My human rights wish-list
Huffingtonpost: In his superb article ‘A Human Rights Wish-list for 2013’, Jack Healey encouraged us to chose our own wish-list. I have taken up that suggestion. My 10-point wish-list is […]
Islamophobia-Wall Street Journal’s Denial
Huff Post: Nathan Lean. Any reasonable person would look at this growing phenomenon and conclude that we’ve reached an ugly new level of prejudice against religious minorities in this country. But not Jonathan Schanzer, a hawkish Bush-era terrorism analyst whose predictable (and unethical — I’ll get to that later) review […]
Social Networks May Inflate Self-Esteem, Reduce Self-Control
ScienceDaily: Jan. 14, 2013 — Users of Facebook and other social networks should beware of allowing their self-esteem — boosted by “likes” or positive comments from close friends — to influence their behavior: It could reduce their self-control both on and offline, according to an academic paper by researchers at the […]
Cheating, and Getting Away With It: It Works
Science Daily: Jan. 10, 2013 — We would all like to believe that there is a kind of karma in life that guarantees those who cheat eventually pay for their bad behavior, if not immediately, then somewhere down the line. But a study of a new gene in the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideumsuggests […]
Pakistan, Shia Genocide and 1974
Lutf’s Blog: Lutful Islam. Majority of the Shia Muslims dying in Pakistan at the hands of takfiri terrorists, and most of those protesting against this ongoing genocide don’t know or remember 1974. It was the first year of official takfir in Pakistan. An elected parliament which consisted for some […]
France determined to legalise gay marriage despite demos
Jan 14, 2013 – 17:54 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor SWISSINFO.CH PARIS (Reuters) – A huge weekend protest against the legalisation of same-sex marriage and adoption has not dented the […]
I know that the education level of The Muslim Times readers is very high. May be this will be of interest to you:
Swiss joke A Swiss guy, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Englishmen are waiting. “Entschuldigung, können Sie Deutsch sprechen?” He asks. The two Englishmen just stare at him. “Excusez-moi, parlez-vous français?” The two continue to stare. “Parlate italiano?” No response. “Hablan Ustedes espagnol?” Still nothing. […]
2012 US Military Suicides Hit Record High of 349
By AP / Robert BurnsJan. 14, 2013 TIME (WASHINGTON) — The Associated Press has learned that suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year. That far exceeds the 295 American combat deaths in Afghanistan in 2012 and compares with 301 military suicides in 2011. Some private […]
Why I Remember President Truman on a Regular Basis
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Since the collapse of USSR, the President of USA, may be considered to be the most powerful person […]
Pen mightier than sword? Arab cartoonists on Gaza Conflict
Ynetnews, Israel: Political cartoonists across the Arab world have never spared criticism for Israel, but the armed conflict in the Gaza Strip this past November has spurred them to step […]
World Bank says Red-Dead Sea project feasible
AMMAN — The Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project is feasible, according to a World Bank study, but it will have manageable social and environmental effects. The World Bank has […]
The Aga Khan’s Earthly Kingdom
Multi-billionaire son of a notorious playboy, His Highness Prince Karim, the fourth Aga Khan, enjoys his jets, yachts, and Thoroughbreds. But since the age of 20, he has also been […]
Hindus Scholars Hindu Scriptures on Islam and Muhammad (Peace by Upon Him)
Islamawareness.net: Recently, we have seen false accusations made against Islam and Muslims in India and Kashmir. I would like to suggest everyone ignore these hate mongrels who will go to […]
Silence of the wolves: First the Ahmadis were attacked …
Source: Express Tribune By Kamal Siddiqi Published: January 13, 2013 One does not know what is more shameful. The consistent manner in which members of the Shia Hazara community […]
Ravil Bukharaev, Russia and Ahmadiyya Islam: The First Grain of Sand
The Musim Times: by Abdul Alim: Very rarely have Ahmadi Muslim individuals been granted the honour and privilege of being remembered by the Khalifa of the age for a full […]
Jinnah’s nationality and oath: What did Ambedkar (Father of Indian Constitution) and Nehru thought of Jinnah
Daily Times: Yasser Latif Hamdani: Jinnah, unlike the nation he founded, was not xenophobic. Nor was he an irreconcilable fanatic that our official state mythology wants to portray him as Truth be told, the MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s much anticipated drone attack landed on the xenophobia and narrow-mindedness of Pakistanis. […]
Nehru divided India, not Jinnah: Jaswant Singh
Nehru was draftsman of partition’: Kanchan Gupta | New Delhi There are now no more points left to score; all have already been scored, no great issues of partition left to resolve, except one: An ability to understand what, after all, did this partition achieve?” Jaswant Singh asks in the closing […]
Video: BJP Leader Master Mohan Lal at Ahmadiyya Convention Qadian, India, in 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party ( pronunciation (help·info); translation: Indian People’s Party; abbreviated BJP) is one of the two major parties in the Indian political system, the other being the Indian National Congress. […]
Spiritually thrilled after Umrah, Dilip Kumar extends Makkah stay
DAMMAM: SIRAJ WAHAB ARABNEWS Saturday 12 January 2013 .Legendary Indian actor Muhammad Yousuf Khan — who attained world fame with his screen name Dilip Kumar — and his actress wife Saira Bano have been so touched and spiritually exhilarated by their journey to Makkah that they have extended their stay […]