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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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] […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: The Guardian The government has been accused of “systematically” delaying the introduction of new cancer drugs in order to save money. A leading cancer specialist and the head of Britain’s biggest […]