Palestinian couple gets West Bank wedding
Source: Jordan Times. AP | Apr 14,2012 | 23:03 DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank — Maha Surougi and Thaer Qasem have lived their entire lives in Syria’s largest Palestinian refugee camp […]
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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
Is secularisation of Pakistan possible? —Yasser Latif Hamdani
Source: Daily Times, Pakistan Secularisation and state secularism, however, are distinguishable. The former is an evolutionary process and the latter a constitutional expression of the state’s impartiality to all religious […]
Muslim community holds interfaith symposium
Source: Democrat and Chronicle.com Down the street from the Rochester International Airport, where individuals from all corners of the world cross paths , a diverse group gathered to discuss the crossing paths of different religions and the role of faith in society. A banner printed “Love for all, Hatred for […]
Intermittent fasting promotes brain health
(NaturalNews) According to a new study carried out at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, fasting for one or two days each week may help improve the condition of individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Researchers have found that stopping nearly all food intake for short periods of time […]
Australian children to be sterilized without parental consent under new eugenics law
(NaturalNews) If you have ever seen the famous 1975 movieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, you likely recall several disturbing scenes in which mental health patients are given frontal-lobe lobotomies, or the iconic scene where actor Jack Nicholson’s character undergoes electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Today, these horrific forms of so-called mental […]
Andrew Bowen, Man Who Spends 12 Months Practicing 12 Different Religions, Finds Peace
Huff Post LUMBERTON, N.C. (RNS) Andrew Bowen sat yoga-style in his armchair, absent-mindedly fingering a set of Muslim prayer beads in his left hand as he talked about 2011 — his year of conversion. But he’s not Muslim. In fact, the 29-year-old Lumberton resident doesn’t call himself by any of […]
OIC hosts delegation from UN Alliance of Civilization
By JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hosted fellows from the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (AoC) for a three-day visit to Jeddah, the first such visit […]
Iraq to allow passage of Jordanian trucks headed for Turkey, Europe — official
by JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Iraq has concluded all technical procedures to grant passage for Jordanian commodities through Iraq en route to Turkey and European countries, according to officials taking part in a meeting of the joint Jordanian-Iraqi Committee on Transport and Trade. During its meeting that was held earlier […]
Book refutes stereotypes about Saudi women
By RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO, ARAB NEWS STAFF Saudi women have been playing an active role in all walks of life in society and compete with men in acts of […]
Iran, Syria, North Korea: Is the world sitting on a tinderbox? WW III
Daily Telegraph: by David Blair: The conference centre was cleared of alcohol, a prayer room prepared and female officials advised to dress with a special touch of modesty. When Iran’s […]
How Thomas Jefferson’s secret Bible might have changed history
CNN: By Mitch Horowitz, Special to CNN: Imagine the following scenario: A U.S. president is discovered to be spending his spare time taking a razor to the New Testament, cutting up and […]
Despite innocent verdict, blasphemy accused shot dead by maulvi complainant
Express News: LAHORE: An elderly man, recently released from prison after acquittal by the court on proving innocent in a blasphemy case, was shot dead by the complainant in the Farooqabad […]
AMC Delhi Peace symposium Press Release : Religious leaders praise Ahmadiyya community’s efforts to promote Peace
15 April 2012 (New Delhi). Leaders belonging to different faiths praised Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s effort to promote Peace in society during the one day Peace Symposium held here on Saturday. […]
Egypt Bars 10 From Presidential Race
The Wall Street Journal reports that Egypt’s Presidential Elections Commission will exclude 10 candidates, including three prominent frontrunners, from presidential elections next month, a decision that is likely to stoke popular outrage across Egypt’s political spectrum. Farouq Sultan, a judge and the head of the commission, said Saturday night that Muslim […]
Easy homemade remedies relieve arthritis and joint pain
(NaturalNews) Homemade remedies for arthritis, gout and other joint pain are never farther away than the kitchen cupboard or the refrigerator. Joint disease is the result of various causes ranging from aging, to over-use and autoimmune diseases that attack joints and surrounding tissue. Pharmaceutical companies have designer drugs that reduce […]
Homeopaths under assault in Australia after NHMRC threatens to declare their work unethical
(NaturalNews) A draft document not intended for public release has revealed that theNational Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) in Australia is planning to nix homeopathy from its list of covered medical treatments.The Agereports that the draft paper, which was recently leaked to reporters, dubs homeopathy an “unethical” form of medical […]
What Really Happened When Muhammad Met Jesus?
Source: Huff Post By Kemal Argon Christians are directly concerned with and interested in the prophetic biography of Jesus Christ. Muslims are directly interested in the prophetic biography of the Prophet Muhammad and following his example. Muslims believe that both of these Prophets, Muhammad and Jesus, actually met each other. […]
Saudi cleric gets 5-year jail for ‘incitement’
Source: Ahmadiyya Times RIYADH, April 11: A Saudi court sentenced a cleric who fiercely supports the segregation of the sexes to five years in prison on Wednesday for ‘incitement’ against rulers, media reported. Yussef al-Ahmad was also sentenced to a five-year travel ban and fined 100,000 Saudi riyals, said aleqt.com, […]
Interfaith Symposium Do We Need Organized Religion?
Source: http://www.tsinai.org The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast-growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, the Community spans 200 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, established in 1920, is the first American-Muslim organization. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization to believe […]
Can Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala break America’s hold on the World Bank?
The first time Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ever had to convince Barack Obama of anything was back in 2005. At the time, Obama was an ambitious young senator from Illinois with a […]