theguardian: by Suzanne Goldenberg — It’s big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay – but it could help keep millions of people from hunger. Researchers say jackfruit – a large ungainly fruit grown across south and south-east Asia – could be a replacement for […]
loonwatch.com: For years, Cuba’s Muslims—estimated at just a few thousand—have been a bit, well, unorthodox. Most have favored a flexible version of Islam that’s adjusted to years of living in […]
Global Post: BANGUI, Central African Republic — For the Muslims living in the Central African Republic’s besieged PK12 neighborhood, the boundaries are clear. Don’t go past the French troops guarding the road to the south, nor too far up the main road heading north. Danger lurks behind the wrecked houses to the […]
Daily Times: The recent discourse regarding terrorism and terrorists has taken a turn from combatant to non-combatant stakeholders and it has left the citizens of Pakistan bewildered about whether they are the democratic citizens of Pakistan or the denizens of an alien land In recent times, a lot has been […]
Source: BBC A baby Java mouse-deer – one of the smallest hoofed animals in the world – has been born at a zoo in southern Spain. The newborn deer is […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article demonstrates the truth of the prophecy of the Holy Quran that the humans have been […]
A French woman was left stunned this week when she was barred from boarding a Swiss airlines flight to New York from Geneva airport after being told she was blacklisted. […]
Source: flickr.com From left to right: Back row: 1. Master Ghulam Muhammad of Sialkot 2. Sayyid Hamid Shah 3. Mir Nasir Nawab 4. Munshi Taj Din 5. Hakim Fazl Ilahi of […]
Source: thejakartapost.com Ahmadis in Ciamis, West Java, are observing their religious activities as usual at the Nur Khilafat Mosque, despite a call from the local Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for them to cease worshipping in a bid to maintain security and order. “Everything is normal and secure as of now. Hopefully, […]
Our physics has to allow for free will and even though nineteenth century physics only suggested determinism, Quantum physics has provided, at least possible avenue, for both free will and […]
Source: ucanews.com Muslim council demands sect adheres to mainstream teachings. Followers of a minority Muslim sect in Indonesia are continuing daily prayers in their West Java mosque despite a call for a ban from the district’s Indonesian Ulema Council. Syaiful Uyun, an Ahmadiya cleric at the mosque, told ucanews.com that daily […]
Report by Khalid Minhas | Public Affairs and Outreach Director – Miami I was invited by Rabbi Barry Silver to deliver a talk to his congregation- L’Dor Va Dor in Lake […]
Sherif Gaber, detained since last fall on allegations that he started a Facebook page for atheists By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKAPRIL 25, 2014 NYtimes 04/26/2014 Photo Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood blocked a road in Cairo on Wednesday. Credit Aly Hazzaa/El Shorouk Newspaper, via Associated Press CAIRO — The […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in […]
Source: CNN Varanasi, India A10-hour journey on Indian roads can be difficult and this one, fueled by faith, was more so. Dinesh Chandra Mishra packed moth-eaten woolen blankets for the trip along with muslin and cotton quilts that had once been crisp and white. He also brought a single-burner kerosene […]
Epigraph: The Arabs of the desert say, ‘We believe.’ Say, “You have not believed yet; but rather say, ‘We have accepted Islam,’ for the true belief has not yet entered into your hearts.” […]
Think meditation is hard, or requires hours and hours of silence and stillness? Think again, mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. said at Thrive, The Huffington Post’s second Third Metric conference […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — Though in some traditions goddesses exist only in the spiritual realm, in Nepal they live and breathe. These kumari, or “living goddesses,” are pre-pubescent girls considered to be the earthly manifestations of divine female energy, incarnations of the goddess known as Taleju, the Nepalese name for Durga. […]
Film at 9/11 Museum Sets Off Clash Over Reference to Islam By SHARON OTTERMANAPRIL 23, 2014 Photo A film at the soon-to-open National September 11 Memorial Museum on the roots of the attacks has been denounced by an advisory group made up of clergy from different faiths. Credit Damon Winter/The […]
by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch April 25, 2014 – 11:01 The mind-boggling $100 trillion (CHF88 trillion) of debt racked up by governments, central banks and companies worldwide has turned some heads towards Switzerland’s successful track record of reducing its own debt burden. But is it a sustainable approach? Swiss voters approved […]