Jens Stoltenberg, Norway PM, Plays Taxi Driver In Election Bid
The Huffington Post: OSLO, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Norway’s prime minister worked secretly as a taxi driver in central Oslo for a day in June, leaving his passengers wondering whether […]
Religious Affairs Minister backs ‘Shia conversion’
The Jakarta Post: Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has again come under fire for allegedly supporting the forced conversion of Shia followers to Sunni Islam in a reconciliation program the […]
Indonesia: Muslims celebrate Idul Fitri in different ways
The Jakarta Post: ………………….. Separately, in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Ahmadiyah followers celebrated Idul Fitri on Thursday in their displaced persons camp at Wisma Transito. This was the eighth […]
Tribute to an exceptional scientist
Tribute to a great scientist – Prof Dr Louis Johnson Salam I just returned from leave to hear the sad news that former Life Sciences Director Professor Dame Louise Johnson has passed away (sep 2012). Even though it is business as usual, it is clear that such loss is affecting […]
Saudi Arabia Steps Up Efforts To Oust Syria’s Assad
August 09, 2013 Charles Recknagel Radio Free Europe (US sponsored) It’s no secret that Saudi Arabia wants to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But just how much Riyadh is willing to use its money to reach that goal can be surprising. One measure was a meeting on July 31 in […]
Meet Britain’s youngest ever barrister – Gabrielle Turnquest has been called to the bar at the age of 18
She is the youngest person to be called to the bar in 600 years and at just 18, Gabrielle Turnquest has already become used to questions about her age. By […]
America’s hidden agenda in Syria’s war
It was some six months ago that Syrian rebel commanders met US intelligence officers in Jordan to discuss the status of the war and, the rebels hoped, to secure supplies of the sophisticated weapons they need to overthrow President Bashar Al Assad. But according to one of the commanders present […]
Why Muslims celebrate Eid on different days?
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? and: Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride! Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid […]
Refuting Prof. Richard Dawkins’ Islamophobic Tweets
Epigraph “Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding will reflect.” (Al Quran 13:20) Prof. Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins’ tweets on Islam are as rational as the rants of an […]
What If Attlee Hadn’t Partitioned India?
outlookindia.com“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.” Imagine those famous words spoken “at the stroke of the midnight hour”, not by Jawaharlal Nehru as leader of a partitioned […]
Northern Ireland Clashes Leave 56 Police, 2 Civilians Injured
Source: NY Times: BELFAST — Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic […]
One lakh apply for ‘one-way ticket’ to Mars to never return
Source: Hindustan Times: The Mars One project by NASA which aims to colonize Mars beginning in 2022 has reportedly revealed that more than one lakh people are eager to join the project in a bid to visit the red planet, but do not want to come back. More:
Secular Islam: August 11, 1947: Mr. Jinnah’s presidential address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen! I cordially thank you, with the utmost sincerity, for the honour you have conferred upon me – the greatest honour that is possible to confer […]
The mystery of 73 sects
Source: Dawn.Com By Jan-e-Alam Khaki ONE of the enduring topics of Muslim sectarian polemics has been the hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) according to which he had predicted that his ummah would be divided into 73 sects, but only one would be saved. All Muslim sects happily claim […]
Lucknow clerics ask women not to post their pictures on Facebook
PTI NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11, 2013 | UPDATED 12:00 IST India’s two prominent Islamic helplines are discouraging young callers, especially women, from creating profiles and posting pictures on popular social […]
16 Saudis married Ethiopians last year
Source: Gulf News: “Conditions include that the Saudi man be at least 35 years old and less than 70 years old,” Faisal Ahmad Al Othman, the Eastern Province undersecretary, said. “A married Saudi man must prove medically that his wife has a medical condition, sterility or deformity and must present […]
“No Muslim parking”
Source: Morocco World News: By Youssef Sourgo Last Thursday another similar incident of discrimination and hostility toward Muslims emerged. Lined along the street next to El Farouq Mosque in Houston, a number of signs read, “No Muslim parking in the Westview Shopping Center. Your car will be towed.” More:
‘Australia’s Sarah Palin’ quits election race after Islam gaffe
Source: Morocco World News: SYDNEY, Agust 10, 2013 (AFP) A candidate for Australia’s anti-immigration One Nation party dropped out of the election race Saturday after a blundering interview in which she referred to Islam as a country. Ms Stephanie Banister, 27, had been campaigning for just 48 hours when she […]
Don’t exploit situation!
Source: TOI SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday accused some political parties of trying to exploit the situation in the wake of violence in Kishtwar. He vowed to take strict action against those fomenting communal trouble. “My earnest appeal to the people is: Please do not allow parties who are putting political interest above human […]