The imperatives
Sep 06,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Lara Ali Atoum The latest fast advancements concerning the Palestinian issue starting with the announcement of the Ultimate Deal triggers some sort of political […]
Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Ethnic Rohingya people rest after the boat carrying them landed in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, early Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. […]
Assange’s legal battle to avoid US espionage trial resumes in London
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: France 24 A London hearing resumes on Monday to decide if WikiLeaks founder Julian […]
Tolerance or normalisation?: Mecca imam faces backlash over Israel ‘hints’ in Friday sermon
The New Arab Staff Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais is the Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca [AFP] Date of publication: 5 September, 2020 Social media users have responded angrily, […]
Video Book Review: The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the […]
Is Christianity dying; Seventy percent don’t believe in Eucharist?
Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ Source: Pew Research Center By Gregory A. Smith is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center. Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body […]
A New Book: God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
Source: Amazon By Alan Mikhail: A leading historian of his generation, professor of history and chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the […]
Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy
Source: New York Times By Julian E. Barnes and Michael Venutolo-Mantovani The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research […]
The emigration brain drain – Lebanon’s looming new catastrophe
BARIA ALAMUDDIN September 06, 2020 More and more Lebanese citizens are considering departing their home country in the context of the ongoing economic and political meltdown. (AFP) Short Url […]
Morocco hosting talks between warring Libyan sides, Anadolu Agency says
BY ANADOLU AGENCY RABAT DIPLOMACY SEP 05, 2020 From left to right, Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord, Aguila Saleh Issa, president of the eastern Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan Prime Minister […]
‘Palestine victim of Trump’s electoral ambitions’ after Serbian embassy move: top official
Serbia will be the third country to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem [Getty] Date of publication: 4 September, 2020 Recent US-brokered agreements between Israel and the UAE and Kosovo […]
The Truth Behind Seven Myths About Asylum Seekers
AdChoices Sarah Turnnidge 35 mins ago © Andrew Matthews – PA Images via Getty Images A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force […]
How Angela Merkel’s great migrant gamble paid off
Source: The Guardian By Philip Oltermann in Berlin Mohammad Hallak found the key to unlock the mysteries of his new homeland when he realised you could switch the subtitles on […]
Pakistan among countries to run Phase 3 trials of two Chinese firms’ Covid-19 vaccines
Source: Dawn China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as […]
2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times 3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win […]
The Big Short 2015 Film Based on a True Story
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Adam McKay. Written by McKay and Charles Randolph, it is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the financial […]
Dr. Abdus Salam and his Hindu teacher
On this #WorldTeachersDay I will like to bring to you a poignant touché story. Dr. Abdus Salam visited India in December 1979, soon after attending the Nobel award ceremony in […]
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine generated an immune response, study says
By Elizabeth Cohen, Naomi Thomas, Zahra Ullah and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) A Covid-19 vaccine developed and tested in Russia generated neutralizing antibodies in dozens of study subjects, and while the vaccine often caused […]
Catholics, not evangelicals, will make or break Trump
Mark J. Rozell: Catholics, not evangelicals, will make or break Trump Source: Pittsburgh Post – Gazette BY MARK J. ROZELL Much has been made of Donald Trump’s support from white evangelicals in 2016, but a case can be made that his unlikely victory was anchored as much by his strong […]
Uighur Muslim teacher tells of forced sterilisation in Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison and Lily Kuo A teacher coerced into giving classes in Xinjiang internment camps has described her forced sterilisation at the age of 50, under a government […]