By Zena Chamas and Tracey Shelton Posted 10h ago Nora Amath has two degrees and a PhD and has lived in Australia for 23 years. But sometimes people speak to her in broken English or assume […]
ABC Radio National / By Siobhan Marin Posted Wed 30 Jun 2021 Maab doesn’t look like a typical ‘feminist’. Or at least, that’s how she’s been made to feel. As a hijab-wearing […]
Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority fear that their culture is also under threat. The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stepped in with the launch of a cultural memory […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIASPORA JUL 18, 2021 People walk in the flooded historic center, in Hallein, Austria, July 17, 2021. (AFP PHOTO) A heroic act of an Austrian man saved the lives […]
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters take part in a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets in the Afrin region of the northern Syrian rebel-held province of […]
Before the end of the Hajj or Umrah journey, visitors make sure to get a bottle or two of Zamzam water. Source: Arab News With no impurities, its water contains […]
US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah II shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g2sn2 Abdullah arrives in Washington for talks on Syria […]
NextShort Url https://arab.news/9tnv5 The pilgrims move from Muzdalifah back to Mina, starting from midnight on Monday In Muzdalifah, the pilgrims collect pebbles for the stoning of the devil ritual at […]
By Eric W. Dolan May 22, 2021 in Cognitive Science, Psychology of Religion New research provides evidence that specific forms of religious motivation are associated with higher-level patterns of thought. The findings, which […]
Source: Boston Globe Some Massachusetts Catholics are denouncing and someare extolling a move by Pope Francis on Friday to restrict celebration of the Latin Mass, the church’s standard form of […]
By Laurie Kellman JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is not changing the norms at a contested site in Jerusalem to allow Jewish prayer there, his office said […]
Winter scenery near Kuhmo, Finland Winter hits Kuhmo hard, but it sure is beautiful. The town, which lies in an area that borders Russia, was under Swedish and Russian rule […]
Source: The Guardian Turkey’s cabinet ministers have criticised a European Union court’s decision to allow employers to ban headscarves from their workplaces, saying it is “a blow to the rights […]
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid in UK: Letting Royal Observatory in Greenwich Decide and: Video: Prime Minister Trudeau […]
By Stanley Widianto Posted on July 19, 2021 Amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Surabaya JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government is set to decide whether to extend the […]
Alhamdolillah – All praise is due to Allah – I have been able to perform Hajj 3 times and Umrah an additional 2 times. The first time I went to Hajj was in 1970. I was living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan. As my son was still very young I […]
Source: Al Jazeera Only 60,000 fully vaccinated citizens and residents of the kingdom are allowed to take part due to coronavirus pandemic. Hajj pilgrims streamed out of the holy city […]
Issued on: 19/07/2021 Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) Muslim pilgrims ascended Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Monday in the high point of this year’s hajj, being held in downsized form and under […]
By Najibullah Lalzoy / in Afghanistan / on Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021 Head of Hezb-e-Islami Engineer Gulbadin Hekmatyar in his recent video clip addressed the Taliban fighters telling them to shun violence since it […]
Political Abuse of Buddhism no Different from that of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity’—Jairam Ramesh Senior Congress party leader, former Union minister and the author of several books, Jairam Ramesh, has […]