Styleislam: Fun, creative and unifying
By LISA KAAKI, LISAKAAKI@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Dec 27, 2011 23:32 Updated: Dec 28, 2011 01:21 Styleislam.com has become in a record time, one of the most successful online retail stores and […]
OIC to launch Syria initiative
By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 8, 2012 23:52 Updated: Feb 8, 2012 23:52 JEDDAH: The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is making international efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis following a veto by Russia and China at the UN Security Council that foiled ratification of a […]
Palestinian ‘freedom committee’ downs tools in protest
AFP | Feb 09,2012 | 22:57 GAZA CITY — A committee on freedom of movement and expression set up under a Palestinian reconciliation agreement has suspended its work in Gaza, one of its members said Wednesday. Khalil Abu Shamala, general secretary of the Committee on Civil Liberties, said the decision […]
Egypt PM says US threats to cut aid will not work
Military deploys troops to reinforce police JORDAN TIMES AP | Feb 09,2012 | 23:42 CAIRO — Egypt refused to back down Wednesday in a dispute with the US over Cairo’s […]
New culture for women
ALL those working for women’s rights are receiving accolades for their continued run of success in the area of legislation. They deserve more of this because they have played a key role in getting the lawmakers round to their point of view. The passage of the National Commission on the […]
Meet The Mysterious 58-Year-Old Monk Who’s Making Billions From 5-Hour Energy
5-Hour Energy has been a gigantic success, creating its own niche of energy drinks that has inspired a plethora of copycats. It now has a dominant 90 percent market share in the energy shot industry, with no serious competitors in sight. Even mighty Red Bull, the king of the energy […]
Sitting In The Window Seat May Be Killing You
While the view from a nice window seat on an airline might be serene and beautiful, it can also be deadly. According to a report from Carrie Gann of ABC News, sitting in one position for hours at a time can cause the passenger to develop blood clots in the leg. These can […]
Iceland’s ‘Loch Ness’ monster spotted?
Amateur footage claiming to show proof of Iceland’s answer to the Loch Ness monster – a gigantic mythical river worm – has sparked a debate online. Something resembling a large snake was filmed winding its way through the Jokulsa river in the Fljotsdal valley last week and quickly posted online […]
UK: Cost of weddings and funerals to rise dramatically
Fees for weddings and the cost of a funeral service are to rise dramatically under plans backed by the Church of England Church officials voted in favour of increasing wedding […]
Spreading the message of peace in Metropolis Frankfurt
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany Frankfurt is the finance metropolis of Germany. The international airport and the huge railway station attracts thousands of people daily. As some months ago, Ahmadiyya […]
Radical Critics of Islam and Islamophobia – Denying the Individuality of Minority Members
Source: Qantara.de At a recent conference in Germany looking at radical critics of Islam, there was consensus that it was about time that politicians and society looked more seriously at the growing defamation of Muslims. By Claudia Mende For a long time, nobody took hate propaganda against Muslims very seriously […]
‘Stop acting like an elephant in a china shop’ – Putin
Speaking out against foreign intervention in internal conflicts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says people should be able to determine their own futures freely………… Putin, a leading candidate in next month’s presidential elections, cited Libya as an example of a country that continues to suffer under the influence of foreign intervention. […]
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab spring
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – A few weeks ago, a leading opposition activist sat down in a downtown Khartoum office to talk to a journalist. The young man immediately removed the battery from his cellphone. “It’s so they can’t trace you,” he said, placing the battery and the phone on the table. “Any […]
PM contempt case: Supreme Court forms new bench for Thursday hearing
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP / Web Desk Published: February 8, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has formed an eight-member bench to hear Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s […]
ARY TV channel not only appropriating Ahmadiyya Annual Convention but also an Ahmadi Muslim Poet and Writer
You may have seen an earlier post where Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s annual convention is presented as a Pakistani gathering to promote image of Pakistan and now another compliment to the […]
Minister calls for school ‘Facebook lessons’
Source: The Local Family Minister Kristina Schröder has called on Germany’s high schools to teach the dangers of social networks on the internet. As part of a “Safer Internet Day […]
Problems with Poles? Report them to us, says new PVV website
Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration PVV party has launched a new website where people can report complaints about central and eastern European immigrants in the Netherlands. ‘Do you have problems with people from central and eastern Europe? Have you lost your job to a Pole, Bulgarian, Romanian or other eastern European? We […]
Former Dutch MP warns of hatred for Christians
A genocide against Christians is going on in the Muslim world. That’s according to the Somali-born former Dutch MP and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Newsweek. According to Ms Hirsi Ali, since the Arab spring, Western governments and media have too often portrayed Muslims as heroes or victims, and they […]
Iran’s Achilles’ Heel: Get Syria to weaken Iran
NY Times: THE public debate in America and Israel these days is focused obsessively on whether to attack Iran in order to halt its nuclear weapons ambitions; hardly any attention is being paid to how events in Syria could result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government. Iran’s foothold […]
‘Less equal civilizations’: French Minister stirs xenophobic controversy
Russian TV: France is outraged with new cultural standards hammered out by French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who insists that all civilizations “are not of equal value” – and that […]