by Areej Abuqudairi | JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — A centre offering women a “safe haven” and “learning opportunities” was launched at the Zaatari Refugee Camp on Monday. “We noticed that […]
The Nobel peace prize is awarded to the European Union at a ceremony in Norway’s capital Oslo on Monday. Read more
Inquirer: The United Nations on Monday launched a $65 million global appeal to help desperate survivors of a typhoon that killed more than 600 people, left nearly 900 missing and thousands homeless in the southern Philippines. Malacañang also appealed for help for the survivors of Typhoon “Pablo,” calling on […]
RT: Doctors have successfully used a disabled version of HIV to modify a 7-year-old leukemia patient’s white blood cells to attack her cancer. The breakthrough procedure could potentially replace bone marrow transplant as a leukemia treatment. Emma Whitehead was selected as a patient for the experimental technique after two years […]
Dawn.com: Saeed Ahmed Rid. MY three-year-old daughter, Sobh wanted to have a ritual of danwan which is reserved only for boys in some areas of rural Sindh. The ritual is held when a boy begins to learn how to walk. It involves putting a rope between the child’s legs. The rope […]
Source: Majlis Sultan ul Qalam UK AMSA UCL Presents: Jinn, Black Magic and Psychiatry in the Muslim World University College London Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT 11 December at 18:30- 20:30 REGISTER HERE Please register before you attend Watch it live online
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria is set to hold her 61st Annual Jalsa Salana. The blessed event which commences from 21st and ends on 23rd December 2012 is to be held […]
Source: Global voices. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is an ongoing tribunal in Bangladesh that was set up to investigate and provide justice regarding the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. It is claimed that up to three million people were […]
Source: Fast Company BY JOSH ALLAN DYKSTRA Compared to previous generations, Millennials seem to have some very different habits that have taken both established companies and small businesses by surprise. One of these is that Generation Y doesn’t seem to enjoy purchasing things. The Atlantic’s article “Why Don’t Young Americans Buy […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD I happened to see a recent movie Lincoln, directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, last week. I thoroughly enjoyed it and just […]
Op-Ed: Islam Mandates Abiding by the Peace Agreements The writer, a Muslim, claims that Islam is not at war with the Jews. She does not assign blame to one side […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: The military has warned it “will not allow” the situation to deteriorate President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt’s army from Monday to take on police powers — including the right to arrest civilians — in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has triggered mass street […]
Source:www.mqm.org The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the act of damaging graves in the Ahmadiyya graveyard in Lahore by some miscreants. He said that Islam teaches us to respect places of worship and graveyards of other religions and hence the act […]
Source: transparency.org Looking at the Corruption Perceptions Index 2012, it’s clear that corruption is a major threat facing humanity. Corruption destroys lives and communities, and undermines countries and institutions. It […]
Click Here to read his Urdu article. Note by the Editor: Mr Ansar Abbasi does not know that it is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community which is considered to be the most effective defender to protect the respect of prophet Muhammad (saw). Instead making anti-Ahmadiyya propaganda he shoul accept the truth. […]
Source: Spiegel: Getty Images People scavenging at a dump in India: Where are the limits to growth? In 1972, environmental guru Dennis Meadows predicted in his seminal study “The Limits to Growth” that the world was heading toward an economic collapse. Forty years on, he tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that nothing […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP / Web Desk / Ema Anis Published: December 10, 2012 LONDON: The father of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for campaigning […]
Source: Spiegel: dapd Winter arrived to much of Europe over the weekend as heavy snowfall blanketed the Balkans and Germany came to a standstill. At least six deaths were reported in southwestern Europe while Romanians struggled to get to the polls on election day. More:
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Police in the Pakistani capital have arrested a professor on a charge of blasphemy after hundreds of people, including clerics and seminary students, joined a protest and demanded the registration of a case against him. Iftikhar Khan, a professor and author in his 60s, was accused of […]