FIFA approves goal line technology, Islamic headscarf
AGENCIES ARABNEWS Friday 6 July 2012 ZURICH: Goal-line technology to confirm whether or not a goal has been scored and the use of the Islamic headscarf were approved by soccer’s […]
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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
General from Assad inner circle reportedly defects
BEIRUT — In what would be the most high-profile defection from the inner circle of the Syrian leadership, Manaf Tlas, a friend of President Bashar Assad and a brigadier in his Republican Guard, was reported on Wednesday to have fled to Turkey. Meanwhile, Syrian troops pushed into the rebel-held northern […]
True Sharia based on justice, equality, not fear, hatred
By: M. Imran Hayee, Duluth News Tribune On May 21, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation barring all Kansas state courts from considering “foreign” law in their rulings. While many […]
‘They’re robbing us’: 12-year-old exposes Canada’s banking flaws, goes viral
Russian TV: Economists around the world are struggling to break free of the clutches of the financial crisis but a Canadian girl explains exactly what needs to be done. Victoria Grant, 12, became an overnight Internet sensation after a video of her slamming Canada’s banks and the government for robbing […]
1 dead, 7 injured in Toronto mall shooting
Source: CNN One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday when shots were fired at the Eaton Centre shopping mall in Toronto, police said. Six of the victims suffered […]
A decree to counter discrimination
Source: Dawn Author: Waris Husain Last week, Justice Dost Muhammad Khan of the Peshawar High Court declared that extra police security should be provided to the Hindu community in Peshawar, whose temple […]
Challenging Wilders: The Pen indeed and not the Axe!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The title of the first chapter of Geert Wilders’ recent book against Islam, Marked for Death: Islam’s War […]
Refutation: of Allegation Ahmadi Muslims trespass in Mecca
Source: Cult Girl/Ahmadiyya: One of the countless, debilitatingly endemic problems with anti-Ahmadiyya hate sites is that they provide a platform for any old ignoramus to pose as a scholar and offer their own opinions as ‘Islam,’ whilst providing no supporting evidence whatsoever. Such people seem to become so enamoured with […]
Healthiest Plants for Your Home
Health.com: Chemicals from building materials, furniture, and even air fresheners can make indoor air toxic, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But just getting some greenery can help, says B.C. Wolverton, PhD, a former NASA research scientist and the author ofHow to Grow Fresh Air. “Houseplants give off oxygen and […]
India for Fiji’s healthcare
Fiji looks to India for health care advancement The Minister for Health, Dr Neil Sharma, visited India this week to examine medical facilities and source expertise in various medical areas for Fiji. The Fiji High commission in New Delhi facilitated the meetings. Fiji’s High Commissioner to New India, Yogesh Karan, […]
Fiji lifts media ban
ifts ban on public meetings From:AFP June 02, 2012 11:37PM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fipad%2Ffiji-lifts-ban-on-public-meetings%2Fstory-fn6s850w-1226381557636%3Fsv%3Df943ddedbd9ed67cf072c48504f079ac&style=compact&apikey=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&service_api=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&source=TheHeraldSun EASING UP: FIJI WILL ALLOW PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA SEIZED POWER IN 2006. PICTURE: AFP AFP FIJI has re-instated the right to hold public meetings, which […]
The hijab has liberated me from society’s expectations of women
the guardian: When you think of the hijab, you probably don’t think “political”. Or “independent”. Or “empowered”. Feminist? Certainly not – feminism is far better known for burnt bras and slut-walks than headscarves. There is much misunderstanding about how women relate to their hijab. Some, of course, choose the headcover […]
The New Evangelization: Quo Vadis
Written by: Mr. Paul Kokoski Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae states that every person has a “right” to religious freedom and that they are not to be “coerced” in any way to act contrary to their own beliefs. In seemingly contradictory fashion the same document exhorts Catholics to use the coercive […]
Ahmadiyya Youth, Paying Tribute To Mother Mary.
Source: Moose Jaw Times Herald – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), which is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (www.alislam.org), is hosting an open house Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Public Library today to promote religious harmony, dispel misconceptions about Islam […]
The CIA crossed a red line to find Osama bin Laden
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon As an intelligence operation, it must have seemed like pure genius: recruit a Pakistani doctor to collect blood samples that could identify Osama bin Laden’s family, under cover of an ongoing vaccination program. But as an ethical matter, it was something else. The […]
The logic of Kofi Annan’s Syria strategy
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon It must be depressing for Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, to hear at every turn that the “Annan plan” for resolving the conflict is dead, and that country will soon plunge into a full-fledged sectarian civil war. My […]
“Love for All, Hatred for None” – 30,000 Muslims meet in convention center Karlsruhe / Germany
“Love for All, Hatred for None ‘: 30,000 Muslims meet in convention center in Karlsruhe, Germany – For the second time since Friday the Muslim Community Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) […]
Mathura communal riot: CM steps in, violence almost controlled
Source: Twocircles.net New Delhi: For full 8 hours, mobs of the majority community allegedly ran on rampage in the Kosikalan village about 40 kms from Mathura district headquarters. Initial news reports said one person was killed in the violence but an eyewitness said at least five persons, all youths from […]
Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council Eager to Provide Promotion Services for Other Technologies
Source: FNA TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council Dr. Saeed Sarkar expressed pleasure with the two-year activities of the Tech-to-Market Services Corridor (a subsidiary of the INIC), and announced the INIC’s preparedness to provide other technologies with promotion services. “We are prepared to offer such services to other […]
Wilders loses anti-rescue fund lawsuit
Geert Wilders has lost the legal case he began against the European rescue fund. A judge in the Hague has ruled that Wilders’ objections to the creation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) are not a legal basis for stopping parliament from ratifying the plan. Wilders wants the ratification of […]