Source: The New York Times MUZAFFARNAGAR, India — Along the narrow lane known as Khadar Wallah, Muslims and low-caste Hindus have lived side by side for years, bound by poverty, if not religion. Yet recently, Muslims like Murtaza Mansuri have noticed a change. Their neighbors have become better off. […]
Israel 21C: Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni is Israel’s only entry on Newsweek and the Daily Beast’s “150 women who shake the world” list. “They’re starting revolutions, opening schools and fostering […]
Jennani Durai – Straits Times Indonesia In Indonesia any one less than 19 years of age is considered Minor for marriage purpose. Singapore. When sales executive Mohamed Rashid wanted to […]
livemint.com: Aakar Patel I wrote this piece for the two Pakistani newspapers where I write columns, but they did not publish it. These papers are quite liberal, and their editors open-minded. […]
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai’s US-backed government is under fire this International Women’s Day, accused of selling out on Afghan women’s rights as it tries to woo the Taliban into peace talks. Lawmakers, rights organisations and analysts say that the Afghan leader, by endorsing an edict calling women second-class […]
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By Bulent Arinc The Daily Star Lebanon After decades of official neglect and mistrust, Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities. In […]
By JEDDAH: GALAL FAKKAR, ARAB NEWS STAFF The Court of Grievances will be the final decision maker in any dispute between the Zakat payer and the Zakat and Income Tax […]
Armed groups in Syria have rejected a proposal by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to renounce violence and seek a political solution to the Syrian unrest. The rejection came one day after Annan urged an end to the months-long unrest in Syria and called for a peaceful way to implement […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS GENEVA: The United Nations said on Thursday that it was readying food stocks for 1.5 million people in Syria as part of a 90-day emergency contingency plan to help civilians deprived of basic supplies after nearly a year of conflict. “More needs to be done,” John […]
By MAKKAH/MADINAH: ARAB NEWS The Imam and Khatib at the Grand Mosque Sheikh Osama Khayyat comforted the Syrian people, wilting under the oppression of the tyrannical regime of President Bashar Assad, by reciting verses of the Holy Qur’an saying Almighty Allah sends solace soon after hard times. The imam made […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: By William Gomes: Freedom of expression is one of the essential pre-requirements for the practice, protection and promotion of democracy. If we are to speak of a […]
Credit: Friday Times: Wasim Saroya of Selvenia n any society, the middle class is self consciously bound by a self-devised code of morality and has definite ideas about society and where it should be heading. Middle classes tend to be overly sensitive to how they are viewed and so their […]
NY Times: Are men useless, at least when it comes to caring for a family? India’s recent draft food security bill, currently in front of Parliament, seems to suggest so. […]
Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday approved a formation of the Human Rights Commission, DawnNews reported. A meeting of the upper house was chaired by Farooq H. Naiq here. […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: March 9, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday while adjourning the hearing till March 14, […]
AFP | Mar 08,2012 | 22:39 JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The United States offered Israel advanced weaponry in return for it committing not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday. Citing unnamed Western diplomats and intelligence sources, the report said that during Prime […]
AMMAN – The Syrian lira has rapidly been losing value versus the Jordanian dinar over the past weeks, reaching 117 liras per JD1 record low on Thursday, money changers said. […]
By NOAH BROWNING | REUTERS ARABNEWS RAMALLAH, West Bank: A monumental wooden chair erected in Ramallah to symbolize the Palestinians’ sought-after United Nations seat collapsed this week after months of wind and rain. Bulldozers quietly took away the shattered remains by night. It’s collapse and stealthy removal could well serve […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Our Correspondent Published: March 8, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Despite “weak memories,” a lot of old ghosts resurfaced at the Supreme Court on Thursday […]