Faith and Science: Quantum Theory And God
Source: The Finger Lakes Times By Sardar Anees Ahmad One of the world’s greatest scientists, Albert Einstein was asked to opine on various fields of knowledge – including God. Einstein considered […]
Drawing parallels between Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim Brotherhood.
Credit: ET The leadership of the two parties met at the Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo in June last year. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) maintains close ties with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, a religious party which has recently found its voice again in mainstream Egyptian politics, and a group […]
Rent-a-donkey: Gujranwala kiln worker’s family takes first ever vacation
Credit:ET No need to spend on Petrol – Diesel – CNG. Get a Donkey instead for only Rs 10 per hour. PHOTO: EXPRESS GUJRANWALA: Liaqat Ali, his wife and parents will on Saturday return from a week-long vacation to Murree financed by savings from their rent-a-donkey business. Ali’s mother Rabia Bibi […]
OIC rejects new Israeli claim on Al-Aqsa
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday denounced an Israeli claim that Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of Israeli territory. OIC Secretary-General Professor Ekmeledin Ihsanoglu said: “The Islamic nation will not accept any move by Israel to encroach on Al-Aqsa, the third holiest mosque for Muslims.” He called […]
Forced marriage “needs to be depoliticised”
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch Switzerland will soon have legislation specifically banning forced marriages, a social issue involving violence and isolation which raises tough questions about the integration of minorities from abroad. Marriage “is not, has never been and cannot be a private matter”, wrote the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. For centuries, […]
Mideast peace slips to second billing for US
AP | Jul 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Middle East peace, America’s defining issue for decades of dealings with Israel and its Arab neighbours, was just a postscript Monday as Hillary Clinton made perhaps her final visit to the region as secretary of state. Three years after […]
Jordan: Tkiyet Um Ali announces Ramadan campaign for needy families
by Mohammad Ghazal | Jul 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Tkiyet Um Ali will launch a campaign during the holy month of Ramadan, to distribute more than a quarter-of-a-million iftar meals to needy families across Jordan. The charity has already launched a media campaign to solicit donations for […]
Odd News: German court refuses divorce
Credit: UPI.Com via Wasim Saroya MUNICH, Germany, July 17 (UPI) — A Munich court is denying a divorce for a woman tricked into marriage, saying because she was never legally married, she cannot be legally divorced. Anna K., 31, has been fighting for a divorce from Kulwinder S. since 2008, […]