On the evening of 11th October 2014, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hyderabad organised Eid Millan and Peace Symposium at The Marigold (Green Park) Hotel. The event included about 200 members from […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shirin Ebadi was the first and only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize in 2003. She was also the first […]
By Michelle Moghtader | Reuters – Mon, Oct 13, 2014 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran‘s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the “wicked” British government for creating the Islamic State in his first speech since undergoing prostate surgery last month. The sharp remarks were a reminder of Iranian suspicions […]
theguardian: The tipping point for Sayeeda Warsi came in the aftermath of one of the most notorious incidents of this year’s Gazan war: the killing of four Palestinian children by Israeli shells as they played football on the beach. Warsi hoped that David Cameron would condemn the attack as beyond […]
theguardian: by Ann Robinson — A brain ready for dissection. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Neuroscience research got a huge boost last week with news of Professor John O’Keefe’s Nobel prize for work on the “brain’s internal GPS system”. It is an exciting new part of the giant jigsaw puzzle of our brain […]
Dawn: IT was Dussehra the other day, and now it will be Diwali. Both occasions, like other Hindu festivals, are celebrated in different ways in different regions of India and are also known by different names. Dussehra in north India more or less coincides with Durga Puja in Bengal. Many […]
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 12:21 pm Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at NZ A Symbol of Peace – Mosque Opens Its Doors to Public A mosque is a symbol of peace and […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state on Monday in a move which will not alter the government’s stance on the issue, but […]
pakteahouse: Malik Malala Yousufzai was given the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 on her championing the cause of Children’s right for education, especially for girls. This is the young girl who was brave enough to ask for her right of education despite the ban from Taliban in Swat on Girls’ […]
Huff Post: Dear fellow Muslims, You’ve likely heard the old saying, “You can’t wake up someone pretending to be asleep.” This thoughtful proverb crossed my mind as I read new atheist Ali Rizvi’s letter, which I can only assume is addressed you and I. I can only assume as much […]
Funny Signboards (in Urdu)……….. you won’t stop laughing June 10, 2012 by Editor 119 Comments ‘Funny signboards in Urdu’ is a large collection of carefully selected funny signboards. These extremely funny signboards in Urdu depict a true picture of Pakistan in a humorous way. It will hopefully provide good enjoyment to the fun […]
Source: The Hindustan Times, Courtesy of Basharat Ahmed, Banglore, India Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan TimesLondon, October 11, 2014 The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai has been officially welcomed in […]
theguardian: by Lauren Laverne — Life is a serious business. But new research shows that the way to get the most out of it is to be more playful. So get out there and have some fun Lauren Laverne: ‘Play is indispensable to human progress and good for individuals.’ […]
By Sam Stein BETHESDA, Md. — As the federal government frantically works to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and as it responds to a second diagnosis of the disease at home, […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Liberian health officials are appealing to nurses and medical assistants not to go ahead with a national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues. The National Health Workers Association wants an increase in the monthly risk fee paid to those treating Ebola cases. In the US, President Barack Obama has directed […]
Berlin, Germany – Ahmed Salihu, a Nigerian who received refugee status from Italy in February 2013, has been living in the German capital for more than a year. He is considered an illegal migrant according to European Union’s Dublin regulation, which stipulates recognised refugees must live in the country that […]
The International Monetary Fund has held its first consultation with an external advisory group of Islamic finance industry bodies, as regulators across the globe seek to address structural issues in the sector. Islamic finance, with its core markets in the Middle East and southeast Asia, is under growing regulatory scrutiny […]
US secretary of state, John Kerry, suggests that protecting the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani is not a primary objective of US-coalition forces. ‘As horrific as it is to watch in real time what’s happening in Kobani … you have to step back and understand the strategic objective,’ he says […]
BEIRUT: A Kurdish woman fighter is leading the battle against Islamic State militants in the Syrian battleground town of Kobani, a monitoring group and activists said Sunday. “Mayssa Abdo, known […]