Prof Larycia Hawkins, was fired for saying that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Kelly James Clark 29/12/2015 Suppose there is a God who a long, long time ago spoke to Abraham, promising to bless the world through his descendants. Suppose his descendants told their friends who told their […]
Source: China Daily For the first time, Merkel’s New Year’s speech, which centers around the current refugee crisis this year, has been translated into Arabic. The version with Arabic […]
The video is courtesy of Bilal Aslam Khan Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The so called Muslim scholars putting fuel on […]
It is reported that Hadhrat Khalifa-tul-Masih IV. – before he was elected Khalifa – during his stay in London was in town during the New Year’s Eve celebrations. When it was time for the New Year he took a Newspaper and put it on the floor and performed some ‘Nawafil’ […]
Source: Newsweek BY LUCY WESTCOTT ON 12/30/15 AT 9:04 PM The “True Islam” campaign, created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, aims to correct misconceptions about the religion and unite […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Wishing a happy and a prosperous new year 2017 to all our readers from the whole of our Editorial […]
Source: Pulitzer Center BY NICK SHINDO STREET A light rain was falling as young men and women — some in hip European street clothes, others in hijabs or ankle-length robes […]
By Taryn Finley; Black Voices Associate Editor, The Huffington Post The traditional image of Jesus as a blue-eyed, blonde-haired white man is historically inaccurate. In her latest video for MTV […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]