Over 70,000 Syrians flee to Jordan as violence continues
Only around 4,000 register with UN agency by Taylor Luck | Feb 20,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The number of Syrians who have fled to Jordan since the beginning […]
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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
Master weaver from Makkah dazzles at British Museum
By JOMANA ALRASHID | ARAB NEWS LONDON: The British Museum here is hosting a demonstration of textile weaving by Hassan Alwany, the master weaver from Dar Al-Kiswa in Makkah, revealing […]
Shoura OKs King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Center for Dialogue in Vienna
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The Shoura Council approved a draft proposal on Monday to set up the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna. The approval was given at the eighth regular session of the council chaired by Abdullah Al-Asheikh on […]
Spiritual Lessons in Reflecting upon Nature: Metaphors that guide us to higher spirituality
By Zia H Shah The article was published in the spring volume of Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in USA: http://muslimsunrise.com/ Human knowledge is a collection of metaphors and […]
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: A Great Orator in defense of Ahmadiyyat-True Islam
My apology for English readers this video is in Urdu: This talks about a verse of Sura Tahreem and how it applies to polemics between Ahmadiyyat and its critics. The […]
Andhra Pradesh, India: Muslim-controlled State Wakf Board issue boycott orders for Ahmadis
Source: AhmadiyyaTimes World’s largest democracy, India, was given a black eye yesterday when a Muslim controlled governmental entity, the State Wakf Board in Andhra Pradesh (AP) enacted hate based policies towards a religious minority in Hyderabad. According to the steps taken on February 18 by the AP State Wakf Board, […]
West’s poker face at Middle Eastern grand chessboard
by Adrian Salbuchi for RT The planned neo-colonial takeover of the Middle East is gearing up. As the heat rises, the West finds it increasingly difficult to proceed with its […]
Governor-General of Tuvalu calls on Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in London
On 15 February 2012, the world Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad was called on by the Governor-General of Tuvalu, Sir Iakoba Italeli at the Fazl […]
Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
See comments and to read more go to the Library in Alislam.org. The Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community In the 19th century, Islam as a religion and Muslims as a nation were helpless. Muslim empires were crumbling all over the world. In the subcontinent […]
Taliban Gaining More Resources From Kidnapping
Credit: Newyork Times: LAHORE, Pakistan — A campaign of high-profile kidnappings has provided the Pakistani Taliban and its allies with new resources, arming insurgents with millions of dollars, threatening foreign aid programs and galvanizing a sophisticated network of jihadi and criminal gangs whose reach spans the country. Wealthy industrialists, academics, […]
Iran Raid Seen as a Huge Task for Israeli Jets
Credit: Newyork Times: WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran’s air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and use at least 100 planes. […]
US, Iran inching toward talks
Credit: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar The foreplay is nearing completion on the Iran situation. The surest sign is that there were no serious takers in Western capitals for the Israeli smear campaign this week that Tehran’s agents had been going about placing bombs in New Delhi, Tbilisi and […]
British Museum’s Tribute to Hajj
Newsweek: Today, a staggering 3 million Muslims travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. They come from all over the world and speak different languages but are united by hajj, the […]
Sir Zafarullah Khan — Pakistan’s First Foreign Minister reads his essay on CBS radio, 1950.
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Of ban and boycotts: Shezan refuses to die
Dawn: Hajra Mumtaz: THERE are many in Pakistan who argue that the problem with the country is not its uneducated millions, but its educated: those who ought to know better […]
Corporatocracy: US ‘slipping into fascism’
Russian TV: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul slammed America’s system of governance at a rally in Kansas City, saying businesses and government are pushing the country into twenty-first century fascism. […]
Religious divide in Africa
SUDAN was bombing South Sudan again last week, only a couple of months after the two countries split apart. Sudan is mostly Muslim, and South Sudan is predominantly Christian, but the quarrel is about oil, not religion. And yet, it is really about religion too, since the two countries would […]
Fake Mulla Nasruddin jokes
I do not know why and from where a lot of fake Mulla Nasruddin now circulate on the internet. Like for instance this one: When Mulla Nasrudin died, his wife decided to have him cremated. The attendant at the crematory showed his widow a display of beautifully decorated urns for […]
Trains will be up and running in 3 years, says Saudi Railways chief Trains will be up and running in 3 years, says Saudi Railways chief
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: Three years from now Saudi Arabia will have one of the most extensive rail networks in the world. It will rival grids in […]
Turn Arab Spring into 10-year development plan — Prince Hassan
Petra | Feb 20,2012 | 23:21 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, chairman and founder of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), on Sunday said the Arab Spring should be transformed into a 10-year development plan that focuses on the interests of the Arab nation. During a ceremony yesterday to […]