RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Monday 21 January 2013 Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a contribution of $ 1.88 million toward UNHCR’s humanitarian program in Myanmar providing shelter to Rohingyas in Rakhine state. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Yousef Al-Bassam of the Saudi Fund for Development and Imran […]
GAZA, January 20, 2013 (WAFA) – Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is scheduled to spend few hours in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to sources. He will be the first non-Arab ranking official leader to visit the besieged Gaza Strip. Razak, who will be accompanied by his wife […]
Source: Dawn.Com. ISLAMABAD: Negotiations with Dr Tahirul Qadri were long and tedious but those who conducted them were firm on what they would concede and where they would adopt a tough stance. Background interviews with the participants of Thursday’s talks reveal that the leaders of government-allied political parties had ensured […]
Dealers In Truffles Display Their Stuff In The Market And Attribute The Abundance Of Truffles To The Heavy Rains This Year. (KUNA) 4,815 People Embrace Islam In 2012Over 100 Preachers Participated In Campaign KUWAIT CITY, Jan 18: A total of 4,815 people of different nationalities embraced Islam in 2012 through […]
ET: US President Obama’s electoral victory in 2012 marks the first time that a political campaign has made extensive use of data mining and analysis techniques that are used in […]
Global Post: Jeremy Gimpel, an American-born candidate running in next week’s Israeli elections, has inflamed the race after video surfaced of him asking what would happen if two mosques on Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock were blown up and replaced. Gimpel, a candidate for the right-wing religious party Habayit Hayeudi, […]
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Dr Tahirul Qadri, has decided to challenge in a Canadian […]
By Obaid Ullah Khan Latest surveys of the religious demographics of the world show that around 33.3% of the world’s population belongs to Christian faith which is the largest religion in the world at present. At second position comes Islam which enjoys the adherence of around 21% of the whole […]
Source: LUBP Author: Dr. Zulfiqar Ali CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry continued harassment and abusing of NAB officials led to Kamran Faisal’s suicide. We demand thatCJ Chaudhry be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to Kamran Faisal leading to his suicide. Right-wing pro-establishment media too contributed to Kamran Faisa’s death. Let me explain. […]
The Supreme Court today issued notice and stayed Magistrate’s order closing Zakia Jafri’s right to file a Protest Petition. Smt Zakia Jafri had, on 8.6.2006 filed a complaint alleging a sinister and wide level conspiracy to allow violence, deliberately subvert the strict directions to maintain order that led tot he […]
ET: Pakistan has two angry messiahs, the Maulana and the Cricketer. Both are men of fine oratory — the former being more gifted. They promise to kick wicked leaders out of government, reward the righteous, and deliver a new Pakistan. Before a coup-plagued nation that has spent many decades under […]
Source: LUBP Over the past 5 days during the long march of Tahir-ul-Qadri or “Chabi wala baba” as his known amongst his critics, I have come across comments and analysis from many of my twitter and social network friends which forced me to pen this article. I am surprised at […]
Source: Twitter – nasir9002 Nasir Ahmad 14 Jan #Lahore Hatred against #AhmadiMuslims continues as it has been decorated by banners in Dharampura, Mughalpura, Canal
ING Invited to Presidential Inauguration In response to an invitation from the White House for the upcoming inauguration and in honor of President Obama’s work on bullying prevention, we are heading to Washington D.C. next Monday. Representing ING are our Affiliate leaders Shakila Ahmed, Zehra Wamiq, and Zulfat Suara, who […]
Semantic acceptance of the term ‘State of Palestine’ is of fundamental importance to the peace process, writes author by John V. Whitbeck ALJAZEERA John V. Whitbeck is an international lawyer […]
Express Tribune: Canadian authorities on Friday summoned Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on February 5, and sought explanation from him for violating the oath he took while seeking asylum, Express News reported. The authorities said that Qadri violated the oath stating that he was not allowed to enter the […]
The Express Tribune: KARACHI: Curiosity and inquisitiveness were the traits which earned earlier Muslim scientists their rightful place in the development of science and these are the two qualities which are missing today. Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy shared these views on Tuesday evening while speaking on “Science in Islam: Past, Present and […]
Huff Post: The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested from demons a golden pot containing the nectar of immortality. In a 12-day fight for possession, four drops fell to earth, in the cities of Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujain and Nasik. Every three years […]