Gene Therapy That Could Correct Retinitis Pigmentosa
Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Could Correct a Common Form of Blindness Science Daily(Jan. 23, 2012) — A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the […]
Human Empowerment Through Female Education.
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Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/900231252.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=H07707About one million homeowners facing foreclosure could have their mortgage burden cut by about $20,000 each as part of a long-awaited deal taking shape among state attorneys general, federal officials and the nation’s largest mortgage servicers. But a final agreement remained out of reach Monday despite political pressure from the […]
How to Integrate Europe’s Muslims
Source: NY Times Op Ed. By JONATHAN LAURENCE, Associate professor, Boston College. TWO weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand after a 30-year-old truck driver, Wissam El-Yamni, was roughed up and then died while in police custody. The uproar underscored the hostility of […]
Memogate: Mansoor Ijaz given final chance, summoned on February 9
Source: Express Tribune The Pakistan-American businessman, who is one of the central characters of the Memogate scandal, has twice denied coming to Pakistan to record his statement before the commission. ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal has given Mansoor Ijaz one final chance and has summoned the Pakistan-American businessman […]
In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims
Source: Newyork Times: An Islamic flag atop the White House in “The Third Jihad.” Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the […]
Playing with fire
Source: Times of India. To those blessed – or perhaps cursed, given the times we live in – with a long memory, Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh are an eerie and discomforting throwback […]
Sheikhs fall in love with renminbi
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar China and Qatar have been taking virtually opposite positions apropos events in Libya and Syria. Yet, they do not seem to be deterred by this little difference and are bonding in a big way in economic cooperation to mutual benefit. Chinese Prime Minister […]
Brutality at the border
Leading Indian newspaper ‘The Hindu’ has asked India to make an “unreserved apology” to Bangladesh for Border Security Force’s brutal torture of a Bangladeshi man shown in a recent video. Source: Op Ed, The Hindu. New Delhi needs to make an unreserved apology to Bangladesh for the brutal conduct of […]
Memogate: Despite assurances, Mansoor Ijaz refuses to come to Pakistan
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: January 24, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Despite assurances on full security from the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, Pakistani-American […]
Europe at war with Iran
Source: Asia Times. By Pepe Escobar No one ever lost money betting on the foolishness of European Union (EU) politicos. And if you are an oil trader, rejoice – all the way to the bank; as expected, EU foreign ministers – meekly following the Barack Obama administration – have given […]
Peres writes song for Ethiopian community
Ynetnews: President puts his concerns in writing in wake of racist acts against Israelis of Ethiopian descent, asks musician Idan Raichel to compose music On the backdrop of recent acts of racism against Israel’s Ethiopian community, President Shimon Peres recently visited the Amit Reshit School in Jerusalem, where children of […]
Ethiopian Israelis Protest for Freedom
Huffington Post Ethiopian Israelis marched by the thousands in Jerusalem today in the late afternoon from the Knesset Parliament to the city’s center against a blazing setting sun. In one […]
Punjab Assembly passes resolution to ban ‘objectionable’ concerts
Courtesy: Tribune: LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a ban on organising ‘objectionable’ music concerts in private and public academic institutions. The move comes weeks after three students were […]
Anonymous ‘threatens’ to take down Facebook in Operation Global Blackout
Source Russian TV: Following a massive attack waged Thursday on several government and entertainment industry websites, hacktivists with Anonymous continued their assault over the weekend, momentarily taking CBS.com offline. The next target very well might be Facebook. The shut-down of the file sharing site Megaupload last week prompted thousands of […]
How to Integrate Europe’s Muslims
Courtesy Op ED: NY Times: By JONATHAN LAURENCE: TWO weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand after a 30-year-old truck driver, Wissam El-Yamni, was […]
More weaponry will not help the Arabs
January 24, 2012 02:20 AM By Raja Kamal The Daily Star, Lebanon The Obama administration recently concluded a deal to sell $30 billion in sophisticated weapons to Saudi Arabia, including 84 F-15 fighter jets. Not to be left behind, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his first visit to Saudi […]
France urges Turkey not to overreact to genocide law
PARIS: France urged Turkey not to overreact on Tuesday after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. Speaking on Canal+ television Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, who was personally against the move, said […]
The farce of United Nations reforms
By RAMZY BAROUD, ARABNEWS US campaign against UN bodies does not represent a genuine democratic endeavor The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization. While UN reforms are welcomed, if not […]
Saudi female driver who defied ban dies in fatal accident
A Saudi woman who defied a driving ban in the kingdom was injured and her companion killed when their car overturned in the northern Hael province, a police spokesman said on Monday. “One woman was immediately killed and her companion who was driving the car was hospitalised after she suffered […]