Religion news in brief By The Associated Press AP / October 17, 2012| Comments (0)Saudi Arabia says annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage starts Oct. 25 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced that the Islamic hajj pilgrimage, which attracts around 3 million Muslims worldwide each year, will begin on Thursday, Oct. 25. The […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang men no longer need to seek permission from their first wife in order to take on another bride. Instead, they now only need to get permission from […]
Source: ET It would be folly and treasonable for anyone who accepts the version of religion that kills little girls. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/ EXPRESS The Taliban have issued an elaborate seven-page statement detailing their explanation for their reasons to execute Malala Yousufzai. Somebody within the Taliban’s world of terrorism and […]
Source: ET Court adjourn proceedings regarding CM Punjab’s son-in-law Ali Imran’s bail plea till October 18. LAHORE: A Lahore court sent Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law, Ali Imran, on a 14-day judicial remand on Thursday in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore, Express News […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 MADINAH: The Miqat Mosque, also called Aaba Ali, is one of the most noticeable spots in Madinah. It is the station for pilgrims from […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the OIC had not received formal notification from the government of Myanmar that it will not open an OIC humanitarian office in Myanmar. He noted that the OIC, once this issue […]
JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Thursday 18 October 2012 JEDDAH: The General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs handed in the new Kiswa (Kaaba’s cover) to the senior gatekeeper of the […]
Washington Post: BEIRUT — Rumblings of discontent within Syria’s Alawite minority are presenting a new challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s efforts to retain power in the face of an expanding armed rebellion, calling into question the loyalties even of his own sect in the conflict ravaging the country. Assad has […]
The Express Tribune: by Ayesha Siddiqa. Just as we thought that the attack on Malala Yousufzai had helped build a consensus on fighting terrorism, the debate is being twisted fast enough to block any movement towards consolidating opinion against the Taliban and jihadis. Some media people are even asking questions about why […]
By Ben Evansky Published October 16, 2012 FoxNews.com The UN agency that promotes education wants a say in how future textbooks are written, and Saudi Arabia — a nation whose […]
BEIRUT – The international envoy to the Syrian conflict on Wednesday called on President Bashar Assad’s regime to take the lead in implementing a cease-fire during a major Muslim holiday later this month. Lakhdar Brahimi said rebel representatives have assured him they will also observe the truce if the government […]
1001 Inventions exhibition takes visitors through the works of scientists and scholars during the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization, while Arabick Roots reveals the influence of this science on the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: October 17, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 455 people over the past five weeks and affected more […]
Story Summary Daily Star, Lebanon Palestine has once again faced vocal rejection of its statehood bid, this time in a statement from the United States declaring that such a move would set back the peace process. The delay in recognizing Palestine instead means the country is steadily losing more land […]
The beginning of the publication of this book, in Urdu in 1880, started the renaissance of Islam Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya has been called the Magnum opus of the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, […]
MD RASOOLDEEN ARABNEWS RIYADH: The Ministry Health Ministry advised pregnant mothers and patients suffering from chronic ailments to postpone the Haj pilgrimage for a subsequent occasion. Dr. Nasreen Sherbini, health adviser on epidemic diseases, offered the advice yesterday to prospective local Haj pilgrims through the ministry’s phone-in-service conducted by its […]
Osama Al Sharif ARABNEWS TWENTY months after the eruption of peaceful protests against the regime of President Bashar Assad, the situation today spells a different reality. More than 30,000 people have perished so far in drawn-out bloody confrontations between armed dissidents, representing various groups with different political and ideological affiliations, […]
ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Arafat Day, when millions of Muslim pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount of Arafat near Makkah at the peak of the annual pilgrimage, will […]
Examiner.com: Malala Yousafzai, a teenager from the Swat Valley in Pakistan was shot in the head last week by the Taliban because of her unflinching quest for education despite all odds. The attack on the unarmed, 14 year old girl has alarmed the whole world. It has sent shock waves in Pakistan and […]
Dawn.com: by Kaiser Bengali. TWO events in recent weeks have shaken the country and — fortunately, for a change — led to intense soul-searching. The first event was the response to the anti-Islam film in the US and the second the shooting of 14-year old schoolgirl and anti-Taliban blogger Malala […]