Austria to quit U.N.’s Golan force over Syria violence
June 7, 2013 – 00:22 By Crispian Balmer BEIRUT (Reuters) – Austria said on Thursday it would pull out of a U.N. force on the Golan Heights after battles between […]
Book Discussion on Mohammed (peace be on him) A Prophet for our Time – by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by HarperCollins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a […]
Israel one of world’s most unpopular countries and it’s getting worse: BBC survey
Israel is not only one of the world’s most negatively viewed countries, but its reputation is deteriorating, according to the BBC World Service’s latest global survey. The US is now the only Western country that holds favorable views of Israel and in some European countries, including Germany, positive views of […]
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Israel Lives the Joseph Story – By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
How would you like to be an Israeli strategist today? Now even Turkey is in turmoil as its people push back on their increasingly autocratic leader. I mean, there goes the neighborhood. The good news for Israel is that in the near term its near neighbors are too internally consumed […]
World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think
BY DREW DESILVER 1.6billion There are about 1.6 billion Muslims, or 23% of the world’s population, making Islam the second-largest religion. An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are […]
When Sunni and Shiite Extremists Make War
Source: The Conservative papers. If al Qaeda fighters want to murder Hezbollah fighters and Hezbollah fighters want to return the favor, who in their right mind would want to stand in the way? . . . If one branch of Islam wants to be at war with another branch for […]
Russian President Putin, wife announce divorce
Source: TOI Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his wife Lyudmila (R) walk after an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2012.(File Photo) MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday after nearly 30 years of marriage. The Putins […]
In Syria was it “withdrawl”. Nonsense. It was a rout.
Source: Asia Times: There’s absolutely no way Qusayr can be spun in the West as yet another “tactical withdrawal” by the FSA. The rebels insist they “withdrew”. Nonsense. It was a rout. This, in a nutshell, is how it happened. Qusayr had been under control of the Homs-based al-Farouk brigade, […]
Saudi Agenda and Nawaz Sharif
Source: LUBP One more time, Pakistan seems to have come under the full control of the ruling Saudi elite. As an arm of the U.S defense establishment, the brutal and repressive Saudi elites have been a major cause of instability in Pakistan, particularly during the past three decades. Saudi Arabia is an […]
First step towards implementing Saudi agenda: Nawaz Sharif decides to abolish the Pakistan-Iran pipeline project
Source: LUBP According to a pro-Saudi technical advisor of PML-N namely Miftah Ismail, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project would mean multiplication of circular debt by additional billions of rupees if the average present tariff of five dollars per mmcfd remains in place in contrast with the Iranian gas import costing […]
Video: The oldest Qur’an in China goes on Display
http://player.cntv.cn/standard/cntvOutSidePlayer.swf?v=2.0.2013.05.13.3 A 700-year-old handwritten copy of the Qur’an has gone on display in northwest China. This holy book of Islam was falling apart when first discovered. But thanks to careful […]
CIC calls India’s stance on Mohammad Ali Jinnah regressive
Source: indianexpress.com The CIC has asked the government to take a view on disclosure of two speeches made by Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah during pre-independence era which are in the […]
Wrongly understood Shab-e-Meraj: Journey of the Prophet Mohammad (saw) to Heaven
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: alislam.org In order to prove the physical ascension of Jesus Christ as to the heavens, non-Ahmadi […]
Indonesian Muslim hardliners vow to stop Miss World
Islamic hardliners vowed on Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organisers agreed this year’s contestants would not wear bikinis. The Hizb […]
The West’s Fatal Attraction: Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
LUBP: Last week an American woman (Nicole Lynn Mansfield) has been killed in Syria while fighting alongside rebel forces against the Assad regime alongside two other Westerners—the U.K. press has […]
Tony Blair Is Wrong About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Nathan Lean: Editor-in-Chief, Aslan Media; Author There is something crudely colonial about the words of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who responded to the killing of […]
Islamophobic hate crime: is it getting worse?
theguardian: by Homa Khaleeli. From online abuse to fire bombs thrown at mosques, there has been a spike in anti-Muslim attacks. While many incidents are not reported to the police, […]
Muslim and Jewish Leaders Unite to Combat Hatred
Jews and Muslims Worldwide Attending The Event “Mission of Muslim Leaders and Jewish Leaders from Southern Hemisphere Countries” in Washington D.C. PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With the U.S. State Department’s eye-opening Report […]
FBI Makes Big Changes on Hate Crimes
Huff Post: By Jaweed Kaleem. After years of pressure from civil rights groups and lawmakers who say attacks against religious and ethnic minorities are not adequately monitored by law enforcement, the FBI will begin formally tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs. Meeting in Portsmouth, Va., on Wednesday, an […]
Shame on Humanity: 1.3 Billion Tons of Food Wasted while 3.1 Million Children Die of Malnutrition
Guardian: Malnutrition identified as root cause of 3.1 million deaths among children: Lancet Malnutrition is the underlying cause of death for at least 3.1 million children, accounting for 45% of all […]