Reuters VOICE OF AMERICA June 19, 2013 LONDON — Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain’s top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran’s nuclear program. The Bank Mellat […]
by Matthew Allen in Zurich, swissinfo.ch June 26, 2013 – 11:38 Marc Rich, the billionaire oil trader who set up Swiss commodities giant Glencore Xstrata, has died at the age […]
Daily beast: Pakistan: Mullahs and Militants Keep Polio Alive Unidentified assailants have killed two more immunization workers in northwestern Pakistan’s Chardassa district, outside Peshawar, bringing the total number to eight. In response, the organizers of the three-day polio vaccination drive suspended the campaign nationwide. No armed group has claimed responsibility. Six health workers […]
Epigraph: “The ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a martyr.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad The Muslim Times is pooling information about online courses offered by […]
Wahhabi Islam: General Overview Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:56:56 PM by StevenAU The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shook the United States to its core. Since those horrific moments, our nation has been thrust into a global war against terror and religious extremism. Now more than ever, […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Wednesday 26 June 2013 GENEVA: A widely anticipated peace conference for Syria will probably not take place next month as hoped, UN peace envoy to Syria […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN/MAFRAQ — Nearly 9,000 Syrian refugees left the Kingdom for home this month, bringing the number of returnees to more than 68,000 in the past […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 26 June 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut the number of foreign pilgrims by 20 percent during this […]
Telegraph: Supporters of former leader Kevin Rudd have begun moves to try to oust Ms Gillard less than three months before scheduled September elections, in a last-ditch move to try to turn around Australian opinion polls showing the party on track for a massive defeat. Ms Gillard said she would […]
Promoted Post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: The Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid, Author of The Wrong Kind of Muslim Hindus worldwide […]
Why would an atheist — who by definition does not believe in God — pray? A Washington Post article by Michelle Boorstein spotlighted the fascinating phenomenon of a minority of atheists, […]
newswork.org: For the fourth consecutive year, Harrisburg will host the nation’s longest-running American Muslim Convention. More than 10,000 attendees are expected at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA national conference, which will be held this weekend. The group’s national spokesperson, Qasim Rashid, spoke about the event with NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller. […]
Credit: PakistanToday Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 2:22 am KASHIF ABBASI KASHIF ABBASI ISLAMABAD – Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, who is already facing treason case in the Supreme Court, […]
Source: Asia Times: While the attention of the world community is almost entirely on the travel itinerary of the ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, there is a far more important side to the affair — what he has been doing with his spare time in China and Russia, who he’s been […]
Source: Asia Times: Is Egypt on the verge of civil war? General Fua’d Al’lam, a general in the Egyptian Security Services and former Director of Security in Port Said, believes that it is. In an interview entitled, “Civil War on the Doorstep Followed by the Revolution of the Hungry,” General […]
Taliban has launched an attack in central Kabul, targeting the presidential palace, the CIA and ISAF headquarters, the Ministry of Defense, as well as an international hotel. All the assailants have been killed in the 90-minute showdown. Local journalist Courtney Body told RT the attack started with a blast and […]
Source: Spiegel German officials on Tuesday targeted two men suspected of planning to carry out terrorist attacks using remote-controlled model airplanes. The pair is thought to be influenced by radical Islam, but are not considered to be members of a terror group. More:
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of foreign trekkers, claiming it was against Sharia and the country’s culture to kill guests. Addressing media personnel at the JUI-F office, Fazl said the brutal killings orchestrated by the Taliban at Nanga Parbat base […]
The Truth Message – Part – 3.12: Source: alislam.org/apps A’ouzo billahi min-aash-shaitan-ir-rajeem… (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed…) Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (In the name of Allah, Most […]