Source: The Toronto Star Writer: Haroon Siddiqui The wave of protests against an anti-Muhammad movie made in America is said to prove, yet again, the unbridgeable gap between the West and the world of Islam. Don’t we laugh off insults to Jesus? Haven’t even the Mormons taken the satirical Broadway […]
The Muslim Outlook – by Shahid Pervaiz October 06, 2012 It sounds like an agreeable reality that majority of the people do not try to learn about any faith other than their own and tend to accept the information and impression(s) projected by the contemporary media. This is also true […]
Philippine News MANILA (AFP) – Hackers incensed by the Philippines’ controversial cybercrime law have attacked government sites that deliver emergency information during natural disasters, an official said Saturday. President Benigno Aquino’s spokeswoman Abigail Valte appealed for a stop to the attacks, on the websites and social media accounts of the […]
RT: Five terror suspects have arrived in the US after being extradited from England. Two of the defendants appeared in a Connecticut court just hours after their plane landed. Among the suspects was an extremist Egyptian-born preacher. The men were extradited after Britain’s high court ruled for immediate removal, following […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: October 6, 2012 The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Punjab faction has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf “peace march” […]
Dutch psychologists who discovered that leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller have been honoured at this year’s Ig Nobel Awards. The annual prizes are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research for “research that makes people laugh and then think”. They are inspired by the Nobel prizes, which […]
Wakatobi, Indonesia – They have lived on the sea for centuries, but overfishing now threatens the unique culture of the nomadic ocean dwellers known as the Bajau Laut. Found on […]
The Times of Israel: A mural painted on a wall in East London depicting Jewish bankers apparently exploiting black men is set to be removed following complaints that it has […]
Source: The Muslim Sunrise By Zia H Shah MD This article examines the root cause, regardless of the religious or the political affiliation of the perpetrator. There is an often […]
Source: Alislam.org Dated: October 5, 2012 Friday Sermon by the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) stated: ‘If […]
Euro news: How do you like your honey? In northern France beekeepers can serve you up a jar in a variety of shades of blue and green. They have not […]
Businessinsider.com: Last month a Washington D.C. think tank released a paper about what a strike on Iran’s nuclear facility could look like, and to follow it up another report predicts how many […]
Russian TV: Dozens of US and British anti-war protesters are joining a two-day march in Pakistan against US drone strikes on the country. The unmanned attacks result in only 2 […]
Source: TOI LONDON: As you walk through the central part of this great metropolis, along Oxford Street, through Bloomsbury, past the British Museum, into Covent Garden, the Theatre District and Leicester Square, you fail to notice the limp that hobbles the British economy. The place bustles, as tourists jostle with […]
Source: TOI: Abu Hamza. (AP Photo) LONDON: Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terror suspects were extradited from the UK after Britain’s high court ruled they had no more grounds for appeal in their years long battles to avoid facing charges in the United States. Scotland Yard said […]
Source: TOI: ANKARA: The Turkish army early on Saturday returned fire after a new round of shelling from Syria hit the border province of Hatay, the Anatolia news agency reported. Read More:
Source: TOI Patients must ask their doctor about the pros and cons of the treatment offered before making a decision. NEW DELHI: Here’s a warning from a medical expert you won’t get too often: Do not follow your doctor’s prescriptions blindly and question whether you really need to undergo the […]
Source: Spiegel. Getty Images Massive tuition hikes and deep cuts to university funding in England are driving increasing numbers of students to look for alternatives abroad. Germany, with a competitive price tag and a fast-growing selection of English-language programs, is hoping to reap the benefits for its own labor market. […]
Source: Allafrica.com: Developing countries should emulate Rwanda’s involvement in peacekeeping missions around the world in order to foster peace, a top UN official has urged. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, the UN Assistant Secretary General for Peace building Support, made the remarks yesterday after holding talks with the Minister of Defence, James Kabarebe, […]
Source: Allafrica.com: What began ostensibly in January 2012 as just another rebellion by the Sahara desert’s Tuareg tribesmen has evolved into what media commentators are calling ‘Africa’s Afghanistan’. The Tuareg are Berbers, not Arabs, and are the indigenous population of much of the Central Sahara and Sahel. Their population is […]