Why many in Pakistan are vowing ‘I’ll drink Shezan’
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 […]
Muslim Leader Speaks of Islamophobia at Opening of New Mosque
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 not welcome in Netherlands
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 […]
Euro Zone Economy Shrank in Fourth Quarter of 2011
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/668072514.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=H07707FRANKFURT — Five members of the euro zone, including Italy, fell into recession in the final quarter of 2011, official data showed Wednesday, as the sovereign debt crisis and the imposition of austerity measures discouraged consumers from spending and businesses from investing. But the zone’s two largest economies, France and […]
Netherlands under fire thanks to Wilders
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 […]
MPs call for British Islamic scholar to be banned from VU debate
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 […]
Pressure mounts on VU university over Islamic academic
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 […]
Are Christians Living in the Last Days?
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, […]
Israel 2nd most educated country
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 […]
Musharraf ‘knew Bin Laden was in Abbottabad’: Former ISI chief
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 […]
5HTP and Depression
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 […]
Could Greece learn something from Mulla Nasruddin? Just wondering….
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 […]
Researchers crack online encryption system
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, […]
What if the new airport at Multan was named Dr Abdus Salam Airport?
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 […]
Greek economy spirals down as EU forces final catharsis
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 […]
Islamic Supreme Council of Canada: ‘Honour Killings, Domestic Violence and Misogyny Are Un- Islamic and Major Crimes’
Date: February 4, 2012 (Mississauga) On the blessed day of Eid Milad un Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him), the thirty four Imams and the Islamic […]
Is this a joke?
Express Tribune: Ejaz Haider: First we had Lucky Irani Circus; now we have Difa-e Pakistan Council. Except that Lucky Irani Circus was genuine while this DPC, well, you get my drift. Look at the cast of characters. Apparently, there are 40 parties, from the right to the far right, reminding one of […]
Arabs open way for arming Syrians, civil war feared
By Ayman Samir , Edmund Blair DAILY STAR LEBANON CAIRO: After a bruising meeting in a five-star Cairo hotel, Arab foreign ministers led by Gulf states hinted to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that unless he halts his violent crackdown, some Arab League members might arm his opponents. The message was […]
Makkah meet calls for panel to unify lunar calendar
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A conference of experts in Makkah has called for the formation of a committee of astronomers and Islamic scholars that would try to unify the beginning […]
‘One-person, one-vote damaging society, civil state’
Experts discuss alternatives to current electoral system by Rand Dalmagouni, Jordan Times. AMMAN — The one-person, one-vote electoral system has torn the fabric of Jordanian society and turned the social system of tribes into a political one rooted in narrow allegiances, according to analysts. “This electoral system has dismantled society, […]