By John Heilprin OCT 15, 2015 – 09:20 The burnt-out MSF hospital after explosions in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on October 3 (Keystone) A Swiss-based world body for investigating breaches of international humanitarian law says it has requested permission from the United States and Afghanistan – and already prepared an […]
Clashes between police and Sikh protesters in Kotkapura, Punjab, on 14 October left two dead and nearly 70 injured. Protesters were demanding the arrest of those responsible for tearing hundreds of pages from the Sikh holy scripture and scattering them around the village of Bargari two days earlier. By Priyanka Mogul […]
But Turks Share Negative Views of Foreign Powers BY JACOB POUSHTER As a result of a political deadlock stemming from the June 2015 parliamentary elections in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a snap election, set for November 1, 2015. Even before the current political stalemate, Turks were split […]
Oct 15,2015 – JORDAN TIMES There is something terribly inaccurate in discussing the latest upsurge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians as another upsurge in violence. How many times have we heard that phrase in the last 85 years, since the early 1930s, which marked the start of communal […]
Mike Mozart / Flickr DAVID A. GRAHAM OCT 15, 2015 Walmart had its worst day in almost 30 years on Wednesday, after the company released dire predictions for profitability. While analysts had expected modest growth of 4 percent in the coming fiscal year, the big-box retailer forecast a decrease of […]
Saudi Arabia’s grotesque destruction of Muslim history is directly linked to Isis’s own purgation of the past Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 12 October 2015 David Cameron meets with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal inside 10 Downing Street in London, on March 22, 2011. Akira Suemori – WPA Pool/Getty Images […]
Something has gone profoundly wrong with the country Winston Churchill once called ‘the linchpin of the English-speaking peoples,’ reports Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Ottawa @indyvoices Monday 12 October 2015 Conservative […]
CBC: The phrase “Canadian values” is the slipperiest euphemism in this country’s political vocabulary. In the past two months, the phrase has been appropriated — chiefly by the Conservatives but also by the other parties — and brandished at the head of the partisan parades. It’s been, at times, a […]
Silent tribute by a cook even Dr Kalam would have liked! Written by: Dr Anantha Krishnan M Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015, 17:06 [IST] Share this on your social network: FacebookTwitterGoogle+ Comments (0) Mail Hours before Prime Minister landed at the DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi to unveil a bust of […]
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) – Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church – one of them fatally – in an effort by their parents, sister and other members of […]
The Times of India: WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday lashed out at the Pakistan government for its failure to prosecute those responsible for religious freedom abuses, saying such environment encourages intolerance and acts of violence. “In Pakistan, the government’s general failure to investigate, arrest or prosecute those responsible for religious […]
UCA news: Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya Muslims are calling on authorities to curb hate speech against the persecuted community following a recent drive-by shooting in Karachi. The attack comes after a Christian man in another part of the country was arrested under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws — another example, activists say, […]
The Express: The British scientist was appearing on a live TV chat show in the United States when he blasted “to hell with their culture” when referring to some practices in Islam, such as women being made to wear burkhas. Dawkins was appearing on the Bill Maher’s HBO show and […]
ROME (RNS) Even as Pope Francis and Catholic leaders from around the world debate ways to make the Catholic Church more inclusive, Newark Archbishop John Myers has given his priests […]
Source: Time “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails” Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had a made-for-TV moment of solidarity at the Democratic debate […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One quality is immediately obvious that they were both liberators of slaves and there are many other commonalities […]
First posted in the Muslim Times by Abdul Alim, our Editor for Islam Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post After hearing about armed protests scheduled to take place around mosques, […]
Epigraph: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” (Exodus 22:21) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have […]