Science for the ummah – A Satire Piece
Source: Dawn Author: Nadeem F. Paracha Recently an enterprising Pakistani engineer claimed to have invented a car that is powered by water. Excited by the news, Pakistan’s, nay, the whole […]
Ramadan a time to refine, renew faith.
Source: Northumbeland Today – July 21 marked the beginning of the Holiest month for Muslims, the month of Ramadan. The month of Ramadan predates Islam itself. Even prior to the advent of Islam, the month of Ramadan was considered holy, sacred and a source of peace. According to the lunar […]
Young Ahmadi (22 year old) killed- Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi ra ji oon
Source: CBC News, CityTv At 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a weapons call on Colombo Crescent, near Jane Street and Teston Road. Police say that an altercation had occurred, which resulted in two victims — a 22-year-old man and a 27-year-old man —suffering stab wounds. The two men […]
Interfaith: Fasting Separately, Breaking The Fast Together
Source: The Jewish Week After sundown on Sunday, at the end of the day-long Tisha b’Av fast that commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temples in ancient Jerusalem, the more […]
A Catholic said: What Arranged Marriages Taught Me About Love
by Jennifer Fulwiler – National Catholic Register I remember the first time I found out that one of my friends had an arranged marriage. I was at a work function and struck up a conversation with a coworker in which I asked him how he and his wife met. When […]
The water car-technology or fraud?
The Express Tribune: Pervez Hoodbhoy Agha Waqar Ahmad deserves a medal from the people of Pakistan for his great service to the nation. In a few short days, he has exposed just how far Pakistan has fallen into the pit of ignorance and self-delusion. No practical joker could have demonstrated […]
Obama authorizes covert US support for Syrian rebels
RT: US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order allowing the CIA and other American agencies to support rebels seeking to overthrow the Assad regime, a US government source told Reuters. Obama reportedly gave the order, known as an intelligence “finding”, earlier this year. The presidential finding also provides […]
Did Washington Kill Its Favourite Saudi Prince, Bandar Bush?
Saman Mohammadi Infowars.com August 1, 2012 Following unofficial reports by Voltaire Network that Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia was assassinated on July 26, analysts pointed to the government of Syria […]
Kofi Annan resigns as Syria envoy
Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, conceded the failure of diplomacy to resolve Syria’s conflict when he announced his resignation as international peace envoy today. Mr Annan, […]
Ozzies head back down under as UK economy struggles
Thousands of Australian and New Zealand expats are fleeing Britain to take up jobs in their home countries as the British economy flounders. The so-called ‘boomerang effect’ comes as the […]
Bangladesh to assert more power over Grameen Bank
Source: CBS/AP DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has decided to expand the power of the government-appointed chairman at pioneering micro lender Grameen Bank. Government spokesman Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan says amending the law will allow the chairman to appoint the managing director of the bank. That authority is now held by the […]
Bangladesh’s army hero charged over $400 million Ponzi scam
Source/Credit: Business Recorder Bangladesh’s anti-graft agency has charged a former army chief and war hero with stealing $400 million from nearly two million investors through alleged Ponzi schemes, police said on Wednesday. The agency accuses retired Lieutenant General Harunur Rashid, the president of Destiny Group, and 21 other senior officials […]
Human Rights In Bangladesh
Source/Credit: Voice of America Bangladesh is of strategic importance to the United States as a successful, tolerant, secular, alternative to violent extremism. Bangladesh has worked tirelessly to lift millions out of poverty and provide an important voice for regional stability. But for all its progress, Bangladesh still has serious human […]
Hell and al-Qaeda descend on Syria
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/31/hell-and-al-qaida-descend-on-syria Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun Who would have thought a Canadian mother of two would leave her children behind and join the international jihad unfolding in Syria? Meet Thwaiba Kanafani. She left the comforts of her apartment in downtown Toronto, soon to appear in a YouTube video dressed in camouflaged […]
Islam in Brazil
By Diana Rojas. In the year 2000, Islam had about 27, 239 followers in Brazil, according to the census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the census, the IBGE did not allocate a specific category to Islam, but instead included it in the category of “other […]
This time at German Military Headquarters his Holiness spoke about “Islam’s teachings in relation to love and loyalty to one’s nation”
Credit: Dr Mohammad Daud Majoka, National Secretary External Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany. (The mil itary ambition should thus be to establish peace, rather than to fulfill any vested interests. […]
William Lane Craig
I am reproducing it here to freeze this page in time for different considerations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search William Lane Craig Born August 23, 1949 (age 62)[1] East Peoria, Illinois[citation needed] Era 21st-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic philosophy Main interests Philosophy of religion Natural theology […]
In France, socialist Hollande sets out to soak the rich
Credit:Washington Post: French President Francois Hollande has made good on a campaign pledge to make the wealthiest in France pay up to a whopping 75 percent income tax. The U.S. Congress, meanwhile, is debating an Obama proposal to allow the top tax rates to rise from 35 percent to nearly […]
Converting a Leading Christian Apologist to Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In one of his debates, Prof. William Lane Craig says: “God is a metaphysically necessary, beginningless, eternal, uncaused, […]
The Muslim Times 