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Fulya Ozerkan ARABNEWS Wednesday 20 February 2013 Turkey is defying Washington and Baghdad in developing a broad energy partnership with Iraqi Kurds as it pushes to secure affordable oil and […]
Osama Al Sharif ARABNEWS Wednesday 20 February 2013 For the first time in Jordan’s modern political history, a new process of selecting the kingdom’s next prime minister was launched this week amid confusion and speculation about the nature of the new “mechanism.” King Abdallah has asked his Chief of the […]
Gwynne Dyer ARABNEWS Wednesday 20 February 2013 You know the storyline by now. There are one million US-dollar millionaires in China. (“To get rich is glorious,” said former leader Deng Xiao-ping.) Seventy percent of the homes in China are bought for cash. China’s total trade — the sum of imports […]
EGYPT’S NEW GRAND MUFTI ELECTED FOR FIRST TIME EVER Category: Middle East Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:21 Written by Syarif Hidayat Hits: 46 Cairo, 2 Rabiul Akhir 1434/12 February 2013 (MINA) -Shawqi Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam is to become Egypt’s new Grand Mufti following a vote by members of […]
Muslim women at UTSA explain Islamic dress By Marcia Perales Courtesy of Will Tallent/The PaisanoCourtesy of Will Tallent/The Paisano Courtesy of Will Tallent/The Paisano Courtesy of Will Tallent/The Paisano Islam is not a culture– it is a religion. Muslims are not a race– they are believers of Islam. Muslim […]
Source: The Paisano, by Marcia Perales. Many westerners don’t fully understand that a half or full-face covering is not required for Muslim women. The Quran requires women to cover everything except their face, hands and feet; therefore, when a Muslim woman covers more than what is required, it is typically […]
Source: eurasiareview, by Linda S. Heard. Societal permissiveness, where family life has broken down in the absence of traditional mores, has made demands on young women, valuing them accordance to their physical attributes. Islam offers those women a sense of belonging, a community of like minds in areas where there […]
“There is fear 24 hours a day,” Pakistani Hindu Refugee Tells HAF Team Washington, D.C. (February 19, 2013) — “There is fear 24 hours a day…Hindus see themselves as helpless,” recounted Chetan Ram, while describing life in Pakistan to the Hindu American Foundation’s Director & Senior Human Rights Fellow, Samir Kalra, Esq., […]
Andrew Bennett, a Christian college dean and former civil servant, has been named ambassador for Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today. “Around the world, violations of religious freedom are widespread and they are increasing,” Harper said in a speech at the Ahmadiyya Muslim community centre […]
A Christian college professor will be Canada’s first ambassador of religious freedoms and head of a new government office focused on international persecution. Andrew Bennett, Dean of Augustine College in Ottawa, was named to the new position on Tuesday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially opened the Office of Religious Freedom. […]
Spectacular Tricks to Teach Your Body One of the complex machine in the world is nothing but Our human body. There are lot of amazing things that are yet to be learned from the human body. Not all things are know to our body, there are few cool tricks that […]
Source: National Post OTTAWA — Canada has established an Office of Religious Freedom — to be headed by a public servant lauded for his “deep convictions” — to promote freedom of religion around the world. The announcement, which stems from a Conservative election promise nearly two years ago, was made […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: The headline has been changed by us. Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper (center) with Andrew Bennett the new Ambassador and Lal Khan Malik, National President of […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s financial regulator fined Lloyds Banking Group 4.3 million pounds ($6.7 million) on Monday for not paying compensation quickly enough to customers wrongly sold insurance on loans and mortgages. The Financial Services Authority said that from May 2011 to March 2012, Lloyds did not pay compensation to 140,000 […]
Source: Huffington Post: By Craig Considine George Washington’s birthday, celebrated annually on Febr. 22nd, is an opportunity to reflect upon his exemplary character and the example he set for future generations […]
The Sydney Morning Herald: ALL Muslims should renounce their religion immediately in favour of Christianity or atheism – it would be better for them and for everyone else, controversial Dutch […]
AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission strongly protests the murders of members of the Hazaras Shia community. A series of bombings in Hazaras town, Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, claimed many lives, all of them members of the Shia Community. This recent blast on February 17 is the second […]
by Chantal Britt, swissinfo.ch Feb 19, 2013 – 10:59 Outgoing Novartis chairman Daniel Vasella has chosen to forego a CHF72 million ($78 million) payout to prevent him from working for […]
A great lesson on Stress A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’… She fooled them all …. “How heavy […]