By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Jan 17, 2012 20:36 Updated: Jan 19, 2012 15:38 From my observations, Saudi women are a lot like Latin Americans; they love makeup and colors,” said the Venezuelan fashion designer, Carolina Herrera, after her visit to Jeddah to support breast cancer awareness with Zahra Breast […]
By Zubair Khan ” it does not matter where you come from. As long you are in Ghana we consider you as Ghanaian, we will treat you as Ghanaian and we are proud of it” These were the few strange and astonishing words, which on 18th of January 2012, […]
By ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 22, 2012 04:57 Updated: Jan 22, 2012 04:57 Over the past few years, Saudi Arabia has accrued significant budget surpluses resulting from increased oil production and higher oil prices. Some of those surpluses have been used as foreign reserves of the Saudi […]
by Taylor Luck | Jan 22,2012 | 23:26 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As Arab foreign ministers gather in Cairo today to reasses the Arab League’s response to the ongoing crisis […]
Islamic political parties don’t endanger democracy. Powerful leaders do by Fareed Zakaria As 2011 was coming to a close, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a remarkable speech to his parliament. Assessing the Arab Spring barely a year after it had begun, Netanyahu announced triumphantly that it had failed, that […]
Source: The Daily Star. Bangladesh Civil society members’ reaction – Noted economist and academician Prof Muzaffer Ahmad said the coup attempt is the result of ‘unrest’ prevailing in society. “The military force is not isolated from our society. The force is influenced by ongoing unrest in our society,” he said. He […]
He said: It is conditional on people of Taqwa to spend their lives in meekness and humility. This is a branch of Taqwa through which we contend with unwarranted anger. […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The continuing deterioration of the political situation in Syria led the emir of Qatar to suggest last week that it would be appropriate to send in Arab troops to stop the killing. How seriously he meant this suggestion remains unclear. He may have […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 Updated: Jan 20, 2012 23:17 LONDON: Britain’s telecoms regulator on Friday revoked the license of Iranian state-owned television station Press TV, and said the channel would disappear from UK TV screens by the end of the day. Ofcom said it […]
Source: BBC News. A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh. Eight Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guards have been suspended in connection with the incident. … Read more.
Hamas officials say the Israeli army has arrested Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The officials say Dweik was detained Thursday at an Israeli military checkpoint as he was travelling to Hebron in the southern West Bank. Israel has not commented on the incident. […]
Courtesy Express Tribune: Pakistan Muslim League –Quaid (PML-Q) MPA Shahzad Elahi, speaking during the Punjab Assembly session on Friday, said the province had become a ‘living hell’ for minorities. […]
Washington. An endangered monkey known as the Miller’s Grizzled Langur has been discovered on the island of Borneo in an area it was not previously known to inhabit, international researchers […]
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Source: Dawn Author: Muhammad Ali In today’s globalised and sometimes polarised world, there is a dire need to understand the pluralistic perspectives of Islamic teachings in order to develop an […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Agencies / Faisal Shakeel / Web Desk Published: January 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appeared before the Supreme Court on Thursday in […]
DOHA — From its startling winning bid to host the 2022 football World Cup and mediating roles in Middle East and African conflicts to its role leading Arab efforts to […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 Updated: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 MAKKAH: The Ministry of Rural and Municipal Affairs will this year implement development projects in the holy […]
By JORDAN MICHAELSMITH, ARAB NEWS Across the political spectrum, once-taboo criticism is now common With Hamas and Fatah meeting in Cairo, reconciliation between the rival Palestinian political parties is likely only a matter of time. Official US policy holds that Hamas is only a terrorist entity, and any agreement between […]
Source: Daily Star Forty years after war of independence of Bangladesh, former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam was sent to jail yesterday on charges of committing crimes against humanity and peace, genocide and war crimes in 1971. Read more.