Veil issue is out of control: LETTER OF THE DAY
By: Maidah Ahmad Source: the Barrie Examiner (Re: ‘Canada gets it right with veil rules’ in the Dec. 13 edition of the Examiner) I believe in modesty and therefore I […]
Lower House of Indian Parliament Passes Anticorruption Measure
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — After a day of high political theater, India’s Parliament moved closer on Tuesday to […]
IVF clinics ‘are ripping off desperate couples’
Fertility clinics are charging women who want to have children three times the actual cost of their treatment – with the NHS as guilty as private practitioners in exploiting desperate couples. The accusation comes from the fertility pioneer Lord Robert Winston, who today launches […]
Birthplace of Jesus: site of clashes
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News It was when clergymen of three groups convened to clean a holy shrine dedicated as birthplace of Jesus Christ that a brawl broke out when […]
Italy’s Borrowing Costs Drop Sharply at Auction
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/19338825.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/b3/0/3/0806180/498452523.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707LONDON — Italy’s short-term borrowing costs were halved Wednesday at an auction of government bills, easing the immediate pressure on the country’s economy. The sale of €9 billion, or $11.8 billion, of six-month Treasury bills was seen as the first post-holiday pointer to condition of the beleaguered euro zone. Read […]
Picture of the Day: Siberian tigers in NE China
Courtesy / Source: China Daily Visitors watch from a bus as Siberian tigers try to catch a chicken at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. View […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta Helps L-Istrina 2011
Source / Courtesy: Ahmadiyya Malta Laiq Ahmad Atif, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta presented a donation of 500 Euro to His Excellency Dr. George Abela, the President of Malta, in […]
France 24 TV: The most striking videos of 2011
The first video is the murder of Ahmadis in Indonesia in February 2011. It is very sad that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has to be among these sad videos. see here
Unhappyness created by the internet – and murder …
Physician indicted for manslaughter in stabbing death of Ukrainian wife Reported by Rana Husseini | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Criminal Court Prosecutor Ramzi Nawayseh on Tuesday charged a 27-year-old physician with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of his Ukrainian wife a day earlier, official sources said. The suspect, […]
Israeli Girl, 8, at Center of Tension Over Religious Extremism
She is Naama Margolese, 8, the daughter of American immigrants who are observant modern Orthodox Jews. An Israeli weekend television program told the story of how Naama had become terrified of walking to her elementary school here after ultra-Orthodox men spit on her, insulted her and called her a prostitute […]
Ajl — a dance for wedding day
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Ajl is a dance form that originated from seafaring people of the western coast of Madinah and Makkah but now is confined to […]
Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) will continue to follow Salafist ideology: Prince Naif
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, opened a symposium on “Salafism: A Shariah approach and a national demand,” organized by the Imam Muhammad […]
Iran Threatens to Choke Vital Route of Oil Shipments: Drums of War sounding
NY Times: A senior Iranian official on Tuesday delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying his country would retaliate against any crackdown by blocking all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for transporting about one-fifth of the […]
Zardari refuses to bow out, says ‘want to make history’
Source: TOI on Line. ISLAMABAD: Embattled Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday vowed to continue as the country’s head of the state despite the “fabricated crisis” built around him amid rising tensions with the powerful military establishment. “We want to make history, not headlines. I tell you politics – […]
Pillar of Germany’s Economic Miracle Founder of Otto Mail Order Chain Dies
Source: Spiegel Germany. DPA In this 2001 photo, Werner Otto stands in front of a Potsdam palace whose restoration he helped to fund. As a young man, Werner Otto dreamt of becoming a novelist. Instead he sold cigarettes and shoes, laying the cornerstone for what would become the world’s largest […]
The 19 Smartest People The World Has Ever Seen
The end of the year invites reflection, a look back to the mistakes we’ve made and the successes we’ve achieved. There is no question that a high IQ brings plenty of both. The following list has more than its share of tortured geniuses along with some ordinary folk doing their […]
Measure of Fear
Source: Spiegel Germany. Banks Bunker Hundreds of Billions in Deposits at ECB The Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt: Last week’s action to flood the financial markets with cash appears to have had little effect. Just before Christmas, the European Central Bank flooded the financial markets with 500 billion euros — […]
Floods in Visayas, Mindanao affect over 50,000—NDRRMC
MANILA, Philippines – More than 50,000 people throughout 12 provinces in Visayas and Mindanao were affected by rains and flooding coming from a low pressure area (LPA), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday morning. A total of 53,455 persons or 10,592 families were affected in […]
Islamic Law in Western Nations
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source of the article: The Muslim Sunrise By Azhar Ahmed Hussain: a Juris Doctor candidate at Hofstra University School of Law. Islamic law and western countries have a unique relationship that spans nearly 900 years, […]
Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or […]