12 September 2020Related Topics War in Afghanistan (2001-present) Image caption Abdullah Abdullah (centre), head of the Afghan government’s delegation, called for a humanitarian ceasefire The first-ever peace talks between the […]
THE HISTORY OF SICILY As-Salamu ‘Alaykum would have been a common greeting in Sicily a thousand years ago. Why? Because from 827 to 1061, Sicily was under Arab rule. It was […]
13 SEP 2020 THE JORDAN TIMES Published 13 Sep,2020 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — Institutionalising Zakat and solidarity is “a human tendency rather than a religious obligation in light of […]
09/13/2020WANG YICHIA+ | A- Government officials across China expand Islam “sinicization” campaign by ordering to conceal traditional Islamic duas— prayers of supplication or request. by Wang Yichi For some Huis, Chinese speaking Muslims, duas above […]
Book by Diana Darke, who is an author, Middle East cultural writer, Arabist and occasional BBC broadcaster. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, […]
Source: BBC Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has pledged at least $100m (£78m) to help Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in Florida. Of the battleground states Florida offers the biggest share of […]
11th September 2020 Albeit somewhat nervously, schools have been given the green light to open in England while the coronavirus is still at large. The “goddess” of science had months […]
A Saudi passenger at terminal 5 in the King Fahad International Airport earlier this year. Saudis will be able to travel in and out of the country from Jan. […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Independent By Patrick Cockburn, who is an award-winning Independent columnist […]
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the drugmaker should have key data from its late-stage trial for the Food and Drug Administration by the end of October. […]
Introduction by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In this post, I intend to introduce a part of the popular book by Dr. Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, […]
Source: BBC By Norman Miller Scattered across the Arabian Sea, south-west of Sri Lanka and India, the Maldives present the face of a dreamy, tropical idyll to travellers from all […]
Source: WSJ AstraZeneca AZN 1.24% PLC said Saturday clinical trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine have resumed in the U.K. after regulators concluded it was safe to do so, following a pause in studies […]
Source: NPR By Allison Auberry As we get closer to a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s exciting to imagine a day when the virus is gone. But a vaccine will not be […]
Source: WSJ By Chao Deng A Chinese pharmaceutical company has injected hundreds of thousands of people with experimental Covid-19 vaccines, as its Western counterparts warn against administering mass vaccinations before rigorous scientific studies […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
Foreign affairs Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis (l) met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (r) in Tehran, Iran, on September 7, 2020. Keystone / President Office Handout Senator Thomas Minder accompanied a […]
BY ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ ISTANBUL NEWS ANALYSIS SEP 11, 2020 Palestinians burn cutouts depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Descendants of the country’s dwindling community recall listening to their parents’ memories of a lost ‘paradise’ An Arab News Deep Dive A Lebanese Jewish family gathered at a wedding […]