Indonesian eight-year-old boy kicks his smoking habit
The Jakarta Globe: AN eight-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked more than a pack a day from age four has kicked the habit, a child-welfare commission said today. The boy, Ilham, […]
Interesting Facts
An average male spends during his entire life around 3100 hours shaving. It’s true! Most people shed between 50 to 100 hairs every day. The question is, where do they go? Squirrels forget where 50% of the nuts they’ve hidden are. Useless, Hahaha. Did you know the first bullet proof […]
Why do Ahmadis not perform Hajj?
Lankaweb An objection that is raised is that why Ahmadi Muslims do not go for Hajj? Instead they go to their holy place in Qadian (the birth-place of their Founder Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Punjab, India)? Hajj is a pillar of Islam which they disrespect and they show more love for […]
Mullahism and heresy within the new Climate Change Religion
Writing for Forbes Magazine, climate change alarmist Steve Zwick calls for skeptics of man-made global warming to be tracked, hunted down and have their homes burned to the ground, yet another shocking illustration of how eco-fascism is rife within the environmentalist lobby. “We know who the active denialists are – […]
Unique £1M Islamic Coin in London Auction
By Morton and Eden on April 3, 2012 10:51 AM 1,400-year-old dinar is believed to be first made with gold from ‘Mine of Commander of the Faithful’ A unique and […]
Church insists reform only valid with popular support
Russian TV: A top Russian Orthodox cleric has said that the Church supports a strong Russian state, but only if it exists in unity with the people and with all […]
Bangladesh’s Rising Income Potential
Source: huffingtonpost by Nake M. Kamrany, Jessica Stauffer and Faiyaz Azim Posted: 04/18/2012 6:03 pm Bangladesh is poised to follow China and India’s recent growth pattern of rising per capita income as the recent distribution of economic growth has shifted in favor of low and middle income countries. […]
Queen Beatrix calls Turkey “an example”
Queen Beatrix has praised Turkey’s “great past” and the important role Turkey has played in the region and in the world. “Your country is a stable factor in a turbulent region in which existing powers and relations are constantly being challenged,” the queen told President Abdullah Gül. “To many your […]
The Bold Pakistani Journalist who wrote “Salam Abdus Salam” strangled to death
Dawn: KARACHI: Murtaza Razvi, a senior assistant editor and head of magazines at Dawn, was murdered in the early hours of Thursday, in Karachi. According to police, Razvi’s body was found […]
Ashley Judd Has Grit
She first appeared on my radar after starring in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Judd played her Tennessee Williams-type role with an elegant, uniquely Southern neurosis. Throughout the film, human frailty seeped from every pore. I gained even more respect for her after reading her biography. Getting knocked around in […]
Freedom Party outrage at lunch with Gül
The anti-Islam Freedom Party (PVV) in the southern province of Limburg has slammed its own provincial representatives Antoine Janssen and Theo Krebber because they have agreed to attend a lunch with Turkish President Abdullah Gül, who is currently on a visit to the Netherlands. The two provincial councillors will be […]
Queen Beatrix to visit Turkey
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will be paying a state visit to Turkey from 13 to 15 June, a spokesperson has announced. The trip is part of celebrations marking 400 years of diplomatic ties between the Netherlands and Turkey. The Queen will visit Ankara and Istanbul, and attend a performance […]
How Pakistan makes US pay for Afghan war
Credit: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr M, a jihadi in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist attack in a neighboring country, which killed six Americans. After sifting through a vast cache […]
End the violence
Credit: TOI Unsure of just how unwanted girls are in India? Here’s appalling evidence – angry with his wife, a 30-year-old youth in Haryana’s Jhajjar district turned on his three little daughters. The father apparently first tried to hang the children – all between two to seven years – from […]
who violated the public trust and their personal interests ahead of the interests of the nation,
Credit: Times of India “These are the first steps,” said Rep. Pete King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, which oversees the Secret Service. King said the agency’s director, Mark Sullivan, took action against “the three people he believes the case was clearest against.” But King warned: “It’s certainly […]
Liberals have forgotten how to make the religious case for liberal causes
AlJazeera: New Haven, CT – Every four years, the United States spasms with all sorts of manufactured outrage in the run-up to the election. 2012 is no exception. The latest in […]
Scientists get heart data from Gorillas
CNN|Added on April 18, 2012 National Zoo puts implantable recorders into gorillas in hopes of learning more about heart disease in the species. http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2012/04/19/gorilla-hearts.cnn
Panetta: ‘We’re within an inch of war almost every day’
Brussels, Belgium (CNN) — The United States is prepared for “any contingency” when it comes to dealing with North Korea, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told CNN. “We’re within an inch […]
Noble Laureate from Yemen, Tawakul Karman responds to Hijab
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page When asked about her Hijab By Journalists and how it is not proportionate with her […]