By Lauren Markoe, who covered government and features as a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years before joining the Religion News Service staff as a national correspondent in 2011 (RNS) […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 22 January 2016 In hardships and calamities, it is natural to get swept away by the affliction of the moment. During such trials of faith, unless we are careful, Satan can inject fear and plant doubts in our hearts and minds. Our beliefs in such […]
IMAM KAMIL MUFTI Published — Friday 22 January 2016 Islam is the response to humanity’s search for meaning. The purpose of creation for all men and women for all times has been one: To know and worship God. The Qur’an teaches us that every human being is born conscious of […]
WEF 2016 By Matthew Allen in Davos JAN 21, 2016 – 15:09 Refugees wait their turn at the Tabakika registration centre on the Greek island of Chios on January 15 (Keystone) The European Union risks being torn apart unless member states can agree on how to deal with the record […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Recently, the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group — comprising representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US — met in Kabul to hold discussions on a roadmap to peace in Afghanistan. A former senior Taliban official said that “military confrontation is not the […]
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The difference between the sensible and superficial approaches to tackling the scourge of terrorism and other forms of violent extremism by groups such as Daesh was as clear as possible last week, in two efforts by the US government and the United […]
By Reuters – Jan 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian boys walk past the remains of their family’s dwelling, which was funded by the EU’s humanitarian arm, after it was demolished by Israeli forces, near the West Bank village of Al Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, on Thursday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM […]
By Kwabena Osman Patheos.com: For a religion that strictly believes in the unity of God and abhors associating partners with Him, unity among his followers is an ultimate goal. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the situation with Muslims. Sunni’s and Shia’s form the two main divisions in Islam but among these two main […]
Dawn; KARACHI: In an attempt to “maintain sectarian harmony” among different schools of thought, the Sindh government is planning to table in the provincial assembly a bill which will allow only government-approved Friday sermons in all mosques, according to a key member of the provincial cabinet. “The move is […]
Alberta’s Muslims- overcoming the Harper’s effect Source: Alberta Views By Eoin Murray Shahab Ahmad was born in the state of Bihar, in eastern India. He left India to study for […]
Ever the optimist. (World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch) Jason Karaian OBSESSION Davos January 21, 2016 Davos, Switzerland Any chance that the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos would […]
Source: The Guardian By Kareem Shaheen in Beirut Game likely to take on status of minor vices such as music after Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh says it encourages gambling Saudi Arabia’s […]
Author: Orville Davis ; Last update: 21 January , 2016 1 Police patrol outside the 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This is his fifth consecutive year to attend the forum. Following the theme “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the forum this year runs from […]
Source:RNS NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A Muslim man who shielded Christians after a passenger bus was ambushed by suspected al-Shabab militants is being saluted as a symbol of unity. Salah Farah, a schoolteacher, died Monday […]
Source: Associated press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say vandals have scrawled graffiti and affixed a knife with a Biblical verse at the home of a leader of a group advocating secular Judaism. Police say they are investigating Thursday’s incident at the home of Yaakov Malkin, the provost of the […]
Source: Arab News By Bill Gates and Melinda Gates We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migration, […]
Source: Reuters Israel has arrested two Jewish youths for anti-Christian graffiti scrawled on a Jerusalem monastery, police said on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an investigation into the […]
Source: The Guardian The French principle of secularism has been twisted by politicians and so often wrongly used to attack Islam that schoolchildren have been left baffled, the French education […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times To be sure, the United States remains home to more Christians than any other country in the […]
Iranian calligraphers seeking registration of nastaliq on UNESCO list Tehran Times Art Desk TEHRAN — Iran’s Association of Calligraphers is collating information about nastaliq for a file to provide the usual preliminaries for registration of the genuine style of Persian calligraphy on UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of […]