A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, […]
Saudi Arabia Appoints Woman to Position in Two Holiest Mosques
Saudi Arabia Appoints Woman to Position in Two Holiest Mosques The head of the General Presidency of the Two Mosques, appointed Fatimah Al-Rashoud as head of the Women Guidance Committee. Wed, December 24, 2014 The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the two holy mosques. (Photo: © Wikipedia) […]
Another Anti Ahmadiyya Program by Dr Liaqat on Geo TV
Source: Bushra Mahmood of Germany Note by Editor: Video is in Urdu and after 15 minutes Moulvi talks against Ahmadiyya. Watch in Youtube
Hijab in the Bible and Torah
Part 1 – Hijab in Christian Denominations By Aisha Stacey- The literal meaning of hijab is to veil, to cover or to screen. It encompasses more than just a dress […]
Israel approves 380 new East Jerusalem settler housing units
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler housing units in two areas of annexed East Jerusalem, a local official said. “The municipal commission has given construction permits for 307 homes in Ramot and 73 in Har Homa,” Yosef Pepe Alalu, […]
114-year-old woman who challenged Facebook to let her use her real age dies
The Washington Post: by Abby Phillip — Anna Stoehr, 114, uses her iPad at her retirement home in Plainview, Minn. Stoehr made headlines for needing to lie about her age to set up an account on Facebook. Anna Stoehr was 113 years young when she decided it was time for […]
Please impose Martial Law in Pakistan
Source. ET The MQM chief argued that if a non-democratic way has to be adopted in the country, it is better that martial law is imposed. More:
Pakistan’s Baffling Response to Extremism
The New York Times — Despite the grief and rage that followed the massacre of 148 students and their teachers by Taliban militants at an army-run school in Peshawar last week, Pakistan persists in its duplicitous and self-defeating response to the extremism that is threatening the country. Immediately after the attack, Prime […]
The Muslim Times’ Collection about Christmas
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm
Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with the Weizmann Institute have created primordial germ cells – cells that will go on to become egg and sperm – using human […]
Smartphone use ‘changing our brains’
Source: BBC By Michelle Roberts, Health editor, BBC News online Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers. The scientists […]
Reach out to vulnerable — Ameer Bin Salih
Source: Graphic On Line: LINK “Irrespective of their political and religious affiliations, the rich and well-to-do will be contributing to peaceful co-existence if they support the poor and weak in society,’’ the Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Alhaji Mohammed Bin Salih, said this […]
A hard week for Muslims
Source: Arab News It is highly unfortunate that so many feel at ease to kill innocent and defenseless civilians all in the name of revenge and of a great religion that should not have to suffer such indignities in its name. It is long overdue for all of us fair-minded […]
Monitoring of Islamic youth camps urged
Source: Arab News Several Saudi writers and intellectuals have called on the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance to monitor its summer camps held to propagate religious teachings, to root out extremists advocating subversive ideologies. They say the dawa camps are organized under the banner of the ministry […]
CNN: Where Christmas really came from
Epigraph: And thou (Muhammad) shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are […]
ISIS claims capture of Jordanian pilot
Source: CNN (CNN) — ISIS militants claim to have captured a Jordanian pilot after shooting down a coalition warplane over Syria on Wednesday, according to a statement posted on an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had reported earlier Wednesday that ISIS had shot down an […]
Tunisia sets the bar
The Daily Star The presidential election in Tunisia should be taken as a sign that not everything in this part of the world is generating violence, tension, anger and despair. A competitive […]
Abbas says to cut ties with Israel if UN move fails
ALGIERS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his administration would “no longer deal” with Israel if a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a final peace […]
Heroes, villains and victories – the women who shaped 2014
Source: The Guardian By Bim Adewunmi The Malala award Nominees: Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling (who was briefly mistaken for her at a New York party). Winner: Malala, by a landslide – for being awarded the Nobel peace prize at the age of 17 (the youngest ever recipient) but also crucially for the fact that she had […]