Egypt all-veiled TV aims to cover women’s needs
JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — A satellite channel run and hosted by fully-veiled presenters aims to break down the barriers for women in niqab who until the revolution that brought Islamists […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Breakaway Alawite state may be Assad’s last resort – or will it? Rumours, theories and gossip around Syria.
AP | Jul 27, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — In the recent sectarian violence in Syria, some observers see a grim pattern: Alawite fighters from President Bashar Assad’s minority sect, they say, are trying to carve out a breakaway enclave for themselves by driving out local Sunnis, killing entire […]
Saudi Arabia and the scent of oud
JEDDAH: NADEEM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Friday 27 July 2012 Oud incense and oil as well as eastern perfumes are on most Saudi families’ shopping lists. Burning oud, or agarwood, is an […]
Who’s Afraid of Muslim Women Exercising?
by Avi Spiegel, co-authered by Adina Bathzniki, HUFFINGTON POST Imagine this scenario: a group of women in southern California ask their local YMCA for an extra swim class. The YMCA would have to stay open a bit later than usual, but it happily obliges. It is summer, and the women, […]
Religion shaping the Olympics: From Ancient Greece To London
Source: Huff Post By Chris Lisee (RNS) A 600-foot footrace was the only athletic event at the first Olympics, a festival held in 776 B.C. and dedicated to Zeus, the […]
Envy: One of the Seven Deadly Sins
By Paul Kokoski Envy is at once a passion and one of the capital sins. As a passion it consists in a sort of deep sadness experienced in the sensitive part of our nature because of the good we see in others. This sensitive impression often produces a feeling of […]
London, the city of tolerance for worshipping, fasting Muslims
By Marwan Boltrosh Source: Kuwait News Agency LONDON, July 22 (KUNA) — Ramadan atmosphere for Arab and Muslims living throughout Europe is different, compared with the annual spiritual experience at home, with many sensing distress for performing annual religious services far from their loved ones. However, the city of London […]
Syria is heading toward normalcy and calmness, Iran’s Salehi says
Source: Teheran Times TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that Syria is heading for tranquility as the army is gradually suppressing the armed insurgent groups. “Enemies imagined that they can create a vacuum in the management of the country by explosions in Damascus but the […]
Somalia Starves while Ramadan Surplus food is Wasted
Source: Albwaba Ramadan is Kareem (generous) for some, but Stingy for Somalia Inevitably during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, the Somali plight- the distress of a fellow […]
Judge overrules immigration authorities, orders Va. Muslim be naturalized
by Matthew Barakat, THE REPUBLIC, Columbus, Indiana ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A nearly five-year legal saga will conclude Thursday for Falls Church resident Jamal Abusamhadaneh when he takes the oath of citizenship at a federal courthouse, after a federal judge ruled that immigration authorities wrongly drew sinister conclusions about aspects of […]
Swiss legal experts divided over circumcision
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch Moves by two Swiss hospitals to suspend the practice of circumcising boys in the wake of an adverse court ruling about the procedure in Germany have sparked heated debate amongst legal experts in Switzerland. The children’s hospitals of Zurich and St Gallen announced they had suspended […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission congratulates President Mahama
Accra, July 25, GNA – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana on Wednesday congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for his elevation to the high office of the Presidency. President Dramani […]
FIJI NEWS – Charges dropped against former minister Mahendra Chaudhry
Fiji drops tax charges against Chaudhry The Australian A FIJI court has quashed money laundering charges against former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry, but he will still stand trial for allegedly breaching foreign exchange laws, reports say. Chaudhry, who became Fiji’s first ethnic Indian prime minister in … See all stories on this topic » Chaudhry to […]
Fed Sees Both Benefits and Risks in New Moves
WASHINGTON — The argument for the Federal Reserve to introduce another round of stimulus, and its reasons for hesitation, can both be summarized by a single number: 3.53 percent, the average interest rate last week on a 30-year mortgage. The cost of mortgages and other kinds of loans remain well […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: ‘Pakistan Government turns a blind eye to the murder of Ahmadiyya Muslims’
It is devastating for human rights activists the world over and those who stand for religious freedom, practise and tolerance, that the Government of Pakistan is not only stone deaf and dumb but also blind to the continuous murders of the followers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. We have received […]
Picture of the Day: Three Gorges Dam
Source China Daily Flood water spills from the Three Gorges Dam, a hydropower project on the Yangtze River, in Yichang city, Central China’s Hubei province, July 24, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
US slams Beijing over “deteriorating” human rights conditions in China
Global Post: US officials have slammed China’s human rights record, criticizing Beijing for continuing to quash dissent. “The overall situation of human rights in China continues to deteriorate,” Agence France-Presse […]
Pakistani’s scientific achievements obscured by religious intolerance
Khabar: Fearing the wrath of religious fundamentalists, Pakistan’s scientific community has been unable to properly acknowledge Nobel Prize winner Abdus Salam (1926-1996), whose theoretical work helped pave the way for […]
Turkey a hub for Syria revolution as illegal border crossing points abound
Washington Post: Come nightfall, a bucolic farming village begins to buzz with unusual activity. Shadowy figures emerge from olive groves, clutching small suitcases. Cars crowd the winding rural road collecting […]
PAKISTAN: Government turns a blind eye to the murder of Ahmadiyya Muslims
Asian Human Rights Commission: It is devastating for human rights activists the world over and those who stand for religious freedom, practise and tolerance, that the Government of Pakistan is […]