NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Consumers pulled back on their spending in December despite the holiday shopping season, according to a government report released Thursday. The Commerce Department report showed that overall retail sales rose only 0.1% compared to November — falling short of forecasts of economists surveyed by Briefing.com, who […]
By the CNN Wire Staff Damascus, Syria (CNN) — A former member of the Arab League monitoring team in Syria said he resigned from the mission because it is “providing […]
Source: By Liz Leslie – Muslim Voices Nigeria Groups of young Nigerians, made up largely of Muslims, protected churches in Minna Sunday during services to show interfaith unity. The Concerned […]
source / Courtesy: Yahoo News WASHINGTON (AP) — In a groundbreaking case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue […]
Source: LEADERSHIP (NIGERIA) In 628 AD, a delegation from St. Catherine’s Monastery came to Prophet Muhammed (SAW) and requested his protection. He responded by granting them a charter of rights, declaring: “This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullahi, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, […]
Source: Express Tribune Reports suggest president has gone on a scheduled one-day trip. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on a scheduled one-day trip on Thursday, local television stations reported, amid growing tension over a memo seeking US help in preventing a coup by the military. The […]
Source: Asiatimes Kim Jong-il’s passing in December could be good news for Russia’s “Lenin laboratory” of embalmers, which has preserved dead communist leaders ranging from Joseph Stalin to Ho Chi Minh. Lacking work lately, the team would happily construct a glass coffin for the North Korean Dear Leader in Kumsusan […]
A new work of fiction about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sounds at times a lot like fact. Haaretz: The President of the United States, haunted by troubles home and abroad, finally […]
Source: Reuters. Two Dutch internet service providers were ordered by the local court to block access to popular torrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay. The site posts torrents, which are links or sources of copies of unlicensed music, videos and software. The website’s users were violating copy right laws […]
BBC: The law is thought to have prevented thousands of Palestinians from living with their Israeli spouses Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a law banning Palestinians who marry Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship. Civil rights groups had petitioned the court to overturn the law, saying it was unconstitutional. “Human rights […]
Jakarta Globe: An angry mob torched an Islamic boarding school, an adjacent mosque and a row of houses in Sampang, East Java, last Thursday. In February last year, a pesantren, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: January 12, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Amid growing tensions between the civilian government and the military leadership, an unprecedented petition […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 12, 2012 Deceased Pir Pagara Shah Mardan Shah II’s eldest son Sabghatullah Shah Rashdi, also known as Raja Saen, […]
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press | AP – Sun, Jul 10, 2011.. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Muslim women would have to remove veils and show their faces to police on request or risk a prison sentence under proposed new laws in Australia’s most populous state that have drawn criticism […]
Courtesy: The Daily Telegraph: Many of the Britain’s biggest companies have backed a new pact designed by ministers to make the process of getting a job fairer. A key requirement of the deal to recruit “openly and fairly” will see companies increasingly ask for name-free CVs or application forms to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a chapter named after Mother Mary in the Holy Quran and its number is 19. […]
Courtesy Russian Television (RT): The cauldron of tension between Iran and the west is simmering. It seems a slightest increase of heat could cause it to boil over into an […]
Courtesy Press TV: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Kenyan security forces are abusing civilians and Somali refugees in the northeastern part of Kenya that borders famine-hit Somalia. “The crackdown has largely targeted Somali refugees and Kenyan ethnic Somalis, but residents of other ethnic backgrounds in North Eastern province have […]
Published: Jan 11, 2012 01:48 Updated: Jan 11, 2012 01:48 JEDDAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has renovated a 1,000-year-old mountainous path that links the holy city […]
By AGENCIES Published: Jan 12, 2012 00:38 Updated: Jan 12, 2012 00:45 UNITED NATIONS: Iran urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to condemn the latest […]