Syria’s Asad
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Islamists demand gov’t return control of charity society to Muslim Brotherhood
by Khaled Neimat | Jan 29,2012 | 22:42 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Dozens of Islamists on Saturday gathered outside the gates of the Islamic Charity Centre Society (ICCS) after a deal with the government to return the administration of the largest nonprofit organisation in the Kingdom to the Muslim Brotherhood […]
Sarkozy to announce new economic reforms
France: 24 REUTERS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to reveal a swathe of new economic reforms on Sunday to create more jobs, improve business competitiveness and convince voters he is the right leader to revive France’s sputtering economy. Three months before presidential elections in which Sarkozy has yet to […]
Israel plans overland Asia-Europe train route
JERUSALEM — Israel’s government on Sunday began examining a plan for a rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new route for Europe-Asia trade that could […]
Crucifixion in Jewish Literature
By Ansar Raza Abstract Some scholars argue that crucifixion is not a form of death sentence in Jewish law, but a Roman death sentence. According to them, it was not […]
What People Talk about Before They Die
Source: CNN Author: Kerry Egan As a divinity school student, I had just started working as a student chaplain at a cancer hospital when my professor asked me about my […]
Liam Neeson says he is thinking of becoming a Muslim
Source / Courtesy: National Post Scott Maniquet Jan 25, 2012 – 4:31 PM ET Chief Editor’s comment: We extend a cordial invitation to Liam Neeson to visit the Muslim Times […]
Calling it sharia shouldn’t make it scary
Philadelphia – What’s so scary about sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court – one level below the Supreme Court – […]
Dutch plan ban on Muslim face veils next year
Reuters: AMSTERDAM: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make […]
Hundreds gather in Rawalpindi against land ‘encroachment’ by Ahmadis
Credit: Express Tribune: Scene from the anti-Ahmadi jalsa in Rawalpindi on January 29, 2012. PHOTO: SHIRAZ HASSAN RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of people organised a protest against the Ahmadiyya community in Rawalpindi on Sunday, claiming that community members had illegally established a worship place in the city. The protest, led by a representative of […]
The politics of living under terrorism
Courtesy: Express Tribune: Khalid Ahmed: Fear guides Pakistan. And this fear emanates from the absence of law and order. In other words, terrorism. Law and order can fluctuate in most Third World states and still not render them dysfunctional. When we say law and order in Pakistan, we mean terrorism coming […]
Gates sent dying Jobs a letter he kept bedside
Microsoft’s co-founder told The Telegraph that yes, the two had some stormy days as fierce competitors. But things changed around 2007 when Gates left Microsoft to set up his foundation and […]
Picture of the Day: Elephants in the Wild
Source: China Daily A large number of wild elephants live in the Wild Elephants Valley in Xishuangbanna. [Picture by Liu Shiyang / For China Daily]
Dr. Zia H Shah debating an atheist on Atif Mir’s Contemporary Issues
Rawal TV in Canada has a program series hosted by Atif Mir titled: Contemporary issues. To learn more about Rawal TV go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/RawalTV This segment is about a criticism […]
Prof. Pervez Pervazi and Zakaria Virk presenting Dr. Abdus Salam
In his achievements, Dr. Salam saw a certain special Providence of God. Let me quote from the transcript of one of his interviews. The questi0ns asked by Lewis Wolpert or […]
Senate says no to ban on ritual slaughter, compromise on the cards
After a marathon sitting, a majority of senators in the upper house of parliament are now opposed to a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals, a week ahead of the crucial vote. Labour senators have now changed their minds and oppose a ban, as has the ruling VVD. Christian […]
Do people like us better when we’re distracted?
Seems like it. It’s not that being distracted isn’t off-putting, but when distracted we’re less negative, less complex and more personal in our speech. We also encourage the other person to talk more. From James Pennebaker’s book The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us: …distracted pairs actually […]
Burka Bravery: Muslim Women seeking extended ban that has nothing to do with religion
MICHAEL COREN | The Toronto SUN It says a great deal about Canadian pluralism and decency – and about the diversity that still exists in the corners, if not mainstream, of Islam – that a group of Muslim women can come forward and ask a Conservative government minister to extend, […]
We Have Entered The Twilight Of The Leisure Class
[This post is published with permission from the personal blog of SEC Senior Policy Advisor Rick Bookstaber.] Conspicuous leisure, conspicuous waste, conspicuous consumption. Veblen coins these terms in Theory of the Leisure Class to describe the strategies the noble and priestly classes employ to assert their status. Veblen observes that a life of leisure is the readiest evidence […]
Mind Over Matter: Patients’ Perceptions of Illness Make a Difference
ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2012) — Whenever we fall ill, there are many different factors that come together to influence the course of our illness. Additional medical conditions, stress levels, and social support all have an impact on our health and well-being, especially when we are ill. But a new report suggests […]