Persecution of Christians and Muslims in Britain
theguardian: by Ian Birrell. It is hard to take claims of religious intolerance from Christians seriously when UK Muslims are daily subject to real hate crimes A recent Chatham House study by […]
Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in Bangladesh
Source: NY Times. By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK, STEVEN GREENHOUSE and JIM YARDLEY DHAKA, Bangladesh — As the search for survivors continued on Friday in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history, pointed questions were being raised about why a factory building in Bangladesh was not padlocked after terrified workers […]
As People Live Longer and Reproduce Less, Natural Selection Keeps Up
ScienceDaily. Apr. 25, 2013 — In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that’s not all. A study of people living in rural Gambia, published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 25, shows that this modern-day “demographic transition” may lead women to […]
Meeting between China and France Delivers Big Deals
The Leaders stand in the background as contracts are signed Source: China Daily Xi, Hollande vow to push ties and build multipolar world order Beijing and Paris signed 18 deals on […]
Muslim World in Decline: Ahmadiyya Islam on the Rise
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note: Those with eyes open and sight working should not find it difficult to read this article and then see what is happening to Ahmadiyya Muslims […]
The Muslim community’s dangerous outliers
Aisha Sherazi, National Post Toronto As a Muslim, my own faith journey began when a co-worker committed suicide by hanging himself, using sheets from his bedroom window. He was the life and soul of the party, and I was in my early 20s, young and shocked. I wondered: What happens […]
How social media can ruin your life
The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office says a body found in Providence is that of a Brown University student missing since last month. Health Department spokeswoman Dara Chadwick says the body of 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi was identified Thursday morning through a forensic dental exam. The cause of death has not […]
Ahmadis to boycott polls: spokesman
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com AFP | 22nd April, 2013 LAHORE: Some 200,000 members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community will boycott next month’s election in protest at […]
Urdu-video-Such is the Tradition: A new Programme on State Sponsored Ahmadiyya Muslim Persecution in Pakistan
Youtube: Alislam.org: A new urdu programme taking its title from a very famous couplet from Pakistan’s great poet, Faiz Ahmad Faiz highlights the plight and persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in […]
New York court drops Arab Bank terrorist funding claims
AMMAN — Arab Bank on Thursday said a New York federal court has rejected some of the lawsuits filed against the financial institution that alleged it provided banking services to […]
Jordan: ‘Religious leaders should lead efforts in interfaith dialogue’
by Areej Abuqudairi | Apr 25, 2013 JORDAN TIMES BAPTISM SITE — Religious leaders have a great responsibility in creating interfaith harmony and promoting peace worldwide, experts and scholars said […]
Saudi Arabia: Law on names of newborn defined
JEDDAH: MARWAH HADDAD ARABNEWS Friday 26 April 2013 The official spokesman of the Civil Status Department has said that the department has no jurisdiction to either accept or reject the names chosen by parents for their newborn children where parents are non-Muslim. Omar Mahmood, a Muslim expat living in Saudi […]
Separate tawaf lane planned for the handicapped
MAKKAH: TARIQ ATH THQAFI ARABNEWS Friday 26 April 2013 A 12-meter wide lane to be used by the handicapped people is being built in the Grand Mosque. The General Presidency […]
KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) tells UN: Rein in Israel
ARABNEWS Israeli defiance and intransigence stand in the way of achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s envoy to the UN has told the Security Council. “Israel’s continued […]
A Very Successful “Peace Symposium” held in Odisha, India.
Alhamdulillah A very very successful “Peace Symposium” was held on 21-04-2013 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Wing of Odisha State in India. It was held at Swosti Premium Hotel’s conference hall in the state’s capital, Bhubaneswar. Honorable Chief Minister of Odisha Sri Naveen Kumar Patnaik, his excellency the Governor of […]
Peace Symposium Malta 2013 – Everyone is Invited
May God make it a great success.
Muslims hold key to fighting terror
Source: Toronto Star Author: Faisal Kutty A tipoff from a prominent Toronto imam through our law office (Kutty, Syed and Mohamed)(Kutty, Syed and Mohamed) more than a year ago appears to be at the heart of the arrests this week in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot. In fact, counterterrorism […]
Nose picking: Go ahead and eat it — it could be good for you
Source: Toronto Star SASKATOON—If you don’t like gross things, this story is snot for you. An associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan is trying to get more students interested in science by looking at the health benefits of picking your nose and eating it. Scott Napper says […]
U.S. Says It Suspects Assad Used Chemical Weapons
Source: NY Times. WASHINGTON — The White House said on Thursday that American intelligence agencies now believed, with “varying degrees of confidence,” that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, but it said it needed conclusive proof before President Obama would take action. More:
Japan sees big potential in Asian Muslim tourists
Source: New Straits Times By Mutsuko Murakami Writer is a Tokyo-based veteran journalist GREATER ENTHUSIASM: More travel agencies are going all out to ensure Muslims have a comfortable stay […]