Sadin, Kaaba key keeper keeping tradition alive
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 […]
Saudi Arabia warns against political rallies in Hajj
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 […]
EL-SAQARI – FIRST FEMALE LEADER OF EGYPT’S ISLAMIST PARTY
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 […]
Judge Affirms Right to Run Anti-Islam Transit ADS
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 […]
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Stone Houses in Iran that are seven centuries old are still standing and being used!
Experts Challenge Super Food Claims: Healthy-Giving Properties of Broccoli, Blueberries, May Not Make It Past the Gut
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 […]
Naseem Mahdi: ‘A world order based on justice needs to be found – and quickly’
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 […]
In the Land of the Pizzly – As Arctic Melts, Polar and Grizzly Bears Mate
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 […]
Qatar Islamic Bank launches $750m, five-year sukuk
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 […]
Jobless Rate Falls to 7.8%, Lowest Since January 2009
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 […]
Syrian War Threatens to Spread to Neighbors
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:
Shariah Law: Gods’ Law, Moral Law, the Natural Law or Man made Law?
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 […]
The French beekeepers and the mystery of the blue honey
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 […]
Turkey says it doesn’t want war with Syria
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 […]
Analysis: Egypt’s Mursi dogged by own promises in first 100 days
By Tom Perry REUTERS CAIRO | Fri Oct 5, 2012 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has won grudging respect from detractors in his first 100 days by sending the army back to barracks faster than anyone expected and raising Egypt’s international profile in several newsmaking visits abroad. Yet […]
Morocco blocks Dutch ‘abortion’ ship
By NBC News staff and wire services Morocco barred Dutch abortion rights activists Thursday from docking their campaign ship to spread awareness about safe abortion methods in a Muslim country […]
Worshipers, police clash at Al-Aqsa compound
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Worshipers and Israeli police clashed after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, police said. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an that police […]
Mecca the Golden Mean Point of earth
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: We have not verified the accuracy of the claims made in this post. As it has gathered some interest among the readers we have […]
Editorial: Western defenders of free speech need to look in the mirror
The Star: 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. …………… The BBC apologized to the Queen after one of its reporters revealed that she once told him how “pretty […]