Ahmadiyya Youth, Spreading the message of Peace
Source: Brant News A regional chapter of a Muslim organization spent Saturday afternoon in Paris promoting the message that Islam is a religion of peace. “We want to dispel any […]
India – Martial arts school for Muslim women
Muslim schoolgirls from St. Maaz high school practice Chinese wushu martial arts inside the school compound in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad July 8, 2008. Girls from ages 10 to 16 […]
Indian Revolution Born in Farce Ends in One
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — Last week in Mumbai, an old man accepted defeat.Anna Hazare sat cross-legged on a stage, enduring yet another fast and staring bleakly at a massive public ground that can fit 100,000 people but was not filling up with supporters as he had expected. […]
Whiff of ‘Love Hormone’ Helps Monkeys Show a Little Kindness
ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2012) — Oxytocin, the “love hormone” that builds mother-baby bonds and may help us feel more connected toward one another, can also make surly monkeys treat each other a little more kindly. Administering the hormone nasally through a kid-sized nebulizer, like a gas mask, a Duke University research […]
An Alarming Development In China That Everyone Has Missed
“I think this move is a sign of weakness and will only increase the likelihood that the winds of change from the Arab spring will reach China. The Chinese middle class, while enjoying their new wealth, will eventually demand the freedoms other middle classes expect and enjoy. Attempts to move […]
UK: Debbie Purdy; Being allowed to die would help me to live
Debbie Purdy, in constant pain from MS, says last week’s proposals that GPs could help the terminally ill to die don’t go far enough. Euthanasia campaigner Debbie Purdy and her […]
Foreign aid money feeds fat profits for corporations
Group of corporations awarded $1.81bn in contracts “As the money goes up, the scrutiny should go up” Rudd pledged record sums trying to tackle poverty AUSTRALIA’S booming foreign-aid program is delivering handsome profits to a group of seven corporations that has scored a staggering $1.81 billion in taxpayer-funded contracts. But […]
Iraq ‘unraveling’ puts US civilians at risk: McCain
WASHINGTON: A leading Republican senator warned Sunday that Iraq was “unraveling” in the wake of the withdrawal of US troops, putting at risk the thousands of American civilians in the country. Senator John McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, blamed the deteriorating situation on the […]
Floating vegetable farming boon for marginal farmers in Bangladesh
S Dilip Roy, Lalmonirhat Vegetable cultivation on floating gardens prepared in abandoned water bodies brings good prospect for marginal farmers at villages in Teesta River basin areas of Aditmari upazila […]
Reversing JFK: Santorum’s bid to marry faith and politics
Source / Courtesy: CNN By Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editors (CNN) – It was election night in November 2006, and Rick Santorum had organized a private […]
Remembering Hadayatullah Hübsch
An event will be held on January 8th in Frankfurt, Germany on the first death anniversary. He will be remembered as a poet, literate and a devout Muslim who never […]
Pakistan wants halt to Arab ‘wahabi colonialism’
Source / Courtesy: Times of India CHANDIGARH: A section of Pakistanis have raised their voice against Arab colonialism (imposing Wahhabi Islam over Sufi Islam) amidst attacks on Sufi shrines in Pakistan. “Saudi Arabia which is undemocratic, is exporting Wahhabi Islam to Pakistan where Sufis have been traditionally popular,” Sayeeda Diep […]
Musharraf should be arrested on return: Malik
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 8, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that former President Pervaiz Musharraf should be arrested on his return to […]
Lull in Strikes by U.S. Drones Aids Militants in Pakistan
NY Times: WASHINGTON — A nearly two-month lull in American drone strikes in Pakistan has helped embolden Al Qaeda and several Pakistani militant factions to regroup, increase attacks against Pakistani security forces and threaten intensified strikes against allied forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials say. The insurgents are increasingly […]
Deism and 750 verses of the Holy Quran
By Zia H Shah MD Deism (pronounced /ˈdiːɪzəm/, us dict: dē′·ĭzm) is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this can be determined […]
Love is a powerful weapon
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif The English sayings that time and tide wait for no man and that time flies accurately and perfectly apply as we look […]
Should Europe fear Islamic extremists?
Euro News: With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Masha from France: I’d like to know if Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe. Michaël Privot, Director of the European Network Against Racism, responds: Reports from Europol on terrorism threats since 2006 show that, out of roughly 2,150 attacks […]
Baby boom mother banks on better health care facilities
Abu Dhabi: Her precious babies may be perfectly healthy right now, but Al Shaima Hamza Kamal Aideen is nevertheless worried about providing them with proper care during their infant years. The 26-year-old Sudanese mother and her businessman husband Mubarak Al Bushr Abdullah, 36, were blessed with a set of quadruplets […]
Prof Stephen Hawking: man faces nuclear armageddon and must colonise space
“It is possible that the human race could become extinct but it is not inevitable. I think it is almost certain that a disaster, such as nuclear war or global warming, will befall the earth within a thousands years,” Professor Hawking, the Cambridge University cosmologist and theoretical physicist said. Read […]
Veep calls for neutrality of religious leaders in their sermons and utterances
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged religious leaders to be neutral and non-partisan in their sermons and utterances during this year’s presidential and parliamentary election. He said it […]