Source: Times of India. To those blessed – or perhaps cursed, given the times we live in – with a long memory, Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival and the parallel and related Congress courtship of the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh are an eerie and discomforting throwback […]
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar China and Qatar have been taking virtually opposite positions apropos events in Libya and Syria. Yet, they do not seem to be deterred by this little difference and are bonding in a big way in economic cooperation to mutual benefit. Chinese Prime Minister […]
Leading Indian newspaper ‘The Hindu’ has asked India to make an “unreserved apology” to Bangladesh for Border Security Force’s brutal torture of a Bangladeshi man shown in a recent video. Source: Op Ed, The Hindu. New Delhi needs to make an unreserved apology to Bangladesh for the brutal conduct of […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: January 24, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Despite assurances on full security from the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, Pakistani-American […]
Source: Asia Times. By Pepe Escobar No one ever lost money betting on the foolishness of European Union (EU) politicos. And if you are an oil trader, rejoice – all the way to the bank; as expected, EU foreign ministers – meekly following the Barack Obama administration – have given […]
Ynetnews: President puts his concerns in writing in wake of racist acts against Israelis of Ethiopian descent, asks musician Idan Raichel to compose music On the backdrop of recent acts of racism against Israel’s Ethiopian community, President Shimon Peres recently visited the Amit Reshit School in Jerusalem, where children of […]
Huffington Post Ethiopian Israelis marched by the thousands in Jerusalem today in the late afternoon from the Knesset Parliament to the city’s center against a blazing setting sun. In one […]
Courtesy: Tribune: LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a ban on organising ‘objectionable’ music concerts in private and public academic institutions. The move comes weeks after three students were […]
Source Russian TV: Following a massive attack waged Thursday on several government and entertainment industry websites, hacktivists with Anonymous continued their assault over the weekend, momentarily taking CBS.com offline. The next target very well might be Facebook. The shut-down of the file sharing site Megaupload last week prompted thousands of […]
Courtesy Op ED: NY Times: By JONATHAN LAURENCE: 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 […]
January 24, 2012 02:20 AM By Raja Kamal The Daily Star, Lebanon The Obama administration recently concluded a deal to sell $30 billion in sophisticated weapons to Saudi Arabia, including 84 F-15 fighter jets. Not to be left behind, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his first visit to Saudi […]
PARIS: France urged Turkey not to overreact on Tuesday after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. Speaking on Canal+ television Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, who was personally against the move, said […]
By RAMZY BAROUD, ARABNEWS US campaign against UN bodies does not represent a genuine democratic endeavor The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization. While UN reforms are welcomed, if not […]
A Saudi woman who defied a driving ban in the kingdom was injured and her companion killed when their car overturned in the northern Hael province, a police spokesman said on Monday. “One woman was immediately killed and her companion who was driving the car was hospitalised after she suffered […]
by Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch Switzerland may be a rich country, but there are still many “working poor” – people who work but are under the poverty line – a situation […]
Immigration official says the deported violated visa regulations by preaching around the country. Source: Aljazeera. Sri Lanka has ordered a group of 161 foreign Islamic preachers to leave the country, […]
The term “Islamophobia” was first introduced as a concept in a 1991 Runnymede Trust Report and defined as “unfounded hostility towards Muslims, and therefore fear or dislike of all or […]
Source: Dawn Author: Syed Amir THE separation of religion and state is grounded in the first amendment of the US constitution and has long been recognised as a guiding principle. Thomas […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=politics/2012/01/23/bts-rand-paul-tsa-incident.cnn (CNN) — Authorities blocked U.S. Sen. Rand Paul at Nashville International Airport on Monday after the Kentucky Republican refused a pat-down at a security checkpoint, his spokeswoman said. Paul […]
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/312082053.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=H07707%2CH07707http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/46547232.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=H07707BRUSSELS — European finance ministers increased pressure on Greek bondholders to take voluntary losses to ease the region’s debt crisis late Monday and took new steps to complete action on a new bailout fund as the International Monetary Fund had urged. The ministers backed efforts by Greece to keep the […]