Nature signs of God’s Omniopotence and Grace
Dr. A. Bagader & others: The Islamic view of the role of air, land and soil in the environment and how conservation of these vital elements is fundamental to the preservation […]
Twitter account cataloguing Sochi problems goes viral
Story Summary A Twitter account highlighting the myriad teething problems that have plagued the Winter Olympics has attracted 324,000 followers — 120,000 more than the official Sochi account.There has been widespread criticism that not all the facilities were ready on time for the Olympics, in particular accommodation for media, despite […]
KSA-born expatriates look for Saudi wives
KSA-born expatriates look for Saudi wives JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Sunday 9 February 2014 Many Kingdom-born expats find marrying Saudi women as the best guarantee for a bright future in Saudi Arabia. This is especially the case after the Nitaqat program drastically reduced the number […]
Britain Puts Mormonism on Trial
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page A London court called the church’s leader to account for “false” doctrines—the latest in a […]
11 Alarming Weather Flukes That Happen When it Gets Really Cold
It’s been a bit nippy out lately. And by “a bit nippy,” I mean the world we once knew has been replaced by an ice-bound hellscape. On the plus side, this means we get to see some of nature’s weirder responses to extreme cold. Here are 11 strange things that […]
A Whole New Way To Think About Stress That Changes Everything We’ve Been Taught
Upworthy: by Alana Karsch — I’m totally gonna summarize this video for you: It’s not stress that’s making you sicker, it’s stressing out about stress being stressful that’s actually the problem. What? OK, just watch Kelly McGonigal. She says it much better than I do. At 2:24, people just have […]
27 Year Old Ahmadi Martyred in a Target Killing in Karachi.
Source: Press Release Chenab Nagar, Rabwah: On Saturday 8 February, 2014 at 2:30 pm Raziullah Din Sahib son of Muhammad Hussein Mukhtar Sahib was shot at and killed by unknown by unknown assailants. The deceased was 27 years old and a resident of Ogervi Colony, Aurangi Town, Karachi. Raziullah Din […]
More white evangelicals than American Jews say God gave Israel to the Jewish people
pewresearch.org: Israel defines itself as a Jewish state, and most Jews in the United States say that emotionally they are either very attached (30%) or somewhat attached (39%) to Israel. But on some measures, Jews’ feelings for Israel are equaled or even exceeded by those of white evangelical Protestants. For example, twice […]
Interfaith Harmony is an Islamic Ideal
Greedforilm.com: Martin Luther King Jr. once said: The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. […]
Why Sochi Has No Mosques?
loonwatch: Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Sochi, site of February’s Winter Olympics, “the biggest construction site on the planet,” and for good reason. Since being awarded the games in 2007, the subtropical […]
Australia’s first Islamic Museum to open in March
Source: Muslimvillage.com: The museum will explain the tenets of the Islamic faith, and the meaning of misunderstood terms such as jihad and sharia. Patrons can stand in a minaret and […]
Glasgow: Ahmadiyya 5k Fun Run raises over £20,000
Source: yorkhill.org Our friends from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Glasgow kindly invited us to their annual New Year Dinner on Sunday 26th January. We were delighted to attend and meet the local community and whilst there, we announced the final total raised from last years 5K Fun Run that took […]
Friday Sermon: “The Exemplary Ahmadi Muslim” delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (ata) Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: alislam.org Audio: Urdu: Play |download German:Play |download Text Formats: Arabic Bosnian French Verses Cited in this Friday Sermon: 3:104 61:4 3:201 2:19 13:12 5:33 About Friday Sermon: The Jumu’ah (Friday) prayer is […]
Remember thy Lord when thou forgettest (secret of Happiness)
[18:25] Unless Allah should will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say, ‘I hope my Lord will guide me to what is even nearer than this to the right path.’ Explanation: The verse purports to say to Muslims that in their hour of despondency and helplessness before the irresistible […]
Syracuse Muslims Meet Congressman Dan Maffei
By Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, President of Ahmadiyya Community Syracuse, NY I have been trying to present book by His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Worldwide leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, World […]
The Jewish fear of intermarriage
By Erica Chernofsky: BBC News, Jerusalem Intermarriage – when Jews wed non-Jews – has been called a threat to the future survival of the Jewish nation. So what happened when there were reports that the Israeli prime minister’s son was dating a Norwegian non-Jew? The Norwegian daily Dagen last week reported […]
Recycling the old, with one difference
February 08, 2014 12:15 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The widespread anticipation among what seems like just 27 people in the United States who follow the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations is that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will soon table a set of American positions or […]
Gazans endure power blackouts with dark humour
inShAFP / JORDAN TIMES GAZA CITY — Hemmed in by Israeli and Egyptian blockades, Gaza is plagued by long and frequent power blackouts, prompting some residents to try to lighten the mood with dark humour. Gaza ensemble Tashweesh — Arabic for “interference” — has posted on YouTube a […]
Iran’s President donates $400,000 to Jewish hospital
Source: The Huffington Post President Hassan Rouhani of Iran surprised Tehran’s only Jewish hospital with a generous donation on Thursday, reports the New York Times. His brother personally delivered $400,00 […]
Humility and its virtues
Humility and its virtues HUMBLE POSTURE: True worship comes through humility of the soul. Abu Usama Ath-Thahabi Published — Friday 7 February 2014 Humility is when a person does not see himself as being better or above other people because of frivolous reasons like social standing, […]