Source: New Statesman A woman gets up in the morning and brushes her teeth using her smart toothbrush that charts her brushing activity and shares it with her dentist. She […]
Source: The Guardian Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic relations with Iran in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two regional foes following the execution of the Saudi Shia cleric […]
Source: Christian Today Majority of Americans said it’s important to protect freedom of religion for different religious groups, with Christianity getting the highest mark. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public […]
Tehran Times Social Desk TEHRAN — An 80-year old Iranian philanthropist from Khomeyni Shahr, Isfahan province, who has already built 236 schools, is wishing to build up to 1,000 schools. Mohammad Taqi Davarpanah, who could never go to school himself, has built 236 schools in poor districts of 10 provinces […]
Leader urges global response to execution of Sheikh Nimr Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, saying the entire world, including Muslim nations, should react to this “crime”. Ayatollah Khamenei made the […]
Saudi Arabia’s state television channel displays an image of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, on Jan. 2, 2016, Dubai. (AP) SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Monday 4 January 2016 DAMMAM: The Kingdom announced Saturday it had executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including Al-Qaida detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric who rallied […]
By AFP – Jan 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A producer from the Perigord region checks her ripe strawberries, due to the unusual warm temperatures, on December 29, in Cendrieux, southwestern […]
By AP – Jan 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – TEHRAN, Iran — The execution of a Shiite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has laid bare the divisions now gripping the Middle East, as protesters set fire Sunday to the kingdom’s embassy in Tehran and demonstrators took to the streets […]
Jan 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 31-year-old Arab Israeli suspected of having killed two people and injured eight others outside a pub in Tel Aviv on Friday might be yet another Palestinian fed up with the treatment of his people by Israelis. If that is the case, his act […]
Jan 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that outlines a peace process for Syria, and puts aside the dispute over the fate of Bashar Assad. The resolution aims at destroying Daesh’s and other terrorist groups’ sources of income. There is […]
Sweden has begun ID controls as part of the government’s efforts to limit the number of refugees entering the country. Everyone entering Sweden from midnight on Sunday by bus, train or ferry from Denmark will be checked and those lacking valid ID documents will be turned back. Sweden, which until […]
Tribune India: You wouldn’t know where Qadian is unless you know what it stands for. For the record, the town’s streetlights are switched off because the Municipal Committee owes Rs 26 lakh to the power utility. It has irregular water supply for its over 40,000 residents. And its lone government […]
Alislam.org: Today is the first day of the New Year and the year is starting with the blessed day of Friday. It is tradition to wish each other a Happy New Year, as such people are sending messages of good wishes to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih and they would be wishing […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani The blasphemy law, as enacted in Pakistan in 1986, militates first and foremost against the Islamic principles of justice and here is why: if it is conceived as an Islamic law, is it subject to hadd? Five years ago today, Salmaan Taseer, the […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, winter 2015 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise 2015 winter volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Are science and religion at odds with each other? Cary […]
Source: The Atlantic Reviewed by JEFFREY TAYLER A new book by the evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne tackles arguments that the two institutions are compatible. In May 1988, a 13-year-old girl […]
Source: Huffington Post RIYADH, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had severed ties with Iran over the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, in a […]
By Munir Varraich, Sweden The year 2015 has come to a close with so many of the beastly memories buried in its bosom. Mankind is stepping into the New Year […]
By Abdul Cader Asmal Posted Jan. 2, 2016 at 2:51 PM Sandwiched between demonic terrorists on the one side and malicious Islamophobes on the other, the overwhelming majority of decent American citizens who include their law-abiding Muslim counterparts are askance as to what to make of Islam and the […]