Express Tribune: KARACHI: Pakistan ranked 16th among 151 countries of the worldon the Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2012, beating India and the United States which ranked 32nd and 105th respectively. Costa Rica was termed the happiest country, followed by Vietnam and Colombia. The Happy Planet Index was calculated using life expectancy, […]
South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ October 4, 2012 ⋅ ISLAMABAD, (SANA): President “Milli Yakjehti Council “ and former Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the council is working for unity of the religious parties in the country and the entity and usefulness of MMA was admitted at […]
Jenna Miscavige Hill, 28, is the daughter of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s older brother Ron She left the church in 2005 and set up a support group for other Scientology […]
Source: ET Raza claimed in the petition that he had seen the inscriptions on the graves when he passed through the graveyard in Liaqatabad on July 13.PHOTO: SHAMSUL ISLAM LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking a case against the administration of an […]
Source: Asiatimes: The President of the United States (POTUS), Barack Obama, has had to run a country – and try to keep up with the world – for these past few weeks, whereas Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney only had to run his 47% mouth – as he was prepped, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: October 2, 2012 In a meeting of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) headed by leader Hakimullah Mehsud, the outfit […]
Source: NY Times: France’s Socialist government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would give the police more power to arrest people who travel to camps for training in conflict zones like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The draft law, which incorporates aspects of one proposed by the last government, is intended to help […]
Source: NY Times: The Turkish prime minister announced on Wednesday night that Turkey had fired artillery at targets in Syria, in retaliation for Syrian mortar fire that fell in a Turkish border town and killed five Turkish civilians. It was the first instance of significant fighting across the Turkish-Syrian border […]
by Christian Raaflaub, swissinfo.ch In his documentary More Than Honey, Swiss filmmaker Markus Imhoof examines the collapse of bee colonies. Life on earth without bees, responsible for the pollination of […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star While the overlooked war in Afghanistan grinds on, a group of officials in Washington, Kabul and Islamabad are exploring a bare-bones strategy that would […]
AFP | Oct 03, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will curb the powers of its notorious religious police charged with ensuring compliance with Islamic morality but often accused of abuses, a newspaper report said on Wednesday. “The new system will set a mechanism for the field work […]
Surrounded by miracles of God and still waiting and looking for miracles-what a pity
Huff Post: TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) Muslim worshippers are reeling from an arson fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, but are grateful for an outpouring of support from the local interfaith community. “All the support we get is very welcome because if you are going through a tragedy and […]
By REUTERS-PARIS alarabiya.net The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is one of the five pillars of Islam and required of all able-bodied Muslims at least […]
Alexander Pope‘s couplet: “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in Night. God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light!” Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Epigraph: They are surely disbelievers who say, ‘Allah is the third of three;’ there is no God but the One God. (Al Quran 5:74) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
Source: Spiegel Carl G. Friedrich / DER SPIEGEL Jewish World Congress President Ronald Lauder: “Does the American guarantee take effect five minutes before the first explosion? Or five minutes after?” Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, speaks to SPIEGEL about the conflict between the West and Iran, Israel’s threat […]
The Price Paid By Pakistan America’s Shambles in Afghanistan By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY In the course of research for a paper on US-Pakistan relations I came across a speech given by […]
By Catrin Nye BBC Asian Network A group of London Muslims are knocking on doors in a bid to “restore” the image of Islam. The group said the Prophet Muhammad […]