Source: New York Times: By DAVID BROOKS Published: January 30, 2012 I’ll be shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart.” I’ll be shocked if there’s another book that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society. Murray’s basic argument is not […]
Source: Spiegel on Line: Can Egypt Make Democracy Work? By Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr in Cairo Scott Nelson / DER SPIEGEL One year after the revolution, Egypt may have a parliament, but it still has a long way to go before it can call itself a true democracy. The […]
AMMAN/MAFRAQ — SOURCE: Jordan Times. by Taylor Luck So far, NGOs offer bulk of services but say cannot sustain them Officials are nearing the completion of Jordan’s first Syrian refugee […]
AFP | Jan 31,2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — The US Department of Defence cannot account for some $2 billion of Iraqi funds it spent, a report from a US […]
Written by Muhammad Azimul Haque When countries of Middle East who fought wars with Israel, have established links with the Jewish state, why should it remain a taboo for Indian Muslims […]
Source: Kincardine News – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada returned to Kincardine for their third straight year to teach the community about the values of Islam and the importance of the Virgin Mary over the weekend in an open house at the Kincardine Library. “In the media we hear […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday admitted that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and al Qaeda […]
Source: Qantara With his new book, Stefan Weidner would like to straighten out our simplified, cliché-ridden perception of Islam by looking at phenomena such as Sharia from an unusual perspective. […]
Source: Qantara Germany’s first Centre of Islamic Theology was recently opened at the University of Tübingen. The head of the centre is the Koranic expert Omar Hamdan, who so far […]
Source: Spiegel International The concentration of naval power in the Strait of Hormuz is heightening the risk of a fourth Gulf war, even though the show of force may be […]
The life of a homemaker is one that includes an endless amount of demands and to-dos. Depending on the size of the home and family, the position of homemaker can go well beyond the usual nine to five. We examined some of the tasks that a homemaker might do to find […]
Instead of going to the drugstore when you are coming down with a cold or the flu – why not try your local natural food store? According to The Medicine Hunter, Chris Kilham, these remedies will help you feel better quickly. 1. Eucalyptus Oil “Eucalyptus oil is the ultimate cold […]
MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — The need for a connection to other people is so powerful that being ignored by a stranger can make someone feel left out, according to a new study. People need to feel they are part of a group or connected to others in order […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would […]
TUESDAY, January 24, 2012 — Certain vaccines may not work as well in children who have been exposed to high levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), a family of chemicals used to make everything from microwave popcorn bags and pizza boxes to carpets and nonstick cookware, new research suggests. In a […]
WEDNESDAY, January 25, 2012 — Men in their 70s and 80s may be more likely than women of the same age to develop the memory loss and cognitive problems that often heraldAlzheimer’s disease, a new study has found. In the study, which appears in the journal Neurology, Mayo Clinic researchers examined […]
Finally, we’ve got some cold, hard stats on how badly banks are hurting from November’s Bank Transfer Day movement. A new report by Javelin Strategy & Research estimates a staggering 5.6 million big bank customers have switched banks in the last 90 days. Of those, the research firm says a cool 610,000 cited Bank […]
By M. ZUHDI JASSER The New York Post- January 30, 2012 Last week’s controversy over the NYPD’s showing of the documentary “The Third Jihad,” which I narrated, has brought horrendous distortion of the film and my body of work against radical Islam. It seems obvious that The New York Times, […]
Source: The Telegraph India has reported its first cases of “total drug-resistant tuberculosis,” a long-feared and virtually untreatable form the killer lung disease. Since 2003, highly resistant cases have been documented in Italy and Iran, mostly limited to impoverished areas and it has not spread widely. The airborne disease is […]
Article taken from Minaret Magazine (produced by Kerala Jamat), Jan.-Mar. 1992 Edition by Fuad A.J. The persons of Kerala recently had the opportunity to hear a first person account of […]