By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a united and decisive stand to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of UN resolutions. The weekly meeting of […]
Most Jordanians see satellite channels as instigators of Arab revolts – poll
By Khetam Malkawi JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Two-thirds of Jordanians believe that satellite TV channels had a role in driving recent protests and revolutions in the Arab world, a newly released survey showed. The poll, “How the public evaluates media coverage of the Arab revolutions” surveyed 1,933 participants from across […]
Jordan requests exclusion from Syria sanctions regime
By Omar Obeidat and Hani Hazaimeh JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Jordan officially requested to be excluded from implementing Arab League sanctions on Syria to avoid possible damage to the Kingdom’s interests, a senior official at the foreign ministry said on Monday. “We asked the Arab League’s technical committee, during its […]
The Incredible 3D Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner
Wenner’s specialty is the centuries-old practice of street painting. But what sets him apart from other artists who cover swaths of public space with their work is that Wenner’s work is 3D. It appears to drop deep beneath the ground into another world–one often filled with characters from Greek mythology […]
Statistics Show These High Heels Will Get You A Pay Raise
The usual reason shoe sellers want women to wear high heels is for the sexy, long-legged look. But Deichmann Graceland, a German shoe brand has come up with a new incentive: To make women tall enough to qualify for a promotion at work. The ads show a closeup of the heels, […]
Horrific global food crisis is looming
Michael Snyder. Pravda Ru. ….the world is on the verge of a horrific global food crisis. At some point, this crisis will affect you and your family. It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen. Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters […]
OIC demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam.
The State Department vs. Free Speech Hillary Clinton chats up the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam. By NINA SHEA AND PAUL MARSHALL Last July […]
Future of Islamic Financing shaky after UM Financial insolvency
Reuters By Shaheen Pasha and Cameron French | Reuters – DUBAI/TORONTO (Reuters) – The insolvency of an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada may hinder the growth of sharia-compliant finance in North America, where the industry has struggled to gain traction in the absence of a supportive regulatory framework. UM Financial […]
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UK: In their rush to save the economy, politicians forget about the people, and the gulf widens between rich and poor
Pensioners and parents are being forced into poverty. Who will be their champion? At the height of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stood in a soldiers’ graveyard and promised […]
United Russia wins parliamentary elections
Pravda Ru. o5.12.2011. Russia’s Central Election Commission has processed 92 percent of votes as of Monday morning, Dec. 5. United Russia, the ruling party, has gained 49.67 percent of votes, Nikolai Konkin, the secretary of the commission said. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation gained 19.13%, Just Russia – […]
Vladimir Putin: the gremlin in the Kremlin
Russia’s ‘squeezed middle’ is disenchanted with Mr Putin, as his election humiliation shows – even his allies are getting nervous about his plans. As Vladimir Putin nurses a rare electoral […]
Japanese creation myth and the accuracy of the Quranic description
Atheists are right in exposing the irrationality of the Christian dogma. However, the Christians are right in as far as their claim that there needs to be a Creator of […]
Libyan who sparked revolution sworn in as minister
TRIPOLI Dec 4 (Reuters) – The man whose arrest in February sparked Libya’s revolution was sworn in as a minister in the new interim government on Sunday but said he had been hesitant about taking on the new job. Fethi Tarbel, Libya’s new sport and youth minister, wiped away tears […]
Female doctors set to outnumber male colleagues by 2017
Female doctors who have laid siege to the male bastion of the medical profession are poised to overtake their male counterparts in what a medical journal describes as a “giant leap for womankind”. Women have outnumbered men in medical schools for a decade and are set to become a majority […]
Religion and Science: A Collection of My Articles on This Theme
A great number of those who grew up under Christianity are living under a broken cross and taking on agnostic or atheistic point of view. Unfortunately, given the Islamophobia in the […]
It’s Intellectuals who need to run society.
One of the ills of democracy is that decision making is driven by the opinions of the majority – those who may not be well equipped in the art of running the government. If we could overcome this, we could enjoy all the joys of democracy and avoid all the […]
Libyan Women Under-Represented in Running the New Libya
Libya has announced the lineup for a transitional government that will draft a constitution and prepare the country for elections, trying to ensure that the demands of regional and political […]
Scientists ID ‘Morning Person’ Gene
Napoleon Bonaparte, Margaret Thatcher, Leonardo da Vinci … history is full of names of famous figures who accomplished historical feats on reportedly few hours of sleep. Now, new research suggests they may […]
Albert Einstein’s search for God
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Was he a monotheist, deist, pantheist, or an atheist? How did his religion affect his science? Agnostics, atheists and pantheists, all equally claim that Einstein belongs to them. But, as he belonged to Jewish background, Abrahamic traditions […]