The Woes of an American Drone Operator
By Nicola Abé SPIEGEL.DE A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit 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
Death of Jesus in Quran – 5 Evidences
by Nadeem Qureshi (who is NOT a member of the Ahmadiyya Community). an interesting blog: for the full article please click here: ( I invite the readers to join me […]
Rocket attack near Peshawar airport kills at least five
PESHAWAR: At least five people were killed and dozens sustained injuries in Peshawar when at least three rockets, fired from unknown location, landed near the city’s airport, DawnNews reported. Read more
Rivals India, Pakistan to make travel easier
Source: The Lahore Times NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan on Friday announced a new visa regime that will make cross-border travel easier as part of a thaw in their long-hostile […]
PM Ashraf appoints son-in-law Raja Azeemul Haq to plum World Bank post
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has appointed his son-in-law Raja Azeemul Haq to the prestigious post of Executive Director (ED) of the World Bank in Washington. Read more
Freedom of Thought: Independent
The Freedom of Thought 2012 report: the non-religious are still being persecuted By Waleed Alhusseini (Getty Images) Like many non-religious people around the world, I use the internet to express my thoughts. Especially in a country where the vast majority believe in one religion, and do not like to hear any […]
Austrian Ahmadiyya Muslim Community- Excellent performance in National Book Fair.
Source: Munir Munawwar of Austria By Zubair Khan Vienna International Book Fair was organized from 220-25th of November-2012 in Austria. It is one of the most famous book fair in Europe. By the grace of Almighty Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Austria got the opportunity to establish a book stall in […]
‘Historians should focus on people, not kings’
Karachi Historians should caste history in the light of the issues and problems of the masses and how the commonfolk helped shape history, rather than on the grandeur of past rulers which is just meant to pander to our whims of pristine glory. This view was put forth […]
Jinnah’s Passport and Letter to Churchill- Would he be Muslim Today in Pakistan?
Pak Tea House: Editor’s note: It is quite evident from this letter to Churchill that while Muslims League accepted the Cabinet Mission proposals to keep India as a loose Confederation, Congress […]
Are they being a bit premature? Nasa releases Mayan apocalypse video 10 days early
Nasa appears so confident about their prediction that he world will not come to an end that they have released the video early Rob Williams THE INDEPENDENT UK Thursday 13 […]
Archbishop’s last word: our view of elderly is a scandal
Rowan Williams uses final speech in House of Lords to decry society’s attitude to older people Oliver Wright , Kevin Rawlinson THE INDEPENDENT. UK Saturday 15 December 2012 Old people […]
Syria: Sunni Syrian rebels burn Shiite mosque: video
Story Summary A video posted on the Internet shows Sunni Muslim rebels burning a Shiite mosque in north Syria — a sign that the country’s civil war is spiralling into […]
Gold analysts ignore 40% of the market
Clyde Russell ARABNEWS Saturday 15 December 2012 LAUNCESTON, Australia: Take seven recent research reports on the outlook for gold from top-ranked investment banks and consultants and you’ll find one thing […]
Jerusalem patriarch condemns vandalism of monastery
Petra | Dec 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on Thursday condemned an attack on Jerusalem’s Monastery of the Cross by Jewish extremists, the […]
Jordanian tapped to lead jihadist forces in Syria
by Taylor Luck | Dec 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A Jordanian national has been tapped to lead jihadist forces in Syria, Islamist sources unveiled on Thursday. According to a Syrian Islamist source, the Jabhat Al Nusra Li Ahl Al Sham coalition has named Mustafa Abdul Latif Al […]
How Japan Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
Businessinsider.com: I’ve heard it said that, if you take a walk around Waikiki, it’s only a matter of time until someone hands you a flyer of scantily clad women clutching handguns, overlaid with English and maybe Japanese text advertising one of the many local shooting ranges. The city’s largest, the […]
Prayers in An Ahmadi Mosque by a Sunni Muslim
By Nasir Gondal MD Unless one came to the United States in the last five years, it is hard to think that one does not know about Shaheen Sweets. It started […]
Ahmadi Muslims in UK call for urgent action against hate
Guardian: Members of a Muslim sect persecuted in Pakistan have called for action to prevent groups from peddling hate against them in the UK. The Ahmadiyya community in the UK […]
Nurse guilty of circumcision death
A nurse has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a four-week-old baby who bled to death after a botched home circumcision. Goodluck Caubergs died the day after Grace Adeleye carried out the procedure without anaesthetic and using only a pair of scissors, forceps and olive oil, a trial at […]
Attack on Afghanistan spy chief planned in Pakistan – ‘It was an absolutely professional attack’
Source: Kuwait Times KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday a suicide attack that wounded the country’s spy chief was planned in neighbouring Pakistan, and added he would raise the issue with Islamabad. The president did not openly blame Pakistan over the attack on Asadullah Khalid in Kabul on Thursday […]