NICOLAS REVISE | AP ARABNEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 After the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria, America must use back channels to bolster its support for rebel forces as US military involvement is not an option, analysts said. Although the conflict is intensifying, Moscow and […]
by Khaled Neimat | Jul 22, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Jordan Bar Association (JBA) on Saturday criticised the 2012 Elections Law calling on His Majesty King Abdullah to intervene and amend it in a way to ensure wider participation in the upcoming polls. The King had directed […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 More than 2.5 million people attended prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Friday, the first […]
by Gaby Ochsenbein in Neuchâtel, swissinfo.ch Of the roughly eight million people living in Switzerland, 1.8 million are foreigners, largely excluded from the political process. Immigration expert Gianni d’Amato tells […]
A Swiss district court has imposed suspended fines on two Lausanne police officers for their treatment of a young Eritrean. Aged 16 at the time, the victim was taken from […]
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: India wants a global arms trade treaty (ATT) to be decided by consensus with all “stakeholders”, where the big players in weapons trade like the US and China sharing obligations to prevent illicit trafficking of arms to terrorist groups. It is more difficult to […]
sOURCE: Two Circles By Suhail Reza, The founder of self reliant modern Malaysia, Mahatir Mohammad who snubbed the US and West to flex the muscles of his country on the path of progress in master-peace speech in OIC meet on in 2005 remarked on Arab Centredness vision, the delineation from […]
Source: Mizzima A coalition of 58 civil society groups has condemned what it says is a “wave of abuse launched by state authorities in Myanmar against the Rohingya community,” in a statement released on Tuesday. It also charged Bangladesh with flouting international law in its attempts to prevent fleeing Rohingya […]
(CNN) — When the fastest men on the planet contest the Olympic 100 meters final in London on August 5, it will be a major upset if the winner does not come from the small Caribbean island of Jamaica. Read more
Alislam.org: Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih gave a discourse based on ‘Alhamdolillah’ (All praise belongs to Allah). He said that in general when we see or mention God’s blessings and favours, majority […]
Washington Post: By Marc Fisher, Published: July 21 The more Americans mistrust politics, the news media, business and virtually every other major institution, the more demand there is for the documents, the proof, […]
Jakarta Post: While Muslims in big cities are busy shopping and stockpiling for the Ramadhan fasting month, some 140 Ahmadiyah followers in West Nusa Tenggara have to face the reality […]
Guardian: “Steal a little,” wrote Bob Dylan, “they throw you in jail; steal a lot and they make you a king.” These days, he might recraft the line to read: […]
Even the most stone cold individual would spare a dime or two for the poor who beg and plead for money. How then can we believe that God does not listen to […]
examiner.com: It was this day that many had waited for, this day that they yearned for, financially sacrificed for, and prayed for above all else. The Ahmadiyya mosque in Chantilly, Virginiaopened its doors for its first Friday Prayer service to the public. Named Masjid Mubarak, meaning House of Blessings, Muslims from near […]
This message, despite being falsely attributed to several sources, hits a universal tone within each of us. When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the […]
ScienceDaily (July 18, 2012) — People are more likely to show forgiving behavior if they receive restitution, but they are more prone to report they have forgiven if they get an apology, according to Baylor University research published in theJournal of Positive Psychology. The study underscores the importance of both restitution and apology […]
Tennessee Muslims feel blessed this Ramadan after federal court rules in their … Washington Post … year as they worshipped Friday. Opponents spent two years trying to halt construction of a new mosque for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, but a federal judge ruled this week the congregation has a right to worship there […]
Concerns raised over Fiji’s draft constitution Radio Australia The commission has reviewed the draft and this week released a statement objecting to the inclusion of the immunity clause. Chairman Yash Ghai told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program the immunity clause was too broad. “The international laws and … See all stories on this […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Source / Credit: Ahmadiyya Gazette USA يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ […]