Scout wins admiration
MAKKAH: Arab News Thursday 1 November 2012 A boy scout has won the praise of Muslims around the world for carrying an Algerian pilgrim to a Makkah pilgrim guidance center […]
Hollande issues warning to Iran after meeting Israeli PM
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted “concrete acts” from Iran to prove it was not pursuing nuclear arms, after his first direct meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Addressing a press conference with Netanyahu, whose aim during the two-day visit is to press for […]
Praying for peace, preparing for war
Kinerette Rinat BenSimon remembers well the last time there was trouble on the northern border with Lebanon. (Source MSN News – http://arabia.msn.com/news/world/508946/praying-for-peace-preparing-for-war/) Her young daughter was terrified and refused to hide in her kindergarten’s bomb shelter unless her mother was there. Her three-year-old son was ecstatic that there were so […]
Halloween – Harmless or Harmful Fun?
Source: Review of Religion Author: Navida Sayed Halloween is a festival celebrated around the world on 31stOctober. It is a day which has become commercialised, most people being unaware of its true origins. Instead, most associate Halloween with only pumpkins, scary costumes, bonfires and trick or treating. Societies go to […]
French children to learn gay issues at primary school
Franca24. French Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on Wednesday unveiled wide-ranging plans to fight homophobia in France that include teaching primary school children about issues affecting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. She said the Education Ministry was looking at changes to the school curriculum designed to reduce the […]
UK Lord Heseltine: Get on a war footing – foreign countries are after our jobs and wealth
Britain must get on a war footing to fight foreign countries “after our jobs and our wealth”, Lord Heseltine of Thenford has said. Presenting an official review of the economy, […]
UK PM David Cameron suffers stinging defeat over Europe
David Cameron suffered a stinging Commons defeat over Europe as Conservative backbenchers told him he must deliver real reductions in the European Union budget. The defeat came after more than […]
Would You Believe Stories from 2000 Years ago or Albert Einstein and E = MC2?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent poll in UK showed that at least 25% of the Christians do not believe in […]
Soon, subsidy for solar power generators for homes
Source: Hindustan Times An easy option to escape from hackles of rising power bills is in the offing. The Union government will provide 30% subsidy for installing home solar power generation systems. The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) will be soon ready with a new national scheme that will […]
UN Publishes Atlas Of Health And Climate
Source: Medical News Today Climate information can help nations reduce risk of disease and poor health. With this in mind, two UN agencies have produced an atlas of health and climate that illustrates some of the most pressing challenges, both now and in the future. The aim is to help […]
Frame new law for Islamic banking: Reserve Bank of India
Source: Financial Chronicle Putting an end to the speculation on allowing Islamic banking in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, D Subbarao on Tuesday said the current Banking Regulation Act does not permit Islamic banking and that the government will have to bring in a new law […]
The world must act to protect Burma’s Rohingya from starvation and slaughter
Source: The Independependent Revelations of widespread violence against ethnic minorities in Burma’s north-western Rakhine state fleetingly drew the eye of the world’s media last week. Headlines and op-eds reflected the shock felt by the international community at the slaughter of the local Rohingya population and other predominantly Muslim groups, such […]
Mosque vandal suspect faces triple charges
The Jakarta Post: Islam Defenders Front (FPI) member, Muhammad Asep “Utep” Abdurahman, the main suspect in the destruction of the Ahmadiyah An-Nasir mosque in Bandung, West Java, last Thursday, faces […]
What to do in Winter if Windows Frozen?
Wife texts husband on a cold winter morning: “Windows frozen.” Husband texts back: “Pour some luke-warm water over it.” Wife texts back: “Computer totally dark.” Husband takes a big sigh …
Islamophobia: How Anti-Muslim bigotry was brought into the American mainstream
The Global Research: Ahmed Sharif was a 44-year-old Muslim Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City. It was August 24, 2010, a time that marked the height of vitriolic protests […]
Hurricane Sandy’s economic impact
Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the lives of residents of the Northeast will be great. Millions are without power, likely for an […]
Promoters of Peace: Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Shimoga Hosts Eid Milan Party
The Shimoga Branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosted a very successful “Eid Milan Party” attended by K S Eshwarappa the Deputy Chief Minister of the State of Karnataka along […]
The Forged Bible — By Prof. Bart Ehrman
The Holy Quran has a nuance position about the Holy Bible, many portions are literal or inspired word of God, but, there are portions that have been forged and modern research is confirming, what the Holy Quran said more than 1400 years ago. We have saved the two hour audio […]
How Romney used his church’s charity status to lower his tax bill
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/how_romney_used_his_churchs_charity_status_to_lower_his_tax_bill/ Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:57 PM PDT Mitt Romney (Credit: AP/Charles Krupa) We already know that Mormon Mitt Romney has been tremendously generous to his church, giving over $5 million in the past two years alone, but now we learn that his charitable activity with LDS may not have […]
Arafat poisoning probe: Body to be exhumed in November
RAMALLAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 31 October 2012 Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said yesterday. The official said the team from France would arrive sometime between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26 in […]