The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qamar Zaman Published: May 27, 2012 ISLAMABAD: By deciding not to file an appeal the government has, in principle, accepted the […]
A Nato air strike has killed eight members of a family in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, local officials say. A provincial spokesman said a couple and their six […]
The panel chosen to appoint the next Archbishop of Canterbury is facing claims that it is dominated by clerics who reject orthodox teaching. The committee is unfairly balanced in favour […]
Source: ABC Author: Jake Tapper Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said it was “disturbing” and “difficult to understand” Pakistan’s 33-year prison sentence for a doctor who aided the United States in […]
In a dramatic call for a rethink on the economy, the ex-Tory favourite claims rhetoric has not been matched by real action. Richard Branson, whose support for Tory economic plans […]
Nick Clegg has warned that the foundations of the eurozone are “weaker than anyone could have predicted”, as he urged Greece to stay in the euro and stick with its […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article has four parts: 1. Universality and beauty of ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights.’ 2. Limitations of […]
Not really funny, but where else can we put it? Once upon a time a suicide bomber from Homs in Syria went to Israel with the plan to comit suicide. He was instructed to do it with plenty of people around him. He saw a lot of people, including a […]
Happy wishes for Khilafat Day. Alhamdulillah, we, the Ahmadi Muslims are blessed with Divine Khilafat, that unites the Muslims of the world, living in different corners of the earth and speaking different languages…but united in one thread…thread of Khilafat. For the esteemed readers of MT, I am expressing my love […]
BEIRUT: For the first time, the U.S. government said it considers the descendants of those who fled or were expelled from Palestine in 1948 to be refugees, Foreign Policy magazine reported Friday. The U.S. has also placed the number of Palestinian refugees – who live in the West Bank, Gaza […]
Credit. Human Rights Watch via Wasim Sarooya (New York) – Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments should bring to justice those responsible for the May 2010 attacks on Ahmadiyya mosques that killed 94 worshipers, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 28, 2010, Islamist militants attacked two Ahmadiyya mosques in the […]
Huff Post The Hayat Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably sees a constant stream of religious police, or mutaween, attempting to keep a check on female morality. But when one brave Saudi woman had enough, she flipped on her camera phone and made sure her harasser — and the rest […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise By Zia H Shah With the election of a son of a Kenyan man to the highest office in USA we see gradual perfection of the vision […]
Businessinsider.com: A recently released report by the Partnership for New American Economy and the Partnership for New York City laid out several reasons as to why U.S. needs to work harder […]
Associated Press: VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s inquisition into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope’s butler, but the investigation […]
Express Tribune: By Khalid Ahmad: Even Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who should be committed to permanent jihad under Islam, thinks that Pakistan has been damaged by the label of “national security […]
Scoop Independent News: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in New Zealand continues to set their sight on serving New Zealanders as part of their Silver Jubilee thanksgiving function to mark 25 years of progress the community has made thus far in New Zealand (NZ) through the Help and Will of Allah. The Ahmadiyya […]
DFI-Indian Defence NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JuH), the largest body of imams, on Saturday sought social boycott of Qadyani, also known as Ahmadiyas, a sect who call themselves Muslims but are not accepted as such by the community. In a resolution adopted at the end of its two-day conference here, […]
REUTERS ARABBEWS CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood and a military man close to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak courted defeated first-round candidates in Egypt’s presidential election yesterday, each trying to claim the […]
MELBOURNE: Mining magnate Sam Chong has become Australia’s first Malaysian-born billionaire as revealed by the latest Business Review Weekly (BRW) Richest 200 list. A self-made man, Chong, 69, who was born in Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, increased his wealth by A$50mil (RM153.623mil) from last year’s A$950mil (RM2.918bil). Another Malaysian is […]