WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) With the 2013 government shutdown ended, President Obama has ordered all federal workers to get back to work Thursday. But it’s especially tricky getting the word out to all 450,000 employees, who have been home on furlough during the shutdown. Federal law prohibits workers on furlough from accessing […]
Haaretz: Shaul Tchernichovsky‘s vision poem has been suggested as a substitute or alternative for Israel’s national anthem. Poem of the Week / This is the poem that could replace ‘Hatikvah’ […]
Haaretz: Shaul Tchernichovsky‘s vision poem has been suggested as a substitute or alternative for Israel’s national anthem. Poem of the Week / This is the poem that could replace ‘Hatikvah’ […]
May I be a sacrifice to your street, oh fatherland, where It has become custom that no-one shall go with head held high And that any lover who comes out on pilgrimage Must go with furtive looks, go in fear of body and life; Applied to the people of heart […]
Idul Adha, a legacy of a man, three wives and many religions The Jakarta Post: Myth and custom compels us to simplify Idul Adha as an Islamic holiday. Even The […]
Source: Spiegel: SPIEGEL: Mr. President, do you love your country? Assad: That is a simple, evident question. Of course. It’s human to love where you come from. But it is not just a question of the emotional relationship. It is also about what you, as a person, can do for your […]
Source: Spiegel: SPIEGEL: Mr. President, do you love your country? Assad: That is a simple, evident question. Of course. It’s human to love where you come from. But it is not just a question of the emotional relationship. It is also about what you, as a person, can do for your […]
Emperor Penguins: The devoted parents Blame bad parents for Britain’s ills, says Sir Michael Wilshaw Telegraph: In outspoken remarks about the “social breakdown” of Britain, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools and social care, attacked “hollowed out and fragmented families” where parents suffer… Centenary event for Muslim […]
Source: IRIN via Wasim Sr: The Ahmadi community Members of the minority Ahmadi community, which faced the worst attack in its history in 2010 in Lahore when around a 100 were killed, say they live in constant fear. The group considers itself Muslim, but was in 1974 declared non-Muslim under Pakistani law, […]
This morning, when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were announced, most of the attention centered on Nirvana and N.W.A. making the list in their first year of eligibility. But toward the bottom, my eye caught a name that threw me for a loop: Cat Stevens. It wasn’t strange […]
It is our open door policy such as the one here at The Muslim Times where there are no barriers in posting news of other faiths and as well as other sects of Islam that makes unique it being a models for everyone to emulate for success. I have been […]
Interfaith discussion aims to build bridgesDaily Pilot The Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Assn. hosted Love for God and for Creation on Oct. 10 to bring together different faiths in an effort to educate the community and … See all stories on this topic » Hundreds attend Muslim festival in BensalemphillyBurbs.com … Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Men and […]
Source: (HR TV Germany) By Zubair Khan Just a day prior to Eid-ul Adhia Festival, the largest TV of Hessen State Germany (HR) telecast the interview of Mr Abdullah Uwe Wagishauser, the National head of Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Huff Post: by Erik De Castro – LOON, Philippines, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings including an old church and a hospital. Nearly 3 million people were affected by […]
The Times of Israel: by Haviv Rettig Gur – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a thinly veiled defense of a possible Israeli preemptive strike on Iran during a Knesset commemoration Tuesday of the 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. In a speech to MKs about the war, in which Israel […]
Time: At one of the darkest moments of the government shutdown, with markets dipping and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue hurling icy recriminations,Maine Republican Susan Collins went to the Senate floor to do two things that none of her colleagues had yet attempted. She refrained from partisan blame and proposed a […]
Editor’s note: Today’s report in the Guardian and the release of first global index on slavery is an eye opener for those who have criticized the Quran on the basis […]
Source: BBC Divers working at a Russian lake have recovered a half-tonne chunk of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year. The object plunged into Lake Chebarkul […]
Source: Dawn.COM. Over 16 million or half the world’s population of modern day slaves live in India and Pakistan, according to the inaugural Global Slavery Indexpublished Thursday. An estimated 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery, of which 2.1 million are in Pakistan and a staggering 14 million are […]
Source:The Irish Time via Wasim Sr. I don’t know why the Nobel prize committee decided against giving an award to Malala Yousafzai, who until last week had been favourite to win. It presented the gong instead to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a recipient only slightly more […]