Cease-fire at last, truce terms vague
Story Summary An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas Wednesday ended eight days of fierce fighting in Gaza, largely halting attacks that have killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at: The fastest growing Jama’at in the fastest growing religion!
Source: CG AHMADIYYA BLOG (a private blog) http://cultgirlahmadiyya.blogspot.com/2012/10/refutation-allegations-regarding.html Previously, we have had the pleasure of publishing two independent studies by academic experts into the numbers, population and growth of the […]
Righting the Wrongs of Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
Huffington Post: News broke Tuesday that a Pakistani high court dismissed blasphemy charges against Rimsha Masih, a young Christian girl, finding the accusation that she burned pages of the Quran to be “legally unsound.” The decision comes after months of religious tension and protests following the girl’s August arrest and detention […]
On Thanksgiving, Jews And Muslims Volunteer Together Despite Middle East Violence
WASHINGTON (RNS) It’s an idea that feels particularly poignant this Thanksgiving: American Jews and Muslims banding together to help the homeless and other needy people. The interfaith collaboration has been […]
True Islam: Facilitations to our Sikh Brothers on Guru Nanak Birthday
LAHORE: Guru Nanak Birthday: 200 Sikh yatris arrive from UK As many as 200 Sikh pilgrims from the UK arrived at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on Wednesday to participate in […]
Pakistan ranked ‘most dangerous place for journalists’ second year running
Express Tribune: Endemic violence, targeted attacks and threats against journalists in Pakistan have contributed to a ranking of 151 out of 179 countries worldwide on the 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index issued […]
Jews And Muslims Volunteer Together Despite Middle East Violence On Thanksgiving
Huff Post: Lauren Markoe. WASHINGTON (RNS) It’s an idea that feels particularly poignant this Thanksgiving: American Jews and Muslims banding together to help the homeless and other needy people. The interfaith collaboration has been going on for five years, but the recent exchange of rockets between Gaza and Israel is […]
The open wound
Daily Times: D Asghar. Our problem is that most of us Muslims see the issue of the Palestine-Israel conflict as a purely religious issue. We often ignore that this is a territorial conflict When I came to the US, and went for the Friday prayers, I use to cringe at […]
Does the Pope Benedict XVI Believe in the Infallibility of the Previous Popes?
Pope Benedict: Jewish people not guilty for Jesus death Editor’s Comments: This is a republication of an old news from BBC, from 2011. We applaud Pope Benedict’s just and reasonable stance about […]
Suicide attack near Rawalpindi Imambargah; 12 dead, 36 injured
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com Agencies and DAWN.COM | 5 hours ago People run away after a blast in Karachi on Wednesday. – Photo by AP ISLAMABAD: A suicide attack […]
Tribute to Abdus Salam on Rawal TV
Prof John Moffat (80), professor emeritus University of Toronto, is a former student of Dr Abdus Salam. He did his Ph.D under Dr. Salam in 1959 in Cambridge. He has written a book Einstein Wrote Back: My Life in Physics. There is a chapter on Dr. Abdus Salam in the book, where he is described as […]
Rocket Fire Halts in Gaza Cease-Fire
Source: ABC News / Yahoo News By COLLEEN CURRY The rockets and missiles fell silent over Gaza for the first time in eight days today, but gunfire erupted in the crowded streets […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community conducted a Successful Symposium in Toronto, in Defense of the Prophet Muhammad
November 21, 2012 Yesterday, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada conducted a very successful symposium in Roy Thomson Hall, in downtown Toronto, attended by 2000 non-Muslims or n0n-Ahmadi Muslims. The function was […]
Insider Inquiry Inching Closer to a Billionaire
Over the last half-decade, as federal authorities secured dozens of insider trading convictions against hedge fund traders, they have tried doggedly to build a case against one of Wall Street’s most influential players: the billionaire stock picker Steven A. Cohen. On Tuesday, the government appeared to inch closer to that […]
Netanyahu wins a Pyrrhic victory
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar On the face of it, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a perfect hit by launching the assault on Gaza. The score sheet for the weeklong operation codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense” may seem to stand at 10 out of 10. More:
Russia is not an enemy of Islam – senior Muslim cleric
Russian TV: The Grand Mufti of Russia Ravil Gainutdin has categorically denied allegations that the country is “the number one enemy” of Islam and Muslims. The allegation was made by Sheikh […]
Pakistan faces loss of EU trade deal
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan has puts its newly secured trade concessions package with the European Union in jeopardy by breaking a four-year moratorium on the death penalty with the execution of a former army serviceman. More:
King Abdullah inter-religious dialogue centre to open in Vienna
Dubai: In the presence of scores of senior officials and prominent international figures from around the world, the international centre for inter-religious dialogue will be opened in Vienna next Monday. Read more
British group to issue fatwa against Malala Yousufzai: Rueters
Dawn: Credit Rueters: ISLAMABAD: A new British-based Islamic group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Pakistani Taliban, accusing her of supporting “occupying” US forces. The move against Malala Yousufzai, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following […]
The world won’t end next month, Maya experts insist
Source: ET A screen grab from the movie 2012 based on the Mayan calendar. PHOTO: PUBLICITY MEXICO CITY: Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012. As tourists book hotels rooms in Mexico’s Maya Riviera and Guatemalan resorts […]