France: we are in a real war in Mali
French officials conceded on Wednesday that it was at the outset of a “real war” in Mali that would involve tough fighting to weed out al-Qaeda and its allies in […]
Obama’s verbal battle picked from Indonesia
The Obama from Java The Guardian: Like a lot of people in the autumn of 2012, I watched the TV debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It was the […]
Universities Sue Students over Defaulted Perkins Loans
The Huffington Several major universities are taking former students to court in an attempt to collect on past-due bills under the Perkins student loan program. George Washington University, Yale University […]
The Indian women pushed into hysterectomies
Source: BBC By Jill McGivering Thousands of Indian women are having their wombs removed in operations that campaigners say are unnecessary and only performed to make money for unscrupulous private doctors. Sunita is uncertain of her exact age but thinks she’s about 25 years old. I met her in a […]
When Sherlock Holmes was Taken for a Ride
Collected by Zia H Shah MD Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories fell for the childish hoax of the Cottingley Fairies. I am borrowing the details of […]
Syrian Businesses Take Refuge in Jordan As War Ravages Aleppo
The Media Line Staff Amman, Jordan (Adam Nicky The Media Lin – Street noises mix with a call to prayer coming from the King Hussein Mosque in downtown Amman, the city’s commercial center, while on a nearby street corner, Issam, a Syrian businessman, calmly answers a steady flow of phone […]
Vast Mysterious Ribbon At Edge Of The Solar System Finally Explained?
Huffington Post UK | By Michael Rundle Physicists say they are closer than ever to understanding a vast mysterious ribbon of particles at the edge of the Solar System. Nasa’s […]
Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Summit: Muslim Leaders Divided On Syria, Mali Crises Solution
By HAMZA HENDAWI HUFFINGTON POST CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential spokesman says an end to Syrian crisis is a condition to restore relations with Iran and that his country supports the […]
All Religious Reformers Day Conference at 37th International Kolkata Book Fair, India
Kolkata (West Bengal, India): At present the whole world is involved in religious conflict. At some places people are dissenting against their government and in some places the authorities are […]
Chinese Premier Wen wishes Islamic summit a success
Source: China Daily CAIRO – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sent a congratulatory message to the 12th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation conference upon its opening on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. […]
Imams visit Holocaust site to show tolerant Islam – Muslim leaders from all over France gather at Drancy memorial, site of former detention camp
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 DRANCY, France (AP) — Dozens of French imams have visited a Holocaust memorial in Drancy in an effort to show that Islam is a tolerant religion. […]
Suicide attack against Syria intel building in Palmyra: NGO
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Wednesday 6 February 2013 BEIRUT: A suicide bomber on Wednesday attacked a military intelligence headquarters in the south-central Syria city of Palmyra, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “A powerful explosion rocked Palmyra this morning and according […]
Abbas hopes Obama visit will usher new US policy: spokesman
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Wednesday 6 February 2013 RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinian presidency hopes US President Barack Obama’s forthcoming visit will mark the beginning of a new US policy in […]
Invitations for the Zonal Conference & Peace Symposium Chennai, India
Assalamualaikum Warehmatullah-e-Wabarakatahu, I cordially invite you to the Zonal Conference and Peace Symposium to be Held at Chennai on the 10th of February. Guest speakers from various religions are attending […]
Paris women finally allowed to wear trousers – Would Hijab be allowed Next?
Editor’s note: The title of the news is modified by the Muslim Times Source: BBC The French government has overturned a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. The Minister of Women’s Rights, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said that the ban was incompatible with modern French values and laws. She said the law, […]
Breaking News: Shoe thrown at Iranian President in Cairo Egypt
Source: TOI Details still emerging. Any one can update.
German Federal Education Minister Schavan won’t resign, fights for doctorate
Source: The Local Education Minister Annette Schavan has defied those calling for her resignation after her old university withdrew her doctorate for plagiarism. She said she would challenge the decision. The Local’s media roundup looks at the reaction. More:
The sound of Munich
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar The (geopolitical) hills are alive with the sound of … well, not music; rather that post-industrial noise, more Kraftwerk than Schubert, oozing from the recently completed 49th edition of the Munich Security Conference. Who wouldn’t give a Goldman Sachs bonus to be briefed on […]
Health Insurance Companies Get in Shape for 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Since Patrick J. Geraghty arrived here a year and a half ago to lead the state’s largest health insurer, Florida Blue, he has expanded its operations in Medicare and Medicaid, entered arrangements with hospitals and doctors, bought a medical group, and dabbled with a new private sector […]
Government of Pakistan to get the interior minister mentally checked!
Source ET A file photo of interior minister Rehman Malik. PHOTO: PID / FILE KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) minority MPA Saleem Khurshid Khokhar moved an adjournment motion in the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday against interior minister Rehman Malik, who reportedly declared non-Muslims as terrorists. Khokhar said that Malik had […]