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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Published: Mar 30, 2012 00:29 Updated: Mar 30, 2012 00:29 David Roy Woelke, a Canadian English language instructor at King Abdulaziz University, embraced Islam at the World Assembly of Muslim […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times. AMMAN — The Palestinian cause is expected to dominate Friday demos with thousands of activists set to converge near Jordan’s borders with the West Bank. Leftists, Islamists and pro-Palestinian activists from across the Kingdom and around the world are scheduled to gather in the Jordan […]
A few years ago, Nicole Anderson left her travelling days as cabin crew and took on the world of photography. The Dubai-based photographer says, “The satisfaction of capturing the true essence of each subject and putting smiles on the faces of others was what got me hooked.” Anderson specialises […]
Japan says it will shoot down a North Korean rocket if necessary, as new satellite images appeared to show preparations for the launch next month. Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka issued the order to intercept the rocket if it threatened Japan’s territory. Pyongyang says it will launch a satellite on […]
Contact With Spirits? Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community We present below part of a question and answer session with Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(ru), Khalifatul Masih IV, Fourth Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, held in London in November, 1995. Transcribed […]
Source: the guardian Consider the case of a controversial cartoon. Not the notorious Danish cartoons, but a cartoon published in the New York Post last month. A response to revelations that emerged in February about the NYPD’s large-scale spying on American Muslim students after 9/11, it portrayed three hook-nosed, turbaned terrorists […]
Source: The Guardian March 2012 The Scout Association has launched a new clothing range for Muslims in response to an increasing number of girls from the faith joining the organisation. […]