India being a civilization older than thousands of years had a form of democratic setup of its own. Especially when we look at the history of Kalinga war when emperor Ashoka invaded the land, it was said that Kalinga was a democratic society. It is still evident in the form […]
The Daily Telegraph: An official in Islamabad and a British official say Pakistan’s prime minister made a ‘panicky’ telephone call to the top British diplomat in the country this week, […]
Khaleej Times SHARJAH – His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered the release of 173 prisoners of various nationalities from Sharjah’s Punitive and Correctional Establishment. The inmates were granted clemency for showing good conduct while serving their jail terms. […]
Published on Arab News: Jan 5, 2012 20:35 Updated: Jan 5, 2012 20:35 • (Allah) has revealed to me that you should adopt humility so that no one oppresses another. (Riyadh-us-Salaheen, Hadith 1589) • It is a fine thing when a believer praises and thanks God if good comes to […]
By SHEYMA BUALI, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM First Published on ARABNEWS: Jan 10, 2012 2011 was a year when women’s issues in Saudi Arabia took a good shaking. In June, the world witnessed […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 13, 2012 01:45 Updated: Jan 13, 2012 01:47 NEW YORK: The Saudi Binladin Group, founded in the 1930s, cannot be sued for damages over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a US judge has ruled. Manhattan federal court judge George Daniels ruled against plaintiffs who said […]
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — Roughly 42 percent of all Indian children under age 5 suffer from malnutrition, a sobering reminder of the persistence of poverty and hunger in the world’s largest democracy, according to a major report released on Tuesday “The problem of malnutrition is a matter […]
By the CNN Wire Staff Damascus, Syria (CNN) — A former member of the Arab League monitoring team in Syria said he resigned from the mission because it is “providing […]
Source: Express Tribune Reports suggest president has gone on a scheduled one-day trip. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on a scheduled one-day trip on Thursday, local television stations reported, amid growing tension over a memo seeking US help in preventing a coup by the military. The […]
Source: Asiatimes Kim Jong-il’s passing in December could be good news for Russia’s “Lenin laboratory” of embalmers, which has preserved dead communist leaders ranging from Joseph Stalin to Ho Chi Minh. Lacking work lately, the team would happily construct a glass coffin for the North Korean Dear Leader in Kumsusan […]
BBC: The law is thought to have prevented thousands of Palestinians from living with their Israeli spouses Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a law banning Palestinians who marry Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship. Civil rights groups had petitioned the court to overturn the law, saying it was unconstitutional. “Human rights […]
Jakarta Globe: An angry mob torched an Islamic boarding school, an adjacent mosque and a row of houses in Sampang, East Java, last Thursday. In February last year, a pesantren, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: January 12, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Amid growing tensions between the civilian government and the military leadership, an unprecedented petition […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 12, 2012 Deceased Pir Pagara Shah Mardan Shah II’s eldest son Sabghatullah Shah Rashdi, also known as Raja Saen, […]
Published: Jan 11, 2012 01:48 Updated: Jan 11, 2012 01:48 JEDDAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has renovated a 1,000-year-old mountainous path that links the holy city […]
By AGENCIES Published: Jan 12, 2012 00:38 Updated: Jan 12, 2012 00:45 UNITED NATIONS: Iran urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to condemn the latest […]
January, 2012 Alislam-eGazette published its landmark volume about Islam and Christianity today. This volume has several articles comparing Islam and Christianity and why it may be important for China to […]
While two vocational schools in Solo are basking in the public spotlight for the sports utility vehicle their students have built, other vocational schools across the country are quietly churning […]
Shiite property burning and violence in the name of religion Jakarta Post: The repeated violence in the name of religion, including the recently torching of a Shiite boarding school in […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 11, 2012 In a deepening civil-military divide, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has taken notice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s […]