The fixation on jihadists is distracting attention away from the troubling rise of far-right extremism in Europe. 17 Mar 2016 07:23 GMT | The exaggerated hype around jihadists makes ordinary Europeans feel much less safer than they actually are and shakes their trust in their Muslim compatriots, writes Diab [The […]
Promoted post: Book Review: To overcome the sectarian divide, first we need to learn it Happy Nowruz to all our Iranian readers form the editorial team of the Muslim Times. From […]
Source: The National By Dr HA Hellyer An associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Rafik Hariri Centre for the Middle […]
Source: The National In 2016, many parts of the Arab world are in a state of disarray. The instability that one sees relates to political disorder that exists in both […]
Barack Obama’s perspective on Islam is mistaken Source: The National By Dr HA Hellyer, who is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a non-resident senior […]
Source: Huffington Post Early in its existence, the Soviet Union turned Vladimir Lenin’s dictum that “religion is the opium of the people” into official policy. Atheism was what Lenin wanted […]
Source: Time By Linda K. Wertheimer A journalist and the author of Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance. The cost of not teaching children about different […]
Source: Caller Times BY KATHY MILLER Our state’s elected leaders claim to support religious freedom, but many are acting in ways that threaten and radically redefine that fundamental liberty. Texas Attorney […]
The Hindu: A group of about three dozen activists affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Muslim Mahasangha (ABDMM), a non-profit welfare body which claims to bring India’s Dalits and Muslims together, staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar Friday afternoon along with a pack of well-bred dogs. Chanting anti-government slogans, the president […]
Reuters International MAR 18, 2016 – 03:31 By Humeyra Pamuk and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will try to convince Turkey’s prime minister to help end Europe’s migration crisis in return for financial and political concessions but they remain unsure if Friday’s Brussels summit can clinch a […]
Time: Last weekend during a basketball playoff game, roughly 50 to 75 fans of a Catholic high school in Bostonchanted: “You Killed Jesus” at the opposing side, a suburban school with many Jewish students. That chant, which grew out of taunts between fans of both Catholic Memorial School, a private […]
SWISS TERRORISM TRIAL Islamic State verdicts mark ‘turning point’ By Simon Bradley MAR 19, 2016 – 15:24 Some of the accused in the courtroom via a sketch artist (Keystone) Leading Swiss papers have welcomed the Federal Criminal Court’s ‘exemplary’ convictions of foreign Islamist militants, accused of planning a terror attack […]
Our favorite post: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Palm Sunday is this weekend, […]
Mar 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dov Waxman No foreign country features as prominently in American presidential election campaigns as Israel, and those aspiring to occupy the world’s most powerful political office, whether Republican or Democrat, routinely proclaim their support for that tiny and distant country. Yet, in the current crop […]
By Hasnain Kazim DPA Hasnain Kazim, SPIEGEL’s correspondent in Turkey, was forced to leave the country after his press credentials were not renewed. For three years, Hasnain Kazim reported for DER SPIEGEL from Istanbul. Now, he has been forced out of the country. His impressions from a place where press […]
Source: Mirror Meredith Warren, who is a Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield, has shed light on the shocking claims An expert in religion has […]
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Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: There are nearly 2,400 Pakistanis being held in different jails of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s lower house of parliament was informed on Friday. Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign […]
Source: BBC A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say. Three Israelis and an Iranian […]
By Christoph Reuter Ullstein Bild With two separate governments waging war against each other, Libya is crumbling. Islamic State is taking advantage of the turmoil to put down roots in the country. The US is weighing intervention. The brass band starts playing. The musicians march along the Corniche, their blue […]