Listening to music improves health

Credit: TOI Listening to music daily improves health (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Listening to music everyday could be a simple and effective way to enhance well-being and health as it may evoke positive emotions and reduce the listener’s stress levels, a new study has revealed. The new doctoral thesis in psychology […]

Six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Credit: TOI AFGHANISTAN: Six British soldiers were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosion in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, a British military official said on Wednesday, taking the British toll to 404 since the 2001 US-led invasion to oust the Taliban. More:

Crossing bridges with a message of peace

Credit:The Royal Gazzete on line via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: Message of understanding and peace: Hafiz Mubarak Kukoy and Imam Azhar Haneef, from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the United States, who will take part in a day of events at BUEI on Saturday. The day features a faith-based social […]

Olive branches hard to find in Palestine

Credit: Asia Times on Line: By Ramzy Baroud Ongoing destruction of Palestinian olive trees by Israeli settlers underlines Israel’s efforts to break historic bonds. Bizarre laws allowing indefinite detentions, property seizures and the interrogation of surgery patients add insult, and as apartheid-like practices worsen, counting on Western leaders to provoke change […]

Battle for Pakistani Taliban’s militant soul

Credit: Asia Times: By Amir Mir ISLAMABAD – The removal of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s naib amir or deputy chief because he went behind the leader’s back in peace talks with the government threatens to spark an internal war that could splinter the umbrella organization of 40-plus Islamic militant groups. Maulvi […]

Internet needs more Arabic content — experts

by Mohammad Ghazal | Mar 06,2012 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Although Internet use is growing faster in Arab countries than anywhere else in the world, experts said the amount of Arabic content on the web remains “disappointing” and called for serious initiatives to increase it. Arabic content represents about 3 […]

Don’t use us as scapegoats in halal meat row, say France’s Muslims

y RFI The debate in France over halal meat, which has become a major issue of the presidential election campaign, once again reared its head on Tuesday when the president of theFrench Council of the Muslim Faith, Mohammed Moussaoui, condemned the use of Muslims as ‘scapegoats’ in the row. More:  http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20120306-dont-use-us-scapegoats-halal-meat-row-say-frances-muslims