Millions offer Juma, Khatm prayers
MAKKAH/MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 18 August 2012 More than 3 million worshippers offered Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s […]
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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
An inspiring and moving video about Dr Abdus Salam
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A Touching Video about atrocities committed against religious Groups
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Ecuador may file appeal to ICC if UK refuses Assange safe passage
Russian TV: Ecuador has said it may appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the UK refuses to grant Julian Assange safe passage out of the country. Eciadorian presidential […]
Rio Muslims Prepare for Eid at Tijuca Mosque
Source: The Rio Times By Saira Ansari, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Situated in a little street in Tijuca is an under-construction building with a door made up of several nailed planks holding up the entrance gate. This humble structure is the site for the Tijuca Mosque – home of the Sociedade […]
Police remove Quranic verses from Ahmadi graves to ‘avert clashes’
Express Tribune: FAISALABAD: A heavy police contingent on Friday, on the demand of a banned organisation, removed Quranic verses and religious texts written on tombstones of Ahmadi graves to save the […]
How your windows could be the future of electricity: Scientists create transparent solar panels out of ‘glass-like’ plastic
Source: Dailymail One of the occasional complaints around solar panels is that they are ‘an eyesore’. Well this may be about to change, after researchers developed a new transparent solar cell which means windows in homes and other buildings can have the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people […]
Manipur Muslim Online Forum (MMOF) appeals to all Northeasterners to maintain peace and Communal harmony.
Source: Kanglaoonline.com Manipur Muslim Online Forum (MMOF) appeals to all Northeasterners, in general, and Manipuris, in particular, to maintain peace and communal harmony. Some vested interests have been mongering rumour of attacks on migrant workers and students from Northeast in South India, especially Karnataka. We have strong faith in universal […]
Eid Al-Fitr 2012: A Celebration At The End Of Ramadan
Source: The Huffington Post | By Jahnabi Barooah One of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid ul-Fitr or Eid, is a celebration that marks the end […]
Russia’s biggest mosque to be built in Moscow
RT: A huge mosque able to accommodate up to 60,000 worshipers is to be built on the outskirts of Moscow. It’s estimated the city is home to up to two million Muslims. The project to construct the mosque and a cultural center has already been discussed with the capital’s mayor […]
Don’t worry people, there is no Muslim Tide
Source: National Post Author: Chris Selley Canadian journalist Doug Saunders’ new book, The Myth of the Muslim Tide (Knopf), promises and delivers an impartial examination of the notion that Muslim immigration […]
Wilders’ supporters don’t really care about headscarves
Many of those who vote for Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party would be horrified if it’s extreme anti-Islam policies were actually put into effect. They support him because he’s a wake-up call to other Dutch politicians, according to political researcher Chris Aalberts of Rotterdam’s Erasmus University. Ban the Qur’an, slap a […]
Swiss assessment team arrives in Iran quake-hit areas
Switzerland has dispatched a four-member assessment team to Iran in the wake of two powerful earthquakes which shook the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan last Saturday. According to a statement […]
Brahimi named U.N. – Arab League envoy to Syria
United Nations: Former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday was named as joint U.N.-Arab League special representative for Syria, replacing Kofi Annan as the international mediator tasked with finding […]
Royal Court: Eid Al-Fitr falls on Sunday
Friday 17 August 2012 ARABNEWS Makkah: The Royal Court issued the following statement: ‘According to the two Royal Orders No. 7311/MB dated 24/9/1429 H. and No. 6605/B dated 15/6/1430 H. […]
Ramadan 2012 in Photos as Interpreted by The Atlantic
Source: The Atlantic Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, will come to a close this weekend…Throughout this ninth month on the Islamic calendar, devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink, and sex from dawn until sunset. The fast, one of the five pillars of Islam, is seen as a time […]
MDGs: Commonwealth Education Ministers To Meet In Mauritius
Commonwealth education ministers will meet in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 29 to 31 August 2012 to discuss priorities for the next three years and the Commonwealth’s contribution to the post-2015 development goals framework. Under the theme ‘Education in the Commonwealth: bridging the gap as we accelerate towards achieving internationally […]
U.S. Reliance on Saudi Oil Heads Back Up
HOUSTON — The United States is increasing its dependence on oil from Saudi Arabia, raising its imports from the kingdom by more than 20 percent this year, even as fears of military conflict in the tinderbox Persian Gulf region grow. The increase in Saudi oil exports to the United States […]
Immigration in Germany – Young Turks Increasingly Favor Integration and Religion
Hardly a year goes by in Germany without a shrill debate on immigration and Islam. Despite the public hand-wringing, however, those in the country with a Turkish background are increasingly […]
But, where is everybody?
Credit: TOI If it is just us… seems like an awful waste of space – Carl Sagan In May 1950, the great physicist Enrico Fermi and some colleagues were walking down for lunch from their lab at Los Alamos when they got to discussing flying saucers because there had been […]