Killing in the name of God in Pakistan
State-backed sectarian violence is on the rise in Pakistan as authorities cosset and back hellbent Islamic Sunni radicals By FM SHAKIL SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 PESHAWAR- Pakistan is reeling under a new […]
EU diplomacy on Turkey runs aground ahead of summit, envoys say
By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott © Reuters/Murad Sezer FILE PHOTO: The Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is seen being escorted by a Turkish Navy frigate in the eastern Mediterranean off Cyprus By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union diplomacy to resolve a […]
70 migrants jump overboard from rescue ship as they try to reach Italy
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline They are part of a group of 270 people who have been stranded for days off the coast of the Sicilian city of […]
Cyprus: UN call to revive peace talks gets edgy welcome
1 hour ago NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Both sides on ethnically divided Cyprus on Thursday welcomed the United Nation chief’s expressed intention to soon start thawing out a frozen peace […]
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 The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Occupying Palestine is rotting Israel from inside. No Gulf peace deal can hide that
Article BY Raja Shehadeh More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, Israel has managed to turn its occupation of […]
Professor Julia Sinclair: Alcohol consumption is spiralling out of control – we need to seriously address addiction
Source: Independent People living with this illness deserve empathy, access to treatment and support. The government should use the upcoming spending review to invest in addiction services By Professor Julia […]
Secular Faiths Are Remaking the American Religious Landscape
Source: Christianity Today Meaning-making is a growth industry.” That’s how Harvard researcher Casper ter Kuile put it in a 2018 interview for Vox. He was commenting on the explosive popularity of extreme fitness regimes like CrossFit and SoulCycle, noting how the overt spirituality of both programs allowed them to function […]
China, India fire fueled by Pakistan Belt and Road
Source: AT PESHAWAR – Pakistan’s army and Chinese companies are in big business lockstep in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$87 billion plan to build ports, roads, railways and power plants to facilitate trade, spur growth and consolidate power over geopolitically contested lands. The scheme, designed to span Pakistan’s […]
The fourth R
Source: Dawn PAKISTANIS have an imperfect knowledge of the four Rs — Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic, and Russia. To master the first three requires education. To open one’s mind about Russia requires a different set of intellectual pliers. Winston Churchill once defined Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside […]
Former Byzantine churches are being converted to mosques – this threatens Istanbul’s cosmopolitan identity
Source: The Conversation Authors: Ilay Romain Ors: Research Affiliate, Centre of Migration, Policy, and Society, University of Oxford Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir: Research Associate in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Two former […]
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 The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe Ten Raised to Five Hundred […]
Analyst: Pakistan could normalise ties with Israel
September 16, 2020 Prime Minister of Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2020 [Erçin Top/Anadolu Agency] September 16, 2020 at 8:34 am A British-Pakistani analyst said he expects […]
Pilgrimage to the House of Allah and the Hijaz Conflict – Part II
MAGAZINE: EDITION AUGUST 2020 Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), Shahzad Ahmed ISLAMIC HISTORY • THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM 15th September 2020 Add Comment Sharif Hussein bin Ali, King of the Hijaz, […]
Jerusalem Al-Aqsa mosque compound to close over virus
The call to prayer will continue to ring out across Jerusalem’s Old City Israel has previously blocked access to the flashpoint site, which is a focus of Palestinian aspirations for […]
Turkey Unveils Next Generation Flying Car Named After 12th-Century Inventor
Source: Daily Sabah A prototype of Turkey’s first domestic flying car, called the “Cezeri,” is nearing completion, Baykar Technical Director Selçuk Bayraktar announced Tuesday. Bayraktar – who is also the […]
The UAE has approved a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS The vaccine, developed by China’s Sinopham, will be given to the UAE’s frontline workers. According to NCEMA, 31,000 volunteers in the UAE have already participated in […]
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Qur’an
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Whether or not Jefferson was also familiar with the Constitution of Medina—the document dictated by Muhammad to govern relations among the diverse Muslim and Jewish tribes in […]
Lilly says antibody reduces need for hospitalization for moderate COVID-19 patients
By Deena Beasley Sept 16 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly & Co said on Wednesday that its experimental antibody reduced the need for hospitalization and emergency room visits for patients with […]