Free hotel stay up for grab to end matrimonial rows
By ARAB NEWS BURAIDAH: The Usra (family) society in Buraidah has initiated a new method of ending rifts between married couples. It invites them to spend a night at its […]
OIC rights commission and the challenges ahead
By EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU ARABNEWS With the approach of the first official session of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) in Jakarta, Indonesia on Feb. 20, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is embarking on a path replete with challenges, not the least of which is promoting and protecting human […]
Difa-e-Pakistan Part 1/2: Jihadis itch for resurgence
Express Tribune: In December, Kashmiri hardliners, sectarianism-fanning extremists and Taliban-sympathisers were seen holding hands together on stage in Lahore under a banner decorated with images of arms, ammunition and a […]
The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) bans Shezan drinks from court complexes
Barred: Lawyers ban drink on court complex The Express Tribune: By Rana Yasif The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) has banned Shezan drinks from subordinate court complexes and vowed tough action […]
’زیرِحراست بریگیڈیئر پر فردِ جرم عائد‘
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: BBC urdu.com آصف فاروقی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد آخری وقت اشاعت: ہفتہ 11 فروری 2012 , 03:15 GMT 08:15 PST […]
Space engineer who passed Russia missile secrets on to CIA jailed
Space engineer Vladimir Nesterets, who passed secret missile data from Russia on to the CIA, has been jailed for 13 years. Nesterets confessed he was paid to pass information about […]
UK: Abu Qatada let loose on our streets
By Michael Burleigh, and Tom Whitehead of Daily Telegraph His family has cost the taxpayer more than £500,000 in benefits, while his sermons are required reading for terrorists. But next […]
UK: Hear our prayer
Councils must appeal against the ban on prayers before meetings. English council meetings are not particularly spiritual affairs, but the ruling by the High Court that they have no right […]
Prophethood in Islam: Khatam-e-Nabuwat and Islamic Sufis
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Most non-Ahmadi Muslims think […]
Move to reduce, stop flights will cost tourism industry billions of ringgit
KUALA LUMPUR: The move by to reduce or discontinue flights to international and regional destinations will cost the country’s tourism industry billions of ringgit in revenue, said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen. She said this move would lead to a drop in tourist arrivals and thus, cause […]
PM calls on Malaysians to be resilient in character
SEREMBAN: called on Malaysians to be resilient in character and open minded. Using the tree as an anaology, Najib said their character must be as strong of the roots so that the tree is “unshakeable”. He said this trait could be shown through taking pride in one’s heritage, culture and […]
Jews, Palestinians plant trees together in West Bank on Tu B’Shvat
Tu B’Shvat a Holiday in Transition; Once a Celebration of Israel, It’s Now ‘Green’ Jewish Holiday School children from the Efrat settlement and residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of […]
Men more corrupt than women: Megawati
The Jakarta Post: Megawati Soekarnoputri, Indonesia’s first woman president and chief patron of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), claims that men have more of a tendency to engage in […]
al-Qaeda leader killed in drone attack who killed scores of Ahmadi Muslims
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iR15ECTQK6m1Wg3sjCFHJ6VllJVw?docId=CNG.e84246ecc808f1ab609f9d56334e67f5.341 ISLAMABAD — US missiles on Thursday killed the most senior Pakistani in Al-Qaeda, one of the Americans’ main targets in the country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said. Badar Mansoor, who reputedly sent fighters to Afghanistan and ran a training camp in North Waziristan, […]
Saudi writer faces blasphemy after Tweets about Prophet (SAW)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/saudi-writer-detained-after-tweets-about-muhammad/2012/02/09/gIQApsgW2Q_story.html Saudi writer Hamza Kashgari faces charge of blasphemy after tweets about Muhammad By David Keyes, Published: February 9 David Keyes is executive director of the New York-based organization Advancing Human Rights and co-founder of CyberDissidents.org. His e-mail address is david.keyes@advancinghumanrights.org. Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia on […]
Contempt of court: SC rejects intra-court appeal, Gilani to appear on Feb 13
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Azam Khan Published: February 10, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected Aitzaz Ahsan’s appeal to protect Prime […]
The Gospel according to Obama
NY Times: OP-ED: At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority. His policy, he testified “as a Christian,” “coincides with Jesus’s teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.’ ” Now, […]
The Pope will die within a year: Vatican assassination fears revealed
The Daily Telegraph: The sensational prediction was allegedly made by Cardinal Paolo Romeo, the archbishop of Palermo in Sicily, on a recent visit to China. Cardinal Romeo reportedly made the startling prediction of the Pope’s death during a trip to China in November 2011. He seemed so sure of the […]
Shame covers sleaze: In the land of the Pure
Daily Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Sex scandals have rocked the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) in recent months, with several faculty and staff members accused of preying upon the vulnerable female students or […]
Arab history has been correcting itself
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Well, reviewing events in Syria this week, I guess the unipolar world, the looming American century, and the end of history that were simultaneously announced by assorted American chauvinists and crackpots at the end of the Cold War around 1990 can be […]