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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Religion News Service Spoiler alert: “Star Wars” is an actual American religion. Consider the number of people who saw “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” during its opening weekend. That would be […]
As many as nine planes belonging to Qatar’s ruling family had landed in Switzerland over the weekend because of suspected health emergency Image Credit: AP FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves to the crowd as he and and […]
AP-NORC Poll: Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups, ranking Muslims as the least deserving of the protections, according to […]
Source: Daily Mail UK ‘Get out of our country, you terrorist!’: Woman sentenced for ripping off hijab of terrified Muslim woman and subjecting her to a shocking racist tirade Ann-Maria […]
There are an estimated 150,000 Islam converts among the Latino community in the US Source: World Bulletin Latinos in the U.S. are considered to be the fastest-growing demographic as well […]
Source: The New York Times BAGHDAD — Breaking a seven-month occupation by the Islamic State, Iraqi troops on Monday retook most of Ramadi, the most populous city in western Iraq, […]
Source: Huffington Post For some, the journey of spiritual self-discovery begins by picking up a book — and there couldn’t be a better time to do so. This fall, HarperOne, […]
Source: The Washington Post The bearded man in the blue turban was attacked before dawn on Saturday morning, while waiting for a ride to work. Two white males in their […]
SHAIKH SALIH BIN FAWZAN Published — Friday 25 December 2015 The belief in the angels is one of the pillars of faith (Iman). What belief in the angels entails is: Believing in their existence and believing in the duties that they carry out in the universe. So the angels are […]
Norway’s Minister of Immigration and Integration Sylvie Listhaug. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Wednesday 30 December 2015 STOCKHOLM: Norway’s center-right government on Tuesday proposed tightening the country’s asylum rules to avoid what the immigration minister described as “violent consequences” for the country’s welfare system. ADVERTISING 2 The measures, which […]
Dec 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – The liberation of Ramadi from the terrorist group Daesh is certainly a big victory for Baghdad, and could be the beginning of a campaign to liberate other cities and Iraqi territories still in the clutch of this extremist grouping. “This great victory has broken […]