Muslim without sharia?
Source: Washington Post By Harris Zafar On Tuesday, January 17th, former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich said that the only way he would ever support a Muslim for the […]
Gilani contempt hearing: ‘Did not write letter because president has immunity’
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Agencies / Faisal Shakeel / Web Desk Published: January 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appeared before the Supreme Court on Thursday in […]
Tiny Qatar wielding powerful political punch
DOHA — From its startling winning bid to host the 2022 football World Cup and mediating roles in Middle East and African conflicts to its role leading Arab efforts to […]
Bangladesh military says it has thwarted officers’ attempt to overthrow government
Source: Washington Post, VOA & Business week DHAKA, Bangladesh — The Bangladesh military said Thursday it foiled a plot by a group of hardline officers, their retired colleagues and Bangladeshi conspirators living abroad to overthrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The coup attempt underscored tension between Hasina’s government and elements of […]
SR1.4 billion allocated for new projects in holy sites
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 Updated: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 MAKKAH: The Ministry of Rural and Municipal Affairs will this year implement development projects in the holy […]
The media consensus on Israel is collapsing
By JORDAN MICHAELSMITH, ARAB NEWS Across the political spectrum, once-taboo criticism is now common With Hamas and Fatah meeting in Cairo, reconciliation between the rival Palestinian political parties is likely only a matter of time. Official US policy holds that Hamas is only a terrorist entity, and any agreement between […]
Ghulam Azam sent to Jail for War Crime
Source: Daily Star Forty years after war of independence of Bangladesh, former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam was sent to jail yesterday on charges of committing crimes against humanity and peace, genocide and war crimes in 1971. Read more.
Why second marriage of mother is a taboo?
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 Updated: Jan 19, 2012 01:05 ALKHOBAR: Saudis don’t usually like it when their mother gets remarried. But when it comes to their father, no one has a problem. According to a report in Al-Riyadh Arabic daily, the sentiments that children have toward […]
Bangladesh Military foils coup plot
Source: AP. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Bangladesh military has foiled a plot by a group of hardline officers, their retired colleagues and Bangladeshi conspirators living abroad to overthrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a military spokesman announced Thursday. Read more.
Breast milk couriers help working mothers in Indonesia
Courtesy: Daily Times Pakistan: Nursing mothers in the Indonesian capital who have to return to work but want to keep feeding their babies have a novel service they can turn […]
Iran warns region against “dangerous” stance on Hormuz
(Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister warned Arab neighbors on Thursday not to put themselves in a “dangerous position” by aligning themselves too closely with the United States in the escalating […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community announcing a new website!
lislamForWest.org is the official website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to present Islam to the Christian, agnostic and atheist readers, in a user friendly fashion. In addition to the Homepage, […]
Islamic youth visits Weyburn.
Source: Weyburn Review – A group of young Muslims from Saskatoon gather on Weyburn’s boardwalk before setting off to some of Weyburn’s residential neighbourhoods on Saturday, where they went door-to-door in frigid temperature of -25C to talk about their religion. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada, Saskatoon […]
Which people are happiest?
Happiness doesn’t change much with age: …interviews with representative samples of people of all ages reveal that no time of life is notably happier or unhappier than others…. Source: “Who is happy?” from Psychological Science Men and women are about equal overall. Women show more highs and lows but the […]
Science at the grass roots
IN an article ‘Neutrinos and Angels’ he wrote for a national daily, Prof Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of Pakistan’s leading scientists, quotes the late Carl Sagan, America’s well-known astronomer, astrophysicist, and science communicator. Sagan told Bible Belt Americans: “Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during […]
Scientists planning to take a picture of a Black Hole
Source: Discovery News. Since light cannot escape the gravitational pull of a black hole, taking a picture of it – is not realistic. However, scientists are working towards planning to capture a picture of ‘event horizon’ – the swirl of energy and matter around the black hole. Read more.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women continue protests against segregation in Jerusalem
(WNN) BREAKING Jerusalem, Israel: The women sit in the front instead of the back as they are supposed to here. Some followers of ultra-Orthodox Judaism believe men and women should be separated in public, although it is illegal under Israeli law. Women who challenge segregation have been insulted and spat […]
France’s Armenia genocide bill faces setback
Rfi France. The Senate’s Laws Commission rejected the bill on grounds that it was inadmissible, with 23 votes for, nine against and eight abstentions. On Monday, a plenary session will vote on the commission’s decision, however most of the senators likely to oppose the bill are expected to abstain. The […]
Orthodox iconoclast
In Blu Greenberg’s dream world, everyone appreciates what a tremendous democracy Israel is. They marvel at how inclusive a religion Judaism is. But then this woman, who is as famous for her book How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household as she is her work as founding president of the […]
Breakthrough deal to empower women working from homes
RIYADH: An agreement enabling Saudi women to work for private sector companies from their own homes was signed in Riyadh on Monday under the supervision of the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC). The agreement between Glowork, a Saudi led project to empower women, and EXA Information Systems, was signed at […]