is – like most Muslim populations in the UK – majority Sunni. But Sultan isn’t Sunni: she is […]
What are the largest religious groups around the world, and where are they?
Source: The Independent Will Worley @willrworley The world is going to become more religious, with the number of people who identify as non-religious shrinking as a percentage of the world’s population, […]
Documents Show Prophet Muhammad and US Founding Fathers Were Kindred Spirits
The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection about the Holy Prophet Muhammad Source: Craigconsidinetcd.com By Dr. Craig Considine Although they are typically seen to represent overwhelming opposites, the Prophet Muhammad […]
5 Facts About Thomas Jefferson’s Faith
Huff Post: Thomas Jefferson was a staunch supporter of religious liberty, but his quest to make sure church and state stayed separate in American politics earned him plenty of enemies. The mudslinging came to a head during the bitter presidential campaign of 1800. Jefferson’s Federalist opponents accused him of being […]
Insulting Muslim Fashion and Modest Dressing is as Bad as Forcing the Hijab
Source: Patheos By Saideh Jamshidi To cover or not to cover, that’s the problem, but to whom? When Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé recently advised fellow designers to have […]