Qatar hunters abducted in Iraq desert by gunmen
Source: BBC Gunmen have kidnapped at least 27 Qatari hunters – including members of the ruling family – in a desert area of Iraq near the Saudi border, say police […]
Rand Paul Is Virtually the Only Candidate Who Doesn’t Want to Start World War III in Syria
Source: Reason.com “I think if you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate,” said Sen. Rand Paul during the Republican debate. He was referring to Gov. Chris […]
How Republicans Finally Got Under Donald Trump’s Skin
Source: Time No one seriously hoped they’d snuff out the support Donald Trump enjoys in the Republican Party. Instead, on the debate stage on the Las Vegas Strip, his rivals […]
5th Republican Presidential Debate, December 15, 2015, a Muslim Perspective
Epigraph: Jeb Bush: Trump is a chaos candidate and will be a chaos President, if elected. Commentary by Zia H Shah, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The one […]
Wheaton College professor placed on leave after wearing hijab
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: Would they put Mother Mary on leave if she was to revisit? For our collection of articles on Hijab please click here. Source: Chicago Tribune […]
2 L.A.-area mosques defaced by ‘Jesus’ graffiti, prompting hate crime investigation
Source: Los Angeles Times Two mosques in the South Bay were found vandalized with graffiti Sunday morning, and at one of the mosques authorities found what appeared to be a hand grenade, prompting the arrival of a bomb squad. The hand grenade turned out to be a replica, but the […]
This year, Prophet Muhammad’s birth coincides closely with Christmas
The Eternal First Spring: Births, Re-Births and the Cycle of Time in Sufism Source: Huffington Post By Ali Z. Hussain; Academic, writer, pianist, video gamer and intellectual. “And such days We […]
Top US Catholic bishop denounces anti-Islam backlash to shootings
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) The leader of the nation’s Catholic bishops on Monday (Dec. 14) denounced the backlash against Muslims and refugees in the wake of the mass shooting […]
Muslim leaders want Obama, George Bush to visit a mosque to fight discrimination
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein The Post’s religion reporter, where she reports on the busy marketplace of American religion. Vandals spray-painted crosses on the windows at the Ahmadiyya […]
Forty year low for UK butterflies
Source: BBC It’s not been a good four decades for the UK’s butterflies. Those are the findings from the latest State of the UK’s Butterflies report to be published. The […]
5 Pillars of Knowledge: What Everyone Should Know About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Andrea Oranday Student, Trinity University Let me preface this by saying I do not believe Islam can be fully captured in five main points. I believe […]
USA: Walking In Fear as a Muslim
Walking In Fear as a Muslim By Mubeen Shakir, December 13, 2015 A 12-year-old girl is beaten at school in New York, is called “ISIS” and nearly has her hijab torn off by her classmates. A 16-year-old Somali American dies in a fall from a six-story building in Seattle that […]
Do you believe that Muslims can be moral despite their faith, rather than because of it? I’m not surprised
independent.co.uk: A recent Dutch experiment involved members of the public being read out violent or misogynistic passages from a scriptural text. At first they were told these verses were from the Qur’an, and those listening expressed their horror. ‘How could anyone believe in this!?’ one woman exclaimed. Several individuals then […]
Liberal senator warns against Abbott’s ‘simplistic’ call for reformation in Islam
theguardian: by Daniel Hurst — In rebuke to Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells argues ‘megaphone politics’ could jeopardise Australia’s relations with neighbours such as Indonesia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also chides MPs who indulged in a ‘public flogging’ of Australia’s grand mufti. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” […]
Amid Rising Fear, Muslim Women Arm Themselves With Self-Defense
Huff Post: by Yasmin Nouh — “We want to show that Muslim women are not afraid.” A steady stream of Muslim women filled a large studio in Manhattan on Saturday evening, awaiting an introductory lesson in self-defense. Most of them wore colorful headscarves and long skirts or loose, […]
Four Reasons for Decline of Religion
Source: Huffington Post By Steven Reiss; Educated at Dartmouth, Yale, and Harvard, I was a professor of psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago and Ohio State University. Religious participation is […]
Let Me Tell You Why This Hateful Joke Isn’t Funny
Source: Huffington Post By Greg Worthington Former Teacher, UT-Austin Ed Policy PhD Student, Advocate, Beloved Son, Proud San Antonian, Hoping/Praying to be a Change Agent. Never not a student. Recently, I came across a racist meme featuring my friend. His name is Darsh Preet Singh. For those who know Darsh, […]
Man arrested on hate crime and arson charges in fire at Coachella Valley mosque
Source: Los Angeles Times A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and arson related to a fire Friday afternoon at a Coachella Valley mosque. Carl Dial was arrested about 9 p.m. Friday and booked on five felony charges, including commission of a hate crime, arson, […]
Muslim community holds prayer vigil
Source: WGRZ NIAGARA FALLS, NY – In the light of the horrific tragedy in San Bernardino, the local Muslim community is sending their condolences to the victims and their families, […]
As a Muslim, My Heart Freezes with Fear
Source: Huffington Post By Manal Omar Associate Vice-President, Middle East and Africa Center at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. This is a defining moment for America. It […]