Source: ET. LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday approved the name of journalist Najam Sethi for the Punjab caretaker chief minister slot, Express News reported. Hours before the matter would have gone to the Election Commission of Pakistan for a final solution, the PML-N, after a grand review meeting […]
MARCH 26, 2013 BY REZA JAVAHERI Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices from Within Edited by Lily Zubaidah Rahim (University of Sydney) Published by Palgrave Macmillan March 20, 2013 Description: Muslim Secular […]
The prime minister has resigned, there’s no government to speak of, there are further street battles in Tripoli, the threat of more kidnappings. Lebanon, as we used to say in the civil war, returns to normal. And in some ways, it’s true. Lebanon is always living through the greatest crisis […]
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 27 March 2013 Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari will not be leading the party’s election campaign as party officials confirmed his departure for London […]
by Mohammad Ghazal THE JORDAN TIMES DOHA — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said that the international community is responsible for restoring the trust between the Palestinians and the […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee celebration held at the Mt. Eden War Memorial Hall, Auckland on Sunday 24th March 2013 was a huge success, graced by community leaders, guests and politicians from all parties, including Mr Richard Prosser of New Zealand First. The community was applauded […]
(Bangkok) – The Burmese government is systematically restricting humanitarian aid and imposing discriminatory policies on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State. The government should permit unfettered access to humanitarian agencies to provide assistance to Muslim populations, end segregated areas, and put forward a plan for those displaced to return to their […]
AFTER THE SHEIKHS: THE COMING COLLAPSE OF THE GULF MONARCHIES The UK/European/Middle East edition, published by Hurst & Co., is now available. The US and electronic editions, published by Oxford University Press, will be released in summer 2013. TWITTER: follow the author @dr_davidson / Book discussion #afterthesheikhs / Arabic discussion […]
Scoop: Press Release: Bashir Khan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Applauded for Message of Peace at the Silver Jubilee Conference in Auckland. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of New Zealand’s Silver Jubilee […]
Radio Pakistan: Tributes paid to Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam Rich tributes were paid to Pakistan’s first and only Nobel laureate Professor Abdus Salam at a symposium held at Imperial College London today (Tuesday‚ March 26). Leading physicists of the world‚ including Professor Tom kibble‚ Professor Michael Duff‚ Professor Chris […]
try not to share links from the Daily Mail website because that is what they want – clicks galore to keep the advertisers happy, regardless of the nonsense the articles regularly […]
God willing the inaugeration will take place on March 29 Baitur-Rahman Mosque. Source: http://www.islamahmadiyya.es. The opening ceremony of the Baitur-Rahman mosque, located at la Pobla de Vallbona, on the north of Valencia, […]
Source: Science Daily Women’s abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, researchers have found. A survey of more than 600 board directors showed that women are more likely to consider the rights of others and to take a cooperative approach to […]
Euphoria gives way to reality in Egypt: Bercovici The so-called Arab Spring is in a deep freeze in Egypt as the ruling Muslim Brotherhood confronts its critics in the street. The Toronto Star, Thousands of protesters in Cairo, Egypt, marched to express their rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood and President […]
Tribune staff and wire reports 12:37 p.m. CDT, March 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that they are reluctant to embrace a broad ruling finding a fundamental right to marriage for gays and lesbians across the United States. As sign-waving demonstrators massed outside, the court completed […]
Mar 26, 2013 – 17:07 The Swiss Federal Office for Migration has extended fast-track decision-making to asylum seekers from Kosovo and Georgia. Cases not needing clarification will be considered within 48 hours and deportations will take effect soon afterwards. A similar procedure was instituted in August 2012 for asylum seekers […]
Since all identities are imagined, my identity as a Pakistani is no more, no less sacred than religious, cultural, ideological, linguistic or racial identities you subscribe to A lot of […]
STORY SUMMARY Ten years ago this week, I was covering the U.S. military as it began its assault on Iraq. Invading Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein a decade ago was one of the biggest strategic errors in modern American history. One was from a prominent Lebanese Shiite publisher who supported […]
I have started a new Twitter page: The Muslim Times @TheMuslimtimes2 Please follow, so that we can continue to ‘spread out’ in ‘cyber world’. Thanks. Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor, The Muslim Times
STORY SUMMARY Qatar’s emir called on Tuesday for the immediate establishment of a $1 billion fund to help Palestinians in Arab east Jerusalem, and offered to contribute $250 million towards […]