AFP: PARIS — The bodies of three Franco-Israeli children and a French rabbi who were murdered in a French school shooting were to be flown to Israel on Tuesday, a Jewish community body said. Teacher Jonathan Sandler, his two sons Gabriel, 4, and Arieh, 5, and a seven-year-old pupil at […]
Source: Express tribune KARACHI: On Monday, Lata and Rinkle Kumari’s families wept and appealed to the government to let them meet their daughters, while 15-year-old Asha’s family demanded that the authorities should find and rescue their missing daughter. While speaking in Sindhi at a press conference at Karachi Press Club, […]
BRUSSELS, March 20 (KUNA) — The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) has strongly condemned the shooting of four people including three children at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse on Monday. “It is in an appalling incident that represents a despicable and shocking act,” said […]
The legislation is an effort to change idealized perceptions of beauty that, according to evidence presented to the Knesset, encourages eating disorders such as anorexia. Haaretz The Knesset yesterday passed […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zia Khan Published: March 20, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban will be watching keenly when Parliament begins on Tuesday a long overdue review […]
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala: Monthly Misbah, a women’s magazine published by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan for decades is ordered banned on the recommendation of a board of mullahs constituted by […]
By JEDDAH: GALAL FAKKAR, ARAB NEWS STAFF Published: Mar 20, 2012 01:06 Updated: Mar 20, 2012 01:06 Egyptian authorities have taken steps to bring Haj and Umrah affairs under a single authority to streamline Haj operations in the country. “The proposed independent commission will solve organizational difficulties related to the […]
Penalty reduced from death after family dropped charge by Rana Husseini | Mar 19,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — In a relatively rare ruling in an “honour killing” crime, the Criminal Court sentenced the defendant to death and reduced it to life after the family of the victim dropped charges. […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Pak Tea House March 18th, 2012 | 9 Comments By Amaar Ahmad Imran Khan’s stock has arisen in the past few months with […]
NY Times: The officials said the so-called war game was not designed as a rehearsal for American military action — and they emphasized that the exercise’s results were not the […]
Source: Cricinfo Author: David Hopps “I ask everyone to forgive me,” he said. “I messed up… Thanks to Allah I have taught myself to distinguish between right and wrong. I […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2012) — For a 6-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about prejudice. Scientists found that as children get closer to age 10, they begin to rely more on their own experiences rather than what […]
Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the eminent Turkish Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was recently welcomed in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. However, this organization has an agenda to criminalize criticism of Islam, which threatens to strangle dissent and reform. Established in 1969 and based in Saudi Arabia, the OIC […]
TOULOUSE, France, March 19 (Reuters) – A gunman shot dead three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday, days after killing three soldiers nearby, prompting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to put the region on its highest terrorism alert. With the attacker, who escaped on a […]
There’s a verse from Psalm 46 that summarizes the relationship between the practice of religion and the practice of spirituality: “Be still, and know that I am God.” It’s a prayer, an admonition, an encouragement. The two poles of this verse — be still, know God — together they offer […]
Source: NY Times For centuries, the daredevils known as submariners have slipped beneath the waves in vehicles made for horizontal travel. Their craft are basically underwater ships. Even submersibles, small vessels that dive unusually deep, follow the horizontal plan. In a stroke, James Cameron has upended the field — […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page A true court case in Prabumulih, Lampung, Indonesia, in 2011: A grandmother pleaded that she […]
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China’s commerce minister reminded the United States to review its restrictions on high-tech exports to China and called on the US to further open its economy to Chinese enterprises and investors. Read More…
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) — Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said Sunday that China, now the world’s second largest importer, will become the biggest in a few years. Read More…