From foe to friend: How Iran transformed post-war Iraq ties
By AFP – Sep 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Mourners hold images of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and senior Iraqi military commander Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis after they were killed in […]
Why the UN’s 75th general assembly could be worse than the world’s worst Zoom meeting
The worst parts of UN events will be on display, the endless speechifying first among them, but none of what normally makes the general assembly indispensable Unlike a Zoom meeting, […]
Turkey is the biggest threat to Europe today, and the Greeks need our help
As one former foreign minister put it, ‘if the EU’s foreign policy is now vegetarian, German foreign policy is vegan’ Denis Macshane@DenisMacShane 14 hours ago Greece and Cyprus have been […]
China confirms plummeting birth rate in Xinjiang but denies accusations of forced sterilisation of Uighur women
Tom Embury-Dennis © Provided by The IndependentChinese officials have confirmed a huge drop in birth rates in Xinjiang, following accusations that authorities in the remote western province are subjecting Muslim Uighur […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit Participates in the “2020 International Day of Peace” hosted by TIG & KYND
Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit participates in the 2020 International Day of Peace hosted by Troy Area Interfaith Group in collaboration with the KYND (Know Your Neighbor Daily) on September 17, 2020. The Troy–area Interfaith Group exists to invite all faith communities to gather, grow […]
ANCIENT EGYPT AND BLACK AFRICA
Early Contacts View PDF By David Bourke O’Connor (born 1938), who is an Australian Egyptologist, currently residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. O’Connor holds the position of Lila Acheson Wallace […]
Patriarch Abraham’s Deism and Monotheism: The Best Paradigm For Interfaith Tolerance
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Jews and the Christians associate themselves with Isaac, the younger son of Abraham, while the Muslims, […]
Egypt discovers 27 sarcophagi more than 2,500 years old
© Reuters/Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities 2500-year-old coffins discovered in Egypt CAIRO (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that […]
Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth Glorifies Allah
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule? Allah the Creator, the Maker and the Fashioner: The Best Documentary […]
Vatican’s Secret Rules for Catholic Priests Who Have Children
Source: New York Times By Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo Feb. 18, 2019 ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic priest he had always known as his godfather was in truth his biological father. The discovery led him to create […]
The Swiss woman uniting people in Jerusalem
Source: Swiss Info Irène Pollak-Rein has been made an honorary citizen of Jerusalem for her dedication to the only school open to both Jewish and Arab children. Pollak-Rein’s interest in the […]
Christian pastor, soldier shot dead in Indonesia’s Papua
1 hour ago JAKARTA (Reuters) – A soldier and a Christian pastor have been shot dead in separate incidents at the weekend in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, amid a […]
Afghan interpreter is stuck in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp
David Williams and Larisa Brown for the Daily Mail 7 hrs ago © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A former interpreter trapped in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp has narrowly missed […]
The UAE is a tool in the service of the US and Israel
August 4, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) after traveling abroad for the first time amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
Rights groups: UAE hired 450 mercenaries to carry out assassinations in Yemen
September 19, 2020 UAE mercenaries in Yemen [Twitter] September 19, 2020 at 1:03 pm The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hired thousands of mercenaries and deployed 450 of them in […]
Ginsburg’s Fight For Women’s Rights Is More Urgent Than Ever
Source: Huffington Post By Emily Peck Between the pandemic’s toll on mothers and the right’s assault on reproductive rights, the equality Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for has never been more […]
Ted Talk About Empathy, Fairness and Morality in Animals
What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares […]
Adrift: How the World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf – review
Ian Black © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP By unhappy coincidence, Amin Maalouf’s thought-provoking analysis of what is wrong with our lives was published in English shortly after […]
Pilgrim fathers: harsh truths amid the Mayflower myths of nationhood
Carrie Gibson © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Print Collector/Getty ImagesFor a ship that would sail into the pages of history, the Mayflower was not important enough to be registered in […]