PORT MATHURIN, MAURITIUS (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck the Indian Ocean far off Rodrigues island in Mauritius on Thursday morning, seismologists said, but causing no damage or casualties. […]
This is the 3rd year of visiting different Mosques and places of worship for Iftaar during the month of Ramadan. Among the prominent ones are Masjid Al-Aqsa and Bait-ul-Muqaddas in […]
Ynetnews: Op-ed: Any Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement will endure only if it accommodates legitimate historical claims The nation state is a relatively recent phenomenon in the Middle East – and with […]
Free will is very intuitive to us. We feel control over our actions and often take pleasure in our choices, but, in pursuit of atheism, many a philosophers and scientists have to assert that we are automatons and robots and free will is only an illusion: May 2012 eGazette – […]
Credit: Credit: IPS via Wasim Sroya KARACHI, Aug 6 2012 (IPS) – As millions around the world enter the third week of the Ramadan fast, the fraternity that typically unites Muslims during the holy month does not extend to Pakistan’s Ahmadi community, which is facing worse persecution than ever before. […]
Credit: TOI NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed shock over the shooting at a gurdwara in the US and hoped authorities there will ensure “conditions” that such violent […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe: The minister of communication and information technology criticized on Monday a proposal to classify TV shows as either halal or haram. “There’s no such thing as a halal or haram TV program,” said Tifatul Sembiring. “TV programs should be assessed as to whether they have educational values […]
Credit: Daily Grpahic Ghana The casket containing the mortal remains of late President John Evans Atta Mills will be paraded through some principal streets of Accra to afford Ghanaians the opportunity to pay their final respect. The routes are yet to be finalised by the Funeral Committee. President John Mahama […]
Credit: Allafrica.com IT was a rude shock for former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday as Boko Haram hardliners killed his host in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. In what seems a strong message of rejection of Obasanjo’s peace overtures, gunmen suspected to be members of the fundamentalist Islamic group killed Baba […]
Credit. TOI WASHINGTON: After over a year of rancorous relations, US and Pakistani authorities are considering to launch joint counter-terrorism operations against the dreaded Haqqani network, which has carried out several attacks on American troops, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. More:
Credit: Spiegel-Germany It’s the first time the two have met: Samuel Koch and Philippe Pozzo di Borgo are having dinner together in a Munich hotel while Germany plays Italy in the European Football Championship. They talk and laugh a lot, and despite their 37-year age difference and vastly different backgrounds, […]
Credit:CNN (CNN) — Three suspected terrorists arrested last week in what Spanish officials call one of their largest operations against al Qaeda appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar shopping mall. Spanish security services suspect their plan may have been to attack the British territory on the southernmost […]
Credit:CNN (CNN) — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Monday condemned a deadly attack hours earlier against soldiers at an army checkpoint at the Rafah border crossing in Sinai, vowing “to capture those who conducted this traitorous attack on our sons.” At least 15 Egyptian soldiers were killed and nine others […]
Sorce: BBC Tolerance: Cultural side of Islam by Pickthall, the first British Muslim This is an article by by, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthal, the first British Muslim. Read the article by […]
By Aude Jehan The Daily Star For 3.5 million French Muslims, Ramadan began Friday, July 20. Enthusiasm for fasting seems stronger than ever this year, with 71 percent of Muslims […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Monday 6 August 2012 DAMASCUS: Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected to the opposition, a monitoring group said on Monday, as state media announced the […]
Credit: ET Certain mufta-loving khaandans enjoy eating munchies, sipping tea in pretense of looking at prospective girls for son. PHOTO: FILE 1- Bahar ka rishta Forget sharafat and tameez, this family’s biggest accomplishment is that their son is in amreeka! The son is missing, “because he’s in Amreeka… na!!!” As […]
Oak Creek, Wisconsin (CNN) — The man who shot six people to death and wounded three others during a rampage at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb was an […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 6, 2012 Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday took notice of the press conference held by Senator […]
A prayer vigil will be held at 8:10 this evening at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 5600 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Milwaukee, to honor the memory of the victims of today’s […]