‘Lone wolf’ suspected in Boston Marathon bombing
Source: CNN Experts say the bombs used in the deadly attack on the Boston Marathon are typical of a solo terrorist who builds a bomb with a widely available formula. Full Story:
China’s Catholic body vs the Vatican
Source: A Times: Most analysis went as follows. The pope is sovereign of the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by population; the president of China heads the largest. Yet the size of the population over which the two nations hold sway is oddly similar. There are roughly […]
Elites ask Washington to drop Iran gun
Source: A Times. By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran’s nuclear program, according to a major new report released by The Iran Project. The report, endorsed by nearly three dozen former […]
Petty criminals chose prison over €5 fine
Source: The Local Fare-dodgers, illegal parkers, shoplifters – petty criminals are regularly choosing to go to prison for a few days instead of paying small fines. Now one regional authority is planning more creative punishments to save state money. More:
Teens better with money
Source: The Local. More than half of German 15 to 20-year-olds save regularly and almost all of those who took out a loan in 2012 paid it back without a hitch, a study released on Tuesday revealed. More:
Letters to God
Source: ET BY: Humdah Tahir She took the letters and burned them one by one wishing she could set the memories that haunted her to fire too… The box was placed between old grimy paperbacks. It had been there for a long time. She could tell by the layers of […]
Mubarak stays in detention despite release order
Reuters | Apr 15, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will stay in detention despite a judge ordering his release on bail pending a retrial over charges in complicity in the murder of protesters because he still faces other charges, court officials said on Monday. […]
USA: 32 US lawmakers will not endorse Pakistan’s May elections without Ahmadis on joint electorate
The Ahmadiyya Times: The lawmakers impressed upon Secretary Kerry saying, “we cannot stand idly by and allow four million Ahamdis to remain disenfranchised and outside the electoral process.” By Imran Jattala | April 16, 2013 A joint letter signed by 32 members of U.S. Congress to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry […]
Short Video: CBS-News: A church became Ahmadiyya Mosque peacefully.
Christian & muslim get together for a historical combine Service at Lakeside lutheran Church Now Harrisburg Mosque on October 31st 2010. This was Final Service for Lutheran Church and welcome service for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Harrisburg pa. Main purpose of this service was to build a Bridge between Islam & […]
Boston Bombing is not the Real Face of Abrahamic Faiths or Islam- We at The Muslim Times Condemn this Barbaric Act and Plead for Patience.
Written for The Muslims Times: by Abdul Alim: Our hearts are full of sadness on account of what has happened in Boston yesterday. Humanity is being killed in different parts […]
Seeing #Muslims Trending Hurts- But Muslim Americans Bow Before God to Pray for and Share the Pain of Boston
Huff Post: Hammad Moses Khan: Certain moments define us. As Americans, we find these moments often come at times of tragedy. Pain and suffering strike a special chord in the American ethos. They remind us that we are united, that we care, and that we truly are the land of […]
Boston Marathon blasts: Is terrorism Muslim?
Source: The Express Tribune Author: Areeba Kamal Last time I checked, terrorism had no nationality or religion. It was defined as the senseless slaughter of innocents by perpetrators of violence. No matter what causes these terrorists claim to endorse, the damage they inflicted was not supposed to represent the teachings […]
Report: French rail firm banned Muslims from working during Peres visit
Ynet News France’s national railway company banned its black and North African employees from working during President Shimon Peres’ visit last month over fears they “might be Muslim,” newspapers in […]
Science of Circumcision: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac or St. Paul?
Written and Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Islamic understanding, Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac, may peace of God be on all […]
The Second Cooing: Raising Passenger Pigeons from the Dead
Source: Spiegel Philip Bethge/ DER SPIEGEL The world has been without passenger pigeons since 1914. Now, scientists want to bring them back. Geneticist Ben Novak has embarked on the project and has begun collecting passenger pigeon DNA from natural history museums. His “de-extinction” efforts are not without critics. More:
UK: Rendition report still unpublished nine months after completion
by Ian Cobain The Guardian Although government promised as much as possible would be made public, no date has yet been fixed for publication. An official report into Britain’s involvement […]
US ‘Nation Building’ Destructive Instead of Reconstructive
By: Geoffrey Aronson for Al-Monitor Posted on April 12. Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. What is known of the initial efforts of the Obama administration’s ideas about constructing a working diplomatic model for peace between Israel and […]
Jabhat al-Nusra Is Growing Menace To Mideast and Beyond
By: Bruce Riedel for Al-Monitor Posted on April 8. As the Syrian civil war gets ever more violent and destructive, there is a big beneficiary: al-Qaeda and its franchise in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra — which is now the fastest-growing al-Qaeda front in the world, attracting fighters from across the Islamic […]
Germans are losing patience with being cast as the euro zone’s scapegoats
Source: The Economist: HITLER moustaches and swastikas defiling pictures of Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, have become a recurring motif in the iconography of the euro crisis, most recently in Cyprus. Scapegoating is inevitable during financial upheavals, says Marcel Fratzscher, president of DIW Berlin, a think-tank. Germany, he suggests, has […]
Circumcision study supports HIV theory
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times April 15, 2013, 11:16 p.m. Researchers say the foreskin can shelter troublesome bacteria, so its removal may bolster the immune system to keep the […]