A watershed moment for China: Islam or Christianity?
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Like it or not, but Islam and Christianity have been two missionary religions, which have been struggling to win […]
Recruiting the four Horsemen of Neo-atheism into Cavalry of Islam
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011. My condolences to his family and friends. From here on any blunt […]
Shirin Ebadi: who defines Islam?
Source / Courtesy: 50-50 Inclusive Democracy Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic state has hijacked the […]
Saudi women to run for office, vote, without male approval — in 2015
Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but […]
New Islamist democracies will be open for business
The Arab revolutions have altered perceptions of the region. The new regimes may have democratic foundations but they won’t look like anything the West or liberals may hope for, especially in Egypt. Still, even if they end up being governed or dominated by Islamist parties, the new regimes that have […]
Austerity Reigns Over Euro Zone as Crisis Deepens
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/111175477.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707%2CH07707 Europe’s leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach. Saying that Europe was facing its “harshest test in decades,” Chancellor Angela Merkel […]
The closing of the Pakistani mind
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune The year 2011 must rank as one of the worst years in the nation’s life. It began with the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and ended with the most internecine of politics to topple the incumbent government before its term in office via the memogate […]
The World’s Best Places To Live And Work
One of your New Year’s resolutions is probably to better balance your professional life with your personal life. If not, it should be. So how do you accomplish this? Perhaps the easiest thing to do is move to a country where the locals are already very happy with their work-life […]
‘Pakistan would have been prosperous if Zardari had accepted my agenda’
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Madiha Saeed Published: January 2, 2012 KARACHI: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a large gathering of supporters in Karachi, said that if […]
New Year’s gift: Obama signs bill freezing aid to Pakistan
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Reuters Published: January 1, 2012 HONOLULU: President Barack Obama signed a sweeping US defense funding bill on Saturday which includes new sanctions […]
Indonesian Donates Record $30m to Singapore University
It is the largest gift the National University of Singapore (NUS) has received from an international alumnus, but Indonesian tycoon Tahir is reluctant to talk about the $30 million he […]
1,200 Ahmadi Muslims gather in Chino for 26th West Coast convention
This past Christmas weekend heralded more than just the traditional church services, turkey dinners, holiday sales and gift-giving. At the Baitul Hameed Mosque on Ramona Ave. in Chino, an overflow crowd of 1,261 Ahmadi Muslims and guests filled the prayers halls and lecture auditoriums for three days of invigorating spiritual […]
Pending blasphemy cases: Govt orders arrest of accused
It is pertinent to mention here that over 960 people had been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan from 1980 to 2009. Of these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, […]
Buddha: A Witness against Pauline Dogma
As all humans are God’s creation, it stands to reason that God not only guided people in the Middle East through Abraham, Isaac, David, Solomon, Jeremiah, John the Baptist and Jesus, but, He also guided other people through prophets like Confucius, Buddha and Zoroaster. If this be true there should […]
Swiss satisfaction …
Age, money and human relationships have the largest influence on the happiness of the people Switzerland is considered one of the countries where people are happiest. (Google translation) Source: http://www.nzz.ch […]
Saudi Arabia: 28,000 Saudi women ready to replace men in sales jobs
Source: Sikandar Malik of Germany 01-01-2012 RIYADH, (Arab News): Over 28,000 Saudi women have come forward to take up jobs at shops selling lingerie and women’s accessories throughout the Kingdom, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Labor. Fahd Al-Tukhaifi, assistant undersecretary for development at the ministry, said […]
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet in Jordan
OCCUPEID JERUSALEM — The Jordanian government on Sunday said it would host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this week, bringing the sides together for the first time in more than a year. Officials said Tuesday’s talks would not be a formal negotiating session. Nonetheless, it would mark a […]
Riyadh oil aid to help Sanaa end severe crisis
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: Saudi Arabia has promised to donate fuel to Yemen with a view to helping the neighboring country tide over severe economic crisis and rising fuel shortage. The decision to help Yemen was first taken by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah […]
How Israel helped its own foes
by URI AVNERY, AVNERY@ACTCOM.CO.IL Hamas, Hezbollah and Brotherhood owe their growth to Tel Aviv If Islamist movements come to power all over the region, they should express their debt of gratitude to their bete noire, Israel. Without the active or passive help of successive Israeli governments, they may not have […]
Greece in talks to repay debts with solar power
EU’s energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger, the director general for energy Philip Lowe, and the head of the EU’s Athens task force Horst Reichenbach have discussed the idea of enabling Greece to repay some of its debts to EU member states, such as Germany, by providing them with solar energy. “Several […]