Crimea referendum: Voters ‘back Russia union’
Source: BBC Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia in a disputed referendum, officials announce, after half the votes have been counted. Crimea’s leader says he will […]
No groups have made any demands over Malaysia Airlines MH370: Minister
No groups have made any demands over Malaysia Airlines MH370: Minister The Straits Times Malaysia Bureau KUALA LUMPUR – No groups have made any demands over the missing Malaysia Airlines […]
Better opportunities for China’s farmers
posted by nshawish, 1st February 2012 Nada Shawish reports on how microcredit is helping China’s rural poor. Xiyang Village, China—Sha Ximei feeds her cow in her small clay shed, and smiles […]
Islamic Microfinance in Tanzania
11 April 2011 Mohamed Yasin inShare Tanzania eco-Volunteerism’s (TeV) honey project is a community development program providing rural poor communities of Tanzania with an innovative microfinance model that […]
Live Streaming Today – Muhammad: Messenger of Peace?
Epigraph “And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the whole mankind.” (Al Quran 21:108) The Holy Prophet Muhammad Recognized, as a Great Law-Giver, by […]
eDigest: Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality – Richer Nations Are Exception
Epigraph Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned? (Al Quran 3:84) Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, a Swiss convert to […]
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif approves lifting of ban on underage marriage
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approves lifting of ban on underage marriage IndiaToday.in New Delhi, March 13, 2014 | UPDATED 17:57 IST Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly given his approval for the removal of the law banning underage marriage as well as the law regarding the second marriage of a man […]
On the Israeli Demand for Recognition of a ‘Jewish State’
by Sari Nusseibeh The Israeli government’s current mantra is that the Palestinians must recognize a ‘Jewish State’. Of course, the Palestinians have clearly and repeatedly recognized the State of Israel as such in the 1993 Oslo Accords (which were based on an Israeli promise to establish a Palestinian state within […]
Saudi Arabia: Millionaire beggar leaves her fortune for the needy
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 16 March 2014 A blind female beggar who died here suddenly has left behind SR3 million in cash, jewelry, gold worth SR1 million and four buildings, with no heir to inherit the small fortune. Ahmad Saidi, an assistant to Ayesha, the dead beggar, said […]
‘Afghanistan does not need US troops’
AP | Mar 15, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES inShare KABUL — In his final address to Afghanistan’s parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already protects 93 per cent of the country, was ready […]
Saudi’s Lonely, Costly Bid for Sunni-Shiite Equality
MARCH 14, 2014 By ROBERT F. WORTH RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — MIKHLIF AL-SHAMMARI has been jailed repeatedly, declared an infidel, ruined financially and shot four times — by his own son — all for this: He believes his fellow Sunni Muslims should treat Shiites as equals. […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association of Calgary NW observe International Women’s Day
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Federal Minister of State Hon. Michelle Rempel and Associate Minister (Alberta) Hon. Teresa Woo Paw participated in the seminar and gave their remarks. Minister Rempel shared her visit to the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Presents Muhammad Messenger of Peace with Mr. Ghayyur Khan, the keynote speaker
Source: dallas-hiram.patch.com On March 13, 2014 at the Chattahoochee College campus in Paulding, the meeting began with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Mr. Bhatti, which was translated into English for the benefit of the audience. Next, Mr. Nafis Rehman, the Ahmadiyya Muslim M/C, presented videos outlining the history of […]
Marriage of Muslims in America
By Shahid Athar Saturday, 15 March 2014 Both the parents and the boy should remember that the criterion for choosing a spouse that was placed by the Prophet Muhammad was not wealth or color The marriage of Muslim girls in America is becoming a problem. Recently, a […]
British PM sets out priorities for European Union reform
Source: TOI LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday outlined the EU reforms he thinks are needed to stop Britain being “sucked into a United States of Europe”, ahead of a planned referendum on membership in 2017. The Conservative leader said he would campaign for Britain to stay in the […]
Policy that shakes the very foundations of the European order
Source: CNN However far-fetched they may seem, these comparisons reflect a frantic search among Western politicians and experts for the underlying causes, rationales and consequences of Russia’s actions in Ukraine. And it slowly dawns on Europe that it is witness to a sea change in Russian foreign policy that shakes […]
App lets you speed-read ‘Harry Potter’ in an hour
http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/script/6.0/players/embed.js?videoid=/video/technology/2014/03/12/t-ts-spritz-speed-reading.cnnmoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Social media and tech blogs have been ablaze with hype about a new speed-reading technology called Spritz. Instead of showing you lines of text the way […]
Nasir al-Mulk ‘Pink Mosque’ Of Iran Is Like Stepping Into A Kaleidoscope
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — From the outside, the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, seems like a fairly traditional house of worship — but it’s hiding a gorgeously colorful secret. The multitude of stained glass windows turn the inside of the mosque into a riotous wonderland of color […]
eDigest: To Be or Not to Be Veiled
Epigraph O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters, as well as all [other] believing women, that they should draw over themselves some of their outer garments [when in public]: this will be more conducive to their being recognized [as decent women] and not annoyed. But [withal,] God is indeed […]