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 […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 26 March 2013 The Cabinet yesterday passed a law that would allow spouses accompanying King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship students to receive special monthly allowances. “If a scholarship student is accompanied by his Saudi wife at the place of his study he would be entitled to have […]
AFP | Mar 25, 2013 | 22:19 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel is to immediately unblock revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, frozen last year in retaliation for the Palestinians winning upgraded UN status, the premier’s office said on Monday. The decision came after a visit last week […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul chose a ”Bridge Together” slogan for its 2020 Olympic bid on Monday, while an IOC poll indicated strong public support for the city’s fifth attempt to […]
“We are at a point today when the guns will fall silent and ideas will speak,” declared Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish insurgency, in Turkey on March 21. “Turks and Kurds fought together (in the First World War), and launched the Turkish parliament together in 1922. The basis of […]
London, March 23, 2013 The 4th Annual ‘Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace’ was presented by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad to Dr Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, in recognition of his […]
Source: Spiegel The drama over Cyprus has made clear that the euro-zone crisis is developing into a struggle over German hegemony in Europe. On the surface, Merkel and Schäuble seem to be working to stabilize the economy. In actuality, they’re binding other nations with the shackles of debt. More:
Source: A Times. By Pepe Escobar Reports on the premature death of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have been greatly exaggerated. Western corporate media is flooded with such nonsense, perpetrated in this particular case by the head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Reality spells otherwise. The […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has left for Dubai after a tiff with his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, over the affairs of the PPP, leaving the party without its star campaigner for Pakistan’s general election. Bilawal, recently named patron-in-chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, developed differences with Zardari […]
Huffingtonpost: This week, millions of Jews around the world will celebrate the holiday of Passover, commemorating the Jewish exodus from ancient Egypt. At the start of the holiday, we will […]
George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He assigns the second half of the eighth century to none other than Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān of Geber. Each of the scientists chosen by George […]
Qantara: Indonesia’s brand of Islam is often portrayed by women wearing headscarves smiling in friendly fashion or children playing in front of a mosque. Almost 90 per cent of the […]
Source: Smithsonian.com. If you feel sluggish and have difficulty getting physical work done on very hot, humid days, it’s not your imagination. Our bodies are equipped with an adaptation to handle high temperatures—perspiration—but sweating becomes ineffective at cooling us down when the air around us is extremely humid. Add in […]
Source: Smithsonian.com. Locusts have plagued farmers for millennia. According to the Book of Exodus, around 1400 B.C. the Egyptians experienced an exceptionally unfortunate encounter with these ravenous pests when they struck as the eighth Biblical plague. As Exodus describes, “They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they […]
Huff Post: Perhaps it’s because I’m one of the few (if not the only) working television producer in Los Angeles with a Ph.D. in Theology, but I’m often the “go-to” guy when the media is bewildered by Christianity. As a result, I’ve spent the last two weeks talking to various […]