Credit: Mr Wasim Saroya Imam Selvenia: By Andrew C. McCarthy Their crime? These Muslims have the temerity to suggest that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian who died in 1908, was the promised Mahdi — the redeemer of Islam — and not one of the false prophets about whom Mohammed had warned. […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Abdul Manan Published: February 18, 2012 LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Saturday that the government […]
No society that I am aware of has succeeded in completely eradicating prostitution, but that should not deter us in our efforts to diminish it in Israel. Haaretz; By Calev […]
Bringing Communities Closer in Calgary By Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim and Jewish communities are holding their second scholarly dialogue. “In a gesture of reciprocal hospitality, the second […]
Jakarta Globe: Cianjur, West Java. A mob of about 50 people attacked and vandalized a mosque on Friday that was being used by the beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect. West Java Police […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doug-saunders/the-problem-in-public-life-isnt-islam-but-religion-itself/article2342413/ Doug Saunders We always knew it could happen: A devout Muslim heads a conservative political party that takes office in a multicultural Western country, then leads a campaign to enforce mandatory prayer and to lobby for religious-based values and laws. How will people react? Well, it happened in Britain […]
By: Annie Tucker Morgan I’ve never claimed to have extensive knowledge of U.S. legislation throughout history, but it’s safe to say that I and most people I associate with are law-abiding citizens … or not. As it turns out, every state in this country has at least one wacky legal stipulation that could […]
The Daily Telegraph: Which of us hasn’t groaned when the Rev Giles Fraser, former canon of St Paul’s, pops up with his Thought for the Day on Radio 4? Dr […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch An initiative to create a democratically elected body representing Switzerland’s 400,000 Muslims, a so-called “Swiss umma”, is steadily gaining ground. The organisers say the parliament could […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: British Deputy Consul General Michael Cockle, who is the head of the trade and investments section at the British Consulate in Jeddah, has asked the Kingdom to review the procedures for granting entry visas to British businessmen and investors. “Our businessmen are frustrated by their inability […]
By ALI BLUWI, ARABNEWS During my participation in a seminar on regional relations, one of the participants asked me about my opinion with regard to the Chinese and Russian positions toward Syria. Two points on this issue. First, if I am for change and for granting the Syrian people their […]
It is a well done three part documentary. The first part is easier to find in Google videos.
CTV News A mandatory ethics and religion course in Quebec schools is constitutional, Canada’s top court ruled Friday. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously the course doesn’t violate freedom […]
Whilst democracy as practiced by the present dispensation ekes out its revenge upon the Pakistani nation, accompanied by the contempt held, not only for the Supreme Court of the land but for the people at large, an unhealthy segment of the national mindset is sinking into the national sewerage system. […]
During World War II, the nation’s top scientists convened at a classified laboratory in the remote town of Los Alamos, New Mexico to develop the first nuclear weapons. Although many details of the Manhattan Project remain secret, The Los Alamos National Laboratory has compiled rare footage of life in Los Alamos […]
A literature on young adults reports that morning-type individuals, or “larks,” report higher levels of positive affect compared with evening-type individuals, or “owls” (Clark, Watson, & Leeka, 1989; Hasler et al., 2010). Morning types are relatively rare among young adults but frequent among older adults (May & Hasher, 1998; Mecacci […]
Source: The Local Berlin has been named one of the best cities for students in the world thanks to its cheap cost of living and bounty of cultural offerings, according […]
Source:Spiegel International Scientists warn that the amount of space debris orbiting the planet has reached a dangerously high level. But a new miniature satellite has been designed to clean up […]
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/426514318.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707Mitt Romney is not alone. I thought Mr. Romney’s 13.9 percent federal tax rate would be hard to beat. But among the 400 Americans with the highest adjusted gross incomes in 2008, 30 of them paid less than 10 percent and another 101 paid less than 15 percent. And these […]