Ahmadiyya Muslims celebrate Queen’s jubilee at Tower with fleet of buses
Advertiser Muslims from all over Britain are converging on the Tower of London on Sunday (May 13) for a 10km charity walk to raise £500,000 for the Queen’s charities. The […]
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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
China to start issuing e-passports
Source: China Daily China’s e-passports will better protect citizens’ personal data and national security, said customs officials on Tuesday, as authorities nationwide geared up for the introduction of the new high-tech system. The 48-page travel document, which will be issued starting May 15, is fitted with a chip on the […]
‘Islamic Facebook’ to offer alternative social network
Source: BBC News The social networking giant Facebook has begun its investor roadshow ahead of its planned multi-billion dollar stock market launch in New York later this month. The buzz created by the social network phenomenon has prompted others to try their hand in a potentially highly lucrative industry. One […]
A Regime’s Tight Grip on AIDS
Source: The New York Times HAVANA — Yudelsy García O’Connor, the first baby known to have been born with H.I.V. in Cuba, is not merely still alive. She is vibrant, funny and, at age 25, recently divorced but hoping to remarry and have children. Her father died of AIDS when she was […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes interfaith symposium in Jharkhand
Source: Jagran “Humanity is the greatest religion, It’s the heart of humans where God resides. Love for all hatred for none” Ahmadiyya Muslim community recently organized interfaith symposium at Musabani local community, at Jamshedpur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Prior to the event, leaders from the community expressed that […]
Government told to drop discriminatory terms
The government should no longer use the terms allochtoon and autochtoon to distinguish between Dutch citizens, according to the Council for Societal Development. Allochtoon is a Dutch word used to refer to citizens whose parents were born in another country. Autochtoonrefers to citizens whose parents were born in the Netherlands. In reality, allochtoon is often applied to people […]
French and Greek elections: Lessons for U.S.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The French and Greek election results are being viewed as a smackdown on austerity. In France, Socialist Francois Hollande won the presidential election, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, who supported the compact to increase fiscal discipline in the Eurozone. And the makeup of the next Greek government […]
Excuse me: Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth
Source: The Herald Potty humor just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago. The research published Monday in Current Biology suggests that large dinosaurs made a significant contribution to the greenhouse […]
Google’s driverless cars approved for use in Nevada
Source: Slashgear. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but when it’s over it would sure be nice to have a designated driver built into your car. Thanks to Google’s driverless car program, you might soon be able to have just that. After three months in safety testing and approval, […]
Ox atop a Pole
Once, Mullah Nasruddin traveled to Konya to borrow money from Jalal, his friend who lived there. Jalal, who knew that Nasruddin and his money were soon parted, put the cash into a purse for safekeeping and instructed the Mullah to be extra cautious on the trip home. All the way […]
Mullah Nasrudin seen fishing in a bucket of water
Mulla Nasrudin sat fishing in a bucket of water. A visitor, wishing to be friendly, asked, “How many have you caught?” “YOU ARE THE NINTH,” said Nasrudin.
Saudi Arabia: Expert says most charity societies not transparent
By DAMMAM: ARAB NEWS Nearly 90 percent of charity organizations in the Kingdom are not transparent and they have no financial controllers, according to an expert in charity work. Abdul Wahab Noor Wali, professor at King Abdul Aziz University and former assistant secretary-general of World Assembly of Muslim Youth, also […]
The Value Of A Stay-At-Home Mom: You cannot afford it
Businessinsider.com: This Mother’s Day, go ahead and tell your mom how much you value her―just don’t try to back it up with numbers. New survey data shows a decline in […]
What can fear do to you?
Standard Times- Go SanAngelo Recently, when asked, “What can fear do to you?” I was reminded of two experiences. The first started with me asking a Sunday School class of first graders, “What would you say if someone wanted you to pray for them?” A visitor to the class, a […]
PAKISTAN: A maimed democracy that denies its citizens the right to vote
Asian Human Rights Commission: Statement : The Asian Human Rights Commission has had discussions with the leaders of the Ahmadis, a religious minority community of Islam, at Lahore, Punjab province. During […]
Pakistan is the Key to London’s Olympic Security
Daily Telegraph: There are now just 80 days to go before the start of the Great Siege of London, when the daily routines of millions of the capital’s citizens are […]
Mind, body and spirit: it’s the de-reformation of religion
the guardian Look for the religion section of almost any bookshop in Britain, and you’ll find it’s been subsumed under “Mind, body and spirit”. The reason is simple: what we call religion has changed – dramatically – in just the past 30 years. I think the change is so significant […]
The rediscovery of Islam by Muslims and its global impact
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Jeddah: There is a new Islamic awakening all over the world and Muslims are slowly returning to their roots, said the editor in chief of […]
US troops synch hi-tech and nomad intel in Kony hunt
By RICHARD LOUGH | REUTERS ARABNEWS OBO, Central African Republic: In a bare concrete room in a far-flung corner of Central African Republic, US special forces and Ugandan soldiers map […]
Imam Malik: A star among scholars
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Malik bin Anas, known as Imam Malik, is a prominent name in Islamic history. He was not only a great scholar of Hadith, but also a jurist after whom was founded one of the four Islamic schools of Islamic jurisprudence: the Maliki school. He was […]