Can Arabs and Chinese save the (Swiss) tourist industry?
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch For decades, Swiss hotels and mountain resorts have been able to rely on Swiss and visiting Germans to fill their coffers. But each year there are […]
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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
Sloth: A Christian Perspective
By Paul Kokoski “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth”(Revelation 3:15-16). Sloth, often called acedia, is often described simply as the sin […]
Romney gains ground on Obama on economic issues: poll
(Reuters) – Republican challenger Mitt Romney has argued for more than a year that he would do a better job of boosting the sluggish U.S. economy than President Barack Obama, and new polling data indicates that voters may be coming around to his point of view. Four weeks before the […]
Inside of the Muslim mind
Source: LUBP: What we find today is that it is only Islam and its followers which are privileged to be the focus of the entire world. Islam, though a minority religion of the world is struggling hard to excel all other religions being “youngest” of all the other “divine” religions. […]
Peace – prize winner Pakistani Girl shot
Peace-prize winning Pakistani girl on Taliban hit list fights for life after shooting Veronique De Viguerie / Getty Images, file Malala Yousafzai, pictured here at the age of 12 in March 2009, is said to be in a critical condition after she was shot twice. By Amna Nawaz […]
The Madam and the Imam: Huma Yusuf of Dawn
The Madam and the Imam By HUMA YUSUF KARACHI — Last month, the police in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, arrested four women and one man for engaging in prostitution, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in prison. The High Court in Peshawar released […]
Gambia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Condemns Anti-Islam Film
Source: Allafrica.com via Wasim Sroya The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia has strongly condemned the film prepared by an anti-Islam element in the United States of America insulting the pride of mankind- the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (SAW). In a press release sent to the Daily Observer, signed by […]
Dalai Lama: Taking care of others promotes peace
Source: Press and Sun SYRACUSE— Against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, the Dalai Lama said Monday at a peace conference at Syracuse University that “genuine peace […]
The Emerging Doctrine of the United States
Source: Stratfor By George Friedman | Oct. 9, 2012 Over the past weekend, rumors began to emerge that the Syrian opposition would allow elements of the al Assad regime to remain in Syria and participate in the new government. Rumors have become Syria’s prime export, and as such they should […]
The Inflation Monster How Monetary Policy Threatens Savings
Source: Spiegel DPA Central banks are currently flooding cash-strapped industrialized nations with money. This may help governments reduce their debt load, but it also erodes the value of people’s savings. A massive redistribution of wealth is threatening to take place in Germany and Europe — from the bottom to the […]
Justice for minorities: Pipe dream or possibility?
Source: Dawn -Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan Amidst numerous incidents of chaos, anarchy, hatred and fundamentalism, finding solace in hope of a peaceful future is the only choice left for many people living in the country. It is during such times when great leaders like Mahatama Gandhi are truly missed, […]
Europe and Britain sinking under weight of welfare costs
Daily Telegraph: So how did Mr Nasty – aka George Osborne – do? I give the Chancellor a qualified thumbs-up for his party conference speech, even if the word “growth” was […]
Woman who claimed to be world’s oldest dies at 132
Source: TOI: LONDON: A Georgian woman, who claimed to be the world’s oldest living person surviving through two World Wars and the Russian Revolution, has died at the age of 132. Antisa Khvichava, who lived in the remote mountain village of Sachino in Georgia, held Soviet-era documents which said she […]
Twice cursed: Trials of being labelled an Ahmadi and a blasphemer
LAHORE: In year 2010, Mian Irshad* was acquitted in a blasphemy case by the Lahore High Court. Despite the court order, Irshad’s life has resembled that of a fugitive since then. In 2004, Irshad – who had accepted the Ahmadi faith a few years back – was taken to a local […]
Reason for Syria strikes on Turkey is apparent
BEIRUT — Syria’s cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increasingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear message to Ankara and beyond, […]
Egyptian president pardons all political prisoners since revolution
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, has pardoned all political prisoners arrested since the start of last year’s popular revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. On Monday, a decree, published […]
US polls, rigged referendum for everlasting war: Analyst
Source: Press TV Every election in the United States is basically a “rigged referendum” in an incredibly corrupt system of war profiteering, funding hawkish candidates who promote “endless war,” says […]
Haj guides visited pilgrims’ countries in past centuries
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS The tasks carried out by members of the Tawafa Chiefs’ Organization — a body that encompasses the heads of three main pilgrim serving guides including Haj […]
Procedures for foreign pilgrims to be digitized
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered an e-channel project for foreign Haj pilgrims. “As part of the project, Haj visa issuing procedures, including finger printing, should be completed at the country of departure before pilgrims leave for the Kingdom. All procedures that a […]
American view of Muslims distorted by TV news
Dani Anguiano | THE ORION Cars are burning and people are running rampant through the streets as anarchy ensues. While watching any of the major news networks such as Fox, NBC or ABC, most would think the entire Muslim world is in utter chaos all the time. The news gives […]