Pilgrims advised to avoid midday sun
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN Saturday 20 October 2012 As hundreds of thousands of Haj pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Makkah for the annual pilgrimage, the Ministry of Health advised […]
Obama and Romney Poke Fun at Each Other: Politics by other Means
Source: CNN Mitt Romney and President Obama’s good-natured exchange of jokes at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner Thursday night renewed a fine American tradition of applying the balm of laughter to the bitterness of politics. Every year, a tuxedo-clad cross-section of the nation’s political and economic elites […]
Pork Sold as Beef in Sweden
Source: BBC Sweden’s National Food Agency has issued a warning after as much as 20 tonnes of meat labelled as beef turned out to be coloured pork. An investigator at the agency, Pontus Elvingson, told the BBC that tests were still being done to […]
Pakistan Squanders Malala Moment
Bloomberg: Pakistan’s government is squandering its “Malala moment”: the chance to harness public outrage over the Taliban’s shooting of 14-year-old education activist Malala Yousufzai and take the fight to the terrorists who […]
After controversial video, Vatican hosts serious discussion on Islam
By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service, Published: October 19, 2012 Washington Post: VATICAN CITY — As a Vatican delegation prepares to leave for civil war-torn Syria, the Catholic Church’s fraught relation […]
‘Serve humanity’, urges Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama has urged religious people to work for the good of humanity and care for the environment in an address at Westminster Abbey. The Tibetan spiritual leader said it was important that religious faith was not confined to holy books or buildings but that it had an impact […]
Saudi Nightmares
Saudi Nightmares by Robert D. Kaplan and Kamran Bokhari May 15, 2012 | 1613 GMT The Saudi royals live with an all-consuming fear — that of an American understanding with Iran. The Saudis know that the American estrangement from Iran is unnatural and cannot go on forever. It has already […]
Racism in the Arab-World against Muslims of other race!
Editors note: Title changed Source: Express Tribune Brigadier (retd) Mehboob Qadir, who was Director General (SPAFO) of Pakistan Armed Forces deputationists to the Saudi Armed Forces from 1998 to 2002, noted in a recent article: “Pakistanis together with expatriates from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, etc, are called ‘miskeen’ […]
Indonesia: Govt urged to resolve NTB Ahmadiyah humanitarian issue
The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged the central government and the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provincial administration to begin the resolution of humanitarian issues faced […]
Pakistan: Four Ahmadis shot in Karachi of which 1 martyred and his father in critical condition; 1 Ahmadi in Sialkot martyred;
UPDATE: According to Press Secretary SAAPK, Riaz Ahmad of Ghatialian, Sialkot also martyred. “We have to understand that a new family has been destroyed as Saad Farooq was starting his […]
Switzerland: Costs of Schengen-Dublin rocket
Four years after Switzerland officially joined the European Union’s borderless Schengen zone and the Dublin accord on asylum, it has been revealed that costs of Swiss membership are almost 14 times what were originally mentioned. In June 2005, the cabinet announced that the costs “would amount in the coming years […]
Israel in final approval of 800 E. Jerusalem homes — NGO
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel granted final approval on Thursday to a plan to build 800 homes near Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem, with construction tenders likely to be published within […]
What is the difference? China or USA (or any other country): the richest few control most of the wealth.
Quotation from the Wall Street Journal: read full article here: “According to a new national survey of China’s household income, China’s richest 10% control 56.9% of household income and 84.6% […]
Wall Street to Washington: Avoid the fiscal cliff!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Several big Wall Street bank CEOs on Thursday urged Congress and President Obama to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” In an urgent letter dated Oct. 18, the Financial Services Forum pressed leaders to “reach a bipartisan deal to avoid” massive tax hikes and across-the-board program cuts that […]
Madagascar: An Exhibit for Islam against Christianity!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Almost 80% of species in Madagascar are unique to the island and are not found else where. As a result this largest island is a witness for evolution, which for our purposes means, a common lineage of […]
Every hour of Television reduces your life by 21 Minutes
Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit. By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Just as we were all settling in front of the television to watch the baseball playoffs, two new studies about the perils of sitting have spoiled our viewing pleasure. The research, published in separate […]
Church, activists at odds over bill on insults to believers
Russian TV: The Public Chamber’s resolution on the draft bill on protection of believers’ feelings “does not reflect the community’s opinion,” a senior cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church has […]
Malala out of coma, standing with support: UK media
Express Tribune: BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousufzai has come out of her coma and is trying to stand for the first time since the shooting, Express News reported on Friday. Malala, international media said, was now out of danger. The BBC tweeted an update saying: Pakistani teenager #Malala Yousafzai standing for first time since being shot by […]
The alliance from hell
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”). While the two governments and their peoples become more suspicious and resentful of each other with every passing month, Washington and Islamabad are […]
Children Jokes Ends in Chaotic
Source: Allafrica.com CHAOTIC situation ensued on Friday afternoon in Mbagala area, Dar es Salaam leading to destruction of three churches, (Anglican, Seventh Day Adventists and Pentecost), vehicles including that of the District Police Commander (OCD) and stealing of church choir musical instruments. The mayhem was reported to have been started […]