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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Credit NY Times as referred by Imam Wasim Saroya. ONE year after the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military is closing down civil society organizations and trying to manipulate the constitution-writing process to serve its narrow interests. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, where the military has also held sway […]
TRIPOLI — Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, defying radical Salafi Muslims pressuring them to scrap the centuries-old tradition. Chanting hymns to the beat of drums and cymbals, marchers choked the narrow alleys of the walled old […]
Source: This is not the Muslim Times’ original but the source is not available online since publication Celebrating in an event of happiness to express joy is quite human. That […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Controversy surrounding the Shafia murder trial prompted imams from across Canada and the U.S. to issue a moral ruling Saturday officially condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as “un-Islamic.” Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, including a handful of […]
Source/Credit: bdnews24.com Dhaka, Feb 4 (bdnews24.com) – Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said that if any major terrorist attack happens in Bangladesh, it would be rooted in London. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the Awami League executive council at Ganabhaban, the party’s acting secretary general said, […]
Source/Credit: Timesunion.com Fatima Akbar, center, marches with her son Shafiyu, 11, left, and Ayesha Mohammed, right, towards the New York Police Department headquarters during a rally asking for the resignation of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne, in a demand for independent community control of the NYPD, […]
Associated Press CAIRO—The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly soccer riot rose to 11 on Saturday, according to a field doctor and a security official, as demonstrators in Cairo kept up their calls for an end to military rule and […]
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CAIRO – The justice minister of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate has been facing fierce criticism from different politicians over his recent remarks about the possibility of applying Shari`ah laws […]
ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2008) — A new article in the journal Communication, Culture & Critique illustrates the ways some college students bear the costs of silence-mediated racialized communication in their everyday classroom activities. Specifically, the essay shows that White privilege enables racially laden communication that regenerates, albeit unintentionally, the social exclusion […]
Everyone knows by now that the US is facing difficult choices. Depending on what assumptions you use, the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare are between $50 and $80 trillion and rising. It really doesn’t matter, as there is no way that much money can be found, given the […]
Early polls showing that he is second or third in Nevada Caucus today, February 4, 2012. I just heard a remarkable speech on by Ron Paul on MSNBC, emphasizing […]
Heavy snow and ice has raised fears of transport chaos on Sunday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and disruption expected on the roads. At Heathrow 350 flights – a third of today’s total – were called off on Saturday even before the forecast snow began, while Gatwick also warned it […]