Happy New Year and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Wishing a happy and a prosperous new year 2017 to all our readers from the whole of our Editorial […]
‘Russia hacking code’ found on Vermont utility computer
Source: BBC An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops.The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken “immediate action to isolate” the computer, which was not connected to the electrical grid. The […]
Will 2017 be lucky for Vladimir Putin?
Source: CNN The first is the United States. Trump is unpredictable; with his election victory, American politics are now even more so. Admittedly, the Republicans hold both the White House and Congress, but, to put it mildly, not every Republican is a Trump supporter. The skepticism is especially marked when […]
Putin congratulates Trump, not Obama, in New Year’s statement
Source: CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump, rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year’s greetings statement to foreign heads of state and government. However, Putin did convey his seasonal greetings to Obama, his family and the American people in a separate statement earlier […]
India: Triple talaq On Email, Phones And Messsages Is Valid, Says Deoband Fatwa
Source: One India By: Vicky Nanjappa Islamic seminaries have said that triple talaq over the phone is valid. The fatwa also states that triple talaq can be pronounced through emails […]
Greek ambassador killed by wife’s lover
Source:TOI On Friday, police investigator Evaristo Pontes Magalhaes said that 29-year-old police officer Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho had confessed to killing Amiridis, alleging self-defense. He said the policeman was having an affair with the ambassador’s 40-year-old wife, Francoise. Filho’s cousin, Eduardo de Melo, acknowledged taking part in the killing as […]
Afghan woman beheaded for going shopping without husband
Source: TOI A woman was beheaded in Afghanistan‘s Sar-e-Pul province for stepping out of her house without a male guardian. The woman’s husband is in Iran and they have no children, officials said. A report in The Independent states that the 30-year-old woman was reportedly slain by members of the […]
Merkel urges Germans to meet terror with freedom and openness
Source: The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans on Saturday to hold firm to democratic values in the face of jihadist terror, urging them to counter “murderers who are full of hate” with compassion and cohesion. In her New Year’s address delivered less than two weeks after a Tunisian […]
Berlin police angrily reject claim they assaulted terror suspect
Source: The Local “The story is completely without basis and we were enraged as we read it,” Berlin’s police told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Friday. The Guardian on Thursday published an interview with Naveed B., quoting him as remembering two officers “digging the heels of their shoes into […]
Saudi Royal Family Is Still Spending in an Age of Austerity. NYTimes
ANGIER, Morocco — Behind a tall perimeter wall, studded with surveillance cameras and guarded by Moroccan soldiers, a sprawling new palace for King Salman of Saudi Arabia rose on the Atlantic coast here last summer. y NICHOLAS KULISH and MARK MAZZETTIDEC. 27, 2016 Even as the Saudi government canceled a quarter of […]
No Pak entry on Day 1 of annual Ahmadiyya congregation
Source: The Indian Express Written by Adil Akhzer | Chandigarh | Published:December 27, 2016 3:32 am THE ANNUAL Jalsa Salana congregation of the Ahmadiyya community began on Monday in Qadian in the border district of Gurdaspur, but without the customary participation of delegates from Pakistan. Last year, as many as […]
UK: Boy, 16, charged with arson after huge Baitul Futuh Mosque fire which caused £6 million of damage
Source: Evening Standard A teenage boy has been charged with arson after a huge blaze caused £6 million worth of damage at a south London mosque. The 16-year-old, from Walton-on-Thames […]
Footprints: A community under attack | Nabeel Anwar Dhakku
Source: Dawn By NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU CHAKWAL: Much time has elapsed since Dec 12, which registered as the most critical in Dulmial, a sleepy village some 37 kilometres from Chakwal […]
New Zealand: Ahmadiyya Muslim youth take aim at radicalisation on New Year’s Day
Source: Scoop Muslim youth belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are taking a stand against radicalisation and extremism. In line with the teachings of true Islam, they will be […]
Exercise Keeps the Brain Young: Study
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Exercise can combat cognitive decline, according to the results of a new study. Older adults who did high amounts of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity had a 36% […]
Security Is Being Massively Tightened at Times Square Ahead of New Year’s Eve
Source: Time By Jake Pearson / AP (NEW YORK) — Massive 20-ton sanitation trucks, weighted with an extra 15 tons of sand, will surround the iconic New Year’s Eve celebration in […]
The Year in Race, Identity, and Criminal Justice
Source: The Atlantic By CANDICE NORWOOD In 2016, long simmering tensions over race and identity in America boiled over. Years of conflict between police and minority communities, clashing views concerning abortion […]
Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy
Source: The Atlantic By JOE PINSKER There are three things, once one’s basic needs are satisfied, that academic literature points to as the ingredients for happiness: having meaningful social relationships, being […]
‘Dad was an alcoholic’: MP Jonathan Ashworth urges action on drinking
Source: The Guardian BY Anushka Asthana and Denis Campbell Childhood memories of growing up with an alcoholic father have prompted the shadow health secretary to call for greater recognition of the […]
Making it easier for young foreigners to become Swiss
VOTE FEBRUARY 12 Making it easier for young foreigners to become Swiss By Urs Geiser DEC 29, 2016 Applications for a Swiss passport may take a long time and be quite expensive under the regular procedure (Keystone) Should grandchildren of immigrants have privileged access to a Swiss passport? The political […]