Syrian rebels cut off Bashar al-Assad’s escape route
An eerie silence hangs over what was once a busy highway that cuts through the mountains and makes for Latakia city By Ruth Sherlock, Latakia province The Telegraph Abu Yassin, […]
Abbas to Ban: Bring Syria’s Palestinian Refugees Home
RAMALLAH, December 19, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday called on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help the Palestinian refugees in Syria, who are suffering from the bloody conflict there, to return to live in the Palestinian Territory. Abbas stressed the Palestinian position of non-interference in internal […]
More Polio Vaccinators Attacked
AFP / NEWSWEEK PAKISTAN Gunmen opened fire on polio vaccinators in three separate attacks in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, seriously wounding one, officials said, following the earlier killings of six […]
International Halal body to be set up
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Wednesday 19 December 2012 Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, secretary-general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL), will chair the maiden meeting of the general […]
OIC chief to visit Myanmar soon to address Rohingya concerns
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Wednesday 19 December 2012 Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said yesterday that he would soon visit Myanmar as the head of a high-level delegation including OIC foreign ministers as part of efforts to stop the attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Addressing a press conference, […]
Facts on the ground: Israel’s Jewish settlements
AFP | Dec 18, 2012 | 22:05 Updated: Dec 18, 2012 JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Key dates in the conflict over Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories seized by Israel in the June 1967 war: — June 1967: Arab-Israeli war in which Israel seizes East Jerusalem, the West Bank […]
Muhammad: When bad things happen to good people, maintain trust in God
Source: By Qasim Rashid As we prepare to lay 26 souls to rest in Newtown, Conn., countless are left behind, alone. As long as good people have existed, bad things have happened to them. And as long as religion has existed, believers and non-believers alike rightfully ask, “Why does God […]
Times of India on 121st Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention
Three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat to begin on December 29 By Yudhvir Rana, READ MORE Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Annual Convention|Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat AMRITSAR: Ahmadiyya’s from across the world including Pakistan would converge at Qadian inGurdaspur district to participate in the three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat, India beginning on December 29th. The […]
In the US, mass child killings are tragedies. In Pakistan, mere bug splats
theguardian: George Monbiot. Barack Obama’s tears for the children of Newtown are in stark contrast to his silence over the children murdered by his drones. The children of north-west Pakistan, it seems, are not like our children. They have no names, no pictures, no memorials of candles and flowers and teddy bears. They belong […]
Three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat to begin on December 29
TOI: Yudhvir Rana. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community within Islam was founded in 1889 and spans over 250 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions having current headquarters in UK, informed Secretary Press Committee, Sheikh Mujahid Ahmad while talking to TOI on Tuesday. AMRITSAR: Ahmadiyya’s from across the world including Pakistan would converge at Qadian in Gurdaspur […]
Militancy in the name of Islam and its ramifications
Daily Times: Qaisar Rashid. Islam is very particular about the differentiation between the real intent and the declared objectives of its followers. Can militancy serve the cause of Islam? Why do followers of a (divine) religion resort to militancy? Is it to get the voice of the religion heard or […]
Religious extremism sanctifies violence against women
Daily Times: Babar Ayaz. Extremists give religious cover to all anti-women social and cultural values of the tribal and feudal societies and innovation: Ijtihad or Ijma Women rights activists are gearing up the world over to celebrate the ‘One Billion Rising’ of women and men against ‘violence against women’. The […]
Taliban, Karzai allies to attend Afghanistan meeting in France
Rfi. Tony Cross. The Taliban are to attend a conference near Paris along with supporters of President Hamid Karzai and peaceful opposition parties this week. The meeting comes after the Afghan government published a peace roadmap, which invites the rebels to take official positions if they give up violence. The Taliban […]
New-wave economies going for growth
Guardian: They are big. They have young and growing populations. They have invested in infrastructure and education. And they are growing at the sort of rates that make them the […]
Digital library of 5,000 Dead Sea Scroll images
JERUSALEM — More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — and thousands of years after they were written — Israel on Tuesday put 5,000 images […]
Japanese man becomes world’s oldest
A Japanese mayor has hailed a resident of his city for becoming the world’s oldest person. At 115 years old, Jiroemon Kimura inherited the title from an American woman who died on Monday. Read more
Pew Research on Public Opinion in Pakistan
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
When is social-media use a crime?
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments: The recent tragedy of Newtown, Connecticut is also defining the limits of freedom of speech for us. Source: CNN By Brandon Griggs, CNN updated 1:20 PM EST, Tue December 18, 2012 (CNN) — In the crowded world of social media, with its virtual […]
‘No Religion’ Is World’s Third-Largest Religious Group After Christians, Muslims According To Pew Study
Reuters | By Tom Heneghan HUFFPOST RELIGION REUTERS – People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world’s faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus. The study, based on extensive data for the year 2010, […]
Egypt State Council judges club to boycott charter poll’s second phase
Head of Egyptian State Council’s judges club cites ‘unfulfilled promises’ for decision to boycott Saturday’s vote Ahram Online, Monday 17 Dec 2012 Members of the higher council of the Egyptian State Council’s judges club will not supervise the upcoming second phase of Egypt’s constitutional referendum, club head Hamdi Yassin stated […]