Britain holds minute’s silence for coronavirus dead
Health workers and faithful at the Fazl mosque vaccination centre take part in a minutes silence on the first anniversary of the first national Covid-19 lockdown in southwest London on […]
Makkah region announces resumption of Iftar Sayim permits
While mosques across the Kingdom participate in the tradition during Ramadan, the most concentrated efforts are usually seen at the sites of the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/c562g While pandemic put a pause on these efforts, individuals can once again help those in need […]
Work is worship: Indonesia’s 5,000 mosque counters seek to answer one question
A visitor walks outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/6mthx Government-appointed team has been scouting across the archipelago for the past seven years to document […]
John 17: Showing Jesus to be a Prophet of God and Not Divine
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After Jesus said the following, he looked towards heaven and prayed: Father, the hour has come. Glorify […]
Efforts to dislodge stranded Suez Canal container ship intensify as backlog grows
Source: CNN Around 9,000 tons of ballast water have been removed from the ship, Rabie said, with the dredging taking place during low tides while 14 tugs worked during high tides. Rescue teams managed to temporarily restart the rudder and propellers on Friday night before a low tide stalled their […]
A Muslim Celebrating Palm Sunday, Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
Biden: Georgia law is ‘Jim Crow for 21st Century’
Biden: Georgia law is ‘Jim Crow for 21st Century’ President Biden on Friday sharply criticized a new restrictive voting law passed in Georgia, accusing Republicans of the state of rushing […]
ICRC urges countries to reclaim citizens from Syria camps
Peter Maurer Short Url https://arab.news/2h6tc UN rights experts, in an appeal last month, urged 57 states to repatriate nearly 10,000 of their citizens held in the camps in “sub-human” conditions […]
5 Reasons To Read the Holy Qur’an
Qasim Choudhary THE HOLY QUR’AN 22nd March 2021 By Qasim Choudhary, USA Imagine wrapping a priceless gift and presenting it to a loved one, only to have them misplace it […]
Turkey wants region to become ‘island of peace’ — Erdogan
By AFP – Mar 25,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish president and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and his wife Emine Erdogan arrive on stage […]
Déjà vu
TODAY’S PAPER | MARCH 27, 2021 Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Published The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and […]
Man axed to death over blasphemy allegations in Punjab’s Jhang
Imran Gabol Published March 26, 2021 Taqi Shah was attacked while he was visiting a local mela in Basti Murad of Shorkot tehsil with a friend on March 24. — […]
Gender bias against female surgeons fuelling surgical backlogs
By Solarina Ho CTVNews. Female surgeons in Canada have long faced gender-based referral biases that result in large pay gaps, and an inequitable and inefficient environment for patients, Canadian surgeons […]
Children who come to Canada more likely than those born here to enter post-secondary education
By Jeremiah Rodriguez CTVNews When Sara Asalya immigrated to Canada with her young family from the Palestinian territories nine years ago, she knew very little English and she had few […]
Movie Philomena: When Organized Religion Rules Rather Than Human Rights
Philomena is a 2013 drama film directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith. Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, it tells the true story of Philomena Lee‘s 50-year search […]
Uighurs: China bans UK MPs after abuse sanctions
Source: BBC China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens – including five MPs – for spreading what it called “lies and disinformation” about the country. The group are among […]
New Zealand’s Catholic Church apologises to survivors of abuse
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologised on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change. Cardinal John Dew, who is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand, made the apology at the Royal Commission […]
Study Reveals Queen Elizabeth II is A Descendant of the Prophet Muhammad?
Study Reveals Queen Elizabeth II Is A Descendant of the Prophet Muhammad Source: Observer+ ENGLAND – According to a study in 1986 by Burke Peerage, one of the top genealogical […]
Mississippi GOP senator says it’s wrong to vote on Sunday for religious reasons
Source: The Hill Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday said she believed it’s wrong to hold voting events on Sunday due to religious reasons. As The Washington Post reports, Hyde-Smith […]
Glenorie flooding victim Ayaz Younus remembered by friend as community-minded and hard-working
Robert Ovadia, Alex Chapman and Summer Woolley 7NEWS Published: Thursday, 25 March 2021 Outpouring of grief for man who lost his life in floods (Source: 7NEWS) The friends of a young man who tragically died inside his car as it sank in NSW floodwaters have remembered him as kind-hearted, community-minded […]