JP – A cartoonist, unlike a a violent extremist, can innocently claim, “But these are just harmless cartoons, only a lunatic would take offence, let alone seek to ban them”. But make no mistake, cartoons are a political tool since the days of Thomas Nast, and they merit our intellectual […]
Prof Dr Tom Kibble of UK delivering his lecture in Bensheim Germany By Zubair Khan Photographie: Abdullah Adeel Pictures Land of pure, its leaders as well masses have shunned and vilified Dr. Salaam. Even Pakistan history has been mitigated to denounce this great man of the Pakistani soil. However still […]
(Reuters) – India’s army said on Tuesday that Pakistani troops had helped a group of 30 to 40 insurgents stage the biggest incursion in Kashmir in years, linking it to a plan to push fighters into the region as foreign forces withdraw from neighboring Afghanistan. Army chief General Bikram Singh’s remarks […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s Peter Higgs and Belgium’s Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson – the particle key to explaining […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s Peter Higgs and Belgium’s Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson – the particle key to explaining […]
World Bank says allowing Palestinians to use the 61% of the West Bank under full Israeli control would boost the economy by Harriet Sherwood theguardian.com, Tuesday 8 October 2013 Israel’s […]
World Bank says allowing Palestinians to use the 61% of the West Bank under full Israeli control would boost the economy by Harriet Sherwood theguardian.com, Tuesday 8 October 2013 Israel’s […]
Source: The Nation October 08, 2013 YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Peace has eluded Afghanistan. The country has been the backyard for powers that have invaded her, plundered her and in the end abandoned her-much like one would an aged mistress! In anticipation of the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan; […]
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – General Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, one of Pakistan’s most powerful men, has announced his retirement from the post of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on November 29. With one stroke on Sunday, General Kiani put to rest speculation in the media that […]
Source: Asia Times: By Francesco Sisci BEIJING – Who remembers Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, the Southern states that fought the Northern states lead by president Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War? Barack Obama, really and symbolically black, looks like the true vindication and completion of that […]
Source: NY Times: The basic outlines of poverty in America are sadly familiar. At last count, 46.5 million people were poor — 15 percent of the population. Women and children, especially in single-mother families, were, as always, hit hardes. More:
Source: Morocco World News: STOCKHOLM – The 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three Americans – James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and German-born Thomas C. Sudhof – for their discoveries of machinery regulating a major transport system in the body’s cells. More:
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments Mr. Bean may not have converted but reading about the prophet Muhammad in the Muslim Times, may help him convert. For starters here is a BBC video: Source of the news: Morocco World News RABAT- A lot of people follow news about celebrities converting to Islam, […]
AWARAN: “There is only one namazi in this whole village,” our friend pointed out when we reached a village of over 2,500 people near Awaran town. One can see madrassas next to mosques in every village but it seems like people are less inclined towards religion. Apart from the conflict between […]
Oil-rich Qatar invests extensively around the world without a hitch. One of the largest recipients of Qatari money is France, where the Gulf state bankrolls media and construction companies and owns Paris-Saint Germain, now one of the world’s richest soccer clubs. But France is also another example of how efforts […]
by Mariam Ghani My parents have a house in Dar ul-Aman, a neighborhood on the western outskirts of Kabul that was once a separate city, when Kabul was much smaller […]
As the month of October has started, you might have realized that the last month of the Islamic calendar is also beginning. This month is Dhul-Hijjah, an exciting month because it brings together millions of Muslims to Mecca for Hajj and has ‘Īd! Of course, you’re very excited for ‘Īd, […]
As the month of October has started, you might have realized that the last month of the Islamic calendar is also beginning. This month is Dhul-Hijjah, an exciting month because it brings together millions of Muslims to Mecca for Hajj and has ‘Īd! Of course, you’re very excited for ‘Īd, […]
Forty years after its Liberation War, Bangladesh Government has honoured former Defence Minister V K Krishna Menon posthumously at a ceremony attended by the Bangladesh President and Prime Minister in Dhaka, thus formally recognising his contribution to their war of Independence. Menon’s grand niece Radha Anand Menon and her […]
By David Loyn BBC News, Kabul The race to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai in next April’s election looked wide open as nominations closed on Sunday night. Twenty-two people have […]