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 […]
Source: The Local Everyone with a computer connected to the internet in Germany must pay television and radio license fees, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday – just a few months before the system is changed to one levied per household. More:
The Netherlands only nuclear power plant, at Borssele in Zeeland, does not meet international standards for coping with flooding or earthquakes, Trouwreports on Wednesday. In addition, equipment which is supposed to be used in the case of a serious problem is not properly stored to withstand a natural disaster, the paper […]
Source: TOI DUBAI: Iranian riot police clashed on Wednesday with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the country’s currency, which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said. More:
Source: Asiatimes A Buddhist monk looks on in a burnt temple in Cox’s Bazar, some 396 kilometers from the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh police said they had arrested nearly 300 people after Muslim mobs attacked temples and houses in what Buddhist leaders described as the worst violence against the community since […]
Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul Masih V, Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on 21st September 2012 from the Baitul Futuh Mosque, London. In response […]
(Reuters) – U.S. companies added 162,000 jobs in September, more than economists expected but still pointing to slow improvement in the labor market, data from a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 143,000 jobs. The […]