theguardian: A potentially landmark high court case begins today, which could halt what campaigners call the “back-door” spread of new state religious schoolsthrough England, approved by councils without residents being given a choice of alternative. The British Humanist Association (BHA), which has launched the action with a local campaign group, is applying for […]
The Economist Blogs: LAST Friday a big crowd filled much of Cairo’s Tahrir Square to call for strict imposition of shari’a law. The mostly cheerful protesters, many of them bearded […]
Huff Post: Murgan Salem al-Gohary, an Egyptian jihadist who claims he has links to the Taliban, has called for the “destruction of the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.” Al-Gohary, an Islamist leader and jihadist sentenced twice under President Hosni Mubarak for advocating violence, urged Muslims to “destroy the idols” […]
10 small steps for a healthier heart Change is an important part of living with heart disease or trying to prevent it. A jump in blood pressure or cholesterol earns you a lecture on healthy lifestyle changes. Heart attack and stroke survivors are often told to alter a lifetime of […]
The Times of Israel: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his belief in a two-state solution to the Middle East peace process on Tuesday, but was coy when commenting on […]
To amend the 2008 joint ministerial decree on Ahmadiyah is stressed The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Navanethem Pillay has strongly urged the Indonesian […]
Epigraph: And you (Muhammad) shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are […]
A woman has died from blood poisoning after Irish doctors allegedly refused to perform an abortion stating ‘this is a Catholic country’. An investigation has been launched into the death of Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant and suffering a miscarriage and septicaemia. Read more
Dr. Todenhoefer is requesting on his facebook page all of us to : PLEASE SHARE, PRINT, SIGN AND SEND THIS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA! The President of the United States […]
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation brotherhood hosted special guest, Dr. Agha Khan, of the Admadiyya Muslim Community, the BHC and our Northwest community’s newest neighbor at its opening meeting! This friendly Muslim […]
Source: Asiatimes: UNITED NATIONS – When the former Human Rights Commission was partially dominated by countries accused of political repression, a US congressman ridiculed the UN body, where, he said, “inmates were taking over the asylum”. Read More:
No matter what one thinks, or in what color one tries to see the appointment of Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam as the first woman Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister […]
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — President Obama will meet with some unusual potential allies Wednesday — CEOs of some of the nation’s biggest companies. It would be Obama’s first public meeting with major CEOs since being re-elected, and it’s expected to be tense. But he is also expected to find backing for […]
Source: Indian Punchline: Two contrasting estimations regarding the future of Afghanistan in the post-2014 scenario emerged in the region over the weekend from Moscow and New Delhi. The Russia-led Collective Security Organization [CSTO] is bracing for the apocalypse in Afghanistan following the “walkout” by the NATO forces. Whereas, India is […]
by Mohamed Cherif in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Hundreds of doctors are being imprisoned or killed for doing their job and tens of thousands of people are deprived of vital treatment as […]
Source: TOI BOSTON: Corporate America is raising the volume of its plea that the US government avert a year-end “fiscal cliff” that could send the nation back into recession, but chief executives aren’t pushing the panic button just yet. With a heated election season in the rear-view mirror, executives are […]
Source: TOI: GAZA: Israel killed the military commander of Hamas in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip Wednesday, bringing the two sides to the brink of a possible new war. The attack came despite signs that Egypt had managed to broker a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants after a […]
Source: The Local Several Android users in Berlin have had their bank accounts emptied after text messages from their bank containing TAN numbers were “caught or diverted” by a computer virus. Read More:
Source: ET Since July 2010, more than 400 bodies of missing persons have been found in Balochistan. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE LAHORE: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and her delegation tried to downplay the grave human rights situation in Balochistan during her presentation on October 30 to the United Nations (UN) Universal Periodic […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sunara Nizami Published: November 14, 2012 Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan talks to media persons during a press conference with […]