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PAKISTAN: More Muslim than the Muslims
By Rabab Fizah and Anna Thorning The persecution of Ahmadis, a black listed minority sect of Islam, continues and during the first two months of this year three members from the minority sect, the Ahmadis, were murdered in target killings. In response to the persecutions in an effort to prove […]
The Holy Teaching Power of Laughter
Source: The Huffington Post Author: Homayra Ziad When I was young, a teacher came regularly to my home to teach me Quranic Arabic. Almost every kid in my community had a religious teacher or went to a Muslim Sunday school — and frankly, most of my friends couldn’t wait to […]
Prosperity, autocracy and democracy: Why some Countries are Rich and others Poor?
Reuters: To understand the significance of the presidential election this weekend in Russia, read a book by two U.S.-based academics that is being published this month. Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu […]
What’s inside Muslim minds? A Survey
Daily Times Pakistan: Ishtiaq Ahmad: Multiple meanings and interpretations of Islam are possible. The two main interpretative approaches are those of the apologists who strive to reconcile Islam with modernity […]
Zero tolerance for terror, Human Rights abuses: Jammu & Kashmir Governor
Jammu, Feb 23: Observing that the Jammu and Kashmir Government was following a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and human rights violations, Governor N N Vohra today said it will continue to maintain utmost vigil in the area of internal security. “Following a policy of zero tolerance towards both […]
From ‘Nominal Catholic’ to Clarion of Faith
NY Times: GREAT FALLS, Va. — Rick Santorum was, in his own words, a “nominal Catholic” when he met Karen Garver, a neonatal nurse and law student, in 1988. As they made […]
Gujarat riots – I’m still able to hope
Hindustan times 28th February 2012 By Harish Mander Despite what happened in Gujarat 10 years ago, India has rejected the politics of hate. People at every level in the state have […]
Mummy discovery reveals ancient secrets
by Fatiha Temmouri, Valley of the Kings, swissinfo.ch A Swiss team has uncovered a mummy in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings – the first of its kind since the exhumation […]
Hamas rattles the Resistance Axis
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The decision last week by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to abandon its external headquarters in Damascus and support Syrians demonstrating for the removal of Bashar Assad’s regime is noteworthy on several levels. All of them affirm the vulnerable and changing nature of […]
Iran increasing ‘secret aid’ to Syria
TEHRAN: Iran is stepping up its military and intelligence support for Syrian government troops in their crackdown against opposition strongholds, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. Citing three unnamed US officials with access to intelligence reports from the region, the newspaper said Tehran had increased supplies of arms and other […]
9 Foods That May Help Save Your Memory
Healthy eating lowers your risk of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, but it’s not yet clear if that’s true for Alzheimer’s disease as well. “I can’t write a prescription for broccoli and say this will help—yet,” says Sam Gandy MD, PhD, the associate director of the Mount Sinai Medical Center […]
New Computers Respond to Students’ Emotions, Boredom
ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2012) — Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students’ cognitive and emotional states — including frustration and boredom — has been developed by University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor of Psychology Sidney D’Mello, Art Graesser from the University of Memphis and a colleague from Massachusetts Institute […]
Anyone Caught Defecting From North Korea Will See Three Generations Of Their Family Executed
On a grey afternoon in Seoul, in the shadow of the mountains that surround the city, North Korean defectors stood behind a police cordon and struggled to raise their voices above the sound of late-afternoon traffic. The defectors and their supporters have been gathering daily in front of the Chinese embassy in the South […]
Renaissance travelers on tolerance in the Ottoman Empire
Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads a group of believers, nuns, and priests into the St. George patriarchal cathedral for the Epiphany day mass in Istanbul January 6, 2007. REUTERS/Fatih […]
Islamic-Ottoman Influence on the Development of Religious Toleration in Europe
Example of religious crossover in Hungary: apparently Christians were quite happy with this Ottoman mosque design in Pécs; it needed only minimal adjustments to transform into a church. Godsdienstvrijheid bestond tot de 16e eeuw nergens behalve in de islamitische wereld. Het was intiem verbonden met de profetenleer van de Koran, […]
Leave the eurozone, Dutch populists say
The Netherlands should drop the euro and reintroduce the guilder, according to a study commissioned by the Freedom Party (PVV). The eurosceptic party, led by anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders, says that the introduction of the euro has cost the Netherlands more than it has yielded. The Dutch gained 800 euros […]
Civil society demands equal rights for minorities
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Daily Times Saturday, March 03, 2012 Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The representatives of civil society on Friday demanded that minorities should have equal rights […]
Monkey Mail: An End to Religious Intolerance at Last
Jakarta Globe: The subject of religious tolerance is a vexed one, but I’ve found out what the problems are and how to solve them. I never thought it could be […]
Religion and Economics Rationality
Jakarta globe: A couple of days ago, a notorious organization disrupted a health charity event, demanding the event be stopped on the basis that it might be related to the […]