Israel begins building wall on Lebanese border
Reuters. Jordan Times METULLA, Israel — Israel began building a wall on Monday along a one-kilometre stretch of its border with Lebanon, saying the barrier was necessary to boost security […]
Military Halts Class Teaching Anti-Islam Material
Huff Post WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has suspended a course for military officers that officials say contained inflammatory material about Islam. Defense Department spokesman Capt. John Kirby said Wednesday that among problems with the course taught at Norfolk, Va., was a presentation that asserted the United States is at war […]
Peace Is Every Breath: The Light of Awareness
Huff Post You can be in touch with a lot of happiness during the time you’re washing your face, brushing your teeth, combing your hair, shaving,and showering, if you know how to shine the light of awareness onto each thing you do. For example, when you turn on the tap, […]
Why I Fight For Equal Pay For Women
In early spring of 1998 when the torn piece of paper arrived in my mailbox at Goodyear, listing my name and salary alongside those of the three other area managers, my life changed forever. I’d stopped to check my mail, as I’d done every day for 19 years. I flipped […]
Use of Plaquex or Phosphatidyl Choline in Health
By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat, MBBS, DCH (UK), FCPS (Pakistan) Assistant Professor, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Pakistan The Brick to Bridge the Cell Wall Damage! Plaquex is a generic product […]
British Muslim Community Drives Forward Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Ahmadiyya Muslims launch unique bus poster campaign in London as part of their Jubilee celebrations One of Britain’s oldest Islamic communities, that established the first mosque in London, is sponsoring […]
Ideal Spirit of Building and Populating Mosques
Lankaweb: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head inaugurated Bait ul Amaan, a new mosque in the city of Manchester, UK and gave a discourse on the ideal spirit of building and populating mosques. […]
Extremism thrives in Pakistan despite bin Laden death
AFP: ISLAMABAD: A year after Osama bin Laden died in a US raid, Al-Qaeda keeps spreading its message of terror in Pakistan, analysts say, with splinter groups threatening the country’s fragile […]
A Debate Challenge: the Holy Bible versus the Holy Quran?
April, 2012 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I read today with great concern, the news, Florida pastor Terry Jones burns copies of […]
Drone strikes are back: US and Pakistan fighting over extrajudicial murders
Russian TV: Despite continuing pleads to abolish drone strikes in Pakistan, the United States used an unmanned aircraft to target a girls’ school over the weekend, executing four suspected militants […]
Panetta, Clinton to discuss Philippine role in Pacific strategy
Philippine News Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with top Philippine counterparts next week to discuss America’s expanding military role in the country. Panetta and Clinton will sit down with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario and Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin next Monday, DOD spokesman Capt. John Kirby […]
Google Drive’s Six Substantial Slip-ups
Source: PC Magazine. By David Murphy The dust on the Drive has settled — Google Drive, that is — and users finally have the chance to play around with the company’s new cloud storage system, one that’s designed to, “work seamlessly with your overall Google experience.” Seamless, perhaps. But perfect? […]
Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study
Source: The Telegraph Usually at night the air closer to the ground becomes colder when the sun goes down and the earth cools. But on huge wind farms the motion of the turbines mixes the air higher in the atmosphere that is warmer, pushing up the overall temperature. Satellite data […]
Dutch PM: our thoughts are with Prince Friso and his family
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has wished Queen Beatrix and her family a good Queen’s Day. In a video message he said that the Netherlands is at its best on Queen’s Day. “The whole country coloured orange, celebrations everywhere.” Mr Rutte expressed the hope that Queen’s Day would take place in […]
Geert Wilders and Islamophobia in the US—on their way out?
Geert Wilders’ autobiographical book Marked for Death: Islam’s War against the West and Me will be presented in New York on Tuesday. Will his message against Islam and the West’s alleged “Islamification” still resonate in the United States? Here in the Netherlands this week’s political upheaval has seriously dented his influence. […]
Swedish Muslim Politician has been appointed as Human Rights and Goodwill Ambassador for Peace
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has appointed H.E. Malik Nasim Ahmed (Elected Reserve Member of the Swedish Parliament) as the International Human Rights Commission’s Ambassador for Human Rights and Peace At Large for Scandinavia Countries from Sweden from 16th April 2012. H.E. Malik Nasim was also appointed as a GOODWIL […]
24 New Lizard Species Identified from Caribbean
Source: Livescience.com A suite of lizards called skinks have just crawled into the science books, with researchers discovering 24 new species of the reptiles from the Caribbean islands. Many of the skink species were identified from museum specimens, and now, the researchers say half of the newbies may be extinct […]
Kickstarter Sets Off $7 Million Stampede for a Watch Not Yet Made
Source: New York Times When Eric Migicovsky, an engineer, wanted to develop a line of wristwatches that could display information from an iPhone — like caller ID and text messages — he went the traditional route of asking venture capitalists to finance his company. The Pebble, a line of wristwatches […]
Wal-Mart’s U.S. Expansion Plans Complicated by Bribery Scandal
In Los Angeles, a Wal-Mart building permit is getting a once-over. In New York, the City Council is investigating a possible land deal with the retailer’s developer in Brooklyn. A state senator in California is pushing for a formal audit of a proposed Wal-Mart in San Diego. And in Boston […]
‘It Is Our Shared Responsibility to Ensure We Do Not Fail’
Credit: Spiegel Germany REUTERS ‘The NPT offers the best chance we have of getting the balance right on nuclear issues,’ Burt writes. Conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, rocket launches in North Korea and the Fukushima disaster: atomic weapons and energy remain risk factors. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the best […]