Source: BBC Donald Trump was likened to a “fool or maniac” while Hillary Clinton was dismissed as “weak and feckless” in a punchy vice-presidential debate. Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence clashed on a series of topics ranging from abortion to Russia. Even as they […]
Source: CBC News As a divisive election tears Americans apart over questions of race and immigration, a CBC News poll suggests Canadians are right in believing they think very differently […]
Source: CNN Prostate cancer is a significant disease in the U.S. In 2014 alone, the American Cancer Society estimates, 233,000 men will be diagnosed and 29,480 will die of it. […]
OCT 5, 2016 – Fierce gun battles have played out around Kunduz in recent days (Keystone) Switzerland will continue funding humanitarian projects in Afghanistan to the tune of CHF26 million ($26.6 million) per year until 2020, a conference in Brussels was told. Thomas Greminger, head of the Swiss delegation […]
Anti-Muslim posters at University of Calgary prompt rally of support WARNING: Graphic language By Robson Fletcher, CBC News Posted: Oct 04, 2016 2:07 PM MT Last Updated: Oct 05, 2016 6:55 AM MTStudents and staff at the University of Calgary responded by coming together to write messages of support and tolerance after the campus […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; saving a life is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Reuters By Crispian Balmer | ROME More than 5,000 migrants […]
Award seeks to recognise structures that help Muslim communities worldwide Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre, Beijing, ChinaImage Credit: Aga Khan foundation Superkilen, Copenhagen, DenmarkImage Credit: Aga Khan foundation Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, IranImage Credit: Aga Khan foundation Issam Fares Institute, Beirut, LebanonImage Credit: Aga Khan foundation Awaidha Murshed Al […]
October 5, 2016 TEHRAN — The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, a huge infrastructure that connects two parks separated by a highway in northern Tehran, has won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture worth $1 million. The winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced during a ceremony held […]
October 5, 2016 View photos Palestinians show their solidarity with a Gaza-bound flotilla of international activists attempting to break the Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, on October 5, 2016 at the port in Gaza City (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed) More Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s navy on Wednesday intercepted an […]
‘Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow,’ says Russian government-run TV network Matt Payton A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of delivering multiple nuclear weapons, is paraded through Moscow’s Red Square in the 2009 Victory Day parade DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images The Russian government has launched a nationwide […]
Benefiting from teaching career I am delighted and very proud to be part of this significant world. I began my professional life as an elementary school teacher. Over the years I moved from teaching to law enforcement career but what I found was that my love for teaching always remained […]
Interviewed by Saiful Islam, Toronto Suggested Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
By ALYSHAH HASHAMStaff Reporter Tues., Oct. 4, 2016 The father of a woman convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her pregnant sister-in-law in the neck has finally acknowledged his role in covering up the crime for years.Undated file photo of Poonam Litt who was murdered by her sister-in-law Mandeep Punia. (STAR FILE PHOTO) […]
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times 3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win […]
By Abdul Alim: The recent article by Mustafa Aykol in New York Times is sadly a typical example of the utter confusion that Muslim intellectuals, even well respected ones, suffer […]
Oct 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF At 70, one would think the United Nations’ conflict resolution record would be credible enough to provide hope for millions of people caught in complex conflicts in many parts of the world. But the reality is different. The record is dismal […]
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock From our […]
Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer. SOURCE: http://juergentodenhoefer.de/us-secret-service-uncovers-the-west-wanted-an-islamic-terror-state/?lang=en#more-8152 Dear friends, according to the US secret service, DIA, the Obama administration has known as early as August 2012 that Al Qaeda /AQI, IS, ISIS) and other extremists were heading the Syrian rebellion. As a result, the “possibility that a Salafist principality in Eastern Syria“ […]
By RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press | Published: September 27, 2016 WASHINGTON — Legislation that would allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for allegedly backing the terrorists who carried out the attacks could be devastating to the U.S. military, according to Defense […]
August 31, 2016 TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi and Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi exchanged views about preparations for the upcoming Arbaeen ceremony. During the meeting held in Tehran on Wednesday, the two diplomats talked about ways […]