A growing monster
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahrah Nasir Published: November 9, 2012 The writer is author of The Gun Tree: One Woman’s War (Oxford University Press, 2001) […]
Playing with words
Money Workers earn it, Spendthrifts burn it, Bankers lend it, Women spend it, Forgers fake it, Taxes take it, Dying leave it, Heirs receive it, Thrifty save it, Misers crave it, Robbers seize it, Rich increase it, Gamblers lose it, I could always use it. …….. Excellent play on words…enjoy […]
Gmail probe led FBI to CIA chief David Petraeus’s affair
Source: BBC CIA director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair, which forced him to resign, was uncovered during an investigation into a potential breach of his Gmail account, reports say. The check revealed Mr Petraeus’s affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The FBI was investigating whether Mrs Broadwell had access to Mr […]
How the Faithful Voted in USA: 2012
Source: The PEW Forum or Religion & Public Life ANALYSIS November 7, 2012 Vote Choice by Religion and Race Vote Choice by Religious Attendance Religious Composition of the 2012 Electorate […]
Breaking News: Ahmadi Muslim Martyred in Quetta; had 6 year old son;
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return News coming in: Mr. Manzoor Ahmad, a 33 year old well known and respected businessman was […]
Happy politicians: Elite pensioners receive JD14.1m a year
Jordan Times: AMMAN – The annual pension bill for 346 former premiers and ministers costs the Treasury around JD8.5 million, official figures show. According to the figures, revealed by the […]
Fresh Syria violence sparks ‘refugee exodus’ into Jordan
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — An upswing in violence in Syria has triggered a fresh refugee exodus into Jordan, relief officials warn, with 1,000 crossings reported in a […]
The Man Who Tracked Down Bin Laden Reported To Be New Head Of CIA
Business Insider: With David Petraeus stepping down as CIA Director after reports of an extra-marital affair, we’re seeing reports that Mike Morell, currently deputy C.I.A. director, will take the job on an interim basis. Morell’s official bio is here, but it doesn’t mention one key thing — his role in tracking […]
Egypt Muslim sisters rise with conservative vision
CAIRO — The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more […]
Saudi Arabia: Shoura to tackle problem of 5 million illegals in Kingdom
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 11 November 2012 There are about five million illegal expatriates in the Kingdom who are, according to police reports, allegedly behind 60 percent crimes in the country. The Shoura Council will discuss the issue of growing illegal expatriates during a regular session next week, press reports […]
Remembrance Day !
By Zubair Khan Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany […]
Six Palestinians killed after militants hit Israeli jeep
Source: Jakarta Globe: Overnight, Israeli military launched a series of air raids to the north and east of Gaza City. Six Palestinians were killed and 32 injured by Israeli strikes on Gaza after militants fired on an Israeli jeep, wounding four soldiers, medics and witnesses said on Sunday.The flare-up, which […]
Is Housework a Health Hazard?
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2012) — What do a tight, fitted bed sheet and a blood clot in the wrist have in common? Both are associated with a condition called sheet fitting palsy. True to its name, the palsy is reported in those who spend a long period of time repeatedly trying […]
Biographer’s E-Mails to Woman Led F.B.I. to Petraeus
Source: NYT WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. investigation that led to the sudden resignation of David H. Petraeus as C.I.A. director on Friday began with a complaint several months ago about “harassing” e-mails sent by Paula Broadwell, Mr. Petraeus’s biographer, to another woman who knows both of them, two government officials […]
BBC chief quits after saying TV report was wrong
Source: TOI In a brief statement outside BBC headquarters, George Entwistle said he decided to do the “honorable thing” and step down after just eight weeks in the job. LONDON: The BBC’s top executive resigned Saturday night after the prestigious broadcaster’s marquee news magazine wrongly implicated a British politician in […]
Islamic Scholars of Nigeria set difference aside on Mount of Arafat during Hajj
Nigeria: In Makkah, Nigerian Islamic Scholars Set Differences Aside BY NURUDDEEN M. ABDALLAH, 10 NOVEMBER 2012 Mecca — When renowned Nigerian Islamic scholars converged on the Mount of Arafat and Plains of Muna in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, they set aside their differences and prayed, ate and lived together. Can these […]
Girl, 11, puts officials in a spot at CPC
Source: TOI BEIJING: Chinese officials used to the tame questions of a compliant state press were caught out by a plucky 11-year-old reporter during the country’s sensitive Communist Party congress. More:
Never Forget
Source: Spiegel: German President Joachim Gauck views an art installation in Berlin on Friday of a simulation of what it might be like if the Nazi Gestapo were to ransack a bedroom today. The exhibition has been put together by the anti-xenophobia organization Gesicht Zeigen, or, “show your face.” The […]
Germany to offer Syrian Christians asylum
Source: The Local German politicians have said they are preparing to allow Christian Syrian refugees to seek asylum in Germany, ahead of a worldwide day of prayer for oppressed Christians. Read More:
Chief versus Chief
Source: ET “The emperor Abul-Fath Jalaluddin Muhammad, king of kings, known since his childhood as Akbar, meaning “the great,” and latterly, in spite of the tautology of it, as Akbar the Great, the great great one, great in his greatness, doubly great, so great that the repetition in his title […]