Women-only industrial cities welcomed
JEDDAH: SARAH ABDULLAH Friday 31 August 2012 Saudi businesswomen are voicing their approval of the latest plan by the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) to begin building the first 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
Jews Rabbi attacked in Germany! Muslim Organizations must Condemn it not only with words but with Actions also.
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung via Zafrullah Khan After the attack on a rabbi in Berlin, the Central Council of Jews in Germany has called for more involvement of Muslim organizations in the fight against anti-Semitism. The Council would appreciate it if the associations “would turn finally determined against anti-Semitism in […]
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
ROD MCGUIRK | AP ARABNEWS Friday 31 August 2012 CANBERRA: Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers […]
Don’t miss ‘blue moon’ tonight
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: TOI from 2012 NEW DELHI: The full moon on Friday is going to be […]
Robert Fisk: Minister for information who wants to go straight Truth will no longer be a casualty of Syria’s civil war, says President Assad’s media supremo
When Syrian gunmen stormed Damascus last month, an angry, middle-aged and bespectacled man appeared on state television with a harsh message for Syria’s “enemies”. “They are calling this the last battle,” he roared. “Yes, I agree it is the last battle – and they will lose!” Syrian viewers were not […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews: Amir Liaquat, Imran, Abdul Qadeer and Ahmadies
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
Are Muslims Allowed To Dance?
August, 2012 Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey (RNS) The Taliban in Afghanistan shocked the world this week (Aug. 27) when they beheaded 17 people, allegedly for the crime of dancing at a mixed-gender gathering. Which prompts the question: Does Islam forbid dancing? While Islamic scholars are divided on the answer, it’s easy to […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews: By Kamran Shafi
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
Drug-resistant strain of deadly disease alarms doctors worldwide
RT: The world is in the middle of a tuberculosis pandemic, scientists say. What was once a disease of undeveloped nations has raced across continents, with thousands of cases in Asia and Europe. The disease may infect up to two million people by 2015. An extensive international study published by […]
Temple-Mosque coexistence shows path of harmony in Assam
Source: The Assam Tribune Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – At a stone’s throw away from the river that is considered a grand witness to Assam’s history and culture, two structures stand tall to mark the harmonious coexistence of two faiths. Locals bow their heads to each, and agree that […]
Special Group comprising Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) and Ulema Council (APUC) to monitor proceedings of the Rimsha case
Source: The News Islamabad: The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) Chairman Sajid Ishaq held a meeting with the Special Group formed to monitor the proceedings of the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case here on Wednesday afternoon. The Special Group was formed at a joint consultative session of the Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) […]
Teachers’ Forum – The Commonwealth Teachers’ Forum, organised in Mauritius alongside the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), opened Tuesday at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre at Bell-Village, near Port-Louis, the Mauritian capital. Addressing participants, Mauritian Education and Human Resources Minister, Vasant Bunwaree, urged teachers in the Commonwealth […]
THE SEER OF PAKISTAN
Credit: The New Yorker via Wasim: In the south of Pakistan, where Hindus have lately been kidnapped for ransom and their daughters forcibly converted to Islam, Hindu families have started fleeing to India in trains. As they waved to their relatives from train windows, possibly for the last time, many […]
Separated at birth
India and Israel are often likened to each other, but it is Pakistan that Israel resembles the most Much is made these days of the apparent likeness between India and […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews
Credit: ET Pakistan. The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show, one with […]
Hong Kong vies for Muslim visitors from the Middle East
Hong Kong (CNN) – With the number of visitors from the Middle East to Asia on the rise, Hong Kong is re-examining what it has on offer to entice more […]
‘Somali students recruited in Pakistan for The Hague terror attack’
A Pakistan newspaper is claiming terror organisation Al-Qaeda recruited two young Somali students in Karachi to carry out a terrorist attack on The Hague. Independent paper The Friday Times made the claims this week saying the two men ‘were to be sent to The Hague to carry out a 26/11 type attack,’ […]
“Al-Qaeda planning attack in The Hague”
Al-Qaeda has reportedly recruited two Somali men in Pakistan to carry out a suicide attack in The Hague. According to the Pakistani weekly Friday Times, al-Qaeda has recruited two Somali students in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The terrorist organisation trained them in the use of weapons and explosives and […]
French writer says Anders Breivik was ‘what Norway deserves’
Daily Telegraph: Mr Millet, who says he has read all 1,500 pages of Breivik’s online manifesto, insists that he does not approve of the Norwegian gunman’s crimes. However, he praised Breivik’s writing and cry of hatred for social democracy, immigration and multiculturalism. “Breivik is without doubt what Norway deserves,” wrote Millet in […]
PAKISTAN: No justice for Rimsha – judge disrespects the orders of President Zadari
Asian Human Rights Commission: In the capital of Pakistan where there are many government and non-governmental institutions working for the protection of child rights, special children rights, human rights and the rights of women, only one of them have come out calling for the release of Ms. Rimsha, the 14-year-old […]