Philip Weiss on September 27, 2014 In The Nation, Barbara Crossette interviews Lakhdar Brahimi, 80, the Algerian who served as a leading diplomat for the United Nations over a couple […]
Israel’s brutalization of Palestinians through exercises like “mowing the lawn” will persist without a change in U.S. policy. BY NOAM CHOMSKY For a century, the Zionist colonization of Palestine has proceeded primarily on the pragmatic principle of the quiet establishment of facts on the ground, which the world was to […]
Source: BBC Health A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report. The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend in her 60s. The British medical journal The Lancet says […]
Russia Today: US Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after alleging that the leader allowed foreign fighters allied with the Islamic State to cross into Syria. Erdogan was outraged over the remark. READ MORE: Biden blames US allies in Middle East for rise of ISIS […]
thewrap.com: “Your argument is, ‘You know, black people, they shoot each other,’” Affleck tells the “Real Time” host Ben Affleck and Bill Maher engaged in a heated debate over the nature of Islam on Friday evening’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher.” “It’s the only religion that acts like the mafia — […]
Polygamy: Religion Has Been Twisted To Fit the Needs and Whims of Men Inside Polygamy: Reader Response By Rafia Zakaria, 04 October, 2014 If the comments and letters are evidence, Pakistani men have discarded the second portion of the relevant clause on polygamy, the one that […]
Being unable to smell bacon frying may be far more dire than simply missing out on one of life’s pleasures. In older adults, it could be a predictor of increased […]
“I’M just a simple kid. I’m not a terrorist”. These are the heartbreaking words of a 10-year-old Perth boy who has become an unwitting victim of the terrorist activities of […]
Jews, Muslims, And Christians All Have Holidays On Saturday, October 4th It’s a match made in heaven! The world’s three Abrahamic faiths are bridging their great divide in a pretty […]
Wyss said during the February vote some people had been stirring up ‘imaginary fears’ about Switzerland’s future Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss says he would be prepared to finance an initiative […]
BY RAMI G. KHOURI, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY One of the most significant common factors that has characterized the Arab world in recent years has been the birth and spread of non-state actors – organizations, parties, militias – that have assumed the role of traditional governments in many countries. […]
Russia is vital in dealing with regional challenges in the Middle East and without Russia, the region “would be a lot worse off” King Abdullah II of Jordan underlined as he sat down for a one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Kremlin, on Thursday. King Abdullah attended the meeting […]
Allah the Almighty preferred some months to others, some days to others and some nights to others and selected specific times in the year to be seasons of worship and […]
MINA: Pilgrims stoned the devil on Saturday in the last major ritual of this year’s Haj in Makkah, and Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid Al-Adha, the feast of […]
By Naseem Mahdi, National Vice President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful This week, anti-Islamic ads appear on 100 New York City buses and two subway […]
255. Commandment to say the right word [33:71] O ye who believe! fear Allah, and say the right word. [33:72] He will bless your works for you and forgive you your sins. And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, shall surely attain a mighty success. [4:10] And let those fear […]
Source: theguardian.com Peter Kassig: Isis hostage threatened with death was captured on aid mission Militants say Kassig, from Indiana, will be next western hostage to die unless US stops its bombing […]
Previous news posted about Alan Henning: LIFE AT RISK: British man Alan Henning from Manchester now held hostage by ISIS militants @ http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2014/09/religion/islam/life-at-risk-british-man-alan-henning-from-manchester-now-held-hostage-by-isis-militants ANOTHER LIFE AT RISK: Isis hostage Peter Kassig threatened […]
Source: dailytribune.com Detroit area Muslims will celebrate Islam’s most important holiday Oct. 5 in at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center in Rochester Hills. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Metro Detroit is hosting a morning prayer and sermon celebrating the Eid-ul-Adhia holiday at 11 a.m. on Oct. 5 at its community center […]
Syed Aamir Raza Hussain of Mississaugha is a former Nestlé salesman whose efforts to stop the company from plying new mothers with formula resulted in TIFF film Tiger Catherine Porter / Toronto Star Order this photo 2014/10/04 Syed Aamir Raza Hussain is a Mississauga resident and taxi driver. His former […]