Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Professor Muhammad Yunus, who won the Noble Peace Prize in 2006, visited the staff of the South Asian Division of the Voice of America on Friday, April 19. Professor Yunus who received the Congressional Gold Medal , the country’s top civilian award on the April […]
This means we are in for a protracted, extended, multi-year war & we will be seeing a million + death toll – like the Iran-Iraq war. This is a huge […]
Source: BBC Eighty-four of the 166 prisoners held at the US-run Guantanamo Bay facility are now on hunger strike, US military officials have said. The prisoners are protesting against their indefinite detention. Most are being held without charge. Sixteen of the 84 prisoners are being force-fed and five are being […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor Note: The Western media seems to have ignored this grave human tragedy. Source: China Daily Chinese rescue workers are in a race against time to save […]
Epigraph: “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” President Thomas Jefferson Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]
Huff Post: by Rev. Ian Punnett. Awake, Lord! How can you sleep when evil lurks? Do not hide your face and ignore our misery. Protect those that haven’t even grown out of their first communion suits! Love those that died before they could live out their dreams. Shield those who […]
Source: Libertarian News By michaelsuede Update: The US government must be shooting for an Oscar nomination with this stunt. For those of you who are not interested in reading this entire article, here’s a little re-cap of the things we know so far: – Craft International (private military contractor) was at […]
Online news: A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims have been holed up in an Indonesian mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the […]
Bakadasuyo.com: 1) Get out in nature: You probably seriously underestimate how important this is. (Actually, there’s research that says you do.) Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your memory and may even make you a better person. 2) Exercise: We all know how important this is, but few people do it […]
Speech by Maulana Azhar Haneef, Vice President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA. The speech was delivered in 2012 on 29th June, at the time of annual gathering of the community to an […]
Source: ET Pakistan is approaching the 10th general elections. It is, therefore, pertinent to ask who rules this country. There is no brief and single answer to this question. If we focus on the elections, we can argue that the people are the ultimate rulers of Pakistan. From another angle, […]
(Reuters) – A helicopter carrying eight Turks and a Russian made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday, and it was possible they […]
Source: ET LAHORE: The Ahmadiya community will not cast votes in the May 11 elections because of the “attitude of the State”, Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya Pakistan Spokesperson Saleemudin told The Express Tribuneon Sunday. Ahmadis are unable to register as Muslim voters. The election commission used the NADRA data to register Ahmadis in a […]
Source: The Local Psychiatrists in Germany are debating a new diagnostic manual due to be published in the United States in May. Some critics are warning that too many new illnesses are being identified and that over-diagnosing ailments could lead to the “medicalization of society’s problems.” More:
Source: The Local The German government has carried out video surveillance on 962 suspected Islamists since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday. According to […]
ARBIL – Hürriyet Daily News Turkey’s Baydöner, a döner kebab chain, has opened a branch in Arbil, the Northern Iraq, by receiving the Economy Ministry’s Turquality fund Dilara Sarıdilara.sari@hdn.com.tr Many […]
Source: NY Times: KABUL — A civilian helicopter made a forced landing because of bad weather in an insurgent-held area of eastern Afghanistan late Sunday and the three crew members and their passengers may have been abducted, said local officials and the helicopter company that operated the aircraft. More:
Source: NY Times: NOWSHERA, Pakistan — When Shahid Khan started talking, his gunmen clambered onto a school’s rooftop, scanning the surrounding hills with flashlights, anticipating a possible attack.Below them, Mr. Khan, a candidate for his region’s provincial assembly, addressed potential voters — poor farmers and village traders, gathered on a […]
Multiple Trajectories of Islam in Africa Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A.D., only a few decades after the Prophet Muhammad moved with his followers from Mecca to Medina on the neighboring Arabian Peninsula (622 A.D./1 A.H.). The Arab conquest of Spain and the push […]
“The Mohammedan Negro has felt nothing of the withering power of caste. There is nothing in his colour or race to debar him from the highest privileges, social or political, […]