Urdu Debate: Theocracy versus Democracy?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for promoting secularism in every country of the world I believe there is a very simple criterion about […]
Ted Talk: A message of peace, hope and inclusion | Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.[1] His 1967 debut album reached the top 10 in the UK, and the album’s title […]
Rohingya fear deportation after Saudi Arabia calls on Bangladesh to give minority passports
Riyadh threatens Dhaka with curbing migration if it fails to adhere to its request, which could be disastrous for Bangladesh’s economy Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia shout slogans during […]
Thirty Plus Quotes from the Poet of Love – Rumi
Selection of quotes by Mayukh Saha “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, […]
Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?
Source: BBC By Parashkev Nachev Romantic feelings rely on a complicated concoction of chemicals and psychology. But as part of our series on Life’s Big Questions with The Conversation, we […]
Jihad in the Contemporary World
Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo FACTS FROM FICTION 10th October 2020 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo, Nigeria In the contemporary world, there appears to be no other religious concept as grossly […]
Untold stories of Black Muslims in America: The Mufti and the mission
9th October 2020 This series of articles focuses on the African-Americans who Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra brought under the banner of the true Islam during his time in America between 1920 […]
How migrants are aiding the global fight against coronavirus
Anti-migrant rhetoric has been common in the US during the pandemic, but the country has tallied a total of 214,00 deaths from COVID-19, making it the hardest-hit nation in […]
Lebanon, Israel start talks on disputed maritime border — UN source
REUTERS October 14, 2020 NAQOURA, Lebanon: Long-time foes Lebanon and Israel met on Wednesday for unprecedented talks on their disputed maritime border, a United Nations source said. The talks, […]
Swiss factory rushes to prepare for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
Lonza is building three vaccine production lines in Visp, canton Valais, at a cost of $210 million (CHF191 million) to supply 300 million doses annually. Keystone / Olivier Maire Source: Swiss […]
Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi © Reuters/LAI SENG SIN FILE PHOTO: Rohingyas living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims near the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur […]
A third of Swiss residents have migrant background
More than a third of permanent residents over 15 in Switzerland have a migrant background, according to the latest statistics. Nearly 38% of permanent residents were of migrant origin in 2019 (2.7 million), up 1.3% on the previous […]
Furious wife storms church wedding in Zambia
Tim Stickings For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A woman stormed into a wedding ceremony in Zambia and demanded that it be stopped – because the groom was […]
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Facebook will ban Holocaust denial posts under hate speech policy
Facebook will ban Holocaust denial posts under hate speech policy New York (CNN Business) Facebook is expanding its hate speech policy to include content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust,” […]
Covid reinfection: Man gets Covid twice and second hit ‘more severe’
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, […]
The Turks say: The new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN OCT 13, 2020 The latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan […]
Roche plans to sell COVID-19 antigen lab tests by end-2020
ZURICH, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Roche plans to start selling a higher-volume COVID-19 antigen test for laboratories by the end of the year as the Swiss drugmaker expands diagnostics for […]
Greece slams Turkish decision to send out research ship
The Turkish Oruc Reis vessel would carry out activities in the region, including the south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/pdd92 Move comes as Athens and Ankara are trying to set a date for talks to defuse the row Turkey and Greece in dispute over […]
Turkish Cypriots vote for new leader amid east Med tensions
By AFP – Oct 11,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish-Cypriot election staff members start counting votes for the election of a new leader for the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on […]
Uighurs are facing eradication in China and major clothing brands are complicit
More than 80 percent of China’s cotton is grown in the Uighur region, approaching 20 per cent of all global production – we cannot simply wish away this elephant in […]