Every Thing the Muslim Times Wants to Share After CIA Torture Report
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
CIA Report’s Most Shocking Passages about Torture
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/12/10/newday-acosta-dnt-cia-torture-report.cnn Washington (CNN) — Here’s a look at some of the techniques the CIA used to interrogate detainees that were included in a Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday. 1. […]
Muhammad Never Tortured Prisoners of War
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
Senate report: CIA misled public on torture
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/12/09/ath-feinstein-senate-floor-cia-torture-report.cnn Washington (CNN) — The CIA’s harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era didn’t work, were more brutal than previously revealed and delivered no “ticking time bomb” information that […]
The only constitution the world needs is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Epigraph: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Israel’s parliament dissolves amid political upheaval
By Michael Schwartz and Catherine E. Shoichet Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve the nation’s parliament Monday amid mounting political upheaval. The bill dissolving the 120-seat Knesset passed […]
Hillary Clinton: America’s legal system ‘out of balance’
By Dan Merica Boston (CNN) — Hillary Clinton stood with those protesting the deaths of two unarmed black males at the hands of law enforcement on Thursday, telling an audience in Boston […]
Expanded federal ban on profiling doesn’t apply at borders, airport screening
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/crime/2014/12/08/newday-perez-profiling-laws.cnn By Evan Perez (CNN) — New federal law enforcement guidelines set to be issued Monday will expand protection from profiling, but won’t apply to screenings at borders and airports, […]
Córdoba’s Mosque-Cathedral in name-change row
Source: The Guardian Government of Andalusia says Diocese of Córdoba is ignoring site’s history as a place of worship for Muslims and Christians Inscriptions from the Qur’an share space with […]
Sit-ins, die-ins, blockades in American cities not just about Eric Garner
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/12/05/pkg-soares-nyc-chokehold-global-reaction.cnn By Ben Brumfield (CNN) — If the color were removed from the boundless images of protests on America’s streets over the last two nights, they might be mistaken for […]
Reason or Orthodoxy: Which One Should Rule?
Epigraph: Say, ‘Bring forward your proof if you are truthful.’ (Al Quran 27:65) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times My Exhibit A in favor of […]
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind
By Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology correspondent Stephen Hawking: “Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superseded” Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories […]
Video: Separation of Mosque-Church and State, Ex Leader of Jamaat Islami will Prove its Need
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If anyone was not conviced completely about the paramount need for Separation of Mosque-Church and State, […]
CDC: Circumcision benefits outweigh the risks as it cuts risk for HIV, STDs and penile cancer
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be […]
Do Muslims Prefer Camels Over Modern Cars?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If you are a Muslim and are reading this article, you were probably surprised or even appalled and […]
US attorney general calls for end to racial profiling
Source: BBC US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced plans to “help end racial profiling once and for all”. He was speaking in Atlanta in the wake of mass protests […]
UK: Mohammad and Sophia most popular baby names of 2014
Source: The Telegraph Arabic names and 1970s names on the rise while the royals prove out of favour’ The name Mohammed has become the most popular boys’ name in […]
Pope and patriarch condemn Mid-East ‘persecution’
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Ecumenical Meeting of Pope Francis, President Erdogan and Patriarch Bartholomew I in the Blue Mosque
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis prayed silently alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday, November 29, […]
Koran should be read at Prince Charles’ coronation says top bishop
Koran should be read at Prince Charles’ coronation says top bishop: Critics attack proposal and accuse Church of England of ‘losing confidence’ in its own traditions Lord Harries said gesture […]