UN apologizes for applauding Serbian genocide song
Global Post: The UN has apologized after Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials gave a standing ovation to “March on the Drina,” unaware it was the unofficial anthem of the […]
Thais open hearts to Rohingya, bringing supplies and sympathy
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break Efficiency Barrier?
Source: Science Daily Jan. 14, 2013 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier, […]
Qadri to challenge his summoning over violating asylum oath
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Dr Tahirul Qadri, has decided to challenge in a Canadian […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: “O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
Urge others to do good and do good yourself
Imam Shamshad A. Nasir in front of Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, CA By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir According to the website www.USA.gov the ten most popular New Year’s resolution are: Drink Less […]
Algeria, Mali, and why this week has looked like an obscene remake of earlier Western interventions
We are outraged not by the massacre of the innocents, but because the hostages killed were largely white, blue-eyed chaps rather than darker, brown-eyed chaps by Robert Fisk, The Independent, […]
Atheism, a Comparative Study
By Obaid Ullah Khan Latest surveys of the religious demographics of the world show that around 33.3% of the world’s population belongs to Christian faith which is the largest religion in the world at present. At second position comes Islam which enjoys the adherence of around 21% of the whole […]
Remember Dr. King’s Dream By Supporting American Muslims
Source: Global Grind By: Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Persecuted Muslim sect finds peace in Fitchburg
By Paula J. Owen TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Here we can say Asalaam and blessings of God. There you would be punished in prison. — Farida Mehmud, WIFE OF […]
Measuring integration – Birthplace plays a role in success
Factors such as income, education and family structure vary greatly among Swiss people, Swiss-born foreigners and those born outside the country, according to new figures aimed at measuring the integration […]
California Muslims make political history
http://www.cair.com Posted by Admin on Jan 15, 2013 in Blog, Elections By Farrah Khan This past weekend, California Muslims made political history when 28 Muslim candidates were elected by Democrats as delegates and alternate delegates to the California Democratic Party (CDP). This constitutes the largest number of Muslims ever elected […]
Jihad in the Sahara
Source: The Economist. FOR half a year African governments in the region and various ones in the West, especially in France and the United States, had been fretting over Mali, where rebel groups tied to al-Qaeda had taken over the northern half of the country. Earlier this year matters dramatically […]
David Cameron and Europe Review of a speech not given
Source: Economist. DAVID CAMERON did not give a speech this morning in Amsterdam about British relations with the European Union. The developing mess in Algeria might have made it seem inappropriate: should the prime minister really be going on about the EU when Britons have been killed? But let’s review […]
CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry should be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to a govt servant leading to his suicide
Source: LUBP Author: Dr. Zulfiqar Ali CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry continued harassment and abusing of NAB officials led to Kamran Faisal’s suicide. We demand thatCJ Chaudhry be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to Kamran Faisal leading to his suicide. Right-wing pro-establishment media too contributed to Kamran Faisa’s death. Let me explain. […]
Video: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Religion and Politics in Pakistan
Rawal TV: Youtube: Published on Jan 11, 2013: BilaTakalluf with Tahir Gora Episode 75: Topic: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community & Their Situation in Pakistan Guests: Mujib-ur-Rahman, Arshad Mahmood & Munir Saami Host: Tahir […]
Saudi clerics protest king’s empowerment of women
Riyadh: A group of hardline clerics protested outside the royal palace in Riyadh against the king’s decision to appoint 30 women to the kingdom’s top advisory body, a YouTube video posted on Wednesday showed. The footage of Tuesday’s demonstration showed clerics protesting what they said were “dangerous changes in the […]
Serving Humanity- Real Islam: Muslim youth group to help sweep away UK snow
Belfasttelegraph.uk: As the UK braces itself for a snowy weekend, young Muslims across the country are on stand-by with salt and snow shovels to help ease any disruption caused. Since the […]
Solar power installations hit record in Mass
Source: The Boston Globe Massachusetts recorded its largest number of new solar power installations in 2012, as hundreds of homeowners and large institutions and businesses, such as schools and big box stores, took advantage of government-backed incentives for renewable resources. The surge in installations more than doubled the amount of […]