Can Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala break America’s hold on the World Bank?
The first time Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ever had to convince Barack Obama of anything was back in 2005. At the time, Obama was an ambitious young senator from Illinois with a […]
Emperor penguins counted from space
Nearly twice as many emperor penguins inhabit Antarctica as was thought. UK, US and Australian scientists used satellite technology to trace and count the iconic birds, finding them to number […]
Duma to guard Christianity: MPs battle ‘evil’ ideologies
Russian TV: Russian legislators have set up a group to protect traditional Christian values and fight “aggressive liberalism,” secularism, violence, and drug, alcohol and gambling addiction. Put forward by Communist […]
Building Peace: New £1m mosque to open its doors to 1,000 worshippers in Moss Side
Menmedia.com: Amy Glendinning: A major new mosque to serve Muslims across the region is set to open within weeks after a three-year building project. The £1m Darul Aman Mosque in Moss Side, […]
65 Reasons to Believe Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Promoted post: Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis, For the Whole of our Human Family This […]
Ancient sport of kabaddi under fire from Immigration Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1161420–ancient-sport-of-kabaddi-under-fire-from-immigration-canada?bn=1 Inside thestar.com Kabaddi is an ancient Punjabi game that incorporates elements of wrestling, tag and rugby. The sport has come under fire because some people brought to Canada from India to play the game have not returned. Kabaddi is an ancient Punjabi game that incorporates elements of wrestling, tag […]
Ahmadiyya Schools in Nigeria
AHMADIYYA SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (Nigeria) Presently all primary schools established under the Tahrik-i-Jadid have been taken over by the respective state governments. The schools are generally known as Fazl-i-Omar Primary Schools. There are quite a number of them in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara States. Presently all primary schools […]
Does Turkey offer a model that the Mideast can emulate?
By Nora Fisher Onar The Daily Star, Lebanon Turkey is often touted as an inspiration for the countries of the rest of the Middle East – a characterization it accepts […]
Red Sea Project developer to be announced by October – ministry
Ministry to meet with bidding companies next week by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 12,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The master developer of the Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP) will […]
Largest blood donor clinic to be held in Vaughan
Source: yorkregion.com If you want to donate blood, you will have a chance at one of the largest single blood donation clinics in Canada, right here in Vaughan. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is hosting their 10th annual blood donation clinic April 28 in partnership with Canadian Blood Services. The […]
Breaking Rules Makes You Seem Powerful
ScienceDaily (May 20, 2011) — When people have power, they act the part. Powerful people smile less, interrupt others, and speak in a louder voice. When people do not respect the basic rules of social behavior, they lead others to believe that they have power, according to a study in the […]
Philippines blinks, pulls warship from China standoff
Manila (AFP) – The Philippines pulled its biggest warship away from a standoff with Chinese vessels Thursday, but said the dispute was far from over with both nations deploying more non-military boats to the area. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the Philippines decided to remove the navy’s flagship […]
The wisdom of women written out of history
the guardian The female of the species is more deadly than the male, cautioned Rudyard Kipling. Given Kipling’s love of mythology and prehistoric studies, he should perhaps have added “and smarter”. Because of all deities of wisdom across the globe and through known time, the massive majority – 97% – were […]
Abdennour Bidar: Mohammed Merah, a monster created by Islam’s illness
Source:AsiaNews.it A great French Muslim philosopher asks whether salafist violence – like that which killed the children of Jewish school in Toulouse – is not a symptom of something deeply wrong with the Muslim tradition. A religion that has closed in on itself. To renew Islam today, the challenge of modernity […]
Muhammad Khurshid Khan: Muslim Cleans Shoes In Shrines To Atone For Beheading Of Sikh By Islamists
Huff Post HASAN ABDAL, Pakistan — Thousands of Indian pilgrims barely registered the man in the orange bandanna and Ray-Ban sunglasses taking their shoes and storing them in wooden cubbyholes before they entered the Sikh shrine in this town in northwest Pakistan. The unassuming 62-year-old tending to the shoes is […]
Trier’s ‘Jesus tunic’ ready for half a million pilgrims
Source: The Local The ancient town of Trier is expecting at least half a million pilgrims over the coming month to view a tunic, put on display Friday, that was […]
Jürgen Todenhöfer: The West doesn’t want democracy in Syria
The Middle East expert and former member of the German Bundestag for the CDU party, Juergen Todenhoefer (Jürgen Todenhöfer), has sharply criticized the one-sided coverage of many media about the […]
Schools in India to give 25 percent seats to poor under ‘right to education’ act
Source: News Track India New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the right to education act that mandates unaided private schools keeping 25 percent of seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. However, the court made it clear that […]
Darul Uloom Deoband advises Indian Muslims to abandon polygamy
Source: India Today Deoband, the influential seminary, has directed Muslims in India to avoid practising polygamy, an initiative that has won instant approval much like the 2008 advisory that denounced terrorism as a grave sin against Islam. Responding to a query from a person who wanted to marry again while […]
Slow First Quarter in China, but Recent Signs of Growth
HONG KONG — The outlook for the Chinese economy may finally be looking a little less worrisome. Data released by the authorities in Beijing on Friday painted a picture of an economy that has lost much of the breakneck speed of previous years and that still relies on government-directed stimulus, […]