Indonesia’s Floating Market: Pics
Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s Floating Paradise: The River Markets of South Kalimantan Thousands of Indonesians travel to Thailand each year to see the renowned Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Little do they […]
It’s time for Israel to embrace all citizens, Arabs too
Haaretz: Where is Mandela when we need him? This is the time to leave the ghetto on the one hand, and the alienation on the other, and move toward a […]
Pakistan: Remembering Salam: The man we did not (and do not) honour
Pakistan Today: By Qudsia Aklaque: So many Pakistanis are delighted that our criminal neglect of Dr Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, is not continuing. Pakistan’s premier academic institution, Lahore […]
The Hague mosque suspends radical sheikh
The Sunnah mosque in The Hague has suspended Sheikh Fawaz for at least three weeks for allegedly insulting board members and disturbing a meeting. In an interview with Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Fawaz al-Jneid voiced anger and frustration. Sheikh Fawaz is known for his extreme opinions. In the past, he said […]
Dutch switch lights off for Earth Hour
Many well-known spots in the Netherlands switched off their lights for an hour on Saturday evening for Earth Hour. Several cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Groningen turned off the lights of some of their characteristic monuments. The seventh edition of Earth Hour was joined by a record 147 […]
Tuareg rebels have encircled the army garrison in Timbuktu in Mali
(AGI) Bamako – Tuareg rebels have encircled the army garrison in Timbuktu in Mali. Timbuktu is the only city in the north of the country not yet conquered by the rebels in the offensive launched after the military coup of 22 March. The MNLA, the main Tuareg separatist group, issued […]
Mullah Nasruddin helps a man stuck in a tree
One day, a local man climbed up a rather tall tree. Shortly thereafter, however, as he tried to make his way back down, he soon discovered that the trip down might not be as easy as the trip up. In fact, try as he might, he simply could not figure […]
Israel’s secret base
Source: TAGESANZEIGER, ZURICH,Switzerland (google translate, please excuse the grammar). The long approach is a major obstacle to an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities dar. The government in Jerusalem has […]
Turkey passes school reform law
By REUTERS ARABNEWS. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s ruling party pushed through a school reform act yesterday that provoked brawls among parliamentarians and mass protests by secular Turks and teachers, who said the […]
Role of interfaith dialogue in the international society
By MANSOUR AL TURKY AL ANAZI ARABNEWS Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a big role in the international society. This is because of the blessings of God on this country. The most important factors that grant Saudi Arabia this vital position are the existence of the Two Holy Mosques which […]
Why Starbucks Puts Bugs In Your Frappuccino?
Starbucks is coming under fire from vegans for using ground-up bugs to color its Frappuccinos, but the use of cochineal insects is actually quite common in the food industry. In fact, cochineal […]
Far-right groups rally in Denmark to unite ‘anti-Islamic alliance’
Globalpost.com: LONDON, UK – Far-right groups from across Europe are holding a rally in Denmark in a bid to set up “an anti-Islamic alliance” across the continent. A police spokesman told […]
Bangladesh teachers arrested over ‘blasphemous’ drama
AFP: DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh said on Saturday they had arrested two school teachers on suspicion of staging a drama containing blasphemous remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. The school’s Muslim […]
Plot to attack parliament foiled: Rehman Malik
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP / Web Desk Published: March 31, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday revealed that police had foiled a plot to attack […]
Slain Iraqi emigrant returns home for burial
Source: CNN Author: Mohammed Tawfeeq Najaf, Iraq (CNN) — An Iraqi woman who died in California after a brutal beating was laid to rest in her native country Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was taken off of life support last week after being found unconscious in her living room in San […]
Boy and girl killed in Afghanistan acid attack ‘over friendship’
Source: Al-Arabiya News A 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy have been killed in an acid attack in Afghanistan, an official said Saturday, with witnesses claiming it was because of their friendship in what is an ultra-conservative country. The bodies were discovered on Friday in wasteland in the Esfandi area […]
The fall of the Roman empire and the rise of Islam
Source: the guardian Whenever modern civilisations contemplate their own mortality, there is one ghost that will invariably rise up from its grave to haunt their imaginings. In February 1776, a few months after the publication of the first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon commented […]
An Islamic Perspective on Religious Pluralism
Source: Huff Post Islam is often viewed as an inherently violent and intolerant world religion. This misconception is fueled in part by the miscreant deeds of some Muslims, particularly toward […]
Ahmadi school teacher tortured to death in police custody
Contrary to SHO Khadim Hussain’s claim in the news story below, Ahmadiyya Times has independantly learned that the victim Abdul Qudoos was first picked up illegally on February 10 and tortured for […]
Computer Science for the Rest of Us
Source: NY Times. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times READING, writing and — refactoring code? Colleges are taking widely different paths to teaching general concepts underlying computer programming language. Tom Cortina, offers a course in “Principles of Computation” at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Mark LeBlanc teaches “Computing for Poets” […]