Facebook Is Using You
Courtesy: NY Times: LAST week, Facebook filed documents with the government that will allow it to sell shares of stock to the public. It is estimated to be worth at […]
Rash of house fires in freezing weather
At least three people have died in house fires over the weekend, and 50 animals were killed in a fire at a farm on Sunday. Several other non-fatal fires have been reported in different parts of the country, some of them resulting in serious damage to buildings. Although in every […]
Palestinians agree to hold elections ‘quickly’
AFP, Jordan Times. DOHA — Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fateh agreed at a meeting in the Qatari capital on Sunday that presidential and legislative elections must be held “quickly”, a top official told AFP. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mishaal met to explore the formation of […]
Sinai blast deals another blow to Jordan’s energy sector
by Taylor Luck | Feb 06,2012 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A dawn blast in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula dealt Jordan’s energy sector its latest setback on Sunday prompting officials to prepare for yet another prolonged period without Egyptian gas supplies. According to Egyptian state media, civil defence teams have contained a […]
‘Some see Turkey as a useful model for new Arab regimes’
Source: Agence France Press – JORDAN TIMES. ISTANBUL — For many in the Arab world, Turkey embodies something of an elusive ideal: an Islamist-based democracy with a strong economy. A […]
ARY TV in Pakistan misrepresenting Ahmadiyya Muslim Community annual convention: A must watch video
This is a compliment in disguise to Ahmadiyya Muslim Community! First a comment from Youtube: How funny, how they just talk about a “Pakistani Community” in the whole News they did not mentioned Ahmadiyya but that is not the only thing. They also have a good “camera-Team”, who knows how […]
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) – State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the community’s high school is safe. Although the symptoms are typically […]
Eating Together? Simply a Matter of Adapting
ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — Women dining together finely tune their eating behaviour to that of their dining partner. Rather than eating at their own pace, they tend to take bites at the same time as the person sitting across the table. These are the findings of a study carried out […]
Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
(Reuters) – Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. Green tea contains antioxidant chemicals that may help ward off the cell damage that can lead to disease. Researchers have […]
Canadian Imams issue fatwa against honor killings
Click to access fatwa-honour-killings-misogyny-domestic-violence.pdf Islamic Supreme Council of Canada Date: February 4, 2012 For Immediate Release ISCC affiliated Imams Issue Important Fatwa on Honour Killings Misogyny and Domestic Violence Honour Killings, Domestic Violence and Misogyny Are Un- Islamic and Major Crimes (Mississauga) On the blessed day of Eid Milad un […]
Army criticism: Malik wants Chaudhry Nisar to apologise
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: February 5, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik pressed opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar to take back his statements regarding the Army, while speaking to the media on Sunday. Malik said that if the people of the country start […]
Iranians bemoan sanctions hardship as vote approaches
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – Each day that he struggles to buy food for his family, vegetable seller Hasan Sharafi shoulders part of the burden of Iran’s defiance of the West over its nuclear programme. He can hardly bear it. “Prices are going up every day, life is expensive. I buy chicken or […]
Minister says ‘we’re not all equal’
FRENCH Interior Minister Claude Gueant has caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal. AFP “Contrary to what the left’s relativist ideology […]
Religious radicalism and cultural change
Dadang Kahmad West Java has long been known for the tolerant nature of its society and culture. ‘Siger tengah’, or ‘the middle road’, is an underlying principle of Sundanese culture that promotes moderation and the avoidance of extremes of both right and left. ………….. Nevertheless, in recent times, it is […]
Russia, China veto Syria draft resolution
Source / Courtesy: China Daily UNITED NATIONS – Russia and China on Saturday vetoed an Arab-European draft resolution on Syria backing an Arab League plan which demands a regime change in the Middle East country, the second time since October 2011. The draft resolution, tabled by Morocco and backed by […]
Mob ransacks Syrian embassy in Australia
By ROD MCGUIRK | AP ARABNEWS Published: Feb 5, 2012 11:00 Updated: Feb 5, 2012 11:57 CANBERRA, Australia: A mob ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after reports of the […]
Overcoming Islamophobia in American elections
Individual tolerance or fear of different groups is not confined to political elites by DR. MUQTEDAR KHAN, ARABNEWS Islam has become an important part of American discourse leading up to the 2012 federal elections and candidates everywhere appear eager to take a position on Islam for political gain. Across the […]
What’s your poison?
Courtesy Dawn.com: The Sunni Tehrik (ST), a Barelvi Islamist organisation, announced last Sunday that it was converting itself into a political party. To quite a few Pakistanis the ST comes across as being another sectarian outfit triggered by the controversial Islamisation process of the Ziaul Haq dictatorship in the 1980s. It […]
Eurogroup’s Juncker Warns of Possible Greek Default
Courtesy: CNBC: The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on Saturday. In an advance copy of comments to news weekly Der Spiegel, Juncker was quoted as saying […]
Anger at Night Caucus Over a Religious Declaration
LAS VEGAS — A special Saturday night Republican caucus intended to accommodate orthodox Jews who couldn’t vote until after sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to gain admittance they had to sign a legal declaration under penalty of perjury that they could not […]