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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
Saudi king gives women right to vote
RIYADH — Saudi King Abdullah announced on Sunday he was giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the only public polls in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom. He also announced that women would have the right to join the all-appointed Shura (consultative) Council, in an address opening […]
Hina Rabbani Khar called back from US visit
ISLAMABAD: As tension prevails between the United States and Pakistan, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani summoned Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar back to Islamabad on Sunday for the All Parties Conference (APC). Khar’s presence is said to be vital during the APC as she was one of the few members […]
Women to join Shoura in next session
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Women will join Shoura Council in the next session, and they will also be allowed to contest and vote in the next municipal elections, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah said while addressing Shoura Council on Sunday. King Abdullah announced that women would be […]
Friday prayers start 29th Annual Gathering of the Swiss Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source/Credit: Thurgauer Zeitung, Switzerland By Esther Simon | September 24, 2011 Adopted from a crude translation generated by Google-Translateion: It was peaceful here on Friday morning in a small ‘tent city’ which the organizers have set up near their mosque they had established five years ago in Häusern. The Ahmadiyya […]
Truth about National Assembly of Pakistan (Urdu)
Truth about National Assembly of Pakistan 1974. our beloved hazur delivered friday sermon on 17th may 1985
Humanity First – A leading organisation in serving mankind around the globe
MY AIM AND THE DESIRED OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE MANKIND! (The Promised Messiah as) “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, […]
GCC rebuilds, repairs hundreds of homes in Gaza
By MOHAMMED MAR’I ARABNEWS GAZA: The GCC program for the reconstruction of Gaza has succeeded to rebuild hundreds of homes destroyed during the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip in 2008-2009. Rif’at Diab, the program coordinator in the Strip, told the Voice of Palestine Radio that the program finished the first […]
GCC asks Saleh to hand over power
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS SANAA: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) urged Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a power transfer plan “immediately” as forces loyal to the Yemeni president attacked pro-opposition troops with mortar shells and heavy gunfire Saturday and rooftop snipers picked off unarmed protesters fleeing in panic. The streets of […]
Ancient oasis sheds light on early humans
By Taylor Luck IN THE DRYING marshlands of the Azraq oasis lie the remnants of one of the earliest communities to roam the Levant. Ayn Qasiyya – an Epipalaeolithic site dating back some 20,000 years located in the Azraq Wetlands Reserve – has yielded dozens of secrets from the prehistoric […]
US buys time in Mideast, but also woes
By Matthew Lee The Associated Press, JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS – The Obama administration has managed to buy time and may have staved off an embarrassing and politically awkward showdown over Palestinian statehood at the UN. It may also have manoeuvred itself into a corner.The US and the rest of […]
Conservation of turtles given a boost
PETALING JAYA: Turtle conservation in Malaysia will enter a new era from Dec 1 when the country enforces its inter-governmental agreement on the Conservation and Manage-ment of Marine Turtles and their Habitats within the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA) region. Malaysia is the 33rd state to join the agreement, […]
Local govts get small windfall
PUTRAJAYA: The Government is giving local authorities RM44.4mil more to spend, besides the RM182mil already budgeted for the year. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung, who announced this, said RM29.4mil was for 98 local authorities in the peninsula while the rest was for Sabah and Sarawak. He […]
Experts: Education key to high-income nation dream
PETALING JAYA: The right education and attitude, coupled with less politicking and more innovation, will help the nation become a high-income economy, a conference on the making of a high-income nation here heard. “One challenge is to ensure that the bottom 40% of the economy is not neglected and that […]
Age no barrier for elderly grads
GEORGE TOWN: At the age of 79, many will slow down and spend their time with their family members. But not retiree Musa Jaafar. He has just received his degree in Social Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Musa, who is believed to be one of the oldest graduates in […]
M’sian chefs tickle palates at world’s biggest Chinese cuisine contest
NEW YORK: Two New York-based Malaysian chefs presented their version of popular Chinese dishes at a two-day International Chinese Culinary Competition which ended Friday at Times Square here. The two Malaysian brothers, Erik Cheah and James Cheah, owners of the Penang and RhongTiam Restaurants in New York respectively, served Kung […]
PM: No hudud law in Malaysia
KAMPAR: The Government will not implement hudud law in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said even though the law was “God’s law”, its implementation needed to be based on realities. “If we ask the ulamas, Islamic law cannot be implemented unless we take into consideration the environment and the […]
Najib: PAS’ hudud all for gaining attention
BATU GAJAH: The hullabaloo over the Islamic state and hudud raised by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat “is nothing more than repeating an old issue for the sake of gaining attention,” Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. He said PAS took the stance after it […]
Faster than light?
Dawn Editorial IF verified by further evidence and research, the recent findings of the CERN institute in Switzerland could shake the world of physics as we know it. It is being claimed by scientists at CERN that sub-atomic particles known as neutrinos can transcend the speed of light. Apparently neutrinos […]
Exhibition on teachings of the Holy Quran denounced by short sighted Muslims!
Source: The Hindu A three-day exhibition on the teachings of the Quran by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat, Delhi, that opened at the Constitution Club here on Friday ran into trouble when All-India Muslim Personal Law Board member Kamaal Farooqui and Syed Yahya Bukhari, brother of the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, along with their supporters denounced […]