Editors Note: Raja Zafarul Haq, well known for his anti ahmadiyya stance has been elevated to the rank of a federal minister and as the next possible Chair of senate after being nominated as the leader of the house in Senate. This means that he is essantially President in Waiting, […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch June 9, 2013 – 20:20 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga says voters’ approval on Sunday of the latest reform paves the way for the introduction of faster […]
Epigraph: And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to […]
Washington Post: The whistleblower who disclosed classified documents regarding NSA surveillance to The Washington Post and the Guardian has gone public. He is Edward Snowden, 29, an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Edward Snowden (The Guardian) Rather than face charges in the United States, Snowden has fled to Hong Kong. […]
(CBS News) ISTANBUL – Turkey’s prime minister said Sunday his country’s financial markets are under attack. Tayyip Erdogan blamed speculators reacting to a tenth day of fierce nationwide protests against […]
Here’s a sign of the changing times — Muslim cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to wash their hands and feet before they pray. […]
Source: The Huffington Post An Israeli Jewish women of the Woman of the Wall organization prays while wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews […]
Epigraph: “Has the story of Abraham’s honored guests reached thee? When they entered upon him and said, ‘Peace!’ he said, ‘Peace!’ They were all strangers. And he went quietly to his household, […]
by Sam McBride sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk Just hours after an enthusiastic launch attended by hundreds of people, Northern Ireland’s newest political party found itself backed into an extraordinary cul-de-sac in a debate […]
What is the future likely to bring? A reasonable stance might be to try to look at the human species from the outside. So imagine that you’re an extraterrestrial observer who is trying to figure out what’s happening here or, for that matter, imagine you’re an historian 100 years from […]
Slide from secret PowerPoint presentation describes how program collects data ‘directly from the servers’ of tech firms James Ball guardian.co.uk, Saturday 8 June 201 The slide details different methods of data collection under the FISA Amendment Act. Since Prism was first revealed by the Guardian and the Washington Post, there […]
Swedish Princess Madeleine wed New York banker Christopher O’Neill in a lavish and emotional wedding ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday. see video report here:
South Africans were urged to let go of their beloved hero Nelson Mandela after the ailing 94-year-old spent a second night in hospital with a recurrent pneumonia infection. Officials have not released an update on Mandela’s health since announcing that he was back in hospital and was in a “serious […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, […]
Source: thestar.com.my GEORGE TOWN: The 1Malaysia Cyber Movement lodged a police report Saturday against two individuals who made statements which allegedly insulted Prophet Muhammad and the Royal Malaysia Police. Its president, Mohamad Sharom Rahman, lodged the report with a committee member at the Bayan Baru Police Station at 3pm. Mohamad Shahrom […]
ET: LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday dismissed an after-arrest bail application of a man accused of operating a printing machine on which blasphemous literature was produced. Asmat Ullah had said he was innocent and that he had nothing to do with the offence. He had also asked […]
ET: Pakistan is the second-highest country on the list of nations spied on by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), an exclusive report in The Guardian revealed. The NSA is in possession of a powerful data mining tool, which it uses to record and analyse massive amounts of digital data, a […]
Huff Post: The New Testament in Historical Context When I’m invited to teach in churches, I often invite questions from the group before I begin my planned presentation. I call this “building an agenda,” a process that helps me understand where people are coming from and helps the audience pursue […]
Published on Jun 8, 2013 Source: Alislam, Youtube and CBC News Canada An exclusive interview coverage of the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be […]