Ehud Olmert jail term: Israel ex-PM begins sentence for bribery
Source: BBC Ehud Olmert has begun a 19-month jail sentence, becoming the first former Israeli prime minister to go to prison. Olmert was handed a six-year sentence in 2014 after […]
John Paul letters reveal ‘intense’ friendship with woman
Source: BBC Hundreds of letters and photographs that tell the story of Pope John Paul II’s close relationship with a married woman, which lasted more than 30 years, have been […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kolkata Organizes Bookstall in Kolkata Book Fair 2016
Thousands of pamphlets and leaflets were distributed in many languages by the Ahmadiyya members from the three main wings of the community, MajlisAusarullah (Ahmadi elders), LajnaImaillah (Ahmadi ladies), and Khuddamul […]
Tatars Step up Resistance to Russian Rule Over Crimea
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA, ASSOCIATED PRESS UROZHAYNE, Crimea — Feb 15, 2016 Elnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic Tatar, is in jail. Last April, when she was seven months pregnant, police grabbed him from the streets of their village because he had taken […]
Head Of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community offers condolences to the family of Lord Avebury
Following the death of Lord Eric Avebury on Sunday the 14th of February 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza […]
Celebrating President’s Day in USA, a Muslim’s Perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February, meaning it […]
Switzerland: IMMIGRATION Criminal foreigners vote ‘will not affect asylum seekers’
By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 12, 2016 – 10:52 Asylum seekers outside a welcome centre for migrants in canton Vaud on February 11 (Keystone) An initiative to deport criminal foreigners will not result in more asylum seekers being sent home – the current law already authorises their expulsion for serious […]
Controversy over church to mosque plan in Chicago
Plans to turn a vacant church in a Chicago suburb into a mosque have been the target of anonymous flyers. Ray Hanania | 12 Feb 2016 In a Chicago suburb, a Muslim society wants to turn a vacant church into a mosque [Ray Hania/Al Jazeera] Proposals to convert an abandoned […]
Construction began on 1,800 West Bank settler units in 2015 — NGO
By AFP – Feb 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Construction started on 1,800 units for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank last year, 265 of them in wildcat outposts, settlements watchdog Peace Now said Sunday in its annual report. The overall number of starts was down […]
Risking rift with US, Turkey confronts Syrian Kurds
By AFP – Feb 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish forces’ armoured vehicles patrol at the southeastern town of Nusaybin, Turkey, near the border with Syria, where Turkish security forces are battling militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), on Sunday, a day after Turkish media reports said a […]
How to fight terrorism
Feb 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL In his Friday speech to the 52nd Munich Security Conference, His Majesty King Abdullah outlined his views on the manner in which terrorism can be fought, which should be holistic and global. “Failed states, conflict zones and sectarian divisions are fertile grounds for terrorism,” […]
MARRAKESH DECLARATION
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Executive Summary of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities 25th-27th January 2016 WHEREAS, conditions in various parts of the Muslim World have deteriorated dangerously due to the use of violence and armed struggle […]
Does the Qur’an Deny The Truth Of Other Religions?
01/19/2016 Kabir Helminski; Sufi shaikh and author A kind Rabbi, interested in building bridges between Islam and Judaism, recently wrote to me and suggested that I would be destroying my credibility by “trying to whitewash Islam.” I thanked him for taking the time to write and for offering his opinion. […]
Indian Blind woman writes Hindi translation of Holy Qur’an in Braille / Photos
February 11, 2016 – News Code : 734443 Source : Agencies A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur’an in Braille language. While pursuing her […]
How Would Jesus Read the Difficult Verses of the Qur’an?
02/08/2016 John BartonProfessor (Pepperdine University), African development partner (Kibo Group), interfaith activist Recently, a teenage Muslim in Pakistan cut off his own hand because he believed it caused him to commit blasphemy. At the local mosque, the imam asked for a show of hands of those who do NOT love […]
Sandow Birk’s Fresh Take on the Qur’an
02/12/2016 Michael A. MoodianWriter, educator, nonprofit leader, Southern California native Southern California has a thriving and eclectic fine arts scene, and the husband-wife team of painter Sandow Birk and ceramicist Elyse Pignolet are two of the region’s finest visual artists. Birk and Pignolet are notable for capturing the zeitgeist of […]
Church of England praying for Prof Dawkins after stroke in his home in Oxford
The Church of England has said a tweet it posted sending prayers for secularist Richard Dawkins after he had a stroke was genuine. On Friday, the Church tweeted “prayers for Prof Dawkins and his family” in response to a post by the Independent reporting on his health. The Church’s post […]
Bosnia Judicial Authorities Uphold Hijab Ban, Despite Protests
Source: RFERL Bosnia-Herzegovina’s supervising judicial authority has upheld a ban on wearing the Islamic head scarf and other religious symbols in courts and other legal institutions. The decision to uphold […]
Meet Hijarbie, the popular doll wearing Muslim fashion
Source: Aljazeera An Instagram account featuring a doll wearing the Islamic veil in a number of fashionable ways has attracted tens of thousands of followers. Haneefah Adam, a 24-year-old Masters […]
Communication lessons from a man who ‘can’t speak’
Source: BBC Sourena Vasseghi has cerebral palsy, a condition that means he has limited motor skills, poor coordination and a severe speech impediment. But despite these challenges, Vasseghi has developed […]