A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times
By Zia H Shah MD As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, instead of […]
Cinnamon have the potential ability to prevent Alzheimer’s
Can the red-brown spice with the unmistakable fragrance and variety of uses offer an important benefit? The common baking spice might hold the key to delaying the onset of –– […]
Wonderful Indonesia with Endless Wonders
Indonesia has always been an open society- a rich and diverse fusion of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist and Western civilizations which produced some of the most amazing wonders now considered as […]
Pakistan sets sights on drones
Source: Asia Times. Speaking at his first cabinet meeting on June 10, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said “the dual policy of issuing public statements against drone attacks while [secretly] giving the go ahead to the US to carry on with the strikes will not be allowed under our rule. […]
German cops arrest American for Nazi insults
Source: The Local He is said to have flung the insults at officials while serving time in a Bavarian prison. After serving his sentence he returned to the USA but failed to keep in touch with the authorities despite knowing the investigation into the insults was active. A decision to […]
Due to new granted status, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany will be entitled to …
Source: Faizan Ijaz, Head of Human Resources and Counsel AMJ Germany. Note by the Editor. Readers of Muslim Times were keen to know what Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany will get […]
Obamacare: Is a $2,000 deductible ‘affordable?’
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Until now, much of the debate swirling around Obamacare has focused on the cost of premiums in the state-based health insurance exchanges. But what will enrollees actually get for that monthly charge? States are starting to roll out details about the exchanges, providing a look at just […]
Hear No Evil, See No Evil
Huff Post: by Charles Redfern. Someone picked up scissors and snipped our mentalities. Our thoughts lay like scraps on the floor: thinking is severed from doing; spirituality is cut from its heritage and theological reflection mutates into one-liners from an adolescent-like preacher in an empty comedy club. Such imagery comes […]
Pervez Musharraf Arrested in Bugti Murder Case
Credit: Outlookindia.com REZAUL H LASKAR | ISLAMABAD | JUN 13, 2013 Former President Pervez Musharraf was today formally arrested and remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight over the 2006 killing […]
Karen Armstrong On Epilepsy: Author Details The ‘Absolute Terror’ That Led To Diagnosis (Video)
Epigraph: Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things. It is He who has created death and life that He might try […]
SEEKING JUSTICE: The long road from Guantanamo to Switzerland
by Stefania Summermatter and Peter Siegenthaler, swissinfo.ch June 11, 2013 – 11:00 Illegally imprisoned for eight years, three former inmates of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have found refuge in […]
Israel to build hundreds of W.Bank settler homes: media (who still dreams of a ‘Two-States-solution’?)
STORY SUMMARY Israel is seeking approval for hundreds of settler homes in the northern West Bank settlements of Itamar and Bruchin, Israel media reported on Thursday. The latest moves come […]
Violence up 5 percent worldwide since 2008: Report
The world has grown more hostile in recent years, according to the Global Peace Index. Hopes that we can all just march toward ever-greater peace and equality saw a serious […]
Google should ban Pakistan
ET: For a journalist, perhaps nothing is a greater violation of human rights than the denial of access to information. In the case of Pakistan versus YouTube, I think the nine-month banon Google’s video-sharing website is really the limit of regressive and, in the eyes of any global citizen who accepts the […]
Nanotechnology and religion: a complex relationship
theguardian: by Michele Catanzaro. There is much evidence that public views on nanotechnology will be shaped by religious beliefs. If synthetic bacon has never been part of a living pig. Is it still forbidden under Islam’s halal laws? In the science fiction short story Halo, a panel of Muslim scholars discuss a […]
Why NSA spying scares the world
CNN: Editor’s note: Ronald Deibert is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, where he is director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs. He is author of “Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace” (Signal/McClelland & […]
Egypt’s worrying rise in criminal blasphemy cases
Amnesty International: Criminal “defamation of religion” charges must be dropped in a number of cases across Egypt, Amnesty International said today after a teacher was convicted for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in the classroom. A Luxor court on Tuesday fined Coptic Christian teacher Dimyana Obeid Abd Al Nour […]
Can the UK end religious violence?
Aljazeera: There has been a disturbing increase in anti-Muslim attacks in the UK after the murder of a soldier in May. A number of mosques and Islamic institutions in the […]
European Commission demands answers about Prism data requests
Source: BBC The EU’s Justice Commissioner has written to the US attorney general, questioning him about America’s data surveillance programme, Prism. Viviane Reding wrote that she was concerned America’s efforts […]
Is Pope Francis Going After the Vatican’s ‘Gay Lobby’?
Source: The Daily Beast. So, it seems there really are gay priests in the upper echelons of the Vatican hierarchy. At least that’s what Pope Francis reportedly told a group of Latin American prelates in a private audience June 6. Pope Francis presides over a meeting at the Vatican on […]