A Social Experiment, A Poll about Homeopathy
For those who do believe and use homeopathy, if there are multiple well conducted studies (RCTs) that disprove it’s efficacy, will you be open to the idea that it might […]
Italian guy missed home cooking so much he opened a restaurant and hired his mom
(CNN) — Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother’s cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home […]
Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home
Kabul (CNN) A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested […]
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, traveler, Orientalist, Muslim?
Editor’s Note. There is some argument whether Johann Ludwig Burckhardt alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah genuinely converted to Islam. Personally I think it is difficult to ‘fake’ a conversion. A […]
Why is the church failing in the West?
By Thomas Reese Vocations and church attendance are down. Young people are leaving the church in droves. Why? (RNS) — There are numerous signs that the Catholic Church is failing in Western […]
Woman lost in 1947 violence meets Sikh brothers at Kartarpur
Source: Dawn NAROWAL: The woman who was separated from her family during the violence at the time of the Partition of India met her Sikh brothers at Kartarpur. At the […]
Video: Joram van Klaveren Journey from an Extreme Islamophobe to a Muslim
We have the best collection of articles to refute Islamophobia. Promoted post: 1984 Rare TV Interview With Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to […]
Richard Francis Burton … dashing explorer of the exotic and erotic
Great explorers you’ve probably never heard ofAdventure travel This fearless Victorian flirted with several ways of dying while looking for the source of the Nile, entering Mecca illegally and exploring other cultures’ attitudes toward sex Marcel Theroux Sun 3 May 2020 Passport detailsSir Richard Francis Burton, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, […]
How Palestinians became a factor in Israeli politics
May 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, after all, […]
Lebanon’s last chance?
May 18,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Lebanese people go to the polls in a few weeks. Without exaggeration, this election will decide the country’s chances of […]
Analysis | Israeli Police Violence at Al Jazeera Journalist’s Funeral Reveals a Deeper Problem
Source: Haaretz The decisions of Israeli police at events like journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral display their inability to see the humanity and pain of the Palestinian people Police, dressed […]
French city frees burkini in public pools
TRT World oSrsn6cmi2h9h2ui6gmh0t61 · The French city of Grenoble will allow burkinis in state-run swimming pools, becoming the second city to change its pool code. In 2019, the northwestern city of […]
Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police
Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by ‘religious fanatic’ Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, said senior police officer Muhammad […]
Afghanistan: The secret girls school defying the Taliban
By Secunder KermaniBBC News, Kabu Published11 hours ago Hidden away in a residential neighbourhood is one of Afghanistan’s new “secret” schools – a small but powerful act of defiance against […]
Peace through trade
Peace through trade Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Published May 18, 2022 – LAST week, a routine matter made headlines. The government approved appointments of trade ministers in several Pakistani embassies, including our high commission in New Delhi. Suddenly, several circles started speculating that Pakistan was about to open trade with India. Sensing the uproar, […]
How science polishes our understanding of the Quran
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The second last verse of Surah Ha Mim Sajdah reads, “We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also […]
Crimean Tatars: ‘Religious persecution made us more strong and united’
ARUUKE URAN KYZY 19 APR 2019 Russia has been targeting the Tatars with illegal detentions and other threats, even forcing them out of Crimea, but the ethnic minority refuses to […]
Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body
Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body AFP Published May 18, 2022 KABUL: Taliban authorities on Tuesday said they had dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary”. Since the Taliban seized power last August, they have closed several bodies that protected the freedoms of Afghans, including the […]
Senior Jerusalem Catholics condemn behavior of Israeli police at journalist’s funeral
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa speaks to journalists concerning the violence surrounding the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, Jerusalem, May 16, 2022. (Reuters) Short Url […]