Journalist and filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici is suing anthropologist Joe Zias, who in recent years has been doing his utmost to disprove his provocative theories on early Christianity. By Nir Hasson […]
December 16, 2012 The name Rwanda conjures up images of the terrifying 1994 genocide. But today the small east African nation is trying to put the past behind it and […]
Global Post: A Muslim student facing a uniquely challenging classroom assignment surely received an A for penning what’s become a welcome distraction in light of the recent school shooting in Connecticut. The unidentified Grade 4 student’s teacher asked the class to write letters to Santa Claus. That presented a problem […]
بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم جماعت احمدیہ آسٹریا کے زیر اہتمام ویانا انٹرنیشنل بک فیئر میں اسلام کی نمائندگی میں بک سٹال تیس زبانوں میں قرآن کریم کے تراجم اورمختلف زبانوں […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article is about the role that religion has in saving humans from anxiety and depression. This article was originally published in Ahmadiyya USA Gazette volume of February 2007. Epigraph: By the Time, Surely, man is ever in […]
Russian TV: Deployment of Patriot air defense missiles on the Syrian-Turkish border may be a prologue to a global conflict, warned Iran’s top brass on Saturday. The very future of […]
The physical benefits of regular exercise are well documented. Now researchers in a New Zealand university say that people who routinely perform aerobic exercises are also smarter than those who do not. Read more
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The recent tragedy of death of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Connecticut, has brought to […]
Express Tribune: bu Abdul Majeed: It has been 41 years today. 41 years ago, Pakistan was broken up into two parts, the former West Pakistan and Bangladesh. Apart from a distance of around 1000 miles separating the two parts of Pakistan, there was enough resentment on part of East Pakistani populace that […]
Faisal Kamal Pasha Sunday, December 16, 2012 From Print Edition THE TIMES, PAKISTAN Rawalpindi The Muslim religious scholars have rejected the baseless prophecies of Mayan civilisation predicting eschatological events on December 21, 2012 with an annihilation of life from the face of the earth. The scholars criticised the role of […]
By Jonathan M.A. Ghaffar “The standard explanations for the crucifixion of Jesus created a deep mystery of motive and consequence, raising many questions about what truly is God’s plan for […]
AP | Dec 15, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A deal brokered by Iraq’s president last week gives the central government and the Kurdish minority an opportunity to step back from a military standoff that has threatened to tip the country back into armed conflict just a year after […]
Sources tell ABC News that President Obama has decided that he will nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state. For a variety of reasons including the finalization […]
As the political tug-of-war continues over Egypt, concern is being expressed over the next phase – but so is hope Dina Ezzat , Saturday 15 Dec 2012 ahrahmonline For many […]
Unofficial final results of the constitution referendum’s first round show a 56.5 per cent approval for the draft charter *Total: “Yes”: 4,595,311 (56.50 per cent) “No”: 3,536,838 (43.50 per cent) Turnout: 33% —————————————————————————————- Note: All results are from governorates’ presiding judges, except Cairo’s, which are from the tallies of the […]
Source: The Local German prosecutors said on Friday they believed Islamist extremists were behind a botched bomb attack at Bonn train station. Media reports suggested the detonation device was triggered but for some reason the bomb did not go off. More:
Source: LUBP Tens of thousands of women, men and children, most of them Shias abut also some Sunnis, Ahmadis, Christians and Hindus, are currently part of a peaceful sit-in in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, to express unity and outrage against Shia genocide in Pakistan. The protest started on Friday 14 […]
Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev Egypt goes to the polls on Saturday in the first round of a referendum that will shape the future of the regime there and perhaps even the course of the Arab Spring in general. Amid continuing clashes and extraordinarily high tensions – including allegations […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: Newtown, Connecticut. President Barack Obama was due in the small Connecticut community of Newtown on Sunday to join in vigils for the 20 small children and seven adults slaughtered by a young gunman. The president’s visit comes two days after the heavily armed 20-year-old, Adam Lanza, stalked […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / AFP / Riaz Ahmad / Umer Farooq / APP / Photo: Iqbal Mamound Published: December 15, 2012 A house damaged during the car explosion and rocket attacks on […]