By Fareed Zakaria, The Daily Star, Lebanon The controversy over the desecration of copies of the Quran in Afghanistan and the murder of Americans that followed is, on one level, one moment in a long war. But it also highlights the difficult and ultimately unsustainable aspect of America’s Afghan policy. […]
Credit: Washington Post: “None of us can afford to wait much longer,” Netanyahu told a cheering audience at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference in Washington. “As prime minister of Israel, I will never allow my people to live in the shadow of annihilation. Read Complete […]
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Source/Credit: The Express Tribune Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman and daughter of slain Punjab governor Shehrbano Taseer, have featured on The Daily Beast (Newsweek) list […]
Credit: Stratfor: A demonstrator steps on an ostrich egg with a drawing of Saudi King Abdullah on March 17 in Ankara The political gains of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt have breathed new life into long-suppressed political Islamist forces across the Arab world. While it may appear on the surface […]
Express Tribune: KARACHI: Preetam Das is a good doctor with a hospital job and a thriving private clinic, yet all he thinks about is leaving Pakistan, terrified about a rise in […]
Credit: TOI DHAKA: A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot in the chest and died in the Bangladesh capital in the early hours of Tuesday, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka police said. Police found Khalaf Al Ali’s body at an intersection just two buildings away from his residence in the city’s […]
Credit: TOI on Line: SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man who underwent sex change surgery before being convicted on drugs charges escaped caning after a court recognised the change in gender, local media reported Tuesday. Preeta Nivashani M Rechnam, 40, was jailed on Monday for seven years and three months for a […]
By REUTERS Published: Mar 6, 2012 00:04 Updated: Mar 6, 2012 00:04 ANKARA: Turkish Gendarmerie Colonel Ridvan Ozden was killed in 1995, his wife says, not by Kurdish militants, but by his own colleagues for opposing their “dirty war” and saying the solution to the Kurdish problem was not through […]
Less than three weeks after the authorities here proclaimed that their first-ever exercise to test the preparedness for a great earthquake was a success, a gentle earthquake of 4.9 magnitude on Monday made clear that neither the public nor emergency services are in fact ready to deal with a real-life […]
MANILA, Philippines—Visiting personal finance guru Suze Orman sees the Philippines soon shining in the global community as an investment hub and having more of its households emancipated out of their dependence on overseas remittances. Orman, who was once described by USA Today as a “one-woman financial advice powerhouse,” said, however, that Filipino […]
پاکستان کے شہر راولپنڈی کے احمدی، شہر کی دوسری بڑی عبادت گاہ میں اپنی مذہبی سرگرمیاں اٹھانوے فیصد کم کرنے پر مجبور ہو گئے ہیں۔ دو ہزار دس میں لاہور کے احمدی مراکز پر حملوں کے بعد، راولپنڈی میں تین مساجد کے درمیان، اِس عبادت گاہ کے لیے […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Utube Editor’s Comment: No surprise but disappointment at the direction this fanaticism is leading this nation to and the quiet complicity of the institutions of the state.
This photo taken on April 30, 2010 shows ancient gold handle of a dagger with an Arabic inscription is displayed together with other gold jewelries and coins, garnet stones on […]
The capital city of Jakarta is scheduled to host an Iranian cultural week introducing Persian art, culture, cinema and traditions in Indonesia. The event has been organized by the Iranian […]
Express Tribune: Op Ed: Pervez Hoodbhoy: Eighteen bloodied bodies, shot Gestapo-style, lay by the roadside. Men in army uniforms had stopped four buses bound from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, demanding that […]
Rawal TV: Waqas Munawar; Will there be another Ahmadi massacre in Rawalpindi? The persecution continues unabated and getting severe by the day. More voices are being heard both inside and […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has expressed pessimism over the prospect of any reconciliation with Israel, saying the regional countries have started to realize that peace with Israel ‘makes no sense.’ “To us, peace always was and remains a strategic choice. But popular frustration at Israeli policies is at a peak […]
by Taylor Luck | Mar 04,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Syrian authorities are implementing a crackdown restricting the entry of Syrian nationals into Jordan, activists say, reducing the flow of refugees into the Kingdom to their lowest levels since the start of the year-long crisis. According to Syrian activists, […]
By KHALID ALNOWAISER, ARABNEWS I recognize well this is very sensitive subject because human nature prefers not to hear the truth and simply wants to receive good news even at the expense of reality. However, let’s be frank: Most Islamic countries are being left behind in social progress as compared […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Mid-Day By: Mehmal Sarfraz Date: 2012-03-02 Place: Mumba Without tolerance, our world turns into hell” — Friedrich Durrenmatt. A year ago on this day (March 2), […]