Examining religion’s role in protecting human rights
cochranetimes.com: By Daniel Austin: More often than not discussions about the major world religions tend to focus on the differences. But for the past six years a conference in Cochrane has […]
Concerns grow over children using tablet computers
Source: Philippine News NEW YORK – Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn’t lead to learning or behavioral problems, experts say. “It’s a topic that really emerged in the last two years. […]
We Are All A Part Of It – Responding To Hate
Source: Huff Post It has been an eventful couple of weeks to say the least. The national and international headlines were full of soul crushing events both at home and abroad. Just to mention a few: An American soldier named Robert Bales walked into the midst of an Afghan community […]
The Meaning of Life (and Death)
Source: Huff Post Socrates was right: “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” I like to ponder the big questions worth asking. The meaning of life, and all that. Robert Fulghum (the “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” guy), once said that […]
Militia Member Drugs and Kills Afghan Colleagues
Source: New York Times Author: Farooq Jan Mangal and Matthew Rosenberg KHOST, Afghanistan — A member of a militia promoted by the American military to protect rural villages drugged his Afghan colleagues and killed at least nine of them as they slept on Friday, a police official said, in the […]
Arab summit a success for Iraq despite flaws
Source: AFP Author: Wissam Keyrouz and W.G. Dunlop BAGHDAD — Despite the absence of key leaders, heavy-handed security measures and resolutions seen as soft, the fact that Iraq managed to host an Arab summit at all has been hailed as a success. Delayed by a year as a result of […]
Labour ‘disappointed’ as Galloway hails Bradford West win
George Galloway has said his surprise victory in the Bradford West by-election showed the “alienation” of voters from the main political parties. The Respect Party politician said his win also […]
The Dutch-Ottoman alliance against Spain
Dutch ship flying Ottoman flags. Impression by Arie Zuidhoek. By Abdul Haq Compier Source: Alislam-eGazette January 2010 Prince William of Orange ruled the Netherlands in name of the Spanish king Philip II, but experienced moral difficulty in the execution of the persecution laws. Orange appealed many a time to Philip […]
The Ottoman Empire and the emergence of tolerance in the Dutch Republic
Silver crescents worn by the Dutch from 1566 to 1574, reading ‘Rather Turk than Pope’ (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam). We move now to the Netherlands, where the Protestant movement endured persecution under the successor to Charles V, king Philip II of Spain. Prince William of Orange ruled the Netherlands in name of the […]
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops on Land Day
BBC: All crossings between Israel and the West Bank have been closed until midnight Israeli security forces have fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in […]
Europe Agrees to $1 Trillion Bailout Fund for Euro
COPENHAGEN — European finance ministers agreed Friday to create a permanent bailout fund for the euro zone with temporary lending capacity of €800 billion, the latest signal sent by Europe to show its determination to overcome a two-year-old crisis of confidence. The decision gives Europe a so-called firewall against future […]
Build bridges for communal harmony
Source: Tehelka LIFE IS full of paradoxes, and not all of them are upsetting. Some of them give a pleasant cozy feeling too. Recently, on March 25, 2012, people saw the Pakistan Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Khurshid Khan polishing the shoes of devotees in Gurudwara Rakabganj, Delhi. This work is part […]
$106,000 College Education For Free? Antioch College Waiving Tuition For Students Enrolling In Next 3 Years
Source: Yahoo finance How would you like to go to a private liberal arts college that will give you a full-ride tuition scholarship for four years? Sounds crazy? Actually, I’m serious. Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio, is waiving the tuition for all its students, who enroll in the next three years. How much […]
Forced conversions hike Pakistan minorities’ fears
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit:Timesunion.com KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Updated 12:19 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2012 LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. When her parents awoke they found […]
The three Abrahamic Faiths: God’s timeline to Islam
Ahmadiyya Times: by Jonathan M.A.Ghaffar: Most people know that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all descended from Abraham, the Patriarch of the three Semitic faiths. If these three religious “children” all came […]
Welcome to London Olympics! Don’t marry, don’t study and leave asap’
Russian TV: Athletes, coaches and officials vising the summer Olympics in London will be not allowed to marry while they are in Britain. The UK Home Office fears some will […]
Religious Bigotry and Masses: Do Not Underestimate the Problem
Pakteahousenet: By Raza Habib Raja: Once again Pakistan has witnessed merciless killings which are sectarian in nature. A few days ago, killers stopped a bus enroute to Gilgot, picked out those belonging to the […]
Pakistan has addiction of using militants against India: Pentagon official
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Huma Imtiaz Published: March 29, 2012 WASHINGTON: A top Pentagon official has said that Pakistan has an addiction of playing around […]
Picture of the Day
Six-legged calf “Lilli” stands on the pasture of its owner Andreas Knutti, in Weissenburg, Switzerland, Thursday, March 29, 2012. The calf was born seven weeks ago with two additional legs […]
Nuclear war threat real: Tariq
Credit: The Fiji Times via Waseem Sroya. THE Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat has backed the call by its mother branch for world leaders to join forces in the face of the looming threat of a nuclear war. President Fazalullah Tariq called on big nations to understand the significance of peace and […]