Forget the Money, Follow the Sacredness
Source: The New York Times Author: Jonathan Haidt In the film version of “All the President’s Men,” when Robert Redford, playing the journalist Bob Woodward, is struggling to unravel the […]
Sebastian Castellio: Tolerance of the Ottoman Empire an example for Europe
In the second half of the 16th century, the advocates for tolerance gain momentum. An important figure was Sebastian Castellio, who lived in Geneva and Basel. He became well renowned for his reproach of John Calvin, who had Michael Servet executed for the denial of the Trinity. In Castellio’s writings, […]
The Ottoman Empire in discussions on tolerance in 16th century France
Letter of Suleyman II to Francis I of France regarding the protection of Christians in his states, September 1528. Read more on the Franco-Ottoman alliance. Meanwhile in France, king Francis I had become disenchanted […]
Picture of the Day: Slavery in Mauritania, Africa
Source: CNN Moulkheir Mint Yarba returned from a day of tending her master’s goats out on the Sahara Desert to find something unimaginable: Her baby girl, barely old enough to […]
Pakistan: Our internal censors: Narrow interpretation of Sir Zafarullah Khan Role as a Foreign Minister
Express Tribune: By Ajmal Kamal: Before coming to the last — and the most masterful — deletion from Saadat Hasan Manto’s Urdu short story Naya Qanoon at the hands of the great men […]
Swiss played “crucial” role in Evian talks
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Fifty years ago French and Algerian representatives signed a series of peace accords in the French town of Evian, ending Algeria’s brutal eight-year war of independence. By offering its good offices under a policy of active neutrality, which helped resolve the conflict, historian Marc Perrenoud tells […]
Deconstructing the myth
By PRINCE KHALED AL-FAISAL, ARABNEWS Recent research study on Arab opinion clearly debunks the false and fabricated allegations against Saudi Arabia IN early March, the Doha-based Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) published a report entitled “Measurement of Arab Public Opinion Project.” ACRPS is an independent research institute […]
Turkey to overcome secular qualms with Islamic bond
Reuters | Mar 11,2012 | 22:38 JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Turkey’s government plans its first-ever issue of Islamic bonds this year, overcoming sensitivities about Islamic finance in the secular republic as it seeks to tap a rich pool of investors flush with oil money. A sovereign sukuk issue from an […]
Salman Rushdie compares Imran Khan to Qaddafi
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: March 18, 2012 NEW DELHI: British writer Salman Rushdie taunted Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan as unable to handle […]
Manifestations of Divine Truth of Islam: Fulfillment of Prophecies of Promised Messiah: The Muslim Times
Vouchsafed to the Imam of this Age, the Promised Messiah and the Mahdi: 1898: (A) My Lord had revealed to me and promised me that He will help me till my […]
Our Beautiful and Beloved Pakistan: Part of our Faith
We sacrifice our lives upon you, O’ our beautiful Motherland, where such is the custom that no one with Love in their hearts can walk with their head held high […]
When the Muslims saved the Jews
Charlotte exhibit shows how Albanians sheltered their neighbors from the Nazis By Michael J. Solender Like freshly discovered treasures on a receding shoreline at low tide, once buried stories of […]
Common Virus Can Lead to Life-Threatening Conditions in Children
ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2012) — Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common virus that infects the lungs and breathing passage ways. Though it may only produce minor cold symptoms in adults, it can lead to serious illness in young children and those with compromised immune systems. “This is an extremely contagious […]
Suppressing Feelings of Compassion Makes People Feel Less Moral
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2012) — It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion — for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging with a homeless person. But even if suppressing compassion […]
Karmic Relief for the Misuse of ‘Karma’
In a recent PBS interview with Bill Moyers, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explained what his research reveals about the differences between liberals and conservatives. Haidt’s work on positive psychology and what he calls Moral Foundations Theory has received well-deserved acclaim, and much of what he said in that interview was illuminating. But one reference he […]
Alislam-eGazette: An International Monthly Publication
The Alislam-eGazette is an international monthly electronic journal of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with a subscription of more than 40,000 readers. Here we catalog all the volumes with their titles since […]
Egyptian Coptic Christian Pope Dead, Shenouda III; Egypt Leader Died At 88
CAIRO, March 17 (Reuters) – Egyptian Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of most of Egypt’s estimated 12 million Christians, died on Saturday from old age, his political adviser told Reuters. Bells tolled in Cairo’s Abbasiya district, site of Egypt’s main Coptic cathedral, as the news spread. Shenouda, 88, […]
New York Times Says Running Pam Geller’s Anti-Islam Ad Could Put Lives In Danger
The New York Times found itself at the center of a controversy on Thursday over its refusal to immediately run an anti-Islam ad. Fox News and the Daily Caller ran stories questioning whether the Times‘ decision to indefinitely delay publishing ad was a sign the paper had a religious double-standard. The articles note that the Times previously ran an […]