By Anisa Tahira Masood, Toronto Recently I went through a news in a local Urdu newspaper in Toronto that certain people, who declare themselves the flag bearer of so called “Free Thinking” group, and consider them selves to be liberators of the oppressed, will serve the Muslim ladies by proposing […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times All Muslims including the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believe that the Holy Prophet Muhammad is the seal of […]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) — A new study by psychologists at The University of Nottingham has shown that babies who are weaned using solid finger food are more likely to develop healthier food preferences and are less likely to become overweight as children than those who are spoon-fed pureed food. The […]
In the 10-years following 9/11 Osama bin Laden had a lot of time to ponder his decisions, and some of the conclusions he came to have just come to light through the man’s brother-in-law. Julian Thompson at The Sunday Times reports bin Laden pressed his two younger children, four and five […]
HYDERABAD: Two men identified as Ahmadis were shot dead outside their place of worship in Kunri taluka of Umerkot district on Saturday by a security guard belonging to their own community. According to the first information report (FIR), Fakhruddin, 45, and Maqsood Ahmed, 28, died on the spot while Rafique […]
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN Remember Mitt Romney’s infamous “poor” comment? If not, here it is again: “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich; they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the […]
Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that […]
If words like ‘kill a jew’, ‘Israel hamas’, ‘electronic intifada’, ‘counter terrorism’, ‘Palestinian terrorism’, pictures of gunmen in and all sorts of misinformation about either Palestinians or Israelis are coming to mind then here is an article worth reading. Apologists for Israel’s continued occupation and control over Palestinian lives have […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Saba Imtiaz Published: February 12, 2012 KARACHI: Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC)’s Karachi rally, being organised with the support of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), began today (Sunday) at the Quaid’s mausoleum where several religious and political leaders are giving speeches, reported Express News.JI chief Munnawar Hassan, […]
To ban or not to ban …Shezan juice The Express Tribune: A couple of weeks back, the Jamaatud Dawa held a well-attended rally in Rawalpindi to remove an Ahmadi religious […]
In order to develop friendly relationship between the two countries, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pervez Musharraf decided to visit each other’s country regularly. The first visit was by Vajpayee to Pakistan. There Musharraf showed him Pakistan’s modern telecommunication systems. It was so good that Vajpayee made a call to the […]
The Arab League says it has accepted the resignation of the Sudanese general who led the group’s observer mission to Syria, and will nominate a former Jordanian foreign minister as the new special envoy for the Syrian crisis. Officials said General Mohammed Ahmed al-Dabi stepped down Sunday, as foreign ministers […]
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine’s caucuses on Saturday, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists. Results of Maine’s non-binding straw poll showed the former Massachusetts governor with 39 percent […]
WASHINGTON: New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what’s already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades. The new rules, […]
By GWYNNE DYER ARABNEWS Published: Feb 12, 2012 AS THE Syrian opposition abandons non-violent protest for armed resistance, many people think this means that President Bashar Assad and his Baathist regime are in even deeper trouble than before. On the contrary, it means that Assad and the Baathists are winning. […]
by Isobel Leybold-Johnson, swissinfo.ch Global warming could lead to more of the world’s oceans becoming “dead zones” – where a lack of oxygen leads to marine life dying out. This […]
Express Tribune: Difa-e-Pakistan has organised three large gatherings in Punjab alone. The first was in Lahore, which was organised by Jamatud Dawa (JuD), whose leadership is in charge of coordination and communication between all members of the group. The movement will now hold a rally in Karachi on Sunday (today), […]
By DR. QAISAR HAMED METAWEA, Q.METAWEA@MAKLAWFIRM.NET ARABNEWS Discrimination exists in almost every country but the levels and types of such discrimination vary vastly from one country to another. Also, discrimination is an issue that should be tackled by every country and it should not be ignored. Some countries have made […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 12,2012 | 23:05 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan is considering withdrawing its ambassador in Damascus in light of the worsening situation in Syria, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh has said. Interviewed by Al Arabiya TV late Thursday, Judeh said the Jordanian ambassador is currently present in […]