SAUDI SEEKS RELIGIOUS RESET AS CLERICAL POWER WANES
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Fayez Nureldine / AFP +– SULAIMANI — Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on […]
Gateway to Turkey’s city of gladiators raised once again
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA MUĞLA ARTS JUN 14, 2021 Archaeologists and conservationists in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla have recently finished restoring the northern city gate connecting the ancient cities of Stratonikeia, once […]
A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an agnostic, for he focuses on the question of suffering. If that question […]
Hilton aims to nearly quadruple KSA hotel network by 2025
A room at the Hilton Suites Makkah offers a beautiful view of the Grand Mosque, which is considered a plus for a visitor or pilgrim. (Photo/Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/wd5p6 US […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Renaissance Dam crisis in danger of exploding
DR. ABDELLATIF EL-MENAWYJune 21, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/gsh52 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis has escalated significantly recently. During a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Doha last […]
Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God
Epigraph: And He (Allah) gave you all that you wanted of Him; and if you try to count the favors of Allah, you will not be able to number them. Indeed, […]
Intelligent Design Movement: Where have they gone wrong?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2009 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “Let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an […]
From Suffrage to ERA Equity, Resilience and Activism
The Western New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee is presenting an engaging and transformative seminar featuring noted historian Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner and esteemed panelists who will examine the […]
Lahore police register FIR against Mufti Azizur Rehman for sexually assaulting student
Imran Gabol Published June 17, 2021 – DAWN.COM Lahore police have registered a case against Mufti Azizur Rehman after a harrowing video clip showing the cleric allegedly sexually assaulting one of his […]
Cost of enforced modesty
Cost of enforced modesty Pervez Hoodbhoy Published June 19, 2021 – DAWN.COM IMPLEMENTATION of the PTI’s Single National Curriculum has started in Islamabad’s schools and for students the human body is to become […]
News from May 2018: Ahmadiyya Mosque in Sialkot vandalised
Historic building demolished, Ahmadiyya place of worship vandalised in Sialkot (Editor’s Note. Old News, New News, what is the difference?) Imran Sadiq | Dawn.com Published May 24, 2018 Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya spokesperson Salim Uddin, in a press release issued on Thursday, condemned the demolition of the community’s place of worship as well as a historically […]
Old News: Ahmadiyya question: Setting Niazi free
Ahmadiyya question: Setting Niazi free Nadeem F. Paracha Published November 16, 2014 (Editor’s Note: old news but still interesting to reflect upon) Former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Z.A. Bhutto […]
Pandering to Extremists
SMOKERS’ CORNER: PANDERING TO EXTREMISTS Nadeem F. Paracha Published June 20, 2021 The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan constitutes just one percent of the country’s population. Yet, almost every other day, social […]
The God Summit Finally Starts Today!
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 19th June 2021 After much anticipation, the wait is finally over; the time has come to talk about God. The Review of Religions is honoured to bring you Day 1 of the God Summit, streaming LIVE today, June 19, 2021 starting at 2:30 pm British Summer […]
Ignored by the state, French Muslims pay heavy toll in pandemic
BY REUTERS VALENTON EUROPE JUN 15, 2021 3:39 PM GMT+3Mamadou Diagouraga, who lost his 71-year-old father Boubou Diagouraga in March 2020 after being infected by COVID-19, stands next to his grave during an […]
Turkish groups oppose Germany’s state-backed imam training center
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL POLITICS JUN 16, 2021 A mosque run by DITIB is seen in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, July 23, 2019. (AA Photo) Germany’s latest initiative of launching a […]
Indonesians call for tighter curbs after 500% surge in COVID-19 cases
A health worker takes the body temperature reading of a woman before she receives a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 during a mass vaccination on the outskirts of […]
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR Jordan celebrates the inclusion of refugees
By JT – Jun 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Children are seen playing at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, some 80 kilometres northeast of Amman, in this photo dated January 28, […]
Battle for the Nile: How Egypt will be impacted by Ethiopia’s filling of GERD reservoir
Above, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on July 11, 2020. (Maxar Technologies/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/rnh5e For 10 years Ethiopia has failed to reach an agreement with Egypt and Sudan […]