The Muslims Who Saved Jews From The Holocaust
BBC: By Tom Bousfield and Catrin NyeBBC Asian Network The Bosnian Hardaga family helped shelter a family of Jews A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims played in […]
Even if It Was a Muslim, So What? The Pervasiness of Islamophobia – Confession of an Aetheist
Huff Post: Vlad Chituc: The New York Post has been receiving serious and justifiable criticism for their reporting on the Boston Marathon. Citing police sources, the paper reported that 12 people had died in the attacks and that a “Saudi national” had been taken into custody. Of course, the death toll was thankfully a […]
Doctor’s Orders: 20 Minutes Of Meditation Twice a Day – How about 10 minutes 5 Times a day?
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times has added to the original title. Doctor’s Orders: 20 Minutes Of Meditation Twice a Day Source: WSJ Written by Sumathi Reddy: sumathi.reddy@wsj.com At Beth Israel […]
Efforts to Revive the Economy Lead to Worries of a Bubble
Are we moving from the crash to the bubble, dispensing with that pesky economic recovery thing altogether? The Federal Reserve is well into its third round of “quantitative easing,” in which it buys longer-term assets to bring down long-term lending rates. We are about five and a half years into […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Gambia (West Africa) held its 37th Jalsa Salana
Source: www.allafrica.com | By Modou Lamin Jammeh, 17 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Gambia Friday held its 37th Edition of Jalsa Salana at the Masroor Senior Secondary School in Yundum. Speaking on […]
Muslims’ Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Expected To End In $700,000 Settlement
Source: The Huffington Post DETROIT — A judge is expected to finalize Wednesday a $700,000 settlement between McDonald’s Corp. and members of Michigan’s Muslim community over claims a suburban Detroit restaurant falsely […]
The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia
BBC: An ongoing conflict between the Ahmadiyah community and the local government has been drawing attention to what rights groups say is an increasing trend of intolerance in Indonesia. The […]
Al Islam International Publications at London Book Fair: Launch of World Crisis and Pathways to Peace by Khalifa of Islam
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Winning by Retreating: The Lesson Russians Taught Napoleon
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt], Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military […]
Bangladesh PM vows to maintain secularism
Source: Indian Express. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to maintain secularism as Bangladesh’s state policy, amid countrywide celebrations Sunday to mark the Bengali New Year, seen by right-wing Islamists as […]
Alps bus crash ’caused by brake failure’
The Telegraph Brake failure was almost certainly what caused a coach full of young Britons to crash in the French Alps, the prosecutor investigating the terrifying accident said on Wednesday. […]
The UK Home Secretary seeks appeal over Qatada deportation ban
Theresa May will try to overturn a court decision that bans Abu Qatada from being deported in the latest battle of the decade-long saga. The Home Secretary has asked the […]
The Muslims’ Contribution towards Integration
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif The Muslims living in Malta have a religious duty to love Malta and remain loyal to it Love is a powerful weapon that […]
Why people act against their beliefs
BBC Future: Ever been forced to defend a particular position and ended up believing it? You’ve succumbed to one of the most famous theories in social psychology. If at first you don’t succeed, lower your standards. And if you find yourself acting out of line with your beliefs, change them. […]
‘Lone wolf’ suspected in Boston Marathon bombing
Source: CNN Experts say the bombs used in the deadly attack on the Boston Marathon are typical of a solo terrorist who builds a bomb with a widely available formula. Full Story:
China’s Catholic body vs the Vatican
Source: A Times: Most analysis went as follows. The pope is sovereign of the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by population; the president of China heads the largest. Yet the size of the population over which the two nations hold sway is oddly similar. There are roughly […]
Elites ask Washington to drop Iran gun
Source: A Times. By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran’s nuclear program, according to a major new report released by The Iran Project. The report, endorsed by nearly three dozen former […]
Petty criminals chose prison over €5 fine
Source: The Local Fare-dodgers, illegal parkers, shoplifters – petty criminals are regularly choosing to go to prison for a few days instead of paying small fines. Now one regional authority is planning more creative punishments to save state money. More: