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
Source/Credit: Reuters. FaithWorld Religion, faith and ethics (Mustafa Akyol at the Council on Foreign Relations ‘Religion and the Open Society’ Symposium In New York March 25, 2008 in this publicity photo released to Reuters July 13, 2011/Council on Foreign Relations) Eight year-old Mustafa Akyol was looking at a book in […]
Tapping the Knowledge of Germany’s Water Sommelier By Barbara Supp Gregor Schlaeger Water sommelier Jerk Martin Riese samples different waters in Hamburg’s Redroom cocktail bar. Should you drink Tasmanian rainwater with your Riesling? Or would Norwegian spring water be the perfect thing to cleanse your palate between courses? Germany’s water […]
Source:Spiegel Magazine’ Grasping for a solution: Obama is making little progress on the debt-ceiling dispute. With no solution to the US debt crisis in sight, the rest of the world is starting to get nervous. German commentators urge congressional leaders to get their act together. A US default would have […]
Since the publication of legal scholar John Makdisi’s ‘The Islamic Origins of the Common Law’ in the North Carolina Law Review, there has been controversy over whether English common law […]
The below text examines the suitability of Judaism as an ideological basis for a New World Order. It does not mean to reflect the actual religious practice of all Jewish people. As the fourth Ahmadiyya Caliph has said, in his book ‘The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order’ on page […]
Source/Credit: Reuters By Myra MacDonald RABWAH, Pakistan | Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:04am EDT RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At the office of what claims to be one of Pakistan’s oldest newspapers, workers scan copy for words it is not allowed to use — words like Muslim and Islam. “The government is […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/ghanaNews/idAFEUCOC120110715?sp=true Europe cash cocoa: Market down on Ghana sale AMSTERDAM, July 15 (Reuters) – Price differentials in Europe’s cash cocoa market eased this week as the world’s second-largest producer Ghana stepped up sales, traders said. Ghana differentials were at about 115 pounds ($185.8) over London nearby cocoa futures contracts LCCc1, […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFWEB008220110715 S.Africa petroleum group says union delays talks JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Reuters) – The South African Petroleum Industry Association said on Friday the largest of the unions in a strike that has caused fuel shortages in Africa’s largest economy was delaying talks to Monday. “CEPPWAWU (Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/moroccoNews/idAFLDE76D1FI20110714?sp=true Morocco says protests over phosphate jobs are over RABAT, July 14 (Reuters) – Protesters have ended their blockade of a railway line used to transport phosphates in Morocco, after promises they would be reconsidered for jobs at the state-run phosphate monopoly (OCP), official media said on Thursday. Over the […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE76E0C720110715?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true WRAPUP 5-United States recognises Libya rebels By Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL, JulY 15 (Reuters) – Rebel leaders won recognition as the legitimate government of Libya from the United States and other world powers on Friday in a major boost to the rebels’ faltering campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi. Western nations […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/somaliaNews/idAFLDE76D0Y820110714 Mauritius gets 3 mln euros for pirate trials PORT LOUIS July 14 (Reuters) – Mauritius has secured 3 million euros ($4.25 million) from the European Union for the trial and detention of suspected Somali pirates, the Indian ocean island nation said on Thursday. Rampant piracy off the coast of […]
Death Penalty For Apostates ! By Non-Ahmadiyya Mullah Dr. Israr Ahmad. According to the most of the Muslim clerics and zealots apostate should be punished with death penalty. They believe that no one has the right to change his faith, once he declares himself a Muslim. They preach this distorted […]
Source/Credit: Aljazeera Both pan-Arabist and Islamist governments have failed to embrace diversity and pluralism – to their own detriment. The division of Sudan into two states is a dangerous precedent. The Arab world has to draw the right lessons from if it wants to avoid the break-up of other Arab […]
Source/Credit: The Times of Malta: Friday, July 15, 2011 , by Laiq Ahmed Atif Human beings have explored more civilisations with the passage of time and we are now in the 21st century. But, in some countries and societies that is merely a technicality and nothing more. The archaic […]
Credit/Source: The Times of Malta: July 15, 2011 (www.timesofmalta.com) Belgium will enforce a burqa ban from July 23 with a fine and possible jail time for women who wear it, joining France as the second EU nation to forbid full veils, Belgian media said yesterday. The new law was […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 ISTANBUL: Senior officials from more than 40 countries, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are on their way to the historic Turkish city of Istanbul to take part in Friday’s talks on Libya. Besides […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:18 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:40 MAKKAH: The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has urged municipal authorities in Makkah to take urgent steps to protect the sanctity of some graveyards that it says are being slowly ruined in the holy city, Al-Madinah […]
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Evaluation of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Programme’s economic feasibility study and the environmental and social impact assessment will conclude later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday. The implementation of the Red-Dead project will commence when results of the studies are […]