Source: BBC A former US soldier who allegedly formed an international band of snipers as mercenaries has confessed to a murder plot in New York. Joseph Hunter, nicknamed Rambo after the hero of the 1980s action films, pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a federal agent and an informant. The […]
The first in-depth study of racist and xenophobic attitudes in Switzerland has revealed that one in four people has negative opinions of foreigners in general, one in five is hostile to Muslims and one in ten is anti-Semitic. In a series of face-to-face interviews conducted between 2010 and 2014, gfs.bern […]
TULKAREM: Israel freed on Friday a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl, whose jailing six weeks ago for planning to attack Israelis became a focus for anger over the arrest of children in […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera’s Canadian-Egyptian television bureau chief freed on bail by an Egyptian judge on Thursday, last night angrily attacked Canada for mistakes which he said have left him trapped in Egypt and alleged “epic negligence” on the part of his television employer. Speaking emotionally […]
More than 20 years ago, Walid Jumblatt, the Lebanese Druze leader, admitted to a Swedish diplomat that he hid a Soviet spy – a Swedish intelligence officer – near his […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt last night for talks with his Egyptian opposite number on new roubles-only trade deals, the sale of billions of dollars’ […]
BULLDOZING MECCA FOR LUXURY CONDOS BY NICOLE PANOC Most of Mecca’s historic sites have been razed, replaced by new hotels, luxury malls, and high-rises. Here, a glance at the “merchandizing […]
ET: PARIS: In its annual evaluation, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders ranked Pakistan 159 out of 180 countries where media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” in 2014. World media freedom suffered due to the insurgence of extremist groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram, the evaluation found. “There […]
Huff Post: The rise of Islamist fundamentalism in Britain and worldwide, and attempts to impose elements of Sharia law in the UK and many other nations, has reinvigorated support for […]
europarl.europa.eu: The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions of 11 March 2014 on Saudi Arabia, its relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s note: This post was made in 2015. It was promoting a post in KashifMD.com. The website has since gone down. Therefore, I am using it share […]
Afghan Driver in crash that killed Bob Simon reportedly had ‘dead’ left arm and 9 license suspensions Published February 13, 2015 FoxNews.com, Facebook177 Twitter152 livefyre965 Email Print BobSimon1.jpg In this April 7, 2014 file photo, Bob Simon of “60 Minutes” attends the New York premiere of “The Railway Man” in […]
Source: OnFaith By Harris Zafar I read with horror the news regarding the shooting of three Muslim students Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. An enraged gunman reportedly killed each […]
Source:The Local Benedict’s daily routine involves rising at 7:45 a.m. for mass, followed by breakfast and mornings filled with reading, prayer and correspondence. After lunch he takes walks on his terrace and in the Vatican gardens either side of a rest. Post-dinner he watches the Italian news on television before […]
Source: The Local The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Essen will distribute the German Constitution in response to Salafists’ plans to give out free copies of the Koran in the city on Saturday. But Muslim residents say they’re creating a false opposition. More:
Source: The Local US European Command announced that a wing of specialized anti-tank aircraft would be sent to Germany, as tensions mount in eastern Europe over the Ukraine crisis. More:
Source: Dawn At the age of 23, most people are still trying to find their footing in life. Yet here was Deah Shaddy Barakat, a 23-year-old Syrian American studying dentistry at the University of North Carolina, who was not only excelling at school, but was a positive force outside of […]
Our Souce: RNS Reuters | February 13, 2015 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday criticized President Obama for his silence following the killings of three young […]
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Source: ET Farzana Parveen’s brutal killing instantly comes to mind after one looks at the statistics on ‘honour’ killings that were presented in the National Assembly recently. Her death struck at the collective conscience of society — albeit for a short time. When Farzana, a 25-year-old pregnant woman, was stoned […]