William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949[1]) is an American analytic philosopher, theologian, and Christian apologist.[2] He works in the philosophy of religion, philosophy of time, and the defense of Christian theism.[3] He revived interest in theKalām cosmological argument[citation […]
Youtube: BBC: The second Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque was inaugrated by the Khalifa of Islam in Valencia on 29 March 2013 last Friday. This documentary done in 2009 starts with a […]
ScienceDaily. Mar. 27, 2013 — Getting a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy for women at menopause. Exercise may help, but women can have a tough time carving out leisure time for it. The good news from a study published online today in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, […]
Source: English News.CN via Wasim Sroya. Pakistani Paramilitary soldiers inspect a damaged security forces vehicle at the bomb blast site in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on March 31, 2013. At least 537 people were killed and 1,103 others got injured in 54 bomb blasts including 11 attacks of suicide nature that […]
Source: Business Insider, by Robert Johnson. When a man I met Friday invited me to his family’s home for Sunday dinner, it was an exceptionally uncommon offer. When the invitation turned out to be in Dar el-Salam, one of Egypt’s most poverty stricken areas, Easter afternoon turned into a once-in-lifetime […]
COMMENT: Pride of the Muslim ummah —Yasser Latif Hamdani Logically, a free, fair and impartial judiciary, unmoved by religious passion or pressure should be able to strike down the notorious and illogical Ordinance XX of 1984 On a recent visit to Islamabad, President of Egypt Muhammad Morsi made a statement that should […]
Source: The Economist: ON THE eve of his first Easter Sunday celebration as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis sprang another of his teasing little surprises. As the Shroud of Turin, which is probably the Christian world’s most hotly contested holy relic, was given a rare showing on television, he issued […]
Epigraph “And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not […]
Source:The Conservative Papers: Once again, extremist Muslims tried but failed to prevent Jews from accessing the holiest site in the Jewish faith, with the threat of attacks. The Temple Mount Dozens of Arab teens hurled rocks Sunday morning at groups of Jews who were touring the Temple Mount. The site […]
Source:CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia may block access to popular Internet messaging applications like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if telecommunication providers there don’t comply with rules and regulatory conditions, according to the country’s official news agency, SPA. A statement from Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission released via SPA […]
By Raed Omari, Al Arabiya There is seemingly no sign of dramatic change in Jordan’s long-held neutral position towards the ongoing violence in Syria in the near future despite the increasing border security concerns and refugees burdens, yet there might be. Since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011, […]
Source: CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The South Korean president on Monday warned North Korea that any provocative moves will be met with “a strong response” as the United States deployed stealth fighter jets in the tense region as part of joint military exercises. “If there is any provocation […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — An accident at a nuclear facility in Arkansas killed one person Sunday, a county coroner said. The accident took place “in a non-radiation area, and there has been no risk to public health and safety identified,” the Arkansas Department of Health said in a statement. The […]
Source: CNN Cairo (CNN) — It was a welcome more suited for a rock star than a wanted man. A mob of cheering fans surrounded Egypt’s high court on Sunday, chanting Bassem Youssef’s name. Two years ago, Youssef was a heart surgeon producing satirical YouTube videos from inside his Cairo […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I work in a Catholic hospital and every time I drive to my work, I have […]
Editor’s Note: Tanya Marie (“T.M.”) Luhrmann is a psychological anthropologist and the Watkins University professor in the department of anthropology at Stanford University in Stanford, California. She is the author of “When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God.” By T.M. Luhrmann, Special to CNN (CNN)—In the Bible, God […]
Mossad agent Ben Zygier was found hanged in his cell and his case made headlines around the world. New information shows that Zygier, once a passionate Zionist, had become a turncoat who delivered sensitive information to Hezbollah. By SPIEGEL Staff The guards found the Mossad agent at 8:19 p.m., his […]
SAAD AL-DOSARI ARABNEWS Monday 1 April 2013 “They were our neighbors,” my father in law said. “One of them, a Greek, was owning the grocery shop at the end of the street. They spoke Arabic very well. They were part of the community back then. Their kids playing with the […]
ARAB NEWS Tuesday 2 April 2013 This is in reference to Abdulateef Al-Mulhim’s well-written article, “Do Muslims really understand Islam,” (March 30) in which he has written about the true teachings that Islam has imparted to all human beings, Muslims in particular. We, Muslims, are good at criticizing others for […]
MAKKAH: TARIQ ATH THAQAFI ARABNEWS Monday 1 April 2013 A committee has been formed to list the columns and calligraphy of the Makkah Grand Mosque prior to their delivery to […]