By Aryn Baker / Tripoli, Lebanon @arynebaker Just back from the front, where he watched his rebel-commander father die in a rocket attack launched by the Syrian army, Berri al-Hamad stalks the worn carpet of his family’s temporary refuge in Lebanon, swearing vengeance. His head wrapped in his father’s beanie, […]
A keen horticulturist in West Sussex has achieved a lifetime’s work by growing 250 varieties of apple on one tree. Paul Burnett has been grafting apples, including many rare varieties, […]
Originally published in the Nation October 01, 2013 BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Even before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “loud-thinking” the idea of making Gwadar into a free port- India moved in May this year to counter China, upgrading Iran’s Chahbahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan. An […]
Leipzig (dpa / sn) – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) wants to build a mosque with two to twelve meters tall minarets in Leipzig. “The City Authorities will determine whether […]
Source: The Economist: IN THE wake of the attacks on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, speculation has grown about the possible involvement of Samantha Lewthwaite, a British convert to Islam. Ms Lewthwaite, known as the “White Widow”, was married to Germaine Lindsay, one of theLondon 7/7 bombers and himself a convert. She is […]
Mark Tran theguardian.com Sweden is the best country for older people; Afghanistan the worst – but general affluence does not necessarily mean better conditions for the over-60s, according to the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: The original source wants to cast the quotes in some negative light, so we have copied completely the quotes about Islam, to preserve these over […]
Source: NY Times: The first major survey of American Jews in more than 10 years finds a significant rise in those who are not religious, marry outside the faith and are not raising their children Jewish — resulting in rapid assimilation that is sweeping through every branch of Judaism except […]
Aga Khan, a Swiss-Born Philanthropist and Muslim Spiritual Leader visited India from 17 to 29 September 2013. During the visit in New Delhi, Aga Khan met President of India Pranab […]
By H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal The Daily Star (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb) STORY SUMMARY This is not to diminish the very real threats that Israel does face. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that the sense of separateness cultivated by Israel and its neocon ideological bedfellows […]
STORY SUMMARY The Chaldean patriarch arrived in Lebanon for a rare visit Thursday and urged Christians to not leave their homeland. Sako was elected patriarch in February. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Sep-26/232563-chaldean-patriarch-speaks-out-against-emigration.ashx#ixzz2gSOEvzo8 […]
Washington Post: Washingtonians worry about impact of looming government shutdown by Susan Svrluga, Tara Bahrampour and Paul Duggan, Published: September 30 | Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 12:02 PM E-mail the writers Washington, a company town unlike any other in America, was on the verge of grinding to a standstill late Monday. And with […]
Reuters: DHAKA — Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal sentenced a senior opposition leader and lawmaker to death on Tuesday in the seventh such verdict by the body set up to probe abuses during the country’s bloody struggle for independence. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a legislator from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was […]
Telegraph: The Home Secretary’s announcement is likely to raise concerns among the Liberal Democrats, as well as among several senior Tories. But Mrs May dismissed the fears, saying that Labour […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The Asian Muslim community in Nairobi, Kenya, is expressing solidarity with relatives of the 67 people killed by Islamic militants in last week’s attack on an […]
Madrasas have become a mainstream education provider for tens of thousands of Indian students. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Introducing mainstream school curriculum to more than 600 traditional madrasahs over […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert once told me that all Israeli prime ministers sleep with one eye open. Israel is a tiny country in a dangerous neighborhood. Worrying is a big part of the job description. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already expressed serious concern about wily Iranian mullahs […]
by Idris Tawfiq Source: onislam.net By: Idris Tawfiq Source: http://www.onislam.net/ Muslims believe that Islam has existed since the beginning of time and that it is the natural religion of mankind. Its message is for all people. All people born into this world are born with the knowledge deep within them […]
by Naharnet Newsdesk Bosnia’s first census since its 1990s inter-ethnic war, which could dramatically alter the balance of power between the three main ethnic groups, poses a particular quandary for […]