Women are making major strides in the military, rising to leadership positions and breaking boundaries like never before. But there’s still a scary undercurrent of sexism and sexual assault, and it starts early, according to a new op-ed in the New York Times. Ashley Anderson and Elizabeth Deutsch, two Yale […]
508. Commandment – Do not make distinction between Prophets [3:85] Say, ‘We believe in Allah and in that which has been revealed to us, and that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Tribes, and that which was given to Moses and Jesus and […]
By Cnaan Liphshiz July 10, 2014 A few hours into the 10th day of Ramadan, Rabbi Natan Levy was swapping fasting tips with a Muslim fellow passenger aboard the London Northern train line. Specifically, they were debating the merits of having a very large meal before sunrise — a technique […]
Patheos.com: August 1, 2011 by Wajahat Ali 26 Comments When Ramadan-ing, it’s encouraged to have a Ramadan State of Mind. It’s a state of mind and state of body that […]
Stephen Harper holds Ramadan meal at 24 Sussex for Muslim leaders Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have made Canadian history Monday night, inviting Muslim leaders to 24 Sussex to break […]
At least 18 people have died after Chinese Muslims attacked police with knives and bombs at a traffic checkpoint in apparent revenge for the government’s crackdown on Ramadan. The attack occurred […]
The Huffington Post | By Paige Lavender June 26, 2015 President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral. According to a White House official, Obama and […]
The Huffington Post | By Paige Lavender June 26, 2015 President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral. According to a White House official, Obama and […]
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Posted: 06/22/2015 4:43 pm How White Christians Used The Bible — And Confederate Flag — To Oppress Black People On Jan. 4, 1861, […]
Source: BBC The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-12, Wikileaks says. The whistleblower website cites “top secret intelligence reports and technical documents” from the NSA. A French official said spying “between allies was unacceptable”. Mr Hollande is to […]
Source: BBC The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-12, Wikileaks says. The whistleblower website cites “top secret intelligence reports and technical documents” from the NSA. A French official said spying “between allies was unacceptable”. Mr Hollande is to […]
The Associated Press | By DEB RIECHMANN Posted: 06/23/2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans stand united in rejecting the targeting of any religious or ethnic […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/c/embed/76129302-1950-11e5-bed8-1093ee58dad0 Source: Washington Post President Obama hosted an Iftar dinner Monday night to mark the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and to reach out to the roughly 1.5 billion Muslims around […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The world appears to be a more dangerous place since September 11, 2001, more so than any time […]
Aljazeera: This is the second story in a two-part series about blasphemy in Pakistan. The first part, about the case of the first woman on death row for blasphemy in that country, is available here. KOT RADHA KISHAN, Pakistan — Walking through the quiet, empty streets of Chak 59, patrolled […]
Canberrra Times: Canberra’s Muslim community has had its hopes for a new mosque at Hume dashed after the ACT government advised against the site it raised as an option in January. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association had agreed to the larger “industrial area” site in January to avoid antagonising traders in […]
House of Saud Turn Birthplace of Wahhabism Ideology Into Tourist Spot By Ben Hubbard, 31 May, 2015 “Scores of tombs have been destroyed; a house associated with Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija, was replaced with a bank of public toilets; and a home believed to have belonged to his companion […]
Huff Post: by Catherine Russell — Recently Jack Ma called women executives “the secret sauce” of his company Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. His sentiment is one that research proves over and over again. Women are powerful participants in the economy, whether they are consumers, workers or entrepreneurs. The more […]
JUN 22, 2015 – swissinfo.ch Foreign immigrants are expected to account for more than 80% of Switzerland’s population increase in the next 30 years, according to projections from the Federal Statistical Office. The number of people living in Switzerland is forecast to rise from 8.2 million at present to 10.2 […]
MARK MACKINNON LONDON — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015 12:01AM EDT Syria is dissolving not only along sectarian lines, but also class lines, with a new report warning that the country’s economy has collapsed by more than 50 per cent through four years of bloody civil […]