The Huffington Post: In Palestine, where Christians are an important minority, Christians tell me they don’t feel treated like a minority. Among Palestinians, one’s Arab-ness trumps their Christian-ness or Muslim-ness […]
Almost 600 works of art discovered in Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt may have been stolen by Nazis. Bowing to demands from Jewish groups and art experts, the German government has made public the details of paintings in a recovered trove of about 1,400 pieces of art, many […]
Humanity First Responds to Typhoon Haiyan More than 10,000 estimated to be dead in Philippines. Cities devastated Hundreds of thousands displaced and need urgent assistance. Vaughan, Ontario, Canada – Humanity First – a Canadian relief organization… Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Addresses Historic Reception In Japan Source: Press […]
Some major health insurers are so worried about the Obama administration’s ability to fix its troubled health care website that they are pushing the government to create a shortcut that would allow them to enroll people entitled to subsidies directly rather than through the federal system. The idea is only […]
Mother said to be “in a maelstrom of fatigue and mental disorder” caused by postnatal depression. A mother who admitted killing her baby daughter while she was ”in a maelstrom of fatigue and mental disorder” caused by postnatal depression has been spared jail. Natasha Sultan, 21, sobbed as she was […]
Peter Higgs, the father of the ‘God Particle’ theory, has claimed that the Nobel committee overlooked a second British scientist when awarding him its physics prize last month. Prof Higgs shared the award with Francois Englert, a Belgian scientist, for their independent work which led to the discovery of the […]
Source: Stratfor. he talks between Iran and the Western powers have ended but have not failed. They will reconvene next week. That in itself is a dramatic change from the past, when such talks invariably began in failure. In my book The Next Decade, I argued that the United States and Iran […]
Unlike the Holy Quran the Bible never claimed that it is complete code of life or ethics. This reality becomes fairly obvious by carefully watching this debate. The Quran claims: This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you […]
Source: ET The JI has shown its true colours several times in the past, only we Pakistanis were slow in recognising these religious fascists for what they are: religious fascists. And now this! This really takes the cake and I simply have to ask Hassan a question that Senator Zahid […]
A good analysis of ground reality in Pakistan:
Source: Jihad Watch But he was wrong. They won’t. Because they have been taught for years that any criticism of Islamic jihad terror and oppression, no matter how accurate, no matter how mild, is that most abhorrent of things, “racism.” And so they will most likely accept their subjugation with […]
By James Gallagher: Health and science reporter, BBC News A new way of scanning the heart can identify those who may be at high risk of a heart attack, early tests suggest. It can identify dangerous plaques in the arteries which nourish the heart. If a fatty plaque ruptures, it […]
Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi Published — Tuesday 12 November 2013 ARABNEWS It sounds like something out of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Pakistan, in the scheme of things, is a young country. But the laws, which govern it, are old. Very old. Consider for example the country’s criminal law known as […]
TEHRAN: Iran and Britain on Monday named nonresident charges d’affaires to each other’s capital, in moves aimed at restoring diplomatic ties severed after the British Embassy was ransacked in 2011. Mohammad Hassan “Habibollah-zadeh will travel to London in the near future to examine the situation of Iran’s possessions and buildings […]
The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) is planning to establish a micro-finance bank in the Philippines soon. AGFUND President Prince Talal said this during an exclusive interview with Arab News. He said Filipino expatriates have been working alongside Saudis with sincerity and dedication. Prince Talal pointed out that the […]
By Crispian Balmer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Hours after Israeli special forces killed Mohammed Assi in a shootout last month in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both tried to cloak themselves in his legacy. Underscoring their shared Islamist credentials, the two […]
Q. Does the shaitan (satan) know what crosses our minds, which no one knows except Allah, and thus whisper to us what is in accordance with our thoughts? A. Evidence suggests that the shaitan is close to man. Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the […]
By Laiq Ahmed Atif Source/Credit: The Times Monday, November 11, 2013, 00:01 by Laiq Ahmed Atif Prophet Muhammad said: “One who is not grateful to fellow human beings is not grateful to God.” As a firm believer of this principle, I would like to start with paying tribute and extending my gratitude and heartfelt […]
Source: China Daily China continues to be the top source driving the growing and record number of international students in US universities and colleges. During the 2012/13 academic year, Chinese student enrollments increased by a hefty 21.4 percent to 235,597, compared with the 194,029 in the previous academic year, according […]
The Big Question Prof. Victor Stenger Testing the God Hypothesis The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: In this article agnostic or atheist writer Victor Stenger, has suggested nine possible observations, which if true will destroy his case. I would like theists to… Two Muslim girls leave nursing school over hijab ban in […]