S Dilip Roy, Lalmonirhat Vegetable cultivation on floating gardens prepared in abandoned water bodies brings good prospect for marginal farmers at villages in Teesta River basin areas of Aditmari upazila […]
Source / Courtesy: Times of India CHANDIGARH: A section of Pakistanis have raised their voice against Arab colonialism (imposing Wahhabi Islam over Sufi Islam) amidst attacks on Sufi shrines in Pakistan. “Saudi Arabia which is undemocratic, is exporting Wahhabi Islam to Pakistan where Sufis have been traditionally popular,” Sayeeda Diep […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 8, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that former President Pervaiz Musharraf should be arrested on his return to […]
By MARIAM NIHAL | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi law does not offer citizenship to people who have spent a substantial part of their lives in the Kingdom nor to those born and brought up in Saudi Arabia to immigrant parents. This often leads to a constant search for lost identity […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s government on Saturday welcomed the US Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held by pirates, calling it a positive humanitarian gesture. US officials announced Friday that the […]
AFP: MANILA – The Philippines said Sunday it was preparing to enter a “substantive” phase of peace talks with Muslim rebels aimed at ending a long-running insurgency in the country’s troubled south. Teresita Deles, the chief presidential adviser on the peace process, said peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation […]
Source / Courtesy: RT.com RT: With tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sky-high, Iranian plans to conduct the country’s “greatest naval war games” could coincide with joint US-Israeli exercises in the Persian Gulf. With both sides taking positions, could a real battle be looming? Hopefully the massive exercises will remain […]
Source: Dawn Author: Fahad Faruqui The US has taken an initiative to spread the counter-extremist message across Pakistan to prevent the breeding of extremism and to deradicalise militants who were completely taken […]
Jakarta Globe: On the Road to Producing a National Car for Indonesia Solo. It’s been a long road, but the students at Solo’s SMK 2 and SMK 5 have succeeded […]
Former President General (rtd.) Pervez Musharraf supported Pakistan to review relationship with Israel, saying this will benefit Pakistan. Musharraf, talking to an Israel-based newspaper in an interview, noted, “Israel is […]
By MARIA PETRINGA, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 4, 2012, IN THE LIFE & STYLE SECTION OF ARABNEWS.COM The city of Houston, Texas, is widely known for its achievements in energy, […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has urged the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Haj & Umrah to conduct a detailed study on how […]
Source: Express Tribune: Women chant slogans in favour of late Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s assassin, Mumtaz Qadri during a Sunni Tehrik rally in Islamabad on January 4. PHOTO: ZAFAR ASLAM/EXPRESS LAHORE: Days after religious groups protested in Lahore against the death sentence awarded to former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s murder Mumtaz […]
Amidst a series of audacious attacks carried out apparently by young Israeli settlers this week, one of the extremists’ targets stood out. It was a site I’d never heard of right in the centre of the city: The Nebi Akasha mosque, built more than 800 years ago. They spray-painted on the outside stone walls […]
By Michael Young The Daily Star, Lebanon Readers will forgive me if I use a personal milestone as the premise for what follows. The year 2012 marks 20 years since […]
BEIRUT: Hezbollah described Friday’s suicide bombing in Damascus as part of a larger U.S. plan to destabilize the country, while Lebanon’s foreign minister said the explosion was the beginning of […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 6, 2012 Video URL v below KARACHI: A rally of protestors led by the People’s Aman Committee has been stopped near Shaheen Complex, to proceed further on Friday, Express News reported. A heavy contingent of law enforcers has been deployed to […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli human rights groups said Thursday that the country’s Supreme Court had rejected their petition to overturn a contentious law penalising Arab mourning of the Jewish state’s founding. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Israeli Arab rights organisation Adalah said in a statement that the […]
The wheels of justice stumbled over a pair of flip-flops this week in Indonesia, where a 15-year-old was tried and found guilty on Wednesday for stealing a pair of worn-out […]
Daily Times: PESHAWAR: In an unprecedented move Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed “Enforcement of Women Ownership Rights Bill”, which seeks to ensure provision of rights for women in the inherited property, on Thursday. Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarian MPA from Swat Noor Sehar had tabled the bill last week, and the House with Deputy Speaker Khush Dil Khan […]