© 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Seamus Duff for Mirro Brad Pitt was almost drafted into Scientology in the early 1990s when he dated actress and singer Juliette Lewis – according to reports. The 56-year-old was […]
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of […]
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BELGRADE EUROPE SEP 19, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks after participating in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L) and Kosovar […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL ARTS SEP 17, 2020 Abu Bakr Efendi’s descendants during their visit to Istanbul, Turkey, June 26, 2018. (AA Photo) Fifteen South African descendants of Ottoman scholar Abu […]
Surge in sectarian violence targeting minorities in Pakistan threatens new round of instability in country 17 September, 2020 by ANI Peshawar [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): There has been a surge in […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933, died yesterday on September 18, 2020. My heart is […]
The justice, an iconic champion of women’s rights, dies at 87 after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Source: BBC Related content Vicious court fight could upend US election Obituary: A feminist […]