“The invention of the Jewish people”
The Middle East Monitor: The Invention of the Jewish People was a book written by Shlomo Sand, an Israeli professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv…… Sand argues […]
Is Bangladesh’s Shahbag the Next Tahrir Square?
Source: The World Policy Blog By Nayma Qayum During the past week, thousands of Bangladeshis have gathered at Shahbag, a neighborhood in Dhaka, demanding justice for the war crimes of 1971. The protests emerged after an international tribunal sentenced Abdul Qader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami […]
Bangladesh Student Association works to preserve mother language
Source: The Diamondback ( University of Maryland Student Newspaper) By Fatimah Waseem/The Diamondback When senior bioengineering major Nahid Sultana came from Bangladesh to the United States, she was a 1-month-old baby. For her parents, the journey meant a better education. But for Sultana, the journey meant leaving behind not only […]
Azam asked followers to aid Pakistanis
Source: BD News 24 Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam had ‘asked his followers to assist the Pakistani Army’ across Bangladesh during the Liberation War, a war crimes tribunal heard on Wednesday. Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud also explained to the tribunal that the former Jamaat chief had instructed ‘patriots’ to resist and destroy […]
Bangladesh: ‘Jamaat activists’ go berserk in capital
Source: BD news 24 “Jamaat-e-Islami activists” used the protest call given by the 12 “Islamist” and likeminded parties after Friday prayers to “fight back” as they went berserk in different parts of the country including the capital Dhaka, police say. Reports of clashes also came in from Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi […]
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
NY times: On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies. Nestlé was in attendance, as were Kraft and Nabisco, General Mills and Procter & Gamble, […]
BREAKING NEWS, TWIN BOMBING KILL 15 IN SOUTH INDIA: AP
Twin bombings kill 15, wound more in south India Reuters. Bomb blasts in India kill 11: Police examine the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. IMAGE 48 min ago India’s prime minister called the attack that put bombs on bicycles in […]
Hyderabad Bomb Blasts: Two Deadly Explosions Leave Terror Cloud over India
Time: At least 12 people have been killed and scores injured on Thursday in twin bombings that authorities believe may have been a terrorist attack in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. There has been no official confirmation as to the nature of the blasts, but government officials have said they […]
Days after resignation, new documents shed light on scandal that shadowed Pope Benedict
Global Post: Documents released today by a Rhode Island judge provide a new window into the internal workings of the disgraced Legion of Christ, a religious order of priests whose […]
Peace in Islam
Source: Observer, by Shaukat M Zafar. God has given us free will to choose our own belief system. I am a strong believer in freedom of religion, and condemn no-one […]
Words, Science, and Religion
Source: KPB Stevens To my mind, religion only increases its beauty by allowing scientific words and phrases (by which I mean concepts) to change it. When I think about science, I think about it religiously. That doesn’t mean that I try to ignore its truths and make it conform to […]
Austrian Ambassador accepts Islam, marries PTV host Sadia Afzaal
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Editor’s note: The Muslim Times has not independently confirmed this news. Islamabad: Austrian Ambassador in […]
Saudi Arabia king swears in first women on Shura Council
BBC: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has sworn in 30 women to the previously all-male Shura Council, seen by many as a major step in female participation in public life in […]
A religious Canada Strong and free
Source: National Post This week, in the aptly named Maple, part of the sprawling suburbs in the northern Greater Toronto Area, the prime minister came to announce the establishment of […]
Ahmadi Muslims, killed in Pakistan but welcomed here, perfectly symbolize our Canadian values
Source: National Post Author: Jonathan Kay Ameer Jamat Canada, Lal Khan Malik Sahib with Prime Minister Steven Harper and Dr. Andrew Bennett the Ambassador to the Office of Religious Freedom. Last week, when Canadians learned that the federal government was set to announce the creation of a new “Office of […]
‘Outrage’, indeed!
Source: ET We were ‘outraged’ by the killing of well over a hundred — we’ll never know the exact number — Hazara Shia, including women and old men and little children, slaughtered in a massive explosion caused by an estimated 1,000 kilogrammes of explosives in Hazara Town, Quetta, where they […]
‘They Will Give In’: Turkey Pressures Germany on EU Accession
Source: Spiegel Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin last fall. A European commissioner’s remark that Germany and France would one day come crawling “on their knees” begging Turkey to join the EU has miffed Berlin and thrilled Ankara. As German Chancellor Merkel prepares for a visit […]
Catholics back morning- after pill for rape victims
Source: The Local. The German Catholic Church ruled on Thursday that the use of the morning-after pill was acceptable in certain cases for rape victims. More:
Pakistan ambassador to US Sherry Rehman faces blasphemy probe
Source: TOI In late 2010 Sherry Rehman sparked fury among religious groups as a lawmaker by lodging a private member’s bill seeking to abolish the death penalty for blasphemy after a Christian mother of five was sentenced to death. (TOI photo by Nilesh Wairkar) MULTAN: Pakistan police are investigating the […]
World in Crisis-Protests around the world: Greece, Pakistan, Bulgaria (PHOTOS)
Global Post: People around the world are protesting this week, from Greece and Bulgaria to Pakistan and India. Tens of thousands of Greek workers took to the streets in a nationwide general […]