Source:TOI Over the past few weeks, some Syrian opposition leaders have requested foreign military intervention to oust President Bashar al-Assad and his regime from power. Count the US out in any such endeavour. While an intervention involving the American military may, if successful, bring an end to the humanitarian crisis […]
NY Times: ……officials declined to describe the unusual contact between the two governments, and whether there had been an Iranian reply. Senior Obama administration officials have said publicly that Iran […]
It was only a matter of time before movements like Occupy Wall Street started to bring years of tension between the rich and the poor bubbling to the surface. Two-thirds of respondents in a Pew Research Center survey of more than 2,000 consumers said there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 13, 2012 01:45 Updated: Jan 13, 2012 01:47 NEW YORK: The Saudi Binladin Group, founded in the 1930s, cannot be sued for damages over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a US judge has ruled. Manhattan federal court judge George Daniels ruled against plaintiffs who said […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Consumers pulled back on their spending in December despite the holiday shopping season, according to a government report released Thursday. The Commerce Department report showed that overall retail sales rose only 0.1% compared to November — falling short of forecasts of economists surveyed by Briefing.com, who […]
source / Courtesy: Yahoo News WASHINGTON (AP) — In a groundbreaking case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue […]
A new work of fiction about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sounds at times a lot like fact. Haaretz: The President of the United States, haunted by troubles home and abroad, finally […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a chapter named after Mother Mary in the Holy Quran and its number is 19. […]
Courtesy Russian Television (RT): The cauldron of tension between Iran and the west is simmering. It seems a slightest increase of heat could cause it to boil over into an […]
Source: Tillsonburg News Equality and rights of women in society are important topics of discussion in many communities, religions and organizations around the world today. They were a couple of […]
Ion Proton Sequencer decodes Human Genome in 1 day for 1000 dollars An old dream comes true : decoding human genome for only 1000 dollars in less than 1 day. […]
Source: CNN US Federal Appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma State Ballot approved measure that barred state Judges from considering Islamic Law, or other international Law in their decision making. […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Political paralysis, a lack of leadership among the international community and a cholera epidemic continue to plague Haiti two years after a devastating earthquake. An estimated 1.5 million people lost their homes following the quake on January 12, 2010, which killed almost 250,000 people. Half a […]
Courtesy: NY Times: …….Now, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have identified 16 assessment scales with “moderate” to “very good” abilities to determine the likelihood of death within six months to five years in various older populations. Moreover, the authors have fashioned interactive tools of the most accurate […]
Source / Courtesy: Whig Standard Alia Hogben, January 7, 2012 Till we honestly talk about the values underpinning tribal patriarchy and their pervasive influence, our women and girls will continue to suffer simply because they are of the wrong gender. To have this focus does not diminish the suffering of […]
RT: The United States is sponsoring the construction of facilities in Georgia on the threshold of a military conflict in Iran, a member of Georgian opposition movement Public Assembly, Elizbar Javelidze has stated. According to the academician, that explains why President Mikhail Saakashvili is roaming the republic opening new hospitals […]
By LAWRENCE DAVIDSON, ARABNEWS The announcement came from the mayor’s office of New York City (NYC) on Dec. 19, 2011 in the form of an 11-page declaration. It begins: “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Cornell University President David J. Skorton and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology President Peretz Lavie today announced an […]
Source: Peterborough Examiner The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada presented its message of understanding and tolerance during an open house at the Peterborough Public Library. They not only promoted peace but condemned terrorism and dispelled several misconceptions about Islam. Perhaps most importantly on this day, they tried to educate […]
Source: The Observer PETROLIA — A group of young Muslims is out to promote peace, integration and the true nature of their faith. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada held an open house at the Petrolia Library Saturday to meet with the public and clear up misconceptions about Islam. […]