UN human rights body backs French Sikhs on turbans
BBC: A Sikh man in France has won the backing of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in his fight over religious headgear. It said France was violating Sikhs’ religious […]
Wikipedia to go Offline on Wednesday to protest against SOPA
Wikipedia is the latest web entity that has decided to take down their site voluntarily on Wednesday to protest against the SOPA bill. The bill, which will affect a broad spectrum of items related to piracy, privacy and freedom of expression – has raised concerns from all corners of the […]
Elderly Germans intensify their battle against Neo-Nazis
Wielding just nail-polish remover, a camera and an “Against Nazis” tote bag, Irmela Mensah-Schramm is a one-of-a-kind fighter against Germany’s increasingly threatening far-right scene. She works alone but is one of a growing number of grassroots activists stepping in to what they says is the gulf left by the authorities. […]
Iran’s ‘morality police’ crackdown on the sale of Barbie dolls
TEHRAN—Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on […]
WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE?
Extreme modesty, or freedom gone wild? Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think. Anne Kingston No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, […]
UK scientists find ‘lost’ Darwin fossils
LONDON (AP) — British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years. Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled upon the glass slides […]
As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
Courtesy Washington Post: In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right […]
Eurozone’s ‘big bazooka’ bail-out fund is left in tatters by S&P downgrade
Courtesy The Daily Telegraph: The EFSF, which is tasked with supporting indebted countries, was itself hobbled as S&P gave it a AA+ rating, reflecting the downgrade of France and eight […]
India’s Black hole: A bleak fate for Delhi’s vanishing children
Russian Television: Frightening statistics from Delhi’s police have revealed that 13 children go missing in the city each day. Many end up as slaves or are forced to work in the sex industry in a city which is now India’s undisputed kidnapping capital. With almost 17 million people packed into […]
Learning to Be Lean
As one of the many outgrowths of the sweeping federal health care law, health insurers and employers must now pay the cost of screening children for obesity and providing them with appropriate counseling. With about one in three children in the United States obese or overweight, according to government statistics, […]
Ahmadiyya Youth, promoting peace one town at a time.
Source: Niagara This Week A Muslim youth group will be hosting an open house at the Grimsby Public Library this Saturday. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada has been promoting peace, condemning terrorism and dispelling myths about Islam as part of a national campaign for the past year. The […]
Perceived as evil: Pakistan, US, Israel & China
The Fourth and Final Axis of Evil Analysis Recently, I was at a seminar in the Netherlands where I met a young Israeli diplomat who thought one of Israel’s biggest external perception challenges was that the country was seen as under-developed. It was a polite and small gathering, but with […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Why You Should Get More Sleep
Getting up early is a common trait among CEOs, but don’t get carried away. Not getting enough sleep can lead to weight gain, cancer and other adverse consequences described in the following infographic (via Barry Ritholtz). And 93% of people don’t get enough sleep. Although the infographic is effectively an ad for […]
Kazakh ruling party wins landslide in early results
France 24: AFP – The ruling party of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev won 80.74 percent of the vote in snap elections, retaining its dominant grip on parliament, early results showed Monday. Nur Otan will be joined in parliament by the pro-business Ak Zhol (Bright Path) party, which polled 7.46 percent, and […]
Our country(France) is ready to offer Russia the most advanced weapons
Pravda Ru: France is satisfied with its contract with Russia for the supply of helicopter carriers of Mistral type and is ready to continue the cooperation in military-technical sphere. In particular, the French party promises this year to issue a contract to build the third and fourth helicopter. “After selling […]
Muslims Join Christians in Church Service
As a deliberate step to rebuild confidence and heal the festering relationship between adherents of the two major religions in the country following attacks by Boko Haram on places of worship, Muslims in Kano Sunday visited churches and worshipped with Christians to foster religious tolerance. Leader of the Muslims, who […]
Christianity has killed our Culture – Eze Asor
Source / Courtesy: His Royal Highness Eze I.O Asor, Udi 1 of Obudi Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area Imo State is a culture enthusiasts and one who believes in the protection of culture. But thirteen years after he took over as the chief custodian of his peoples culture, many thought that by now every […]
Ahmadiyah in Yogyakarta Under Surveillance by MUI Branch
Mainstream Islamic leaders in Yogyakarta are claiming the right to oversee the activities of Ahmadiyah groups after local adherents of the sect were threatened by an angry mob on Friday. “We will continue to supervise all activities of GAI [Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movement] and Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia,” the head of the […]
Bird flu update – After successful culling of birds in Keranga authorities focus on Nalabana forest
Odisha: Forest officials from Chilika bird sanctuary were alarmed after outbreak of birdflu in Keranga village in the district of Khordha. A special team is now monitoring the situation in the core areas of Nalabana forest, place of habitation for reeds and migratory birds. During their observation, the team identified […]
Coalition meeting: PM Gilani proposes to step down
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 16, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has offered to step down in the wake of the worsening political […]