Speakers call for interfaith harmony
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: International The News PESHAWAR: Speakers at a conference on Sunday called for mutual respect and interfaith harmony among the followers of different religions […]
A Polite Bribe: A New Documentary about Saint Paul
Source: Huffington Post By: Robert Orlando The Apostle Paul was, for much of his life, an abject failure who never knew the success of his Christianizing mission. From his letters, […]
Pakistan’s Forgotten Hero? – Dr. Abdus Salaam – Urdu Discussion
Dr. Abdus Salaam – Pakistan’s Forgotten Hero
Hear the One About Men Being Funnier Than Women? Study Shows Gender Stereotype That Men Are Funnier Than Women
ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2011) — Why do we think that men are funnier than women? Because they are! And men are particularly responsive to other men’s humor. Women, however, find men funnier because they mistakenly attribute funny things to men. Laura Mickes and her team, from the University of California, and […]
The Death Penalty for Tweets?
Posted: 02/132012 8:01 am Farzana Hassan, Author- The Huffington Post GET UPDATES FROM FARZANA HASSAN The Death Penalty for Tweets? The sad case of Saudi writer Hamza Kashgiri facing charges for blasphemy The fate of Hamza Kashgiri is now in the hands of rabid and bloodthirsty Saudi clerics. The young […]
Here Are The 7 Equations That Explain Everything
The world can be explained with math. New Scientist’s Ian Stewart has compiled the seven equations that you – or anything else for that matter — could not exist without. Stewart selected the equations that can be used to describe most things in our modern lives. They explain everything from how […]
Lifeless: Reflections on death
I had always wanted to experience washing a dead body. Not only would it be an honor, but it would also help me understand more about what will be one of my first experiences after my own death. For a school project, I decided to make a video reflection on […]
Cameron and Sarkozy to discuss help for Syrian rebels
Leaders to meet at Anglo-French summit over possible military advice to Free Syrian Army as well as separate defence deals. David Cameron and the French president Nicolas Sarkozyare to meet […]
Qadian – Quranic science motivates kids to learn Quran
Source: Jagran Qadian, Gurdaspur: Dr Abdul Salam was first Muslim to win Nobel Prize in 1979. Upon felicitation, he expressed that he used to study Quran very attentively and received ideas for his research from Quran itself. He stated that by further working on the ideas conceived from Quran his […]
Italy’s Mosque Wars
Source: SOEREN KERN, Right Side News. The southern Italian island of Sicily is about to become the proud new owner of a multi-million euro mega-mosque. The mosque, to be built in the medieval town of Salemi in southwestern Sicily, is being paid for by the oil-rich Persian Gulf Emirate of […]
400-year-old witchcraft trial resumes in Germany
The trial of a woman burnt at the stake 400 years ago for witchcraft resumed in Germany on Monday in an effort to clear the woman’s name. Katharina Henot suffered […]
UK: Abu Qatada due for release under strict bail conditions
Abu Qatada is to be returned to the streets of Britain under some of the most draconian bail conditions ever imposed. The extremist preacher will be banned from holding lengthy […]
To ban or not to ban …Shezan juice
Source: http://blogs.tribune.com.pk Vaqas Asghar February 12, 2012 A couple of weeks back, the Jamaatud Dawa held a well-attended rally in Rawalpindi to remove an Ahmadi religious centre from Satellite Town. Even though neighbours claimed to have no issues with its presence, the assault on this myopically-perceived menace seems […]
Moderate Pakistani students advocate for peace, love and harmony
Students from Pakistan’s top educational institutions, including COMSATS, Government College University (GCU), Forman Christian College (FCC), Professional Academy of Commerce (PAC) and several others, both Muslims and non-Muslims urged that youth and students should play their due roles in peace-building, promoting tolerance, co-existence, nation-building and bridging the religious and cultural […]
Press Release: New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened by World Leader in London
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said the Tahir Mosque will be a place of peace The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 11 February 2012, its world leader, […]
Thousands hit streets to protest copyright law
Source: The Local Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of Germany over the weekend to voice their opposition to a copyright law which they fear the government […]
Cologne witchcraft trial reopens after 400 years
Source: The Local A witchcraft trial is re-opening in Cologne on Monday in the hope that one woman will have her name cleared, centuries after being burned at the stake. […]
SPIEGEL Interview with the King of Bahrain – ‘Arab Spring? That’s the Business of Other Countries’
Source: Spiegel International One year ago, Arab Spring protests briefly gripped the tiny Gulf country of Bahrain. Just as quickly, however, they were crushed. SPIEGEL spoke with Bahrain’s King Hamad […]
Economists Warn of Long-Term Perils in Rescue of Europe’s Banks
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/791260957.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=H07707FRANKFURT — Few would begrudge Mario Draghi his boast last week that he and the European Central Bank had prevented a disastrous credit crisis by showering banks with cheap loans in December. But beneath the gratitude toward Mr. Draghi, the president of the central bank, lurks a fear that the […]
NYU Research Finds Top-Heavy Flying Objects Maintain Balance Best
Source: Red Orbit/NYU. Contrary to popular belief, it is actually easier for top-heavy structures to maintain their balance while hovering in midair than those with lower centers of gravity, claim scientists from New York University (NYU). According to UPI reports on Saturday, the findings counter commonly held theories that […]