Sadiq Khan refuses to attend city mayors’ summit in Saudi Arabia
Khan and GLA staff will boycott event in protest over human rights issues in the country The city of Riyadh, where the Urban 20 summit is being hosted as part […]
Ibrahim Njoya, the African king who created his own writing system that was destroyed by the French
May 10, 2018 at 02:37 pm | HISTORY MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of Content FULL BIOCLOSE FULL BIO Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing […]
Ganga Zumba, an African royal who escaped slavery and created a kingdom of his own in Brazil
MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR September 30, 2020 HISTORY MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of Content FULL BIOCLOSE Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and […]
Biden uses ‘inshallah’ in response to Trump during debate, lighting up Twitter
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) During one of the more charged moments of the chaotic US presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped a phrase from everyday Muslim and Arab […]
Does UK Need a British Islam: BBC Big Questions Debate?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for promoting secularism in every country of the world I came to a screeching halt when I saw […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women? https://t.co/E6UbsSI1wx via @wordpressdotcom — […]
Full debate video: In Trump-Biden debate chaos, China and other opponents of democracy are the big winners?
Hong Kong (CNN)In an ugly, cantankerous presidential debate, one of the few things Donald Trump and Joe Biden agreed upon was China. Both criticized the other for being too soft on […]
Fewer than 10% in the US have antibodies to the novel coronavirus
By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) A new nationwide study of the blood of more than 28,000 dialysis patients may help answer one of the big questions surrounding the pandemic: how […]
The Prophet’s Greatest Victory According to the Quran: A Peace Treaty
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Holy prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had participated in several battles in the larger defensive war after his migration […]
Annexation without declaration: The Israeli case
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN OP-ED SEP 30, 2020 Israeli security forces aim their weapons amid clashes with Palestinian protesters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Hebron, Sept. 25, 2020. […]
Sheikh Sabah leaves behind a solid legacy
SINEM CENGIZ September 29, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/ns62d Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2019. (Reuters) I write these words with a heart filled with sorrow […]
Can the world tolerate another four years of Donald Trump?
Sep 30,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Good news or bad, he dominates the headlines and front pages of newspapers, he leads tele-vision coverage, and populates the shelves of […]
Nubians kingdom of Kush ruled ancient Egypt from 700 BC
The African History August 15, 2020 The 25th dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Nubian dynasty or kushite kingdom, was the last dynasty of Egypt’s Third Middle Era after […]
Colonialism: How Swiss multinationals set their sights on the world
A childhood pastime – playing the Maggi aviator board game. swissinfo.ch Switzerland is the home of many major multinational companies, many of which date back to the late 19th century, the high […]
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – living through colonialism
This compelling novel focuses on those enduring German rule in East Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century The uniform of an Askari soldier in German East Africa […]
A Muslim athlete was disqualified from her high school volleyball match for wearing a hijab
By Alaa Elassar CNN — A Tennessee high school athlete was disqualified from a volleyball match for wearing a hijab, prompting calls for a statewide rule change. Najah Aqeel, a […]
Saudi Arabia’s current state of affairs
TESTIMONY Bruce Riedel Monday, September 28, 2020 Editor’s Note:Bruce Riedel testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during its hearing on the U.S.-Saudi security and intelligence relationship. A […]
‘Safe zones’ plan shows Bangladesh is accepting Rohingya reality
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM September 29, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/8auwn Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 14, 2017. (Reuters) […]
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dies aged 91
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah died today after ruling the country since 2006 He had been in hospital in the US since July after having surgery in Kuwait Before becoming Kuwait’s […]
Video: The Comedian Stephen Colbert Visits PM Jacinda Ardern
Suggested reading Nobel Prize for a noble woman PM New Zealand: ‘The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy are just like one body’