A three-year spell of exceptionally high temperatures has weakened the ice stream. Daily Telegraph: The last edge of the Greenland ice sheet that had resisted global warming has now become unstable, adding billions of tonnes of melt water to rising seas. In a study published in the journal Nature Climate […]
Daily Telegraph: The combined wealth of the UK’s top five billionaires and their families is more than £28.1 billion, an Oxfam report says. The country’s five richest families are wealthier than the poorest 20 per cent of the population, a leading charity has revealed. 28.1 billion of the 12.6 million people […]
Coming up: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gives a news briefing Continue reading the main story in BBC Ukraine crisis Crimea votes Critical test for US Is referendum legal? […]
Following are a Number of Traditions recorded in *Sahi Bukhari* and *Muslim* in their respective chapters about the Eclipses. “The Sun and the Moon are two of the Signs (Ayat) […]
68. Adopt the Religion of Allah [2:139] Say, ‘We will adopt the religion of Allah; and who is better than Allah in teaching religion, and Him alone do we worship.’
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy 69. Do not approach ( or cross) limits set by Allah [2:188] It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, […]
Epigraph Say, ‘He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.’ (Al Quran 112:2-5) Four […]
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By Abida Ruby for The Muslim Times — The culture and traditions give us a sense of identity or belonging to a specific group, ethnicity, country/nationality, religion etc. These are handed down by one generation to another and are observed with religious zeal in most cultures. In most of the […]
Source: Dawn.com Written by Nilofar Ahmed It is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years […]
Religious persecution in Pakistan Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 13 March 2014 18:57 http://viewpointonline.net/2014/03/vp192/religious-persecution-in-pakistan Blaise Pascal, the famous 17th century philosopher and mathematician, observed that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction”. His words could apply to Muslim-killing Hindus of Gujarat, […]
Huff Post: MOSCOW (RNS) As Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border and a controversial secession vote in Crimea approaches Sunday (March 16), Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called […]
thediplomat.com: Extremist violence is widespread, earthquakes and flooding are routine, and polio remains endemic. No nation has a higher infant mortality rate, and only a few have more cases of tuberculosis. Nearly half the country’s 180 million people lack access to safe water, and many Pakistanis have experienced power outages of up […]
by Babar Sattar Dawn: THE chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Muhammad Khan Sheerani, has stated that prohibition of child marriage under the Muslim Family Law Ordinance is un-Islamic. He argued that the requirement to seek permission of the first wife before taking on a second (or third […]
by Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch March 16, 2014 – 10:31 With the future status of Crimea still uncertain, Switzerland is making the most of its good standing with Moscow to impose the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as the mediator between Russia and Western nations. Swiss President and […]
Source: Jerusalem/PNN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Israel’s insistence on demanding the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is “a mistake”, Haaretz reported […]
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Clare Daly an Irish MEP: Afghani Blood is As Holy As Ukranian Four Leaflet Shamrock: Islam versus Christianity? Santa Claus […]
Source: The Guardian By Tracy McVeigh “The media portray Muslim women as oppressed and subjugated and Islam is often presented as misogynist and patriarchal,” she said, and her book was intended as an antidote to that. For many feminists the hijab is a glaring symbol of male oppression and the […]