Erik Prince’s wars – Blackwater is back
The Blackwater founder wants to bring back his company’s glory days — and he’s campaigning for Donald Trump’s help to do it. But he’s haunted by past failures and is […]
Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice
Source: The Guardian By Shada Islam, who is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company Reforming the EU’s inhumane refugee […]
Demographics: Religion & Public Life in USA
What the 2020 electorate looks like religiously What does the 2020 electorate look like religiously as the race between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden enters its final […]
Canadians increasingly open to welcoming immigrants and refugees – study
Source: MSN By Leyland Cecco Canadians positive even as millions remain out of work and country faces grim economic projections due to pandemic ‘These views are not a blip. They’re […]
Shared Ancestry: Religious Leaders Call for Solidarity in Abrahamic Faiths
BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFA OCTOBER 28, 2020 Jakarta. Religious leaders call for stronger solidarity between the three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Islam, and Christianity – amid the rising conflicts and […]
Iran on peace drive to end Nagorno-Karabakh war
October 27, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – As Azerbaijan and Armenia announced the failure of the third humanitarian ceasefire, which was brokered by the United States in a bid […]
Farmers harvesting ‘red gold’ in northeast Iran
Tourism October 27, 2020 – 11:46 Photo depicts a farmer is pouring the newly-picked flowers of saffron crocus, commonly known as the red gold, into a sack in northeastern North […]
Islam perfectly compatible with development: San Diego State University professor
Politics October 27, 2020 TEHRAN – Ahmet T. Kuru, professor of political science at San Diego State University, says Islam was historically perfectly compatible with development, and contemporary problems are […]
Video: Prince Harry had ‘no idea unconscious bias existed’ until he met Meghan
Malcolm X: Make it Plain by PBS — Watch the two hour documentary below Film Description Political philosopher and visionary, husband and father, dynamic orator and militant minister. In his […]
Denmark to criminalise foreign funding for mosques in effort to ‘counter extremism
October 27, 2020 Guests arrive on June 19, 2014 for the official opening of Denmark’s first mosque with a dome and minaret in Rovsingsgade, in Copenhagen’s gritty northwest after receiving […]
Opinion: Erdogan and Khan are hypocritical about Macron’s France
By Deutsche Welle 2020/10/27 It feels strange to hear Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan talk about secular values and lecture French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Do Religions Inspire Charity or Divisions and Mutual Rivalry: Hitchens Versus Tony Blair?
Epigraph: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to […]
Are Religions Pluralistic or Myopic and Parochial?
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Gettysburg address by President […]
Will Joe Biden be better for the Middle East than Donald Trump?
BY MUQTEDAR KHAN OP-ED OCT 28, 2020 A driver watches the presidential debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden on a phone screen in New Jersey, […]
New Patriarch of Jerusalem bears huge weight of responsibility
Author DAOUD KUTTAB October 27, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/vvdan The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa participates in Christmas celebrations, Manger Square, Bethlehem, Dec. 24, 2018. (Reuters) Pope Francis’ […]
Anger towards Emmanuel Macron grows in Muslim world
Source: The Guardian Protests take place in several countries against French president in aftermath of crackdown Michael Safi in Beirut, Redwan Ahmed in Dhaka, Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in Herat and […]
The Miracle Garden in Dubai
Since its opening in 2013, the Miracle Garden in Dubai has been setting records at a breakneck speed. At 780,000 square feet, the sheer size of this attraction makes it […]
‘Massive’ coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN • Published 27th October 2020 (CNN) — A “massive” new reef measuring 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) has been discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, making it taller than some […]
Erdoğan sues Dutch far-right MP Wilders over ‘terrorist’ cartoon
Source: Politico Wilders reacted by calling the Turkish president a ‘loser.’ Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is suing Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders for posting a cartoon of him on […]
France Blasphemy. Imam by Allah. Fijisun
By Dr H Koya France is cracking down on influx of Imam, with a new law to ensure certification. Triggers off reactions. The term Imam is troubling as it is reserved to the Divinely appointed Imams, but in recent times the term has been freely assumed and used by any […]