JERUSALEM: Israel unveiled plans Friday for more than 1,800 new settler homes in a move the Palestinians said was aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its Middle East peace drive. The announcement was made just days after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his latest visit to the […]
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Book Review: Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam Saint Augustine did build a bridge from Christian tradition to Islam! Source of […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch January 10, 2014 – 17:00 A proposal to re-introduce immigration quotas would fail to win a majority at the ballot box next month, according to an […]
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Residents take to streets to celebrate Michel Djotodia’s departure, but concerns grow of revenge attacks on Muslims David Smith, Africa correspondent theguardian.com, Friday 10 January 2014 The interim president of the Central African Republic (CAR) has resigned after a disastrous nine-month rule, prompting celebrations on the streets but fresh anxiety […]
On Thursday, January 2, Musharraf (main picture) was taken to a military hospital after suffering a ‘heart problem’ on his way to court. The 70-year-old former president had been summoned […]
Hundreds of students gathered for assembly saved from harm because of boy’s actions Aitazaz Hassan Bangash and his cousin Musadiq Ali Bangash were on their way to Ibrahimzai School in a Shia dominated area of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, when a man raised their suspicions by asking them […]
75 Canadians in the running for a one-way mission to Mars The Globe & Mail: Dozens of star-struck Canadians are surprised, excited and brimming with confidence after reaching the next […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in December — the first time it’s been below 7% in five years. But the drop was for all the wrong reasons. The rate fell because many people got fed up, stopped looking for work and dropped out of the labor […]
The Jakarta Globe: To fix something, we must first admit that it is faulty, because we don’t fix that which isn’t broken. So when Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says […]
CTV: A chart illustrating what people in Muslim countries think women should wear in public is being met with both fascination and derision. The chart was created by the Pew […]
By Saeed Qureshi The assassination of the Superintendent of Police, Chaudhry Aslam, a vanguard and fearless CID police officer fighting against terrorism and lawlessness, through a huge bomb blast, reinforces the gnawing fear that the outlaws were still organized and possess the means and network to put up a defiant […]
Source: USA Today President Obama heard from congressional lawmakers Thursday about possible changes to government surveillance programs, and he’s on track to unveil his plan in the next two and […]
York University professor who refused student’s request to be separated from female classmates broke ‘obligation to accommodate’: officials Republish Reprint- National Post Toronto Tristin Hopper | January 8, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 9 7:40 AM ET More from Tristin Hopper | @TristinHopper http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/08/york-university-professor-who-refused-students-request-to-be-separated-from-female-classmates-broke-obligation-to-accommodate-officials/ After refusing to honour a male student’s […]
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Lead article collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Germany Adds Lessons in Islam to Better Blend its Melting Pot By ALISON SMALEJAN. 6, 2014 […]
PARIS: A French magazine alleged Friday that Francois Hollande routinely drives through the streets of Paris on a scooter to spend the night with his mistress, raising concerns for the […]
By Maximilian Popp Spiegel.de The greatest threat yet to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan comes from a former ally. Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen and his influential followers seem determined to accomplish […]
STORY SUMMARY While Afghanistan and Iraq were both messes which Obama’s predecessors got the country into, former Pentagon chief Gates, who served under six presidents, chastised the Democrat leader for dithering on troop surges and overall strategy. The ramifications of over a decade of bad U.S. decisions are still being […]
HONG KONG (CNNMoney) By Charles Riley and Feng Ke China is poised to become the world’s top trading nation, a position long held by the United States. China reported Friday […]
http://mancunianmatters.co.uk: Islam is officially Manchester’s fastest growing religion and is expanding at more than double the rate of Christianity, MM can reveal. University of Manchester data analysed by MM revealed that […]