The rewards of honesty
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 […]
Indonesia: Shia Boarding School Set Ablaze
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, […]
Zardari, Nawaz consider united front
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 […]
PTI will consider ‘all circumstances’ for alliance with Musharraf: Qureshi
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 […]
Indonesia Happy 2012
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.
Israel Celebrates New Year’s Soviet-style
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 […]
Saudi Arabia buying 84 new jets
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 […]
An Indian student to meet Sarkozy over burqa ban
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 […]
Love on a shoestring
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 […]
Saudi Arabia: Have we become a nation of idlers?
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 […]
Many of India’s Poor Turn to Private Schools
Source: The New York Times HYDERABAD, India — For more than two decades, M. A. Hakeem has arguably done the job […]
Finding Joy in the Dust of Snow – New Year Resolution
Author: Atif Munawar Mir Popular New Year resolutions such as losing weight, taking a trip, finding a better job, and giving up a bad habit are worth our time and […]
The Banning Of The Ahmadiyah In Indonesia – Analysis
‘The Anti Ahmadiyyah law has become an instrument for the government to legitimize its actions.’—– Jamaah Ahmadiyah a political scapegoat. Written by: IPCS (Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies) ……… […]
Happy New Year … (as ‘celebrated’ by Hadhrat Khalifa-tul-Masih IV.)
It is reported that Hadhrat Khalifa-tul-Masih IV. – before he was elected Khalifa – during his stay in London was in town during the New Year’s Eve celebrations. When it […]
Go Zardari Go: Nawaz Sharif addresses rally in Gujranwala
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Abdul Manan / Express Published: December 31, 2011 GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali […]
Haram cleaners hit on YouTube
By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI |ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A YouTube user uploaded a video clip showing Makkah’s Grand Mosque cleaners in synchronized moves during a routine cleaning around the Holy Kabba. The […]
Crimes committed in the name of Al-Qaeda
Not surprisingly, different countries resort to using scarecrow tactics to keep internal differences at bay. Over the last decade, different players have created Al-Qaeda bogey for various political agendas. For instance, the United States exploited the issue of this radical organization in the running up to elections, Iran capitalized on […]
Gus Dur- A man of God, a man of humanity
Jakarta Post: by Moh Yasir Alimi, Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, the fourth president of Indonesia, a great ulema and a man of humanity, is no longer with us, but he […]
Memogate: Parliamentary committee summons DG ISI, Haqqani and Ijaz
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Zahid Gishkori Published: December 30, 2011 ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Friday summoned former Ambassador to the United States […]
Civilian authority has come under the Army: Asma Jehangir
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sidrah Moiz Published: December 30, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Counsel for former Ambassador to the United States Asma Jehangir, speaking in reference to the […]