What I Have Learned from Muslim Women
Source: Huffington Post By Gail Stearns Dean of Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Chapman University, Mindfulness facilitator I am privileged to work in a context where I meet amazing and very […]
The Bermuda Triangle: fact, fiction and fantasy
For 70 years, a slice of the Atlantic Ocean has spawned conspiracy theories to explain the disappearance of planes and ships Image Credit: Published: 10:45 December 31, 2015 By Giles Milton Add to My Gulf News SHARE The message picked up by the control tower was as bizarre as it […]
Indonesia opts out of Saudi-led military coalition
Source: Dawn Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo refrained from openly rejecting the idea of joining the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of 34 countries to fight terrorism, but his chief security […]
My muslim faith rejects terrorism
Source: Sentinel and Enterprise By SABAHAT AHMED member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Fitchburg Chapter Currently, I identify as a Muslim, but have to wonder, if I […]
Carpet Oasis showcases rarest carpets from around the world
Over 250,000 carpets with estimated market value of Dh2.5 billion go on display in Dubai World Trade Centre Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News This year’s Carpet and Art Oasis is one of the main highlights of the 21st Edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival. Published: 16:11 December 30, 2015 Mary […]
A Catechism of Confucianism: 命 (Ming) — Mandate, Talent, Fate and Mission
Source: Huffington Post When early Catholic and Protestant missionaries came to China in the 16th through the 19th centuries, they found that something called the “Mandate of Heaven” (天命) was […]
Nigeria president says ready to negotiate for release of Chibok girls
President Muhammadu Buhari. (Reuters) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Thursday 31 December 2015 LAGOS: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he had no new intelligence on some 200 schoolgirls kidnapped almost two years ago, and that his government would negotiate with any “credible” Boko Haram leadership for their release. […]
To counter Islam’s critics, imam says Muslims need to relearn faith
Source: Religion News Service ISTANBUL (RNS) In the bustling conservative Fatih district, Fadel Solimon looks at the floor and nods as a young woman asks him for advice on how […]
The Real Reason Turkey Is Building So Many Mosques
Source: Buzz Feed News ISTANBUL — Çamlıca Hill rises over Istanbul, reaching nearly 1,000 feet above the sea. Pronounced chamli-ja, it is the city’s highest point, overlooking the Bosphorus strait […]
Absurd criticism of Islam
RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH Published — Sunday 27 December 2015 With the recent bloody attacks in Paris and San Bernardino by terrorists claiming to be doing these in the name of Islam, discrimination against Muslims has grown worldwide. They are targeted by these new critics, many of them American, well-educated and from […]
Syrian troops backed by Russian jets enter rebel-held southern town — army
By Reuters – Dec 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Youths carry children through a site damaged from what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad in the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — Syrian troops fought their way […]
No to hate speech
Dec 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB Offering greetings, whether when meeting someone in the morning or on the occasion of a holiday, is a voluntary affair. Just like one cannot legislate morality, one cannot force people to say “Hello”, “Good morning”, “Merry Christmas” or even “Happy holidays”. But […]
Video: Dawkins on religion: Is religion good or evil?
For the Muslim Times’ collection on Religion & Science, please click here With the headlines covering fanaticism, fundamentalism, superstition and ignorance, religion is getting a bad press these days. And […]
Two Pakistani clerics fight at meeting over status of Ahmadi sect
Source: The Guardian Two Pakistani clerics have come to blows at a meeting of the religious establishment over the fraught issue of the status of Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that […]
Clinton calls IS killings of Christians, Yazidis ‘genocide’
Source: Associated Press BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the Islamic State group’s persecution of Christians, the Yazidi minority and other religious and […]
National Geographic Releases The Best Travel Photos From 2015
Source: Huffington Post Even master travelers need to stop and savor the scenery. And that’s exactly why we love National Geographic’s top travel photos of the year. The set of images, […]
The reindeer that glow in the dark
Source: BBC Reindeer encounters are the stuff of holiday dreams, unless you happen to be driving a car at the time. In Finland, where as many as 5000 reindeer-vehicle collisions […]
El Nino weather: Worries grow over humanitarian impact
Source: BBC The strongest El Nino weather cycle on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for millions of people in 2016, aid agencies say. The […]
Sonny Bill Williams criticised for dead Syrian children photos
Source: BBC Rugby union star Sonny Bill Williams has posted graphic images of dead children on Twitter after a visit to Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Williams, who played a […]
Israeli court permits Jewish prayers in Al Haram Al Sharif
Ban against praying JewIsh activist overturned by court, police reprimanded Published: 16:03 December 29, 2015 Nasouh Nazzal, Correspondent Ramallah: An Israeli court has granted permission for Jews to pray and perform Jewish rituals during their incursions into Al Haram Al Sharif in occupied East Jerusalem. The occupation forces’ Jerusalem District […]