Afghanistan: A graveyard of empires?
Ultimately, foreign forces must leave Afghanistan but this should ideally only happen when a peace agreement involving the Kabul government, Afghan Taliban and all other stakeholders in that country is […]
Inside Australia’s asylum system – a possible model for the UK
Australia news Guardian Australia reporter Ben Doherty looks at the history behind Australia’s asylum seeker policies, including the controversial practice of offshore processing and resettlement. It’s one of the options […]
I helped fight legal action against the government’s export of arms to Saudi Arabia. What I know now makes me ashamed
When governments consider themselves above the law, the consequences can be horrifying. I did not become a Foreign Office lawyer in order to justify this moral depravity Molly Mulready@MulreadyMolly 1 […]
Two Muslim women are stabbed under the Eiffel Tower by white female attackers shouting ‘Dirty Arabs’
Source: Mail online French police have arrested two female suspects after suspected racist attacks Two Muslim women were ‘stabbed repeatedly’ under the Eiffel Tower on Sunday Paris Police have now […]
Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Only 15% of the French Believe […]
Islam contains all commandments needed for improving present-day world
16th October 2020 Hazrat Khalifatul Masih offers guidance to Atfal in Australia In his Friday Sermon of 1 April 1938, with regard to the moral training and upbringing of youth, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IIra, said, “A nation cannot be reformed without first reforming its youth.” (Al […]
Pilgrimage to the House of Allah and the Hijaz Conflict – Part III
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) ISLAMIC HISTORY 17th October 2020 Annual procession of the departure of the kiswah, the clothing of the Ka’bah, from Cairo, Egypt, […]
Wahhabism and the Rise of the Saudis: The Persecuted Become the Persecutors
19th October 2020 Facsimile of a folio from a nineteenth-century manuscript (Or 7718) of Ibn Bishr’s chronicle, Unwan al-majd fi taʾrikh najd [The glorious history of Najd], one of the two foremost […]
Churches knew of allegations against notorious paedophile priests, royal commission says
Source: The Guardian By Melissa Davey The Anglican and Catholic churches missed crucial opportunities to stop them abusing other children, unredacted reports find The Anglican and Catholic churches knew about […]
Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée Sues Mohammed bin Salman and Everyone Else Who Conspired to Murder Journalist in ‘Brazen Crime’
MATT NAHAMOct 20th, 2020 It’s been more than two years since journalist and Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggi, 59, walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey and never walked out. […]
French imam says beheaded teacher is martyr for freedom of speech
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) – A French imam said on […]
How Saudi Arabia obliterated its rich cultural history
Rosie Bsheer 20 October 2020 New book sheds light on how the state has laboured to shed the multiple histories that did not conform to its national self-representation An aerial view shows the Grand Mosque and the Mecca Tower on 24 April 2020 (AFP) In late 2009, I began traveling […]
Pakistan protests gain momentum, putting PM Imran Khan under pressure
A nationwide series of rallies have been calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.PHOTO: REUTERS PUBLISHED 9 HOURS AGO ISLAMABAD (BLOOMBERG) – Pakistan is bracing for more protests […]
Press TV reporter Serena Shim remembered six years after suspicious death near Turkey
By Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor – October 19, 2020 …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: What got her murdered was easy to see. She had reported that an American NGO known […]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from Iran’s perspective
Why MUST the conflict be resolved peacefully? Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from Iran’s perspective Politics October 19, 2020 TEHRAN – As the war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region rages on, regional countries, […]
If Gravity Exists, So Does God
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was hit […]
Refugees Who Assisted the U.S. Military Find the Door to America Slammed Shut
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: New York Times President Trump has reduced the flow of refugees into the country […]
UK government signs contract for first coronavirus human challenge studies
By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN London (CNN) The UK government has signed a contract for the first human challenge studies for the novel coronavirus, in which healthy volunteers are […]
Moderna CEO Expects Covid-19 Vaccine Interim Results in November
Source: WSJ Production ramp-up is a challenge, chief executive says: ‘If one ingredient is missing, we cannot make a vaccine’ Moderna Inc. MRNA -4.03% Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel said the federal government could authorize […]
Book Review: Islam, Race and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora
JULY 28TH, 2017 Islam, Race and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora CRAIG CONSIDINE One afternoon in the summer of 2013, I sat down with a young Ahmadi American Muslim of […]