What is the Muslim Times doing for You?
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor The Muslim Times is promoting universal brotherhood and sisterhood in a […]
Pope Francis tasks cardinals with studying reform of Catholic Church
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)— Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday. The group, which includes U.S. Cardinal Sean O’Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, […]
Plane overshoots runway in Bali, ends up in sea
Source: CNN (CNN)— A Lion Air flight carrying about 100 people overshot a runway while landing at Bali International Airport on Saturday and ended up in water, officials said. Only one person so far is confirmed as having suffered injuries, Lion Air spokesman Edward Sirait told a news conference in […]
Religious Rights: German Court Upholds Muslim Headscarf Ban in Schools
Der Speigel: A court has ruled that a ban on Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in schools was legal. It said that teachers who covered their heads violated their obligations to […]
Is the Catholic Church in crisis in Philippines?
Inquirer: Randy David. A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in February this year highlights three interesting findings on the state of Catholicism in the Philippines. First, that weekly church attendance has significantly gone down from a high of 64 percent in July 1991 to a low of […]
Atheist group forces removal of Ten Commandments from districts school rooms
Palmbeachpost: By Rick Couri: KRMG.com: The Freedom From Religion Foundation caused the furor after they found out about displays in several school buildings. The FFRF is an atheist and church-state separatist group with a history of similar actions. The group says someone told them about the display at the Kentucky schools and […]
India is Asia’s dharamshala – why not learn to love it?
Firstpost.com: The benevolence of politicians and bureaucrats is sometimes no benevolence at all. For some time now, there has been a trickle of Hindus from Pakistan coming to India on short-term visas, but their real purpose has never been in doubt: to flee discrimination and violence against Hindus in Pakistan. Earlier this […]
Palestinian Arab Museum that “Rewrites” History
Palestinians building largest museum in the West Bank to tell their story from Ottoman Empire to British mandate Ynetnews: Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank’s largest museum […]
Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan: Press release about case against Daily Alfazal
Press release about case against Daily Alfzazal the Lahore police registered the case against editor and printer of Pakistan’s oldest daily Alfazal under the anti terrorism act. It is the clear violation of human rights regarding freedom of expressions.we are issuing a press statement. Download press release
Spacious Awareness for Spacious Life
Huff Post: by Larry Yang. The breadth of our life has the capacity to tend and care for all of the multiple joys and sorrows that come our way. Part of mindfulness is remembering that spacious quality of not just our minds and hearts but that it can pervade all […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
Source: This article was originally published in Spring 2010 volume of the Muslim Sunrise: read online in the Muslim Sunrise. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s efforts to Promote Communal Harmony in Delhi, well received
Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati, regional Head of Chinmaya Mission (Delhi, India) appreciated Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s effort to promote communal harmony and peace Source: www.newstrackindia.com Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Delhi organized peace symposium at Chinmay Mission, […]
New immigrants are younger, more skilled
Source: The Local. Germany is able to attract immigrants who are both younger and better qualified than the majority of its own citizens, a report released on Friday by the German Foundation for Integration and Migration, showed. More:
The TTP threat and elections
Source: ET We would all like to believe that the ballot is more powerful than the bullet, and that the pen is mightier than the sword. They are, but only in the long run. In the heat of battle, a pen is rather useless. Similarly, the positive effects of the […]
Riyadh to be connected to five cities by train service
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 14 April 2013 Last Update 14 April 2013 9:51 am A train will connect Riyadh with five cities by 2014, with a capacity of more than […]
Strong Saudi film presence in Gulf Film Festival
DUBAI: MOHAMED EL HEBEISHY ARABNEWS Sunday 14 April 2013 The opening ceremony of the Gulf Film Festival 6th edition took place in the weekend with the screening of Saudi film ‘Wajda.’ The Kingdom’s first film directed by a female director, Haifa Al-Mansour, tackles the role of women in Saudi society. […]
Robert Fisk: The war has reached Damascus, but for now it is not a warzone The Independent’s Middle East correspondent returns to the streets of Damascus
Damascus under siege? Certainly. But at war? I’m not so sure. The shells swish high over the city, from Mount Qasioun to Deraya, soaring far over the 18th-century Azem Palace and the mosque built on air, the glorious Umayyad with its fragile 8th-century mosaics, last resting place of Saladin, the […]
Mobiles become weapons as tactics change in Syria’s new phoney war – Heavy casualties are reshaping the nature of the conflict. Robert Fisk reports from Damascus
A man was stopped at a government checkpoint on the highway north of Deraa and his mobile phone taken. The soldier found an SMS message which said: “I am in the hospital. The shooting has started.” Assuming that the man was a rebel signalling his whereabouts to his comrades, the […]
Taller, now faster – Dubai gives police Lamborghinis
DUBAI: The city that boasts the world’s tallest building is equipping its police with $400,000 Lamborghini sports cars that Dubai’s deputy police chief says are in keeping with the Gulf […]
Delhi Peace Symposium: Religious leader praise Ahmadiyya community’s efforts to promote Peace
Press Release: AMC Delhi Peace Symposium Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Delhi organized peace symposium at Chinmay Mission, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 13th April’ 2013 to promote the values of peace, […]