Al-Quds Conference Decides To Head To UN
International Middle East Media Centre: The Al-Quds Arab Conference, held in Doha – Qatar, concluded its deliberations on Monday with a decision to head to the United Nations over the […]
Pan-European Islamic organization condemns attack against al-Aqsa mosque
BRUSSELS, Feb 27 (KUNA) — The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) Monday condemned in the strongest terms the escalating Israeli attacks on the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque, which entered a critical phase in recent weeks and days. The Federation in a statement warned that such violations have reached a […]
Muslim-Canadian family held for six hours at crossing
By KEVIN DOUGHERTY The Gazette, Montreal February 25, 2012 It was supposed to be a cross-border shopping trip to New York state to break the monotony of a Quebec winter – a Montreal soccer dad, his wife, their adult son and their two youngest children packed in a car, headed […]
Dad goes to jail for 4-year-old daughter’s drawing
Russian TV: It was a kindergarten class piece of art that Jessie Sansone probably won’t want to hang on the refrigerator anytime soon. After Jesse Sansone’s 4-year-old daughter drew a […]
Police Monitoring and a Climate of Fear: Muslimophobia by NYPD
NY Times: The counterman at the Jordan Halal Restaurant, a greasy spoon of a greasy spoon on South Orange Avenue, tossed up his hands as I pulled out my press […]
Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed
AMMAN — Jordan Times. Reuters. Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar Al Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in […]
Switzerland: Ministry offers 5,000 beds for asylum seekers
The defence ministry has defended itself against accusations that it has not provided enough accommodation for asylum seekers. Many places were inadequate for the purpose, the ministry said in a […]
Saudi Arabia sending relief supplies to Tunesia
A Saudi relief plane carrying 108 tons of foodstuffs, tents and rugs left King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh on Monday for the Republic of Tunisia. Under the directives of […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make the Bible, not by divine revelation, but by human vote and the Bibles […]
Pakistani Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has just won her first and Pakistan’s first Oscar. Her documentary film Saving Face, co-directed by US-based Daniel Junge, follows Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad who preforms re-constructive surgery on acid attack survivors in Pakistan. In her […]
Ancient Arabic Writings Help Scientists Piece Together Past Climate
ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2012) — Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research, published in Weather, analyses the writings of scholars, historians and diarists in Iraq during the Islamic Golden Age […]
Election Commission withholds result of PS-53 after polling staffer slapped
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahid Gishkori Published: February 28, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday has taken serious notice of the slapping incident […]
PPP candidate Waheeda Shah beating Women Presiding Officer in by-Election
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A Hindu refugee in 2002 anti-muslim Gujarat riots relief camp
Shivappa Basappa Manu’s family was the only Hindu group that lived at the Shah-e-Alam relief camp meant for Muslim refugees during the 2002 riots. Instead of taking the lifesaving way out and asserting his Hindu identity, Shivappa – from Hussainnagar ni Chawl in Naroda Paita – chose to not abandon […]
Longing for consolation: A Dilemma for Dawkins
There are no atheists in foxholes and when a plane hits turbulence, many if not all agnostics and atheists, begin to pray! Man is in constant need of consolation. Even if it does not prove existence of God it certainly creates a strong need for it. This may perhaps be […]
India- Ahmadiyya Muslim community running 1200 centers for service and social welfare
On the eve of Yom-e-Musleh Maud, National president of the Ahmadiyya youth organization Makdum Sharif expressed that the Ahmadiyya youth organization which was initiated by Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (r.t.) now has around 1200 centers running all throughout the nation. It provides help to the needy, arranges for medical camp, […]
Woman skier sets solo Antarctic trek record
BUENOS AIRES: British adventurer Felicity Aston completed her crossing of Antarctica Monday, becoming the first woman to ski across the icy continent alone. She did it in 59 days, pulling two sledges for 1,744 km from her starting point on the Leverett Glacier on Nov. 25. “!!!Congratulations to the 1st […]
Dutch Press Review Monday 27 February 2012
Ethnic Turkish woman candidate for Labour’s leadership NRC Handelsblad was the only weekend newspaper not to lead with the royal grief for the country’s prince. The internal battle for the Labour Party leadership was given front page coverage and in-depth analysis. “Integrity. The compliment was thrown so often at [resigned leader] […]
Amsterdam honours Jewish Holocaust victims
A ceremony has been held in Amsterdam to commemorate a mass strike staged in February 1941 in protest at the deportation of Dutch Jews by German troops during World War II. The ceremony was opened by Sijbolt Noorda, who heads the Amsterdam War Commemoration Committee and chairs the Federation of […]
Labour up two, PVV down two in latest De Hond poll
Job Cohen’s decision to step down as Labour leader boosted the party’s performance by two seats in the latest Maurice de Hond opinion poll published on Sunday. At the same time, the anti-Islam PVV lost two seats, after gaining four the previous week on the back of its website to […]