The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Madiha Saeed Published: January 2, 2012 KARACHI: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a large gathering of supporters in Karachi, said that if […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Reuters Published: January 1, 2012 HONOLULU: President Barack Obama signed a sweeping US defense funding bill on Saturday which includes new sanctions […]
It is the largest gift the National University of Singapore (NUS) has received from an international alumnus, but Indonesian tycoon Tahir is reluctant to talk about the $30 million he […]
It is pertinent to mention here that over 960 people had been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan from 1980 to 2009. Of these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, […]
OCCUPEID JERUSALEM — The Jordanian government on Sunday said it would host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this week, bringing the sides together for the first time in more than a year. Officials said Tuesday’s talks would not be a formal negotiating session. Nonetheless, it would mark a […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: Saudi Arabia has promised to donate fuel to Yemen with a view to helping the neighboring country tide over severe economic crisis and rising fuel shortage. The decision to help Yemen was first taken by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah […]
by URI AVNERY, AVNERY@ACTCOM.CO.IL Hamas, Hezbollah and Brotherhood owe their growth to Tel Aviv If Islamist movements come to power all over the region, they should express their debt of gratitude to their bete noire, Israel. Without the active or passive help of successive Israeli governments, they may not have […]
Odisha, one of the eastern state of India has decided to make solar fencing in the district of Ganjam to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district. “The work for solar fencing will start after the elephant herds are driven away Ganjam block,” divisional forest officer, Berhampur AK Jena said. […]
DawnOKARA: Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of militants and even donated money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism. The course, given to the public at an Islamic school in a hotbed of militancy in Pakistan, […]
Source: Dawn Author: Sana Saleem You would have to be exceptionally callous to be able to forget the image of a woman being shot in broad daylight; unarmed and seven […]
Ulma Haryanto, Ezra Sihite & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta Globe A Shiite-run Islamic boarding school in East Java was set on fire on Thursday by a group claiming to be Sunnis, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zia Khan Published: January 1, 2012 ISLAMABAD: It looks like the sweets former premier Nawaz Sharif received from President Asif Ali Zardari […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Owais Jafri Published: January 1, 2012 MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the decision of forming an […]
Indonesian Muslims welcome 2012 with a mass prayer event for the Nation and fireworks on New Year’s Eve in the area of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta.
RISHON LEZION, Israel — For years, many Israelis got a little jittery as New Year’s Eve approached. Their neighbors, some of the nearly 1 million Soviet citizens who flocked to […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday that it has signed a deal to buy 84 new US fighter jets to maximize its […]
Aakanksha Gupta, a 16-year-old Indian girl who studies in Class 11 in Pathways School, Noida, wrote the letter as part of an essay-writing competition to French president Nicolas Sarkozy, criticising the burqa ban in his country. It was sent to the French premier, who decided to meet her to discuss the issue in detail. The contest required […]
By ROGER HARRISON | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A first-time visitor to a Wednesday Open Skies riding class for disabled children murmured, “It must be done for love, ‘cause it’s not […]
Have we become a nation of idlers? That’s what official statistics seem to indicate. According to a report by the Central Statistics and Information Department (CSID), there are about 11.8 million Saudis of working age, but only 3.8 million are actually working. That leaves eight million Saudi citizens, or two […]
Source: The New York Times HYDERABAD, India — For more than two decades, M. A. Hakeem has arguably done the job […]