Source: ET The humble Abdul Sattar Edhi has served as a beacon of hope for millions in the country over the last many decades. His is the name that brings the highest level of pride to one when discussing heroic Pakistani figures. Mr Edhi has suffered through uncertain health in […]
Source:ET “Listen lady, if you don’t want to be whisked away to a brothel in Brussels and your three girls trafficked into pedophile rings or have their organs removed, please go back to Pakistan. Stop trying to make your way into Europe.” These were the words of British aid worker […]
Epigraph: “As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe […]
Source: Aljazeera By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio Gujar Khan, Pakistan – After five consecutive dry winters, Abdul Qadeer was jubilant at the prospect of a plentiful harvest of wheat after […]
Source: Aljazeera Editor of magazine for transgender community among latest victims of murders targeting liberal activists. Two people, including the editor of a magazine for the transgender community, have been […]
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 26 April 2016 The race to find a solution to a rapidly warming world is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet. One […]
Source: BBC Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island is unconstitutional. Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island […]
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Naseef; Muslim, Writer, Traveller, Author, Foodie, Adventurer There’s a vigorous debate in the United States about the nature of our constitution. Liberals tend to argue that the […]
Source: BBC By Theodora Sutcliffe 26 April 2016 In 2002, a wealthy purchaser paid 180,000 yuan – almost $28,000 – for just 20g of China’s legendary Da Hong Pao tea. […]
Source: BBC From Canada, the ovillanta is a clever — and highly effective — mosquito trap made from the pests’ favourite breeding spot. Initial tests show the ovillanta is very effective. During a 10-month study in Guatemala, researchers found that 84 ovillantas placed in seven neighborhoods in the town of […]
Tribune: LAHORE: Year 2015 proved to be another harsh year for Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community. According to an annual report of released by Jamaat-e-Ahmadia here on Monday, two members of the community were killed for their religious beliefs, a factory and several of their houses were burnt, and their social lives became tougher […]
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times is a news aggregation blog and collects from numerous sources. We suggest that the readers should independently confirm accuracy and truth of any posts. Source: In Depth Pakistan ISLAMABAD : Ex Army Chief and former President of Pakistan General Pervaiz Musharraf Owns offshore accounts value […]
April 25 is World Penguin Day. Around the globe, penguins are at risk of extinction due to overfishing and man-made changes to their breeding grounds. See pictures in CNN
Source: Aljazeera Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has agreed on a broad-based economic reform plan, known as Vision 2030, revealing how the oil-reliant state plans to diversify its economy over the next 14 years. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince, said on Monday that the country was building up the […]
Source: ALjazeera BY Yermi Brenner Berlin, Germany – When Sophia Deeg, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, was protesting on the streets of Berlin in support of the Palestinian cause, one passer-by spat in her face. Others shouted,”How can you do this?” and accused her of being […]
Source: Aljazeera Hindus across Pakistan celebrated the religious festival of colours on Thursday that is now officially marked in the Muslim-majority country as a public holiday. Holi, which is celebrated with the onset of spring and is widely recognised for the throwing and applying of coloured powders on friends and […]
Source: NPR By Maria Godoy As a Latina who married into a Jewish family, I’ve long lobbied my in-laws to include beans and rice on the Passover menu. The holiday […]
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali, who is the author of the play “The Domestic Crusaders” and creative director of Affinis Labs, a hub for social entrepreneurship and innovation […]
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has seen bans on the wearing of veils and beards in the predominantly Muslim region […]
Monday, April 25, 2016 Topics: Bible Just a day before the start of Passover last week, two of Israel’s most prominent rabbis got together to discuss the delayed coming of the Messiah. Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch is head of the Rabbinical Court and a leader of one of Israel’s largest and […]