By Alexander Jung DPA Inflation in action: This photo shows a German mark note from 1923 with a printed value of 20 million. During hyperinflation, it was stamped to become 2 billion marks. The current debt crisis in Europe evokes painful memories of the German hyperinflation. Price increases began with […]
As previously reported on Short News , in a Hamburg apartment building in a devastating fire a 33 -year-old Pakistani woman , and her two sons, aged six and […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) After a chilly month for job growth in December, hiring warmed up a bit in January. But not by much. The U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs last month, according to the government. That’s an improvement from December, but was far weaker than hoped. Economists had been expecting […]
Courtesy: Shahid Parvez, Bangalore “Clothes to the Needy” Drive in Karnataka: A Joint Effort by Dubai and Bangalore !!! Inspired from the reports of cloth distribution programs conducted earlier in the year 2013 by MKA South Karnataka, friends from Dubai conducted a massive cloth collection drive in which they have collected […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Representatives take part in Program of Peace organized by Sant Nirankari Mission at Bangalore Courtesy: Shahid Parvez, Bangalore Representatives of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Bangalore took part in the […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness. (Al Quran 48:29) For links for live transmission click here Lead post collected by Salma Javid Khan, Editor of the Muslim Times for […]
By Pallab Ghosh: Science correspondent, BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/worldwide/player.swf Dr Nick Ashton shows Pallab Ghosh where the footprints were found Related Stories Earliest stone tools to go on show Remains are ‘earliest Europeans’ […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rabbi Evan Moffic: Congregation Solel Rabbi and Writer The great debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye attracted huge attention. It also presented a false dichotomy. By […]
Huff Post — Researchers Lidar Sapir-Hen and Erez Ben-Yosef from Tel Aviv University have discovered what may be a discrepancy in the history laid out in the Bible. Using carbon-dating to determine the age of the oldest-known camel bones, the researchers determined that camels were first introduced to Israel around the 9th century […]
Gary S Chapman via Getty Images Bill Nye’s epic debate with Ken Ham of the Creation Museum continued the ongoing debate about the earth’s origin. While young earth creationists like Ham point to the Bible and place the earth’s age at 6,000 years old, others rely on scientific evidence that say […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely […]
Harold Rhode: Review of Shi’ism and Politics in the Middle East by Laurence Louër Gatestone Institute Shi’ism and Politics in the Middle East by Laurence Louër Translated from the French by John King (London: Hurst, 2012), 176 pages Reviewed by Harold Rhode Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute Retired Analyst, Office of […]
PARIS — The European Central Bank on Thursday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, choosing to wait for additional data before deciding whether to address evidence that the euro zone is sliding into the dangerous economic condition known as deflation. Mario Draghi, the central bank’s president, acknowledged at a news […]
Muslim condo complex in Thornhill sparks heated debate Religious tensions and density concerns have been stoked by a proposal to place two 17-storey residential towers, retail space and 61 townhouses in the low-density neighbourhood. View 2 photos Randy Risling / Toronto Star Feb 6, 2014 The Jaffari Centre on Bathurst […]
SOURCE: FACTORS BEHIND THE DECLINE OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE AFTER THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY [1] Nature, the international journal of science, with headquarters in London, has published on 2 November 2006 an issue devoted mainly to Islam and Science. The articles and items are written by Muslim and non-Muslim writers who express […]
Source: BBC Turkish protesters used the internet to spread pictures and information in last year’s demonstrations Related Stories Twitter under pressure in Turkey BBC concern at Turkey ‘intimidation’ Dozens arrested over protest tweetsWatch The Turkish parliament has approved a bill that would tighten government controls over the internet. The new […]
| Wednesday, 5 February 2014 February 05: US Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was making gains on the ground, but denied US policy in Syria was failing. “It’s fair to say that Assad has improved his position a little bit, yes. But […]
Source: deathofjesus.blogspot.com Visit Official Website of The Conference A mega religious conference is coming to London in less than two weeks that seeks “to restore the rightful contribution religion has to offer […]
Source: allafrica.com As part of its annual Islamic programmes, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Sierra Leone has scheduled 7 to 9 March, 2014 for their 53rd Annual/National Conference (JALSA SALANA) to […]
Guardian: Twelve years ago, a few weeks into the occupation of Afghanistan, I suggested (in these pages) that the euphoria aroused by an easy conquest was misplaced. It would be a long war and one of its side effects would be to seriously destabilise Pakistan. Unfortunately, events have not contradicted the analysis. […]