By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Amid the many scenarios for Syria are two widely discussed possibilities: that President Bashar Assad will respond to his imminent collapse by retreating with his Alawite compatriots to an Alawite mini-state in the northwestern coastal area of Syria; and that Syria will fragment […]
The Daily Star, Lebanon HEBRON, Palestine: A small group of swimmers sat pinned to a television set in Hebron on Friday to watch fellow Palestinian Sabine Hazboun stroke her way through the London Olympic pool in 50m Freestyle. After their own training session in Hebron’s semi-Olympic pool, head of the […]
Resistance and opposition to the Ahmadiyah has been occurring in Indonesia since the 1920s. Historically, the opposition was not only voiced by conservative organizations and persons, but also by moderate […]
Note by the editor: This is my headline. See last paragraph of the article. Mango Mania By HUMA YUSUF KARACHI — Summers in the city — and across much of […]
Credit: Dr Nasim Ahmed Malik Sweden. In the 3rd week of July 2012 Dr Nasim Ahmed Malik visited Ghana. One day he went out to National Park of Accra. Over there he saw a devoted Ghanaian making a video for the National TV of Ghana. Video contained the true sentiments […]
25 Filipinos embrace Islam after lecture Ahmed Shaaban / 3 August 2012 DUBAI – As was the case in the last ten sessions of the Ramadan Forum, the Philippines night has proved to be the most eventful this year also with tens of people converting to Islam. Prominent Filipino […]
Nature really is amazing, isn’t it? The sad part is, most people probably walk past this every day without ever noticing. Take some time today to notice what’s around you. You might be surprised.
Huff Post: Andrew Lam For a country steeped in Buddhism, Myanmar is accruing terrible karmic debts. Alarming news and images of attacks and killings by the Buddhist majority in Rakhine Province against a Muslim minority there have been slowly trickling out onto the Internet and the wider world. Pictures of […]
Inquirer News: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) leads tens of thousands in a prayer-rally at the Edsa Shrine in Mandaluyong City on Saturday to show Congress that most Filipinos oppose a bill that would curb the country’s population growth. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senators Vicente […]
RT: What if it takes one single pill to rewind your clock of life? No more health issues, you are no longer getting old… Impossible? According to some, not in the future. And as a Russian cryonics firm insists, they have the way of taking you there. Panacea pill Speaking […]
Source: Qantara Interview conducted by Christoph Dreyer A new research centre in Qatar seeks to focus more attention on the ethical dimension of Islam. The founders of the centre and […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme of Court of Pakistan declared the contempt law, recently passed by the parliament, […]
By Matthew Brown, Deseret News WEST VALLEY CITY — On Aug. 19, Mohmmad Jbailat will have fasted for 29 days, a pillar of his Islamic faith and an opportunity to […]
The news that Pakistani scientists invented the ‘water-driven-car’ (or was it the ‘Islamic car’?) makes me wonder whether Mullah Nasruddin was a Pakistani, because the Mullahs stated: One day Mullah […]
Credit: Allafrica.com. What will be the main challenges for Ghana’s next leader? A3: According to Ghana’s constitution, Vice President John Dramani Mahama will serve out the rest of his predecessor’s term. His first task will be to win a tough election battle in which he will most likely be the […]
Credit: Asia Times. t took Reuters quite a while to be allowed to report that US President Barack Obama had approved an intelligence finding [1] letting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) loose in its support for the weaponized “rebels” fighting for regime change in Syria. By now even fishermen in […]
Credit: Asia Times Sacrificing the queen So the question to be asked of the EU could be whether they are prepared to join a Eurasian framework for political and economic co-operation largely based upon energy and trade, or would prefer to cling to a failing and dysfunctional deficit-based economic framework […]
Credit: Asia Times The image the White House used to illustrate United States President Barack Obama’s phone call to Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed a simple but blunt message, according to the Turkish press: “Whack Bashar, Erdogan Bey”. However, in helping overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Turkish prime minister is […]
Source: Jakarta Globe n Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, government protection of religious freedom has been deteriorating, the United States says. While the Indonesian government generally respects the freedom of the country’s six officially recognized religions, it has failed to overturn local regulations violating religious freedom, the US […]
Source: Globe and Mail The Olympic clash of cultures – Muslim tradition versus judo tradition – went to the fundamentalist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s as female judo fighter Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will fight in Friday’s heavyweight match wearing a head scarf or hijab. But the main Imam of […]