400-year-old witchcraft trial resumes in Germany
The trial of a woman burnt at the stake 400 years ago for witchcraft resumed in Germany on Monday in an effort to clear the woman’s name. Katharina Henot suffered […]
UK: Abu Qatada due for release under strict bail conditions
Abu Qatada is to be returned to the streets of Britain under some of the most draconian bail conditions ever imposed. The extremist preacher will be banned from holding lengthy […]
To ban or not to ban …Shezan juice
Source: http://blogs.tribune.com.pk Vaqas Asghar February 12, 2012 A couple of weeks back, the Jamaatud Dawa held a well-attended rally in Rawalpindi to remove an Ahmadi religious centre from Satellite Town. Even though neighbours claimed to have no issues with its presence, the assault on this myopically-perceived menace seems […]
Moderate Pakistani students advocate for peace, love and harmony
Students from Pakistan’s top educational institutions, including COMSATS, Government College University (GCU), Forman Christian College (FCC), Professional Academy of Commerce (PAC) and several others, both Muslims and non-Muslims urged that youth and students should play their due roles in peace-building, promoting tolerance, co-existence, nation-building and bridging the religious and cultural […]
Press Release: New Ahmadiyya Mosque opened by World Leader in London
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said the Tahir Mosque will be a place of peace The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is pleased to announce that on 11 February 2012, its world leader, […]
Thousands hit streets to protest copyright law
Source: The Local Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of Germany over the weekend to voice their opposition to a copyright law which they fear the government […]
Cologne witchcraft trial reopens after 400 years
Source: The Local A witchcraft trial is re-opening in Cologne on Monday in the hope that one woman will have her name cleared, centuries after being burned at the stake. […]
SPIEGEL Interview with the King of Bahrain – ‘Arab Spring? That’s the Business of Other Countries’
Source: Spiegel International One year ago, Arab Spring protests briefly gripped the tiny Gulf country of Bahrain. Just as quickly, however, they were crushed. SPIEGEL spoke with Bahrain’s King Hamad […]
Economists Warn of Long-Term Perils in Rescue of Europe’s Banks
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/791260957.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 — Few would begrudge Mario Draghi his boast last week that he and the European Central Bank had prevented a disastrous credit crisis by showering banks with cheap loans in December. But beneath the gratitude toward Mr. Draghi, the president of the central bank, lurks a fear that the […]
NYU Research Finds Top-Heavy Flying Objects Maintain Balance Best
Source: Red Orbit/NYU. Contrary to popular belief, it is actually easier for top-heavy structures to maintain their balance while hovering in midair than those with lower centers of gravity, claim scientists from New York University (NYU). According to UPI reports on Saturday, the findings counter commonly held theories that […]
COMMENTS ON AHMADIYYA BY PUBLIC FIGURES (of Nigeria):
Source: WorldStageGroup WorldStageNewsOnline from an article entitled: The cold war of faith between Ahmadiyya and orthodox Muslims ALHAJI SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA: IN 1947, during the budget session of the […]
Contempt case: Supreme Court indicts Gilani
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / AFP Published: February 13, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/worldwide/player.swf ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday indicted Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of […]
Egypt’s Unwise Course
NY Times Editorial: …….The army is under fire at home for holding back the democratic tide, abusing civilians even more than Mr. Mubarak and failing to govern effectively, so it is using America as a scapegoat. The confrontation is poisoning relations with a key ally at a time when Egypt […]
Violence offers glimpse of Greece’s reform challenge
(Reuters) – Greeks swept rocks and broken glass from the streets of Athens on Monday after a night of violence that gave lawmakers a taste of the challenge they face […]
The Silent Minority: ‘Only Muslims and men can live in this country’
Express Tribune: It started late, rushed to resolve and concluded with dismay. Indeed, the amount of interest displayed in the session on ‘The Silent Minority: A voice for the voiceless’ at the second day of the Karachi Literature, unfortunately reflected reality in Pakistan. While the issue is one of immense significance, […]
Norwegian-born Eva Joly to run for French presidency 2012.
France 24. REUTERS – Norwegian-born Eva Joly, a formidable former judge who came to France as an au pair in the 1960’s, will run for French president in 2012 as the Greens’ candidate after winning her party’s nomination on Tuesday. Results of a ballot of 23,000 Greens showed the 67-year-old, who […]
Muslim and Jewish celebrations ‘should be French bank holidays’
France 24. Speaking in Paris on Wednesday at her first campaign rally, Green presidential candidate Eva Joly argued that national holiday status should be accorded to the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr and the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. Currently six of the 12 national holidays in France are Catholic […]
‘The Risk that Nuclear Weapons Will Be Used Is Growing’
Credit: Spiegel International AFP A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is driven through Moscow’s Red Square in 2009. Anxieties are mounting as nuclear weapons make their way into unstable regions. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, US disarmament expert Richard Burt discusses the growing risk of their use, why allowing Iran to […]
Benefits of lemon
Credit: TOI on Line Benefits of lemon (Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images) Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C. Having a lemon squeezed in warm water first thing every morning will cleanse your digestive system. It also increases the levels of immunity thus cutting the chances of infections. Because it […]
Muslim ‘terror threat’ belied by numbers
Credit: Asiatimes: By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – The threat of terrorism carried out by Muslim Americans appears to have been exaggerated by US officials in recent years, according to a new study on domestic terrorism released Wednesday. The study, the third in an annual series by the Triangle Center on […]