Does It Matter Whether God Exists?
New York Times: Opinionator; Discussions of religion are typically about God. Atheists reject religion because they don’t believe in God; Jews, Christians and Muslims take belief in God as fundamental […]
Pakistan on the Brink-heading towards Anarchy: Warns Ahmed Rashid
Dawn.com: YORK: A Pakistani journalist and best-selling author cautions that Pakistan is heading towards anarchy in his new book that offers solutions for his country’s frayed ties with the United […]
Bonfire of the old
Credit: Asia Times: By Chan Akya As the global financial crisis began, I wrote a few articles on the subject of social changes that were in my mind the inevitable consequence of the events. [1] It is now time to consider the next act in the financial crisis, namely the […]
Arab Spring bleeds deeper into Africa
Credit: Asia Times: By Henery Flood. Looted arms and hardened fighters returning from Libya’s internationally backed war fueled the coup d’etat in Mali this week that is threatening stability in the wider Sahara and Sahel regions. The Arab Spring has bled into Western Africa and the mercurial egomaniac who historically […]
Opinion / Editorials: US’ double standards
Source: China Daily Once again the United States is trying to throw its weight around and impose its unilateral vision on other countries. The US imposed tough new sanctions at the turn of the year, aimed at preventing other countries from importing Iranian oil and conducting transactions with its central […]
Toulouse gunman dies in hail of bullets during police raid
France24. AP – In a dramatic end to a 32-hour standoff, a masked French SWAT team slipped into the apartment of an Islamist extremist Thursday, sparking a firefight that ended with the suspect jumping out the window and being shot in the head. Mohamed Merah, 23, was wanted in the deaths […]
UN rights council orders first probe of Israeli settlements
Resolution urges Israel to prevent settler violence AFP | Mar 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday passed a resolution ordering a first probe into how Israeli settlements may be infringing on the rights of the Palestinians. The resolution was adopted by the 47-member […]
Al-Azhar to preach Islamic message on satellite TV
By TOM HENEGHAN | REUTERS CAIRO: Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, will soon be preaching its doctrines on satellite television, a space it has previously left to Islamist […]
Abu Ayub Ansari, a prominent companion
By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS HIS name shines on the horizon of Madinah. He was the first who offered full hospitality to Holy Prophet (peace and mercy of Allah be upon him) when he arrived in Madinah. Later he proved that he was not only an extraordinary host and a […]
Salman Rushdie to write book on Imran Khan
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com BY NADEEM F. PARACHA ON MARCH 22ND, 2012 Controversial novelist, author and your mother-in-law trapped in a middle-aged man’s body, Salman Rushdie, announced in London […]
Group educates community about Holy Qur’an
Source: Lloydminster Source – After a campaign where members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Group went door-to-door, dispelling myths about the Islam religion, Lloydminster residents recently had another chance to learn more about the eastern faith. Representatives from the youth group were at the Lloydminster Public Library late Thursday afternoon, […]
Baitul Ghafoor Mosque inaugurated by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 18 March 2012, its world leader, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, inaugurated the new Baitul Ghafoor Mosque in Halesowen, a town in the West Midlands. Upon arriving at the premises, His Holiness officially […]
N. Korean rocket to land in Luzon, gov’t seeks US help
Manila – The Philippine government said Thursday it anticipated US help to track a North Korean long-range rocket, part of which is expected to land off the Philippines. “Of course we need the help of the United States to monitor the path because we don’t have that capability,” Defence Secretary […]
Children whose minds wander ‘have sharper brains’
Source: The Telegraph A study has found that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and manipulate it mentally. Children at school need this type of memory on a daily basis for a […]
Getting older makes us happier, because we give up on our dreams
Source: The Telegraph Although physical quality of life goes down after middle age, mental satisfaction increases. The study of more than 10,000 people in Britain and the US adds support to a previous report that happiness levels form a U-curve, hitting their low point at around 45, then rising. Researchers […]
Roger Scruton and the kindly atheists
Source: the Guardian In recent weeks, atheists and agnostics who are friendly towards religion have been filling the column inches. Editors, and perhaps readers, are weary of the so-called militant secularism evangelised by you know who. So kindly non-believers have been commissioned. But there is something paradoxical about their appreciation […]
‘Israel loves Iran’ Facebook initiative
Haaretz: New York Times, Washington Post report on the initiative started by two Israelis who sent a Facebook message to Iranians last Thursday saying, ‘We will never bomb your country. […]
Saudi’s top sheikh: ‘Necessary to destroy all churches’
Source: The Washington Post By Nasim Rehmatullah and Harris Zafar On Monday, March 12th, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah – Saudi Arabia’s supreme religious […]
Facebook’s ‘dark side’: study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism
Courtesy: Guardian Psychology paper finds Facebook and other social media offer platform for obsessions with self-image and shallow friendships Saturday 17 March 2012 09.41 EDT Too many ‘friends’? A psychology paper has found a link between Facebook and other social media and socially disruptive narcissism. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images […]
The common touch
Credit: TOI It’s something Mitt Romney and Rahul Gandhi are trying too hard to show they have. On Tuesday, American Republicans in the state of Illinois had the chance to vote for their choice to face Barack Obama in November. They backed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who needed a […]