Russian spacecraft to crash to Earth on Sunday
The remainder of the crippled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is set to crash to Earth on Sunday following its botched mission to Mars, space experts have said. The minibus-sized Russian craft has […]
Shoppers pulled back at the holidays
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 […]
Ex-Arab League monitor slams Syria mission
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 […]
Muslim Groups Protect Christian Churches In Nigeria
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 […]
USA Supreme Court: Judges cannot get involved in church dispute
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 […]
Peaceful Co-existance: Important Message For Muslims, Christians
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, […]
Zardari Leaves for Dubai!
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 […]
Pyongyang to preserve Kim for posterity
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 […]
Washington’s ultimatum to Israel
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 […]
Dutch court orders block on file sharing site
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 […]
Israel upholds citizenship bar for Palestinian spouses
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 […]
Bridging the Religious Divide Between Muslims in Indonesia
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, […]
Petition in IHC seeks to preempt sacking of Kayani, Pasha
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 […]
Sabghatullah Shah Rashdi appointed new Pir Pagara
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, […]
New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils
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 […]
UK Government proposes anonymous CVs to end discrimination
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 […]
Mother Mary wants all Christians to be Muslims!
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. […]
Hormuz Straitjacket: US-Iranian standoff could result in all out war
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 […]
Kenya police, army abuse civilians: HRW
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 […]