The Muslim Times

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( Leave a comment )

Greece should give up budget control: Germany

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By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

Toronto teens send Lego man on a balloon odyssey 24 kilometres high

Source: The star.com. Neither Mathew Ho nor Asad Muhammad can vote, or buy beer. They haven’t been accepted to college yet, though that might change after this story. The 17-year-olds have already sent a (Lego) man into space. Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Legopassenger […]

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 9 Comments )

Israeli millionaire builds mosque in France

Jewish businessman Robert Harush who grew up in Ashkelon spends fortune on renovation of large Muslim house of worship in Montereau, in effort to promote co-existence. He grew up in […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

By A Q Farhat on January 29, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

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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 […]

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

By A Q Farhat on January 29, 2012 ( 18 Comments )

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 […]

By A Q Farhat on January 29, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

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 – […]

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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]

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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 […]

By Zia H Shah on January 29, 2012 ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

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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 […]

By Zia H Shah on January 28, 2012 ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

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