Conservation: Bridge of hope for world’s rarest primate
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs; BBC Environment correspondent Swinging through the treetops comes naturally for gibbons. But that’s tricky if a landslide has torn a huge gap in the forest, […]
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]
FAKE NEWS: How star reporter’s Syria podcast sent New York Times into crisis
The ObserverNew York Times Caliphate, an insider’s story of Isis, caused a sensation. But with its credibility in doubt, questions are raised about the media Manbij in northern Syria was […]
The silence of the press on the Julian Assange hearings is a disgrace
4 days ago Julian Assange’s Wikileaks disclosures brought to light behaviour the US government wanted concealed from its citizens With Patrick Cockburn’s extremely important piece last week on Julian Assange (‘The Assange extradition […]
From mute to menacing: why TV’s portrayal of Muslims still falls short
Though representation has increased, Islam on TV is still largely centred around terrorists and oppressed women. What we need is more complexity – and fewer dangerous cliches Terrorist mastermind … […]
France’s Emmanuel Macron doesn’t want an Islamic reformation. He wants re-election
By Faisal Al Yafai | Journalist History is not on Emmanuel Macron’s side. France’s last two presidents have only lasted one term. But, happily, for him, history also provides a […]
5th-century church in northwestern Iran restored
Tourism October 17, 2020 – TEHRAN – The Saint Hovhannes Church in the city of Maragheh, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, has undergone some rehabilitation works, the provincial tourism chief has […]
Farshchian painting “Guarantor of Gazelle” depicts kindness to animals in Islam
October 17, 2020 – TEHRAN – Persian painter Mahmud Farshchian has portrayed the story of Imam Reza (AS) acting as a mediator between a gazelle and a hunter in […]
A Teacher Beheaded for Alleged Blasphemy in France
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) France teacher had received ‘days of threats’ before his brutal killing […]
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term in landslide election victory
Source: CNN Jacinda Ardern has won a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister after her success at handling the country’s coronavirus outbreak helped secure a landslide victory. Preliminary results show that Ardern’s center-left Labour […]
What’s the best way to distribute asylum seekers in Europe?
The fires in the refugee camp of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, sent thousands of people back on the road. Migration expert Etienne Piguet and his team at […]
Bloodletting and gas fumes: Quack treatments of the 1918 flu
CNN: If the idea of drinking hand sanitizer, absorbing ultraviolet light and gargling salt water to prevent or treat Covid-19 sounds bizarre to you, know that this isn’t the first […]
Don’t overestimate the COVID-19 recovery
Oct 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Eswar Prasad WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial COVID-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, […]
How will we tackle the pandemic of loneliness after Covid?
Brigid Delaney With technology increasingly driving us away from real life encounters, deliberate steps must be made to bring us back to each other ‘In Australia those living in cities […]
The backlash against an Indian jewellery advert with a Hindu-Muslim couple makes me despair
Source: Independent The Twitter storm over Tanishq advert about an interfaith marriage and family proves India is no longer a secular nation in anything but its constitution By Akanksha Singh […]
Can Jesus be God even if he is not mentioned in the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I just saw a three part, three hour PBS documentary about the Jewish people. The first part is Kingdom of David : saga of the Israelites, By the river of Babylon. It is described as, in 586 B.C., […]
PBS Documentary: Kingdom of David; (part2) The Book and the Sword
Sometimes it is suggested that Jews do not believe in Afterlife. This documentary clearly states otherwise around minute 34 in this video Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough […]
Prophet Muhammad recognized as a great law-giver by US Supreme court, since 1935
Epigraph: Have We not opened for thee (Muhammad) thy bosom, and removed from thee thy burden, Which had well nigh broken thy back, and We exalted thy name? (Al Quran […]
Pfizer Could Apply for Emergency Use of Covid-19 Vaccine by Late November
Source: WSJ Application with FDA would come if trial data, due this month, is positive Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.84% said it could be ready to apply for emergency-use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine by […]
Intl. Islamic Unity Conference to be held virtually
October 11, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN — The 34th edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference is scheduled to be held online due to the spread of the coronavirus, […]