Sir Malcolm Rifkind: Arms embargo on Bosnia was ‘the most serious mistake made by the UN’ Sir Malcolm Rifkind, as Defence Secretary until July 1995 and thereafter as Foreign Secretary, […]
The people Sarajevo are preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war with a visual reminder of the lives lost in the longest siege in […]
Source: The Hindu Author: A Faizur Rahman Darul Uloom Deoband is once again in the news for the wrong reasons, having validated a recent instance of triple talaq uttered in a drunken […]
Source: onislam CAIRO – The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams believes that hijab is a personal choice for Muslim women that can help them “assert themselves” in communities with different cultures, The Week reported. “She told me how she would wear her veil and yet take part, too, in […]
The Australian Christian Lobby fears legalising gay marriage could lead to polygamists also venturing down the aisle. In its submission to a Senate inquiry on marriage equality lobby spokesman Jim Wallace says married, biological parents provide the ideal environment in which to raise children. He fears allowing same-sex marriage would […]
By JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN ARABNEWS There are many generous people in the community. Late Abdulkarim Bakr was a famous person in Jeddah known for his generosity and kindness. This generosity […]
It is wrong to relate the current developments in Syria to the Arab Awakening in Egypt, Libya or Tunisia. Many tend to simplify the situation in Syria, making it merely a matter of the ruling system suppressing unarmed, united and peaceful opposition. I wish it were the case, as it […]
IAF leaders insist on list of conditions before participating in government by Khaled Neimat | Apr 06,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Islamists would embrace the Moroccan model in their future participation in government, provided that a short list of conditions is met. Jamil Abu Baker, spokesperson for the Muslim […]
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Source: The Commercial Appeal Every Hijabi has a story. Hajar Sakhi, a Rhodes College student from Nashville, was working at a fast-food restaurant in high school. One day, a customer looked at her wearing a uniform visor over her headscarf and started laughing. He left without ordering. “My manager said, […]
Huff Post Religion Jesus may not have risen, but an art historian thinks he knows why the apostles believed. Thomas de Wesselow explains what the Shroud of Turin can tell us about the birth of Christianity — and how he came to his conclusions. Perhaps his most startling assertion is […]
Source: Huff Post MABALACAT, Philippines – Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on Thursday in an annual gory religious ritual as the mainly Catholic Philippines observed near the end of the Lenten season. Many Filipino devotees perform religious […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Suggested reading:Pakistan’s Imran Khan equates insulting Muhammad with Holocaust denial A New Commentary of the Holy […]
Euro falls to three-week low against US dollar as IMF warns of ‘severe’ challenges facing Spain. Worries about Spain‘s perilous economic outlook and the threat it poses to its fragile […]
Scotland Yard confirms total of 10 members of staff have been referred to police watchdog over incidents of alleged racism. Scotland Yard is facing fresh questions over the conduct of […]
Editor’s note: Linda Sarsour is national advocacy director of the National Network for Arab American Communities and director of the Arab American Association of New York. Follow her on Twitter. By […]
The 9th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) has kicked off at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, hosting 500 exhibitors from 29 countries, Press TV reports. Held under the theme of “Empowering The Global Halal Market”, the four-day event will display various products such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health care, pet food, […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Why does most of the world continue to lose respect for the United States and its conduct of foreign policy? Two developments in the past week shed some light on this, and – not surprisingly – they both relate to Washington’s relations […]
Source: Spiegel International A Commentary by Sebastian Hammelehle Never in the history of postwar Germany has a prominent intellectual attacked Israel in such a cliche-laden way as Günter Grass with his controversial new poem, “What Must Be Said.” The Nobel Prize laureate has delivered a lyrical first strike against Israel. […]
Note the fury of nature with a trailer up in the air! Watch a video: Truck Trailers Tossed like Toys in Texas