OIC demands seat on top UN body to represent Muslims
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 5 February 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Conference, the largest Muslim organization in the world, should have a seat on the UN Security Council, said […]
Khatib offers Assad peaceful exit
Summary Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib urged President Bashar Assad’s government Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks – which […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Mumbai – Platinum Jubilee Celebration
Reported by Shabeeb Haneef (General Secretary Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Mumbai) The Mumbai Majlis organized its Platinum Jubilee Jalsa on Feb 3rd 2013. The event began with Tahajjud prayers held in congregation. […]
Did Pope John Paul II Demolish Traditional Christianity, as We Know It?
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, where Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin are buried Written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Ahmadi literature: Printing press employees accused of blasphemy
Source:ET The four accused are Ahmadis. LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed February 7 for arguments on the after-arrest bails of four men accused of publishing allegedly blasphemous books about the Ahmadi faith. Moeed Ayaz, Asmatullah, Razaullah and Ghulamullah, employees of Black Arrow Printing Press, were arrested on […]
Discretion and valour
Source: ET The decision by the Supreme Court to order the registration of an FIR for blasphemy against Sherry Rehman has lead to much outrage and alarm amongst Pakistan’s small and perpetually beleaguered group of liberals. The alarm is justified. Frankly, so is the outrage. Before I explain myself, a […]
Match-fixing scandal taints Bundesliga
Source: The Local European police on Monday revealed they had smashed a global criminal network fixing hundreds of top-level football matches, including dozens of games in Germany. More:
Top Vatican Cleric Criticized for ‘Pogrom’ Remark
Source: Spiegel. German Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller watches over the Catholic church’s doctrine. A German archbishop is under fire for appearing to liken recent criticism of the Catholic Church to a Nazi-era pogrom. The cleric, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, had said that “targeted discrimination campaigns” against the church sometimes reminded him […]
England’s King Richard III found after 500 years
By Michael Holden LEICESTER, England | Mon Feb 4, 2013 (Reuters) – A skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park is that of […]
The Good Intentions That Pave the Road to War
Road to the New Good War Paved with Bad Intent by Diana Johnstone Opposing genocide has become a sort of cottage industry in the United States. Everywhere, “genocide studies” are […]
Yearly conversions to Islam double in France over 25 years: Report
Yearly conversions to Islam have doubled in France over the past 25 years, a report says. Press TV: Bernard Godard, an official in charge of religious issues at the French […]
Holy Prophet Muhammad’s Letters to various Kings
Comment by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times One of the best Western movie about the life of Prophet Muhammad is the Message, which you can see […]
Rare scene: Abu Sufiyan’s (staunch opponent of Islam) Praises Prophet Mohammad (saw)
A small intro of Abu Sufyan: Sakhr ibn Harb (Arabic: صخر بن حرب), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (1 September 560 – 1 August 652), was the leader of […]
Thief returns Munich hotel loot 40 years later
Source: The Local. A guilt-racked American thief has returned a letter-writing set 40 years after he stole it from a luxury Munich hotel. More:
Fresh Questions Over a Bank of America Settlement
Bank of America has long rued its decision in 2008 to acquire Countrywide Financial, the subprime mortgage giant. To date, the bank has set aside some $40 billion to settle claims of mortgage misconduct that occurred before it acquired the freewheeling lender. It has been a regular refrain at Bank […]
UNHCR updated report on the situation of Ahmadis in Pakistan
2. Legislation According to Human Rights Watch, the “persecution” of Ahmadis has been legalized and is “encouraged” by the Pakistani government (27 May 2012). The 2012 annual report of the […]
Islam played important role in Russian civilization: Observer
Islam played important role in Russian civilisation Mon, 04 February 2013 MUSCAT — Islam has played an important role in the rise of Russian civilisation. It is its inherent part and the history of Islamic studies in Russia, termed the “Eastern-Western community” by the great Russian-orthodox Russian philosopher Nikolay Berdiaev, […]
Rising number in France to Islam: New York Times
MEMO FROM FRANCE More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number. By MAÏA de la BAUME CRÉTEIL, France […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Gujarat (India) Celebrates Platinum Jubilee
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, Gandhidham (Gujarat, India) Celebrates Platinum Jubilee by organizing the below mentioned programmes: 1) Waqaar E Amal was done at the Civil Hospital Rambagh, Adipur / Gandhidham on […]
Testosterone: Can it make you live longer?
Source: BBC Bombarded with adverts promising a longer, healthier life, BBC News Los Angeles correspondent Peter Bowes goes in search of eternal youth. Dr Jeffry Life, a Las Vegas-based age management doctor, is 74. He has the body of a man half his age. In fact he has a level […]