Church looks to a future with fewer priests
by Morven McLean, swissinfo.ch A light-filled chapel forms the heart of the seminary in Villars-sur-Glâne near Fribourg. Built 30 years ago to hold 40 young men, it currently houses five. […]
Happy Easter, Let us celebrate and find out: Did Jesus rise in a physical body or a spiritual one?
Epigraph: And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. (1 Corinthians 15:14) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim […]
Picture of the Day
Source: The Telegragh Ants link themselves together between a gap in a wall to create a bridge for other ants to walk over. The insects were forced to improvise after the route back to their nest was obstructed. Photographer Ciju Cherian had left his garden gate open when he went […]
12 Surprising Causes of Depression
There are many well-known depression triggers: Trauma, grief, financial troubles, and unemployment are just a few. But if you are depressed and none of these apply to you, it can be hard to pinpoint a specific cause. In truth, there may not be a concrete reason for your depression. But […]
Global Muslim Leader (Khalifa) Contacts President Obama
On April 5th, 2012, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s National Spokesperson, Harris Zafar, is interviewed on the Jordan Sekulow radio show (www.JordanSekulow.com) to speak about the letter that the worldwide supreme leader (Khalifa) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has sent to US President Barack Obama, alerting him […]
Filipinos re-enact crucifixion on Good Friday – video
Source: the guardian Devoted Catholics in the Philippine province of Pampanga take part in an annual ritual, some letting themselves be nailed to the cross, to commemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ. Thousands of local and foreign tourists come to watch the crucifixions every year. The church in the predominantly […]
Bosnia-Hercegovina marks 20th anniversary of war
Source: BBC Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija says the 11,541 empty chairs in Sarajevo are a tribute to those lost on all sides Continue reading the main story Ceremonies in Sarajevo are marking 20 years since the start of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina, a conflict that saw the worst atrocities in […]
Hafiz Saeed calls for jihad against America
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP / Rana Tanveer Published: April 6, 2012 MUZAFFARABAD / LAHORE: In a fiery Friday sermon, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed called on the people to wage jihad against America in order to save Pakistan and Islam. “Come […]
Ghana: Lies and Propaganda Wouldn’t Conceal Failure of Mills
Credit: Allafrica.com The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says no amount of lies and propaganda would conceal the fact that this administration has woefully failed to deliver on its core mandate of ameliorating the hardship of Ghanaians. The party said far from putting the records straight, the press conference addressed […]
The Faces of Christian Politics
Credit: Newsweek: Leaders of a changing movement Win McNamee / Getty Images Who speaks for the religious right? That used to be an easy question to answer. On matters of faith and politics, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson were towering figures, opinionated, controversial, and vastly influential. But much […]
U.S. Added Only 120,000 Jobs in March, Report Shows
The United States economy added a relatively weak 120,000 jobs in March, compared with 240,000 in February, and the unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent from 8.3 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday. Analysts had forecast a 205,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls, according to a Bloomberg survey. The private […]
Why We Need an Open Debate on Israel
Credit: Spiegel-Germany dapd German Nobel laureate Günter Grass has stirred up a debate on Israel with a new poem. Is Israel a threat to world peace? German writer Günter Grass has been blasted as an anti-Semite this week for making just such a claim in a new poem. But while […]
Boy in China sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad: Report
Credit:TOI A teenage high-school student in China sold his kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone and iPad. BEIJING: A teenage high-school student in China sold his kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone […]
Also to remember: Arms embargo on Bosnia, so that the Muslims should not be able to defend themselves.
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, […]
Sarajevo prepares to remember
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 […]
Deoband: Talaq given in a state of Drunkenness Valid
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 […]
Hijab Asserts Women: Rowan Williams
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 […]
Christian Lobby fears polygamist weddings
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 […]
Abdulkarim Bakr Medical Center, an icon of charitable work
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 […]
Letter to the editor of Jordan Times: Where is Syria heading?
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 […]