A victim is being evacuated by rescue workers outside the Bardo museum in Tunis, on Wednesday in Tunis, Tunisia. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 CAIRO: Gunmen in Tunisia took a group of tourists hostage at a museum and at least 22 people were reportedly killed […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star When historians look back on the Middle East decades from now, they might find that trends in the region after 2015 were determined by the outcome of four seminal issues and battles that are in play this month. The most important one is the […]
Summary Michael Young| The Daily Star Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israel’s general elections means that any hope of serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians – never particularly high in the first place – is now virtually nil. But more uncertain, and interesting, is what it will do to relations […]
Source: The New York Times Author: Jodi Rudoren Israelis emboldened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a clear mandate in balloting on Tuesday, paving the way for him to lead a right-leaning and religious coalition that could be far easier to control, since his own party holds many more seats now. Read More
Female members of Shoura Council during a meeting. RIYADH: MOHAMMED AL-JATHLANI Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 Last update 18 March 2015 1:56 am | | A A Centuries before the International Declaration of Human Rights was formulated, our Prophet (peace be upon him), spoke about the true and […]
Posted 2 hours ago by Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) in news Babies who are breastfed are more intelligent, stay longer in full-time education and ultimately earn more money as well, a three-decade study has concluded. Brazilian researchers interviewed 3,500 adults out of 6,000 babies who entered the study in 1982. They found that people […]
Epigraph And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on Interfaith Tolerance […]
ET: Social networking giant Facebook censored 54 posts in Pakistan on the request of the government between July and December 2014, as it said it saw a decline in the number of requests made from Pakistan. In its latest bi-annual transparency report on requests made by governments to the social […]
ET: Social networking giant Facebook censored 54 posts in Pakistan on the request of the government between July and December 2014, as it said it saw a decline in the number of requests made from Pakistan. In its latest bi-annual transparency report on requests made by governments to the social […]
Source: The Daily News BY MUSTAFA AKYOL; akyol@mustafaakyol.org The term “Islamophobia” entered the global political language in the past decade. The New American Oxford Dictionary defines it as “a hatred or […]
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Yes, Toronto: Even you may see the northern lights Tonight TORONTO — In a city rife with lights that blot out the night sky, it’s rare to catch the northern […]
The Globe & Mail: A Conservative MP has apologized after saying women who want to wear the face-covering niqab during citizenship ceremonies should “stay the hell where [they] came from.” […]
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
Source: Newsweek By Shawki Allam, The Grand Mufti of Egypt Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the […]
The outpouring of rage over Islamic extremism in Europe has reignited the familiar critique of Islam as an intolerant faith whose adherents are inherently pre-modern and unable, or unwilling, to […]
Source: RT The parliament of Haryana state in northern India has banned the slaughter of cows and sale of beef in a unanimous vote. The law imposes both a fine […]
Pakistan is believed to have one of the highest numbers of death row prisoners in the world Continue reading the main story Related Stories Pakistan ends executions freeze Pakistan man given stay of execution Pakistan ready to ramp up executions Pakistan has hanged 12 convicts, the largest number of people […]