Americans and Saudis: hands off Pakistan’s pipeline please!
Express Tribune: by Pervez Hoodbhoy: Now and then, as though out of sheer boredom, the United States shoots itself in the foot and loses the occasional goodwill it creates with […]
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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
Laiq Ahmed Atif practises what he preaches – Love for All, Hatred for None
Source: Times of Malta “On my flight to Malta from Germany, I prayed a lot – because Malta was a completely new country for me, I prayed that God gives me courage and wisdom to get to know the Maltese people,” says Laiq Ahmed Atif, 30, from Pakistan. “As soon […]
The Issue of Evil and Suffering
The Issue of Evil and Suffering The Islamic Perspective This article, based on a speech delivered at an earlier Ahmadiyya Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada, covers the reason behind suffering among innocent people, and the potential benefits that man can derive from such circumstances. by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Ayaz OBE – UK The […]
Attainment of Inner Peace
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community We present below the transcript of part of a Question and Answer session with Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(ru), fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, recorded at Cologne, Germany on the 21st August 1996. Transcribed […]
Psychic phenomena
By the Late Bashir Ahmad Orchard There are two realms of phenomena in operation which embrace dreams, visions, sounds from nowhere, and so on. They are the realms of: 1. Psychic Phenomena; 2. Spiritual Phenomena. This personal treatise is devoted only to a brief study of psychic phenomena; and the […]
Twain shall meet in Turkey
By AIJAZ ZAKA SYEPagesD, ARABNEWS Kipling was wrong; the East and West can and do meet. They do here in Turkey! Turkey is a nation forever living in two worlds. […]
Prepare for the Unexpected
One day, young Nasruddin’s buddies decided they would try to nab his pointy slippers. They waited around a tall cypress tree until Nasruddin walked along, then two of the boys, Hussein and Faruk, started to pretend they were having a loud argument. “Nobody could climb that tree. It’s way too […]
Book Review – Social History of Christian Polygamy
“After polygamy was made a sin” by John Cairncross Published 1974 by Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. ISBN 0 7100 7730 Introduction This book, subtitled “The Social History of Christian Polygamy”, was written by a former British civil-servant and journalist who discovered an anti-polygamy book in a Paris bookstore in […]
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul- Masih IV (r.a.)
The Promised Messiah and founder of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani’s blessed son, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (The Khalifatul Masih II and Musleh Mauod) married Hazrat […]
Pastor Emeritus Nelson Price: ‘May professed spirit of Ahmadiyya increase’
By Nelson Price Columnist, The Marietta Daily Journal There are almost as many sects of Muslims as there are Baptist denominations. Most often in the news are Sunnis and Shiites. […]
Philadelphia priest abuse trial a test case for Catholic church
By Sarah Hoye, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) – It’s been four weeks since the beginning of the trial of the highest ranking U.S. Catholic Church leader charged with covering up the crimes of priests against children. The main issue is not whether sex abuse occurred, as defense attorneys have pointed out, […]
(another) $680m US fund for Israel’s Iron Dome
The Associated Press – ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: A House panel is boosting money for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system by $680 million amid an election-year fight over whether President Barack Obama is doing enough for the longtime Mideast ally. The Republican-controlled Armed Services Committee, which begins crafting a fiscal 2013 […]
Swiss envoy to visit Jordan, discuss aid to Syrian refugees
Petra | Apr 21,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Swiss government envoy in charge of humanitarian assistance to Syrians in Jordan, Manuel Basler, is scheduled to arrive in Amman today to become acquainted with the conditions of Syrian refugees in the Kingdom. During his two-day visit, Basler will meet […]
Dialogue crucial for peaceful coexistence
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari underscored the significance of promoting dialogue to achieve peaceful coexistence of peoples across the world. Describing dialogue as the ‘language […]
India Struggles to Deliver Enough Power
Source: The New York Times NELLORE, India — India has long struggled to provide enough electricity to light its homes and power its industry around the clock. In recent years, the government and private sector sought to change that by building scores of new power plants. But that campaign is […]
Islam Without Extremes – A Muslim Case for Liberty: Interview with Turkish author Mustafa Akyol
The Washington Times HOUSTON, April 20, 2012 — In his new book, Islam Without Extremes—A Muslim Case for Liberty, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol attempts to lay the philosophical foundation for liberal democracy in […]
The Relationship Between Christianity and Capitalism
Huff Post Just as, 50 years ago, liberalism was the vital center of our politics, our religious landscape then was dominated by mainline Protestants and a Catholic Church becoming less Roman and more American every year. One of the most symbolic events occurred in 1958 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower […]
Belief in God grows with age (or ‘is reduced among the younger generation’).
International surveys about the depth of people’s belief in God reveal vast differences among nations, ranging from 94 percent of people in the Philippines who said they always believed in God, compared to only 13 percent of people in the former East Germany. Yet the surveys found one constant—belief in […]
Pakistan moves against airline after crash
Source: Dawn Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country as it began an investigation Saturday into the country’s second major […]
Narrowing Islam-West cultural gap
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARAB NEWS STAFF The two-day seminar, to be organized by the Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with the King Abdul Aziz University, is another major […]