Richard Dawkins Follows Prophet Muhammad’s Teaching on Freedom
Prologue If the Muslim Times’ highlighted articles are boring to you, it may be that you need to read more of them, as was suggested by John Cage, who was […]
Going over the decency cliff — Harlan Ullman
Daily Times: President Barack Obama can navigate the nation back to a course where common decency and civil dialogue are not automatically excluded from politics The looming fiscal cliff has received almost as much publicity as the Mayan prediction of the end of the world. This column has warned that […]
Jerusalem Post: Israel to boost Gaza imports under truce deal
By YAAKOV LAPPIN JERUSALEM POST 12/26/2012 18:43 Israel to begin allowing 20 trucks with construction materials enter Gaza each day; Defense Ministry source says easing of blockade part of ongoing […]
Media: Suliman: ‘Al Jazeera plays the piper, but Qatar calls the tune’
The long-time Berlin correspondent for Al Jazeera, Aktham Suliman, recently resigned from his post. The journalist tells DW that the Qatari government is exercising undue influence on Al Jazeera’s reporting. […]
Syria crisis: Military police chief al-Shalal defects
Source: BBC Lieutenant-General Abdulaziz al-Shalal announced his defection in a video posted on YouTube. The commander of Syria’s military police has defected from President Bashar-al Assad’s government and reportedly fled to Turkey. Lt Gen Abulaziz al-Shalal is one of the highest-ranking officials to join the uprising against the Syrian regime.The […]
10 ways women can succeed at work in 2013
Source: CNN London (CNN) — As we prepare to embrace a new year, women have been sharing their plans to improve their work lives in 2013. We asked women to tell us their career New Year’s resolutions, and you have inspired us with your ideas. Whether they’re big ambitions, a […]
What really happened at Lal Masjid
Source: Friday Times The news on 5 December 2012 read like this: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has constituted a judicial commission to probe the 2007 Lal Masjid operation in Islamabad in 2007 – a government crackdown on a controversial pro-Taliban mosque in the capital which ended in a bloody eight-day siege […]
Return of Jesus Christ From Celestial Abode – Jesus Versus Finality
Source: Examiner The belief that the last prophet, Muhammad (PBUH), has already come and gone and the assertions that Jesus (as) would descend to earth as a prophet after him […]
Egypt’s Morsi signs disputed constitution into law
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but on Wednesday he was left facing an economic crisis and international disquiet over his rule. The Islamist-dominated senate convened on Wednesday to swear in 90 new members appointed […]
Pakistan revenue official made Osama bin Laden pay Rs 50,000 bribe: Report
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Even the world’s most wanted terrorist could not escape the bribery dragnet. Osama bin Laden’s safe-house in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad was built after paying a bribe of Rs 50,000 to a revenue official, a media report said on Wednesday.The bribe was paid to the ‘patwari’ so […]
The Holiday of Holidays: Jews,Christians and Muslims celebrate together in Haifa
Source: Live Leak: A parade of performers dressed in costumes representing the season’s various holidays gathered in the Israel northern city of Haifa for a festive celebration of the region’s […]
Schäuble: bad English rules at EU meetings
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Home prices rose in October: S&P
(Reuters) – Single-family home prices rose in October, reinforcing the view the domestic real estate market is improving and should bolster the economyin 2013, a closely watched survey showed on Wednesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.7 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, […]
Iran bans flights during call to Islamic prayer
DUBAI | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament has banned on airplanes from flying in the country during the Azan call to Islamic prayer, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday. “According to the new directive, airplanes are banned from flying during Azan, especially during the call […]
Syria opposition activists expect rocky transition after Assad’s fall
By Karen DeYoung, Published: December 25 Planning for the day after the anticipated fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has become a race against time that many proponents of a pluralistic, democratic Syria fear they are losing. In Washington, Istanbul and elsewhere, opposition activists and their supporters are establishing databases […]
The secret of ancient Egyptian beauty
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 26 December 2012 It is said that beauty is only skin deep. It is no wonder then, that throughout history women have invested an exorbitant amount of […]
How to be Free from Addiction and Sin?
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Prologue There are only 100 Senators in USA Senate, two from each state and they are the elite of […]
Successful but Unfair Elections will Complete the Radicalization of Pakistani State?
Express Tribune: Terrorism after Bilour’s death by Khaled Ahmad and comments by Abdul Alim The Taliban have killed Bashir Bilour, one of the top leaders of the ANP in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In the aftermath, ANP leaders have said some bitter things about how Pakistan interprets terrorism in the country. They insist that it […]
Egypt’s state of despair
Source: Daily Times: By: S P Seth Mr Morsi needs to guard against becoming identified, like the fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak, as the symbol and personification of all that continues to be wrong with Egypt One would expect that the referendum on the draft constitution would usher in a new […]
President Barack Obama to cut short vacation to deal with fiscal crisis
Source: TOI President Barack Obama will be back in Washington on Thursday to deal with fiscal cliff negotiations. HONOLULU: President Barack Obama is cutting short his Hawaiian holiday to leave for Washington on Wednesday to address the unfinished “fiscal cliff” negotiations with Congress, the White House said on Tuesday. As […]