‘Egypt reopens Rafah crossing with Gaza, blocks 120 tunnels’
ISMAILIYA, EGYPT/GAZA — Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Saturday, a lifeline for Gazans which had been closed for much of the month since an attack on […]
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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
Robert Fisk: ‘No power can bring down the Syrian regime’ – After gaining exclusive access to Bashar al-Assad’s army officers, our writer reports from the Aleppo front line
You know it’s all true when the taxi driver turns off the motorway towards Aleppo. In front lies a mile of empty road, disappearing into the heat haze on its way to one of the oldest cities in the world. But a halo of brown smoke embraces the horizon and […]
Robert Fisk: The bloody truth about Syria’s uncivil war – Those trying to topple Assad have surprised the army with their firepower and brutal tactics
A few hours after the ferocious attack on Damascus by the Free Syrian Army began last month, the new Syrian minister of information, Omran Zouhbi, turned on journalists in the capital. “What are you doing here in Damascus?” he roared. “You should be out with our soldiers!” And within a […]
Ahmadi persecution discussed on Geo TV and Dunya News
Credit: Wasim Sroya, Maria Tariq, and teeworldz Clip below shows part where Javed Ahmed Ghamidi defends Ahmadis. Click here to watch the entire program from Dunya News’ official YouTube channel. […]
Starving the Future
Source: The New York Times Author: Charles M. Blow America is in trouble. Emerging economic powers China and India are heavily investing in educating the world’s future workers while we squabble about punishing teachers and coddling children. This week, the Center for American Progress and the Center for the Next […]
Men Should Shed Excess Weight Before Fathering Children, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (Aug. 22, 2012) — Melbourne scientists studying the impact obesity has on pregnancy, are urging men to get ‘match fit’ before conceiving to assist with fetal development. Reproductive experts from the University of Melbourne’s Department of Zoology have discovered that a father’s obesity negatively impacts sperm, resulting in smaller fetuses, […]
Old Husbands’ Tales
Huff Post: Rev. Martha Spong. I’ve been speechless for the past couple of days. I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the words Todd Akin used to describe rape. I’ve been thinking and reading the words of others in their responses to him. On religious websites, the comments devolve immediately […]
Blasphemy law in India
Express Tribune: By Aakar Patel. On May 27, 1953, the Tamil reformer EV Ramaswami Naickersmashed an idol of Lord Ganesha in public at the Town Hall maidanin Tiruchirapalli. Naicker, who was angered by Hinduism’s caste system, made a speech announcing his intention to do this before breaking the idol. Veerabadran Chettiar, an […]
Prof. Dinesh D’Souza denying the Christian God!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The Christian apologists always argue for a Transcendent God of Jewish and Muslim traditions, and forget their Triune God in debates and […]
Muslim exhibition for your eyes only – if you’re a woman
A Lower Hutt art gallery is fielding complaints following the announcement that men will be banned from viewing an upcoming exhibition that shows Muslim women without veils. The Dowse Art Museum is preparing to host the world premiere of a video display entitled Cinderazahd: For Your Eyes Only, that shows […]
Pakistan — The Best ‘Islamic Terrorist State’ Award Winner
Credit: Islam Watch by Wasim Sroya. Wherever terrorist attacks happens in the West — Asia, Europe, America, Australia, or Africa — all are linked to Pakistan in one way or another… Pakistan has become the most dangerous ‘Terrorist State’ of the world. There is a long history and relation of […]
PAKISTAN: Afghan refugees weigh their dwindling options
ISLAMABAD, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) – At 70 years old, Mohammad Issa is already struggling to survive in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, where he sought refuge from war in Afghanistan years […]
Assam: Muslim girl’s chhoti si riot story
by Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times. Surrounded by hatred and fear in violence-hit western Assam, Jamaluddin Sheikh, 43, a relief camp inmate in the Muslim-majority Dhubri district, entrusted his 19-year-old daughter’s life to a Hindu he met for the first time at the camp and took an instant liking to. “I […]
Yiwu hosts China’s growing Muslim community, as well as massive mall
NBC Producer Aarne Heikkila recently traveled to Yiwu, China, a city renowned for its 70,000 wholesale vendors selling everything from plastic figurines to rubber bands, jewelry to exercise books. Recently […]
Explainer: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Credit: Belief CNN via Wasim Sroya By Reza Sayah, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – An 11-year-old girl is being accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. Her accusers says she burned pages from the Quran, Islam’s holy book. Now, she is being detained by authorities, and her family appears to be on […]
Discovering Switzerland’s history on foot
by Daniele Mariani, swissinfo.ch Switzerland has always been the crossroads of Europe and today there are “cultural routes” commemorating the historic highways and byways through the country. It is becoming […]
Scuffles as Egyptians rally against Mursi
AYA BATRAWY | AP ARABNEWS Friday 24 August 2012 CAIRO: Several thousand Egyptians rallied Friday in the first significant protests against the country’s Islamist President Muhammad Mursi, accusing him and his Muslim Brotherhood group of trying to monopolize power. The main protest in Cairo, which counted around 3,000 people and […]
USA: Silent on Israel
by George S. Hishmeh | Aug 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES It is a fact of life that in the campaign for presidential election in the US, held once every four years, foreign policy is not a contentious issue. This time around, however, the policies of Israel, a revered ally […]
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YouTube channels that are worth subscribing for Ahmadis in particular. The channels owners generally upload videos that are of Ahmadiyya interest. Please make a habit of clicking like buttons below […]
For Israel to go to war with Iran would be the height of folly
Daily Telegraph: Judging by the rhetorical fusillades exchanged between Israel and Iran, the threat of war between the two adversaries becomes greater day by day. Meanwhile, the chances of formal […]