The Dilemmas of Jewish Power
Peter Beinart’s “The Crisis of Zionism” is an important new book that rejects the manipulation of Jewish victimhood in the name of Israel’s domination of the Palestinians and asserts that […]
Why Bahrain is not Syria
Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar How poignant that the first anniversary of a true Arab pro-democracy movement in the Persian Gulf – then ruthlessly crushed – falls on February 14, when Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the West. Talk about a doomed love affair. And how does Washington honor this […]
Imran Khan: My Journey into Religion
This article was originally published in Arabnews By Imran Khan My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been […]
Britain Shouldn’t Aid a Lawless America
Credit: Newyorktimes: THE British government will be held in contempt of court later this week if it does not physically produce a prisoner of war whom its special forces captured in 2004 and then handed over to American soldiers. The current legal drama began in February 2004, when two Pakistani […]
Russian General: Iran’s Enemies to Decide Course Soon
Credit: Newyorktimes: MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s top general said on Tuesday that he expects Iran’s enemies to decide in the next few months how to deal with a nuclear programme that the United States and Israel have said they might attack. In remarks that come as Russia has been voicing […]
Maj. Gen. Zhang Zhaozhong: ‘If Israel, US & UK attack Iran – China will launch Nuclear War’
Credit: Mr Bashir Ahmad London: This is a Youtube video clip in Chinese: Read and see the details here in Youtube:
Scientists, scholars to redefine halal
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Sattam inaugurated the first international conference on halal food and a related exhibition in the Saudi capital on Sunday. The […]
UAE Islamic love guru urges women to enjoy sex
DUBAI — Emirati love guru Widad Lootah is not your typical marriage counsellor. She is an ultra-conservative Muslim who wears the full veil and talks a lot about sex, often […]
On Valentine’s Day, Jordanians differ on whether to celebrate
by Muath Freij | Feb 14,2012 | 22:59 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — This Valentine’s Day, the debate continues among Jordanians about whether it is appropriate to celebrate the occasion. Observed […]
Speakers call for interfaith harmony
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: International The News PESHAWAR: Speakers at a conference on Sunday called for mutual respect and interfaith harmony among the followers of different religions […]
A Polite Bribe: A New Documentary about Saint Paul
Source: Huffington Post By: Robert Orlando The Apostle Paul was, for much of his life, an abject failure who never knew the success of his Christianizing mission. From his letters, […]
Pakistan’s Forgotten Hero? – Dr. Abdus Salaam – Urdu Discussion
Dr. Abdus Salaam – Pakistan’s Forgotten Hero
Hear the One About Men Being Funnier Than Women? Study Shows Gender Stereotype That Men Are Funnier Than Women
ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2011) — Why do we think that men are funnier than women? Because they are! And men are particularly responsive to other men’s humor. Women, however, find men funnier because they mistakenly attribute funny things to men. Laura Mickes and her team, from the University of California, and […]
The Death Penalty for Tweets?
Posted: 02/132012 8:01 am Farzana Hassan, Author- The Huffington Post GET UPDATES FROM FARZANA HASSAN The Death Penalty for Tweets? The sad case of Saudi writer Hamza Kashgiri facing charges for blasphemy The fate of Hamza Kashgiri is now in the hands of rabid and bloodthirsty Saudi clerics. The young […]
Here Are The 7 Equations That Explain Everything
The world can be explained with math. New Scientist’s Ian Stewart has compiled the seven equations that you – or anything else for that matter — could not exist without. Stewart selected the equations that can be used to describe most things in our modern lives. They explain everything from how […]
Lifeless: Reflections on death
I had always wanted to experience washing a dead body. Not only would it be an honor, but it would also help me understand more about what will be one of my first experiences after my own death. For a school project, I decided to make a video reflection on […]
Cameron and Sarkozy to discuss help for Syrian rebels
Leaders to meet at Anglo-French summit over possible military advice to Free Syrian Army as well as separate defence deals. David Cameron and the French president Nicolas Sarkozyare to meet […]
Qadian – Quranic science motivates kids to learn Quran
Source: Jagran Qadian, Gurdaspur: Dr Abdul Salam was first Muslim to win Nobel Prize in 1979. Upon felicitation, he expressed that he used to study Quran very attentively and received ideas for his research from Quran itself. He stated that by further working on the ideas conceived from Quran his […]
Italy’s Mosque Wars
Source: SOEREN KERN, Right Side News. The southern Italian island of Sicily is about to become the proud new owner of a multi-million euro mega-mosque. The mosque, to be built in the medieval town of Salemi in southwestern Sicily, is being paid for by the oil-rich Persian Gulf Emirate of […]