Why Muslims in Anchorage will fast 9 hours more than Muslims in Cape Town
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan | June 16, 2015 | 3 Comments When the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan begins later this week, some Muslims around the world […]
Bill Clinton Will Give Eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral
Source: Time By Katie Reilly; @katiemacreilly Former President Bill Clinton will give the eulogy at Muhammad Ali’s funeral, which will take place next Friday in the boxing champion’s hometown of […]
BBC: Muhammad Ali – in his own words
Source: BBC … The politics “Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.” “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it, […]
Video: Why Muhammad Ali’s Name is on the Wall and not the Floor of Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Video: Courtesy of Hamid Rahman, Peace Village(Maple, ON, Canada) Muhammad Ali was offered a star with his name on “Hollywood Walk of Fame” but he refused and said: “I bear […]
Muhammad Ali: Boxing Legend and the Most Recognized Muslim Dies
Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend, activist and ‘The Greatest’ to a world of fans, Dies By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) His hands and his mouth were furiously fast. His skill as […]
Turkey’s Erdogan warns Muslims against birth control
Source: BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject contraception and have more children. In a speech broadcast live on TV, he said “no Muslim family” […]
CNN: Sun will align directly over Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, on Friday
Source: CNN Updated May 26, 2016 By Tuqa Khalid, CNN Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN): It is Islam’s holiest shrine — and for a few moments on Friday, it will […]
German Cardinal Makes Impassioned Plea For Migrants From A Refugee Boat
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7) Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor “Someone who lets people drown in the Mediterranean […]
The world is getting more religious, because the poor go for God
By Giles Fraser, South London priest. Guardian columnist and Editorial Board. Visiting Professor at the LSE. Guardian: The so-called “masters of suspicion”, Nietzsche, Marx and Freud, all thought that religion would […]
Here’s Proof George Washington Would Be Ashamed Of Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade, who is a national reporter based in New York. You can contact him attyler.kingkade@huffingtonpost.com, or find him on Twitter: @tylerkingkade. Our nation’s first president […]
Surrendering the Sword of the ‘Sword-Verse’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Here is the verse that has been called by the critics of Islam as the sword verse: […]
Islam first to teach tolerance
Source: Arab News By M. Marmaduke Pickthall ONE of the commonest charges brought against Islam historically, and as a religion, by Western writers is that it is intolerant. This is turning […]
The spirit of Ramadan
May 19, 2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Here we go again, stocking up early on meat, fruit and vegetables in preparation for the fasting month of Ramadan as if that […]
Canada apologizes for century old snub of Sikh migrants
Source: The Express Tribune OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology today for an incident in which a shipload of Indians were refused entry into Canada more than […]
GOP Senator Bob Bennett Apologized to Muslims for Trump While on Deathbed
NBC News By Frank Thorp V In the final days of his life, former Utah Republican Senator Bob Bennett turned to his son and asked him, “Are there any Muslims […]
Egypt: Terrorist Attack Likely Downed Missing Flight
Source: MSN ATHENS, May 19 (Reuters) – Aircraft debris was found in the southern Mediterranean by Greek authorities searching for a missing EgyptAir aircraft which vanished from radar screens early […]
Islam and Christianity share ‘idea of conquest’, says Pope Francis
Source: The Guardian By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Islam and Christianity share an inherent “idea of conquest”, and those who refer to Europe’s roots as Christian often veer into colonialism, Pope […]
The Beautiful Reasons Why These Women Love Wearing A Hijab
Source: Huffington Post By Yasmin Nouh;Blog Editor, The Huffington Post The New York Times recently published a “guide“ to Muslim headscarves. The article intended to illuminate an Islamic concept that […]
China is building a Muslim theme park
Source: Quartz China is building a Muslim theme park to promote its state-sanctioned version of Islam Since 1958, Yinchuan, a city 600 miles west of Beijing, has been the capital […]
Video: Is justice served when religious arbitration replaces courts of law?
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich […]