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 […]
What is Morality?
Source / Courtesy: Muslim Sunrise By Lubna Roohi Malik The Holy Qur’an lays out three basic states of man. These three states separate man from animals and spiritual men from moral men. These three states are: the natural state, the moral state, and the spiritual state. Man begins in the […]
Outcries of Pakistani women
Source: Dawn Author: Faiza Mirza Amidst the clouds of political and economic turmoil looming over Pakistan, including fiascoes as big as “memogate scandal” and “President Zardari’s departure to UAE”, Pakistanis, […]
The Jordan River Peace Park Project – Peace through Environmental Protection
Source: Qantara The environmental organization Friends of the Earth Middle East is planning to set up a peace park on the banks of the River Jordan in the hope of […]
Hackers could hijack mobile phones
Source: The Local A tech expert has figured out a way that hackers could take control of mobile phones and make calls or send out unlimited numbers of text messages. More here…
France enjoys hottest year since 1900
This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said on Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm. […]
1,000 metal thefts every week as growing ‘menace’ blights Britain
Metal theft has reached “epidemic” proportions in Britain with more than 1,000 offences taking place every week, according to official figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph. The number of […]
COQ10 Supplement a way to extend fertility
CTV: A study presented earlier this year by Canadian researchers has created a bit of a buzz in the fertility world. The team reported that a supplement found in most […]
Ahmadi Muslim Engineers Providing Sustainable Electricty and Water to Rural Africa
The International Association of Ahmadi Architects and Engineers (IAAAE) is working to provide water and sustainable power to the poor regions of Africa. IAAAE has worked with world renowned organisations such as Water Aid and has helped over 600,000 people across Africa. IAAAE has initiated a new project across five […]
Faith and reason: an invitation to the Christians
Albert Einstein said, “The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.” “I do not feel […]
Unity of Allah, Mindfulness, Listening and Simplicity – Islam Ahmadiyya
A speech by Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah, Vice President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA at annual gathering of the community, West Coast USA Jalsa 2011. To watch other speeches in this […]