The Swiss have a vote for it
swissinfo.ch and agencies Direct democracy is as attractive as ever in Switzerland, with 23 nationwide people’s initiatives launched in 2011, a record number. The initiative is a core component of […]
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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
Egypt charges 2 Israelis, Ukrainian with smuggling weapons
By SARAH EL DEEB | AP CAIRO: Egypt’s state prosecutor on Monday charged two Israelis and a Ukrainian with smuggling weapons and trying to implicate Egyptian security, the first case of its kind against foreigners since longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. A statement from the prosecutor’s office […]
Support for scientific research rooted in Qur’an and Sunnah, symposium told
By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Support for science and scientists, both financially and morally, is rooted in Qur’an and Sunnah, said professor Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Hassan in his paper: “The Salafist Vision on Backing Science and Scientists.” Al-Hassan was one of the academics who presented their papers on […]
Jordan sends 12 monitors to Syria
AMMAN — Jordan is set to send its team of monitors to Syria as Amman reiterated on Wednesday its calls for an end to the ongoing violence in its northern neighbour. According to Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Rakan Majali, the team, consisting of 12 members, is […]
Pakistan Minority rights: Silence, increasing intolerance make for another grim year
Express Tribune: The year opened with the assassination of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri in Islamabad on January 4. Taseer was killed for speaking against the blasphemy law and raising a voice in favour of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death […]
Childhood Hypersensitivity Linked to OCD
ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2011) — In childhood, rituals like regular schedules for meal, bath, and bed times are a healthy part of behavioral development. But combined with oral and tactile sensitivities, such as discomfort at the dentist or irritation caused by specific fabrics, these rituals could be an early warning sign […]
Are There Really No Other Reasons To Be Good Other Than A Fear Of Going To Hell?
NPR just did a story on the prevalence of hell in 2011. Harold Camping, for example, predicted that everyone but a few chosen Christians were going to hell on May 21 (and then again on October 21.) And a movie featured hell. And a bestseller featured hell. And that bestseller floated some controversial […]
تمام مزہب ایک انسان کو دوسرے انسان سے نفرت کی نہیں باہمی محبت کی تلقین کرتے ہیں
قادیان میں جماعت احمدیہ کے ١٢٠ ویں سالانہ اجلاس سے مختلف پیشوایان مذاہب کا خطاب Read more: Editor’s note: Sorry English translation is not available, try Google translator or some other software. This news is about various speakers from different religions, emphasizing that all religions teach mutual love among humanity, […]
Anne Sinclair’s ‘woman of the year’ award is a repulsive deceit
Of all the achievements of Gallic womanhood in 2011, it would be difficult to beat Christine Lagarde becoming the first female head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Whatever you think about her rightwing economics, the 55-year-old academics’ daughter from Le Havre built her outstandingly successful career alone. She rarely […]
Lower House of Indian Parliament Passes Anticorruption Measure
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — After a day of high political theater, India’s Parliament moved closer on Tuesday to […]
IVF clinics ‘are ripping off desperate couples’
Fertility clinics are charging women who want to have children three times the actual cost of their treatment – with the NHS as guilty as private practitioners in exploiting desperate couples. The accusation comes from the fertility pioneer Lord Robert Winston, who today launches […]
Birthplace of Jesus: site of clashes
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News It was when clergymen of three groups convened to clean a holy shrine dedicated as birthplace of Jesus Christ that a brawl broke out when […]
Italy’s Borrowing Costs Drop Sharply at Auction
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/19338825.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707%2CH07707http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/498452523.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707LONDON — Italy’s short-term borrowing costs were halved Wednesday at an auction of government bills, easing the immediate pressure on the country’s economy. The sale of €9 billion, or $11.8 billion, of six-month Treasury bills was seen as the first post-holiday pointer to condition of the beleaguered euro zone. Read […]
Picture of the Day: Siberian tigers in NE China
Courtesy / Source: China Daily Visitors watch from a bus as Siberian tigers try to catch a chicken at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. View […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta Helps L-Istrina 2011
Source / Courtesy: Ahmadiyya Malta Laiq Ahmad Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta presented a donation of 500 Euro to His Excellency Dr. George Abela, the President of Malta, in […]
France 24 TV: The most striking videos of 2011
The first video is the murder of Ahmadis in Indonesia in February 2011. It is very sad that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has to be among these sad videos. see here
Unhappyness created by the internet – and murder …
Physician indicted for manslaughter in stabbing death of Ukrainian wife Reported by Rana Husseini | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Criminal Court Prosecutor Ramzi Nawayseh on Tuesday charged a 27-year-old physician with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of his Ukrainian wife a day earlier, official sources said. The suspect, […]
Israeli Girl, 8, at Center of Tension Over Religious Extremism
She is Naama Margolese, 8, the daughter of American immigrants who are observant modern Orthodox Jews. An Israeli weekend television program told the story of how Naama had become terrified of walking to her elementary school here after ultra-Orthodox men spit on her, insulted her and called her a prostitute […]
Ajl — a dance for wedding day
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Ajl is a dance form that originated from seafaring people of the western coast of Madinah and Makkah but now is confined to […]
Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) will continue to follow Salafist ideology: Prince Naif
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, opened a symposium on “Salafism: A Shariah approach and a national demand,” organized by the Imam Muhammad […]