April 24, 2012 Rfi. France. Emerging from a meeting with colleagues on Monday, Socialist party leader Martine Aubry told journalists that Hollande had “only one strategy: to get France back on its feet, to put justice back at the centre of all our decisions and unite the French, in other […]
Paris (CNN) — Francois Hollande, the winner of Sunday’s presidential runoff, thanked his supporters in a victory speech and promised to be a president for all of France. “Many people […]
Credit BBC News Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as France’s new president. He got about 52% of votes in Sunday’s run-off, according to early projections, against 48% for centre-right […]
Medical News Today A new study provides a long-sought explanation for the beneficial fat-fighting effects of black pepper. The research, published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, pinpoints piperine – the pungent-tasting substance that gives black pepper its characteristic taste, concluding that piperine also can block the formation of […]
ScienceDaily (May 3, 2012) — A Queen’s University researcher has created a Star Trek-like human-scale 3D videoconferencing pod that allows people in different locations to video conference as if they are standing in front of each other. “Why Skype when you can talk to a life-size 3D holographic image of another […]
the Atlantic There are two general ways to think about the problem of misogyny in the Arab world. The first is to think of it as an Arab problem, an issue of what Arab societies and people are doing wrong. “We have no freedoms because they hate us,” Eltahawy writes, […]
Source: Yahoo News KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse […]
This web page is dedicated to an open analysis and review of the Cherem Rabbeinu Gershom and the issue of polygamy for Orthodox Jews. All discussion is based on the following premises: G-d is the creator G-d gave to the Jews the entire Torah, both oral and written Chazal, our […]
01 May 2012 Source: BBC A former Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked religious laws in Saudi Arabia, saying they prevented non-Muslims from worshipping and were “profoundly unjust”. Lord Carey of […]
by Taylor Luck | May 05,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Hundreds of activists hit the streets in some urban centres in the country demanding an end to the Kingdom’s […]
by Rajive Cherian | May 05,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Sleeba Kattumangattu Cor-Episcopa, affectionately dubbed “Abunaan Sleeba” or “Father Sleeba”, has been shepherding flocks of religious tourists to the region for the past two decades. After organising more than 1,000 tours of the holy land, Sleeba told The Jordan […]
France 24. Centrist also-ran presidential candidate François Bayrou announced late on Thursday that he will be voting for socialist nominee François Hollande in the election’s second round on Sunday.Some French columnists put this surprise about-face – for centrists traditionally throw their support rightward – down to political expediency rather than […]
Rfi. France. Voting in the deciding round of France’s presidential election started on Saturday on a group of islands off Canada. Mainland France votes Sunday with Socialist challenger François Hollande showing a narrow lead in the polls over incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Voting started at midday Saturday in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, […]
Dawn: RAWALPINDI: A man booked for being allegedly involved in the murder of former minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, was acquitted by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday. In the ATC-II […]
Express Tribune: by Khalid Ahmad: Pakistan is about to face the second ‘withdrawal’ blowback from Afghanistan. The first, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union, came under General Ziaul Haq, whose […]
The Point Friday, May 04, 2012 By the grace of Allah Almighty, the 36th Jalsa Salana of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at the Gambia ended successfully on Sunday 8th April 2012 for the first time at Masroor Senior Secondary School, Old Yundum, West Coast Region.The Jalsa was addressed by many distinguished guests such as: Honourable Lamin […]
Russian TV: One of the most radical Muslim confessions is on an aggressive campaign of preaching ultra-conservative Islam in Germany. Protected by the freedom of religion act, they spread a […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 30th Sura of the Holy Quran, named Rome, opens with the declaration of a prophecy about the ultimate success […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Muslims have always been able to see the Christians in positive light, for several reasons. I will outline […]
Times Standard I majored in biology as an undergraduate, and have never regretted it. Life has taken me in many directions since then, but the “science of life” has stayed with me. I’ve recently read some books by Richard Dawkins, a genetic and molecular biologist, and an atheist. I recommend […]