Credit: ET As many as seven lessons with hate content are part of the 8th class Urdu curriculum for 2012-2013, compared to none in 2009, says the report. DESIGN: JAHANZAIB HAQUE LAHORE: Hate content in textbooks used in the Punjab has increased from ‘45 lines in 2009 to 122 in 2012’, […]
Switzerland’s population jumped by nearly 85,000 people in 2011, according to the Federal Statistics Office, with the majority of cantons experiencing population growth. The highest growth rates were seen in […]
Credit: ET Rimsha has been held since August 16 on suspicion of burning papers containing verses from the Quran. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Police on Friday won permission to hold a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy in custody for a further 14 days while her case is investigated, officials said. Rimsha […]
Source: The Washington Post By Faheem Younus The straw man of the famous post-Sept. 11 slogan, “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but every terrorist is a Muslim” was debunked […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 31 August 2012 RAMALLAH: Palestinian officials yesterday reiterated their commitment to make a fresh bid for upgraded UN membership on Sept. 27. Nimr Hammad, political adviser to […]
GENEVA — A Swiss institute has agreed to a request from the Palestinian Authority to exhume Yasser Arafat’s body and determine whether he was poisoned, but time is running out for a credible scientific examination of his remains, it said on Thursday. The Palestinian leader died in a Paris military […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 31 August 2012 The advancement in communication technology and the Internet have made it much easier for deluded teenagers to communicate. Mobile phones are capable of providing visual communication, and the chat programs on these phones have become the center of the lives of some youngsters […]
JEDDAH: SARAH ABDULLAH Friday 31 August 2012 Saudi businesswomen are voicing their approval of the latest plan by the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) to begin building the first of […]
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung via Zafrullah Khan After the attack on a rabbi in Berlin, the Central Council of Jews in Germany has called for more involvement of Muslim organizations in the fight against anti-Semitism. The Council would appreciate it if the associations “would turn finally determined against anti-Semitism in […]
ROD MCGUIRK | AP ARABNEWS Friday 31 August 2012 CANBERRA: Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: TOI from 2012 NEW DELHI: The full moon on Friday is going to be […]
When Syrian gunmen stormed Damascus last month, an angry, middle-aged and bespectacled man appeared on state television with a harsh message for Syria’s “enemies”. “They are calling this the last battle,” he roared. “Yes, I agree it is the last battle – and they will lose!” Syrian viewers were not […]
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
August, 2012 Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey (RNS) The Taliban in Afghanistan shocked the world this week (Aug. 27) when they beheaded 17 people, allegedly for the crime of dancing at a mixed-gender gathering. Which prompts the question: Does Islam forbid dancing? While Islamic scholars are divided on the answer, it’s easy to […]
Source of Data: The Globe and Mail Myth #1: The Muslim population in the West is growing fast and will soon become a majority in Europe – and a major […]
The National Post: Arguing that it is “biased” for his children to be given free Gideon Bibles in class but not free atheist literature, an Ontario father is launching a human rights case that aims to drive the Gideons out of the province’s public schools. “I don’t think 10-year-old kids […]
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
RT: The world is in the middle of a tuberculosis pandemic, scientists say. What was once a disease of undeveloped nations has raced across continents, with thousands of cases in Asia and Europe. The disease may infect up to two million people by 2015. An extensive international study published by […]
Source: The Assam Tribune Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – At a stone’s throw away from the river that is considered a grand witness to Assam’s history and culture, two structures stand tall to mark the harmonious coexistence of two faiths. Locals bow their heads to each, and agree that […]
Source: The News Islamabad: The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) Chairman Sajid Ishaq held a meeting with the Special Group formed to monitor the proceedings of the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case here on Wednesday afternoon. The Special Group was formed at a joint consultative session of the Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) […]