Pakistan Names New Army Chief
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: The NewYork Times By SALMAN MASOOD Published: November 27, 2013 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a surprise move, Lt. Gen. Raheel Sharif was appointed the […]
Justice Tassaduq Jillani as new Chief Justice of Pakistan
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani to be appointed the next Chief Justice of Pakistan, Express News reported. More:
Lt Gen Raheel Sharif appointed new army chief
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif was appointed as the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and Lieutenant General Rashad Mehmood was appointed as the new Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC) on Wednesday, Express Newsreported. More:
eDigest: Church Of England Faces Extinction, Says Former Archbishop Of Canterbury Lord George Carey
Empty Church Church Of England Faces Extinction, Says Former Archbishop Of Canterbury Lord George Carey Empty Church Source: Huffington Post CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A former archbishop of Canterbury has warned that the Church of England faces extinction in less than 25 years unless it can… Gravity the perfect […]
Muslim countries missing tourism opportunities
Non-Muslim does better at providing Halal tourism By Zaher Bitar, Senior Reporter GULF NEWS Dubai: The performance of the halal travel and tourism industries in non-Muslim countries is outperforming the same sectors in the Muslim countries, expert in the filed said yesterday at the Global Islamic Economy Summit 2013. They […]
Israel approves $124 million plan to deal with illegal migrants Those who agree to leave the country may be paid up to $3,500; law enforcement teams to be boosted
Israel’s cabinet allocated nearly $124 million to a plan designed to have illegal African migrants return to their countries of origin. Most of the money allocated from the plan approved […]
Ronald Reagan’s Son Records Atheist Radio Ad: ‘Not Afraid Of Burning In Hell’
The Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari Posted: 11/26/2013 1:53 pm EST Ron Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, has recorded a radio ad promoting the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The ad has been running on the progressive radio program “The Randi Rhodes Show.” In the ad, which […]
Why Muslims should celebrate Thanksgiving?
Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord is gracious to mankind, but most of them are not grateful. (Al Quran 27:74) By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitul Hameed Mosque […]
Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal
Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow in the […]
Sacred Economics Vs.Financial Tyranny: Hunffingtonpost
K A B I R H E L M I N S K I T H R E S H O L D S O C I E T Y Dear Koya, I have never before offered my HuffPost blog to friends on our Threshold Society […]
Gravity the perfect space film for our Godless times?
ABC News: by Justine Toh — Such a world may set the stage for remarkable feats of human endeavour but it endlessly frustrates the inevitable questions of human existence (how are we here? why are we here? why does anything exist at all?) that the silence of space can only […]
Robert Fisk: He may huff and puff but Benjamin Netanyahu is on his own now as nuclear agreement isolates Israel
It marks a victory for the Shia in their growing conflict with the Sunni Muslim Middle East. It gives substantial hope to Bashar al-Assad that he will be left in power in Syria. It isolates Israel. And it infuriates Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Kuwait and other Sunni Gulf States […]
Suicide attack in Beirut: Tragedy is spreading from Iran’s western border to the Mediterranean
The suicide attack in Beirut last week was unusual in several respects, not least that the target was the Iranian embassy By Robert Fisk, The Independent The night before they blew themselves up outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut last week, the two suicide bombers stayed at the local Sheraton […]
Iran deal could reconfigure the Mideast
November 27, 2013 12:09 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary The most striking implication of the agreement signed in Geneva last weekend to ensure that Iran’s nuclear industry does not develop nuclear weapons while gradually removing the sanctions on the country is more about Iran than […]
Pakistan to build six nuclear power plants
SOURCE: ARABNEWS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Tuesday that his country will build six civil nuclear power plants. Speaking at a function, Coastal Power Project K-II and K-III […]
Central Library hosting exhibit about prophet Muhammad
Burlington Post An exhibit is coming about Islam’s prophet. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada – Burlington Branch, is staging The Life of The Holy Prophet Muhammad on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Central Library, Centennial Hall, 2331 New St. There is free admission and complimentary refreshments. The […]
Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2013
Islamic Microfinance Challenge Seeks Innovative Approaches to Reaching Unbanked Muslims WASHINGTON, 25 November 2013 – CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), the Islamic Development Bank, Al Baraka Banking Group, and Triple Jump today announced the launch of the second Islamic Microfinance Challenge, a global contest that invites applications from […]
In Afghanistan, Stoning Of Adulterers May Be Legalized In New Law
There Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: There are no verses in the Holy Quran, which prescribe stoning for any crime, while there are several verses in the Bible about stoning several […]
Who Is the Shadowy Sultan that Shepherded the Nuclear Deal With Iran?
Posted By Hanna Kozlowska Tuesday, November 26, 2013 For the past several weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on a Geneva luxury hotel where Western negotiators and their Iranian […]
Iraq Collapse Shows Bankruptcy of Interventionism
by Rep. Ron Paul, June 03, 2013 May was Iraq’s deadliest month in nearly five years, with more than 1,000 dead — both civilians and security personnel — in a rash of bombings, shootings, and other violence. As we read each day of new horrors in Iraq, it becomes more […]