Burkina Faso: President deplores Muslim violence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — calls on Muslims to stop using violence as a way of expressions. Compaore, who is a convert to Islam, said that violence should not be […]
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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
AUSSIE $ RISES AGAINST US-WSJ REPORTS
South Pacific dollars continue raising against greenback – A World Street Journal Report Sep 14, 2012 03:11 PM Friday saw the monetary unit of Australia push to its highest value in four weeks against the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency reeled in the aftermath of Fed chief Ben Bernanke announcing […]
Kuwait school ordered to re-admit veiled student
Manama: An Indian school in Kuwait was told to re-admit a Pakistani student after it refused to admit her for wearing a veil. A source told local Arabic daily Al Rai that the girl’s father was shocked that the private school had rejected her admission because she started wearing a veil. […]
JEWISH GROUP UPSET ON ANTI-ISLAM FILM REPORT,CNN
Iraqi protesters burn Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest Thursday. The U.S. ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three others were killed during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. September 14th, 2012 03:00 AM ET Jewish groups mad about initial reports on anti-Islam […]
What happened to African polygamy? Court Cancels Zimbabwe Prime Minister’s Wedding
by Sebastian Mhofu, Voice of America HARARE — A court in Zimbabwe has cancelled the wedding of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, set for Saturday, after two women separately filed interdicts. […]
Another interesting exchange of dialogue about Ahmadiyyat.
Source: ET-Pakistan Following exchange of dialogue about Ahmadiyyat is appended below for MT Readers. Sarmad Aijaz Dear Readers, I dont know what is intention of this article but I am refering some of major difference between muslims and Qadinais if someone think that we should give them space of comfort […]
Opinion (from the Tripoli Post, Libya): Playing into the Hands of Fundamentalists
Opinion: Playing in the Hands of Fundamentalists – by Muhammad Azeemullah Benghazi once known as the cradle of revolution in Libya is now deemed as the ghost of terror. The armed assault on American consulate in Benghazi, in which the American ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other diplomats died, has […]
Calif. chef serves up generosity to homeless kids
(CBS News) ANAHEIM, Calif. – A while back “On The Road” introduced us to a man who had heard a voice, telling him to share his good fortune. The voice […]
Merkel worries Arab violence could spread
Credit: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday voiced her “great worry” about the violence spreading in Arab countries over an anti-Islamic film as she condemned an attack on the German embassy in Khartoum. More:
Poll Finds Obama Is Erasing Romney’s Edge on Economy
Credit: NY Times. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have the support of 51 percent of registered voters, the poll found. President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create […]
Swiss training planes conquer difficult market
by Olivier Pauchard, swissinfo.ch Swiss manufacturer Pilatus has little trouble selling its training aircraft to the world’s air forces despite operating in a shrinking market short on appeal for other […]
And now another movie: Scholars, Al-Azhar demand Iran refrain from screening film on beloved Prophet
RIYADH: NAWAL KSAR ARABNEWS With the announcement almost three years ago about the production of a film portraying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Iranian director Majeed Majeedi sparked a controversy all over the Islamic world. Now, as the film is ready for viewing, the temperature […]
Netanyahu pushes for a war that the U.S. doesn’t want
By Fareed Zakaria (welcome back, Fareed Zakaria). The Daily Star Underneath the headlines of the presidential campaign, there are growing signs that we are moving toward another war in the Middle East. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scolded the United States for refusing to draw a “red line” […]
Papal pressure
There are different versions of when it happened, but more than 60 years ago when confronted with the idea that the Vatican might not be enamored with his policies, Soviet […]
A week of criminals and culture clashes
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star LEBANON So many different things have happened across the Middle East and in Arab-Israeli-Iranian-American relations this week that it is hard to know where to start in analyzing the situation and sorting out the important and lasting developments from the merely fleeting issues. […]
Apostolic exhortation tackles Christians’ Mideast exodus
By Olivia Alabaster The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: The aim of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is ostensibly to allow him to deliver an “apostolic exhortation” in response to […]
Islam And Science
Source: Alislam.org So said the Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani The Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said about God of nature and Islam: […]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan The Voice of Unity – The merging of Indian, Persian and Arab cultures
Source: Qantara On the 15th anniversary of the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the world can look back on an extraordinary musician. The “King of Qawwali” was a source […]
EADS and BAE plan merger to take on Boeing
Source: The Local European aerospace giants EADS and BAE have less than a month from Thursday to clear big hurdles to a projected $45 billion merger and create a united […]
Protesters Set Fire to German Embassy in Sudan
Source: Spiegel International Angry protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum attacked the German Embassy on Friday, setting fire to parts of the building. They also tore down the German flag […]