RT: After months of standoff with activists defending secular values in the society, the Russian Orthodox Church is taking the offensive, officially allowing priests to take part in politics. The Church’s supreme body, the Holy Synod, passed a decision that allows the clergy to take part in polls “in extraordinary occasions […]
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An Islamist suspected of a grenade attack on a Jewish market was shot and killed by police in Strasbourg and 11 others detained in what prosecutors called a “vast anti-terrorist […]
Turkish artillery fired into Syrian territory yesterday for a fifth consecutive day, responding swiftly after the border town of Akcakale was once again struck by a mortar round. Turkish artillery […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times First of all, let me applaud our great country, USA, it gives us freedoms, for an […]
By: M. Imran Hayee Source: Duluth News Tribune Let me begin with a history lesson. About 1,400 years ago, Prophet Muhammad was sitting in his Mosque with his companions. A […]
The memories remain, of course. The man who lost his family in an earlier massacre, only to watch the young men of Chatila lined up after the new killings and […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent The Tehran “bazaaris” – the men who have shouted for an end to Iranian subsidies to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad – have to be taken seriously. They were the rich boys of the souk who supported the Islamic revolution against the Shah, the […]
The shaven-headed man was enjoying a walk in the park when he was accosted by an angry male deer in the middle of mating season. His nightmare began after he accidentally walked in between two rutting stags, with one of the fighting duo deciding to turn his attention to an […]
Source: Daily Graphic Ghana Pressident Mahama being welcomed to the World Miracle Church by Rev Agyin Asare President John Mahama has noted that Ghana needs people who are optimistic for the country to develop in the face of challenging times. He added that looking at the problems the country is […]
Source: Arabnews: A GROUP of non-nuclear weapon states has expressed its resolve to move ahead with practical steps to advance the implementation of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference Action Plan (“Action Plan”) and to pursue the goal of a nuke-free world. At a meeting in New York […]
Dubai: An Emirati student of UAE University in Al Ain detected an anomaly in a programme that regulates the airflow into plane engines and convinced aviation major Airbus to replace it with a better one. Tasnim Al Rawi Al Naqbi, a mechanical engineering student at UAE University, recently completed a […]
Source: The Local German school kids are feeling the brunt of changes to their educational system with longer days – so one grammar school decided recently to bring in a homework ban to help pupils unwind. More:
Source: BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would veto a new European Union budget “if necessary”. The EU is beginning negotiations on its next budget for 2014 to 2020. Mr Cameron also told the BBC that in the longer term the EU should have two different budgets – […]
Source: BBC By Anna-Marie Lever Health reporter, BBC News Could taking an aspirin a day slow brain power decline? An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds. Around 500 at risk women, between the ages of 70 to 92, […]
Source: CNN: By Fareed Zakari. Sometimes the conventional wisdom is right. Minutes after the Denver presidential debate, the pundits declared Mitt Romney the clear winner. And he was. He seemed engaged, forceful and punchy. President Obama seemed passive, detached and glum. But what’s more significant than how Romney said things […]
The Guardian: President of London’s Ahmadiyya community urges government to intervene amid growing fear of persecution and attack Members of a Muslim sect persecuted in Pakistan have called for action […]
(CNN) — The Philippines has reached a preliminary agreement with Muslim rebels after 15 years of talks, the president announced Sunday, marking a major milestone after decades of militant insurgency […]
Jewish and Christian groups unveil three ad campaigns to counter the “Defeat Jihad” ad posted at some New York City subway stations. Arutz Sheva: Jewish and Christian groups have unveiled […]
LUMS: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is proud to announce its campaign to create an Abdus Salam Chair at LUMS and encourages all to contribute to it generously […]