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 […]
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Saturday called on parliament to outlaw accusations of blasphemy as a threat to public order. “Such practices can threaten the peace between citizens living in the same country and lead to conflict,” Marzouki warned in a statement. He asked the president and members of the […]
Just like all the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaats worldwide Myanmar celebrated Musleh Mau’ud Day on 26th February 2012.
Source: BBC Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world’s top-rated universities, has announced its first free course which can be studied and assessed completely online. An electronics course, […]
Ynetnews: Right wing Knesset Members on Sunday attacked Arab-Israeli lawmakers for taking part in the International Conference for Defense of Jerusalem, which is being held in Doha. The official website […]
President Mahmoud Abbas explained that the conference is being held at a very delicate stage, Al-Quds is facing challenges and dangers which cannot be ignored anymore. GULF TIMES: Palestinian President […]
Source: Emirates 24/7 Turkish culture and tourism minister says Vatican has asked to see the book….. Turkey says it has acquired a 1,500-year-old Bible in which Jesus Christ is believed […]
Washington Post: By Lisa Miller, Published: February 24 Last week, the Christianity police, in the persons of Rick Santorum andFranklin Graham, came forward to discredit the president’s religious beliefs. First, Santorum called President Obama’s […]
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int’l Desk, Source/Credit: The News | Pakistan By Khalid Hurral | February 27, 2012 JHANG: Four Danish nationals have been booked under the blasphemy law in Jhang. […]