The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: August 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: An 11-year-old Christian girl, suffering from Down’s Syndrome, was arrested on […]
(Reuters) – Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s drive to restore order to Yemen after last year’s uprising against his predecessor risks being bogged down in a prolonged war with al Qaeda unless he moves […]
Source: CNN Author: Eboo Patel Paul Ryan has set off joyous cheers in the land of conservatives largely because of his fiscal views but also because of his Catholic faith. He is just the most recent member of his church – think House Speaker John Boehner, […]
Russian TV: Russia’s Muslims are celebrating a major religious holiday, Uraza Bayram, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Celebrations are taking place in the capital’s four mosques, […]
Credit.Dr. Mohammad Dawood Majoka. On 30 May 2012, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, visited the “Leadership Center” of the German Federal Army in Koblenz. In addition to representatives of the local bodies of army and police, and representatives of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Credit: Allafrica. Com Photo: Ryan Youngblood A mother and her sick child at a community health centre in Freetown (file photo). Freetown/Conakry/Accra/Dakar — Aid agencies are scrambling to treat thousands of cholera patients in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, where the number of infections is mounting by over 250 per day. […]
Credit. Jakarta Globe Beirut. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid prayers in a Damascus mosque on Sunday, state television showed, in his first appearance in public since a July bombing in the Syrian capital that killed four top security officials. Assad, who is battling a 17-month-old uprising, was accompanied by […]
Source: ET Journalists express concern over difficulty of working in South Asia. BERLIN: At a time when freedom of expression appears to be in jeopardy in South Asia, a gathering of German media men was shocked to learn that atleast six of the 33 journalists killed worldwide this year lost their […]
SARAJEVO — In Bosnia, one of a handful of European countries with a Muslim majority population, Smail “Smajo” Krivic keeps a once-banned tradition alive during the holy month of Ramadan. […]
by Patricia Islas Züttel, swissinfo.ch Sara* wandered around Zurich airport transit area for two hours looking for the restaurant to hand over her goods. “I got lost. That’s when I […]
JERUSALEM: occupied Palestine. ARABNEWS A Palestinian man was in serious condition after a petrol bomb hit the taxi he was traveling in near a Jewish settlement in the Bethlehem region of the West Bank, hospital officials said yesterday. Six Palestinians from the same family, residents of Nahalin village, were on […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 19 August 2012 WASHINGTON: Iraq is helping its neighbor Iran skirt international sanctions by smuggling oil and letting Tehran secretly move large amounts of cash through bank auctions, The New York Times reported Sunday. Last month, US President Barack Obama singled out the Elaf Islamic […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 19 August 2012 A Saudi man hailing from the northern city of Arar has set a record by marrying 14 times during the last 37 years. Mutlaq Sulaiman, 53, said he wedded 14 women with the hope of getting a child. According to a report carried […]
Your views Muslims today celebrate Eid Ul Fitr Read or post your comments Muslims today celebrate Eid Ul Fitr Publish date/time: 19/08/2012 [09:05] Print this page Email this page Following 30 days of fasting, Muslims around the country are today celebrating Eid Ul Fitr. Eid is a Muslim holiday that […]
Rarotonga almost too small for Hillary Clinton MICHAEL FIELD Last updated 05:00 19/08/2012 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D10%23cb%3Df1d6de1d6%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stuff.co.nz%252Ff178026a0c%26domain%3Dwww.stuff.co.nz%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 3 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345356594856&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&size=m&text=Rarotonga%20almost%20too%20small%20for%20Hillary%20Clinton&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&size=medium&callback=gig-googlePlusOne-toolbox-gigya-reaction3&annotation=none&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&count=true&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DI5V0PLgEMWQ.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!YLz4zcRjznaA2Lb5GQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOZFeBWoUW9R3WD-JeCrvEkHSfOUQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Conload&id=I0_1345356591395&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz Share South Pacific Object crash-lands in FijiGreenhouse gases fuel disastersNovember date for Sanford appeal decisionTongan ‘eruption’ a wild boar chaseKiwis held hostage in West PapuaNurse sets high targetAntarctica rescue flight lands in NZMedical […]
Credit: Newyorker via Wasim Sroya In the south of Pakistan, where Hindus have lately been kidnapped for ransom and their daughters forcibly converted to Islam, Hindu families have started fleeing to India in trains. As they waved to their relatives from train windows, possibly for the last time, many Hindu […]
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Spate of attacks near Ramadan trouble U.S. Muslims By Yasmin Amer and Moni Basu, CNN updated 6:30 PM EDT, Sat August 18, 2012 The ruins of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri, smolder after a fire on August 6. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Attacks on Islamic centers spiked across America during the holy month of Ramadan […]