US Marine faces 3 months at most for Haditha killings
AFP | Jan 25,2012 | 23:52 JORDAN TIMES CAMP PENDLETON, California — A US soldier accused over the deaths of 24 Iraqis faced a sentence Tuesday of three months at […]
Foreign firms after luring Saudis into forex markets leave them in the lurch
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 25, 2012 01:39 Updated: Jan 25, 2012 01:39 RIYADH: Foreign exchange companies in Saudi Arabia are increasingly trying to lure individual investors by tempting them with credit coverage of up to 400 percent of their targets’ capital. They also promise to expand their financial portfolios, […]
‘Embracing Islam is the best deal I made in the Kingdom’
By WALAA HAWARI | ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 25, 2012 01:39 Updated: Jan 25, 2012 01:39 US businessman and pilot calls for efforts to project true image of his new religion RIYADH: Just after spending one month in the Kingdom, where he was treated with kindness in a spiritual atmosphere, […]
Ravil Bukharaev No More: Poet, Author, Human par Excellence
Ravil Bukharaev, Tatar national, an internationally acclaimed author, poet and religious scholar died yesterday in London. He was a great spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Islam in Russia and a lovely human being. Below is […]
Go With Your Gut — Intuition Is More Than Just A Hunch, Says New Research
ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2008) — Most of us experience ‘gut feelings’ we can’t explain, such as instantly loving – or hating – a new property when we’re househunting or the snap judgements we make on meeting new people. Now researchers at Leeds say these feelings – or intuitions – are real […]
How To Hide All Your Deepest Darkest Secrets On Facebook’s Confusing New Profile Page
Whether you like it or not, you’ll soon be forced to use Facebook’s new profile page called Timeline. Timeline is a ton of fun to use since it lets you dig into your past and relive funny moments in your life, but this also means Timeline brings about a host of […]
When It Comes to Accepting Evolution, Gut Feelings Trump Facts
ScienceDaily (Jan. 19, 2012) — For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive “gut feeling” may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive notion of how right an […]
Canadians flocking to Mexico despite deadly drug war
Source: National Post …Canadians aren’t afraid of Mexico, despite hand-wringing over the questionably safety of the country that’s embroiled in a drug conflict. If anything, tourism is growing. Travelers continue […]
Lifelong Brain-Stimulating Habits Linked to Lower Alzheimer’s Protein Levels
Credit to: Science Daily A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, provides even more reason for people to read a book or do a puzzle, and to make such activities a lifetime habit. Brain scans revealed that people with no symptoms of Alzheimer’s who engaged […]
Britain escalates warning to Iran over Gulf oil lanes
Britain escalated its warnings to Iran on Tuesday over its threats to close the oil lanes of the Gulf by declaring that additional naval forces were lined up to defend […]
France rules out early withdrawal from Afghanistan
Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, has said France would not give in to “panic” and pull its troops out of Afghanistan this year after four of its soldiers were […]
Salman Rushdie decries India’s failure to protect free speech at Jaipur literary festival
Salman Rushdie has launched a fierce attack on the Indian government for pandering to extremist Muslim groups and failing to protect freedom of speech after threats of violence forced him […]
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross, History channel Documentary
How can a religion of love, compassion and turning the other cheek be periodically hijacked for the purposes of Crusades? This is a history, which everyone of us needs to […]
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists have seized control of Libyan town Bani Walid
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists have seized control of Libyan town, officials and fighters say BENGHAZI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan city and raised the ousted regime’s […]
Gene Therapy That Could Correct Retinitis Pigmentosa
Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Could Correct a Common Form of Blindness Science Daily(Jan. 23, 2012) — A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the […]
Human Empowerment Through Female Education.
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Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/900231252.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707About one million homeowners facing foreclosure could have their mortgage burden cut by about $20,000 each as part of a long-awaited deal taking shape among state attorneys general, federal officials and the nation’s largest mortgage servicers. But a final agreement remained out of reach Monday despite political pressure from the […]
How to Integrate Europe’s Muslims
Source: NY Times Op Ed. By JONATHAN LAURENCE, Associate professor, Boston College. TWO weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand after a 30-year-old truck driver, Wissam El-Yamni, was roughed up and then died while in police custody. The uproar underscored the hostility of […]
Memogate: Mansoor Ijaz given final chance, summoned on February 9
Source: Express Tribune The Pakistan-American businessman, who is one of the central characters of the Memogate scandal, has twice denied coming to Pakistan to record his statement before the commission. ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal has given Mansoor Ijaz one final chance and has summoned the Pakistan-American businessman […]
In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims
Source: Newyork Times: An Islamic flag atop the White House in “The Third Jihad.” Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the […]