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 […]
Two days before the presidential election, a film embellishing the death of Osama bin Laden will be released by a company whose co-chairman has raised more than $100,000 for the […]
Jordan Times. AMMAN –– A pro-reform rally organised by the Muslim Brotherhood in downtown Amman ended peacefully, according to security officials. The demonstration, held near the Husseini Mosque, saw heavy […]
EDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARAB NEWS Since Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) handed over the key to the Kaaba to Othman bin Talha, the prophet’s companion’s lineage sons have been […]
AFP | Oct 04, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi security chief warned on Thursday that the Muslim kingdom will not tolerate any attempt to exploit the Hajj pilgrimage to stage political rallies, as Iranians have in the past, provoking deadly clashes with police. “We will […]
Sabah El-Saqari Aims To Become First Female Leader Of Egypt’s Islamist Party Posted: 10/05/2012 4:54 pm EDT Updated: 10/05/2012 5:04 pm EDT 25 11 0 5 GET WORLD ALERTS: SIGN UP FOLLOW: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Video, Freedom And Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt,Sabah Al-Saqari, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt Islamist Party, Woman, World News By: Maggie Flick, The Associated Press […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 Judge affirms right to run anti-Islam transit ad Cyrus McGoldrick, Advocacy Director for Council on American-Islamic Relations, makes a photo with his cell phone of an anti-Muslim poster on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in New York’s Times Square subway station. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Add […]
Stone Houses in Iran that are seven centuries old are still standing and being used!
ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) — They have been the mainstay of the health industry for the best part of a decade, but now researchers at London’s Kingston University are using an approach that allows them to delve deeper into the effectiveness of health-promoting ‘super foods’ and their elixir-giving ilk. While there’s […]
Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times By Naseem Mahdi | October 3, 2012 “I am here to sound the alarm,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the opening of the 67th General Assembly […]
By Laura Höflinger SPIEGEL.DE The melting Arctic ice has brought polar bears and grizzly bears together and their hybrid offspring, known as “pizzlies,” have been detected on Canadian islands. It […]
Source: Gulf News Dubai: Qatar Islamic Bank, the Gulf Arab state’s largest Sharia-compliant lender, will return to global debt markets after two years on Wednesday with a new five-year sukuk, taking advantage of strong liquidity for regional issues. The lender launched a $750 million (Dh2.7 million) Islamic bond after completing […]
The nation’s unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent in September to its lowest rate since the month President Obama took office, the Labor Department said Friday. While employers added only a modest 114,000 jobs last month, the jobless rate declined to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent, even though more people […]
Source: Spiegel-Germany AFP With deaths in Turkey, shelling in Lebanon and skirmishes on the border with Jordan, it is clear the war in Syria has begun to spill over to into neighboring states. The longer the crisis lasts, the greater the danger becomes of a major regional escalation. More:
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shariah Law is a bogeyman for right wing politicians in the West to spread Islamophobia and a political […]
Beekeepers in northeastern France are all abuzz after their bees started producing blue honey. Since August beekeepers in the town of Ribeauville have witnessed their bees returning to the cluster […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country does not plan to wage any war against Syria after the Turkish parliament gave the nod for military operations outside the country. PRESS.TV “We have no intention of starting a war with Syria,” Erdogan said in a joint press conference with […]