Asia News: by Mathias Hariyadi After the “unprecedented” Dayak protest in Borneo, yesterday it was the turn of the capital. The event was endorsed by President Yudhoyono, calling on the police to ensure compliance with the law and protect the right to demonstrate peacefully. Indonesian activist: We want “a nation […]
France24 After months of “will he” or “won’t he”, French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced his intention to run for a second term in the country’s upcoming presidential elections during an appearance on prime-time television Wednesday. When asked point-blank if he planned to run for the presidency, Sarkozy responded bluntly, […]
Source: The RealNewsCom Interview with Hamid Dabashi: Russian position more reasoned but share US interest in maintaining Syrian military dictatorship without Assad DABASHI: My sense is that the continued carnage is going apace. Who exactly is killing whom is a subject of debate. Obviously, governmental forces are severely crashing [sic], […]
A sardarji walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so […]
Source: NDTV – Press Trust of India Islamabad: Following a ban by a lawyers’ group on Shezan juices that are made by an Ahmadi-owned firm, the company’s products are being […]
Muslims urged to cast aside differences of religion, ethnicity and nationality for the sake of peace and unity A clarion call to Muslims to set aside differences and work relentlessly […]
Islamic scholar Haitham al-Haddad should be barred from entering the Netherlands, a majority of Dutch MPs has said. Saudi-born Mr al-Haddad, who lives and works in London, has been invited to a symposium at Amsterdam’s Free University on Friday and Saturday. MP Joel Voordewind – of the small Christian Union […]
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When a country threatens to ban Dutch tulips, you know something is wrong. That’s just what’s happening now, as Poland and other Eastern European countries express their anger about a Dutch website. Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party has set up a website calling for Dutch people to anonymously register their complaints […]
An British expert in Islamic law who has reportedly described Jews as ‘the enemies of God, and the descendants of apes and pigs’ should be banned from the Netherlands, MPs said on Wednesday. Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad, who sits on Britain’s Islamic Sharia Council, is due to attend a symposium organised […]
An British expert in Islamic law who has reportedly described Jews as ‘the enemies of God, and the descendants of apes and pigs’ should be banned from the Netherlands, ChristenUnie MPs said on Tuesday. Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad, who sits on Britain’s Islamic Sharia Council, is due to attend a symposium […]
Author Comments on End Times, Mayan Calendar and Harold Camping Bill Salus, an author, researcher and lecturer who focuses on the prophetic relevance of current Middle East and world events, […]
10 most educated countries in the world are: Canada, Israel, Japan, US, New Zealand, South Korea, Norway, the United Kingdom, Australia and Finland. Israel is the second most educated country […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: February 15, 2012 Former president Pervez Musharraf was aware of Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad location and the safe […]
All of us feel down at times which is very normal. However a depressive state lasting more than two weeks may require certain degree of intervention. Depression is not an […]
NASRUDDIN WENT INTO A SHOP TO BUY A PAIR OF TROUSERS WITH A RECENT CASH ADVANCE HE JUST RECEIVED. THEN HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND CHOSE A CLOAK INSTEAD, AT THE SAME PRICE. PICKING UP THE CLOAK HE LEFT THE SHOP. “YOU HAVE NOT PAID,” SHOUTED THE MERCHANT. “I LEFT […]
Source: ComputerWorld.com. An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a report issued by a team of U.S and European cryptanalysts. The researchers reviewed millions of public keys used by websites to encrypt online transactions, […]
Source: The News International Op-Ed by Masood Hasan In a series of steps announced last night by the prime minister of Pakistan at a special session of the National Assembly […]
A Greek default and traumatic ejection from the euro moved a step closer last night after eurozone finance ministers cancelled a crucial meeting, accusing Athens of failing to flesh out […]