Global Post: In a rare discussion of the Chinese government’s policies on religion, China’s top religious affairs official told a state-run newspaper that the government wants its citizens to stop believing in superstitions about birth, death and fortune, Reuters reported. “For a ruling party which follows Marxism, we need to help […]
religiondispatches: Now that the Boston bombers have been identified—one killed and the other brother captured—the next question is why? Why did they do it, and did religion play a role? As soon as it became clear that the Tsarnaev brothers were Muslim and that Tamerlan, the older of the two, had […]
The Telegrapgh: by Victoria Ward Children as young as four are becoming so addicted to smartphones and iPads that they require psychological treatment. Parents who have found themselves unable to wean their children off computer games and mobile phones are paying up to £16,000 for a 28-day “digital detox” programme […]
Dawn: LAHORE: Some 200,000 members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community will boycott next month’s election in protest at their treatment by the authorities, a spokesman said Monday. “We have been boycotting the election process since 1985 when Ahmadi voters were put in the list of religious minorities,” Saleemuddin, a spokesman […]
Anyone with a functioning cerebrum could comprehend that these terrorists represent only themselves. By Qasim Rashid: It took 9,000 officers, five days, and roughly $1 billion in lost revenue for Boston, but suspect one is dead and suspect two is in custody. So let me start with the standard roll […]
Source: BBC Canada’s authorities say they have arrested and charged two people with conspiring to carry out an “al-Qaeda inspired” attack on a passenger train. At a news conference, the authorities said the suspects Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, were arrested in Montreal and Toronto on Monday. The attacked was […]
Source: China Daily By Cheng Guangjin and Pu Zhendong (China Daily) China slammed the human rights record of the United States on Sunday in response to a Washington report, saying the […]
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 […]