Book of the Week: Manji – Another Pawn Advanced
A so-called ‘insider’ exposed by Ansar Raza All religions, Islam being no exception, must confront the severe criticism of its teachings. In the past 14 centuries many Orientalists, based on […]
Religious Beliefs Battle Hypertension, Norwegian Study of Church Attendance Suggests
ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2011) — Does a belief in God confer any health benefits? With the help of a large Norwegian longitudinal health study called HUNT, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were able to find a clear relationship between time spent in church and lower blood […]
The Only Seven Countries In The World Where Facebook Isn’t The Most Popular Social Network
Facebook is on its way to global domination, but there are still seven major markets where it is not the leading social network, according to a new report from comScore. We’ve included charts showing how Facebook compares to its rivals in these markets. Before you click through to take a look, […]
These Landscape Sculptures Were Carved From Old Books
Contemporary artist Guy Laramee has a talent for transforming the pages of thick books into beautiful natural landscapes and historical scenes. The skilled excavator, who is also an accomplished music composer, stage writer and director, and painter has created two series of carved books, titled The Great Wall and Biblios, that provide incredible […]
Mystery of disappearing 3.5 ton underwater statue off Italian coast
Italian police are trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of a 3.5 ton statue of a saint which has stood on the seabed off the coast of Calabria since 2007. […]
Dutch floods threatening dyke forces mass evacuation
Dutch soldiers and police evacuated 800 residents from a northern area of the Netherlands where an inland dyke has started leaking and is at risk of breaking after heavy rains. […]
God’s more than a watchmaker
By Christopher Howse How a misapprehension of the New Atheists has been exploded. I’ve just read a book only because it was reviewed enthusiastically by Sir Anthony Kenny, the philosopher and former Master of Balliol. What might have stopped me otherwise was the facetious abuse that often seeps out of […]
Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – New website launched
source: http://www.persecutionofahmadis.org/ Introduction Introduction to Section PERSECUTION ARCHIVES and Index This section contains a Chronology of important events that involved persecution, a sub-section of facts and figures in a tabulated form, a file of official documents relevant to persecution, a repository of other important documents and another one of […]
Discussion on blasphemy stifled in Punjab Assembly
Source: Express Tribune: Women chant slogans in favour of late Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s assassin, Mumtaz Qadri during a Sunni Tehrik rally in Islamabad on January 4. PHOTO: ZAFAR ASLAM/EXPRESS LAHORE: Days after religious groups protested in Lahore against the death sentence awarded to former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s murder Mumtaz […]
After ugly attacks on Jerusalem mosque, a ‘Good Samaritan’ emerges
Amidst a series of audacious attacks carried out apparently by young Israeli settlers this week, one of the extremists’ targets stood out. It was a site I’d never heard of right in the centre of the city: The Nebi Akasha mosque, built more than 800 years ago. They spray-painted on the outside stone walls […]
Finding God everywhere in Lebanon
By Michael Young The Daily Star, Lebanon Readers will forgive me if I use a personal milestone as the premise for what follows. The year 2012 marks 20 years since […]
Hezbollah says Syria attack part of U.S. plan
BEIRUT: Hezbollah described Friday’s suicide bombing in Damascus as part of a larger U.S. plan to destabilize the country, while Lebanon’s foreign minister said the explosion was the beginning of […]
Assembly of Muslims in Nigeria (AMIN) tasks Nigerians on tolerance
The Chairman of AMIN, Sheik Ibrahim Saleh quoting various portions of the Qur’an, the Assembly denounced the Christmas bomb attacks and killing of innocent souls under any guise, saying “ Islam has prohibited any assault on souls, organs and bloodshed. “Islam also ordains the protection of the brain, one’s dignity, lineage, […]
Is Rick Santorum completely or partially wrong?
By Dean Obeidallah reported by CNN ” Plainly put, Rick Santorum wants to convert our current legal system into one that requires our laws to be in agreement with religious law, not unlike what the Taliban want to do in Afghanistan. Santorum is not hiding this. The only reason you may not […]
U.S. Economy Gains Steam as 200,000 Jobs Are Added
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/930519716.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=H07707The United States added 200,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, a robust figure indicating that the economic recovery may finally be building up a head of steam. The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, from a revised 8.7 percent in November, the government […]
Violent clash in Karachi: Live updates
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 6, 2012 Video URL v below KARACHI: A rally of protestors led by the People’s Aman Committee has been stopped near Shaheen Complex, to proceed further on Friday, Express News reported. A heavy contingent of law enforcers has been deployed to […]
Israeli court upholds contentious ‘Naqba’ law
JERUSALEM — Israeli human rights groups said Thursday that the country’s Supreme Court had rejected their petition to overturn a contentious law penalising Arab mourning of the Jewish state’s founding. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Israeli Arab rights organisation Adalah said in a statement that the […]
Sandals and Solidarity: Why Indonesians Are Using Flip-flops as Symbols of Protest
The wheels of justice stumbled over a pair of flip-flops this week in Indonesia, where a 15-year-old was tried and found guilty on Wednesday for stealing a pair of worn-out […]
Jimmy Carter: the Role Played by Faith
Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, founder of the Carter Center and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He has authored many books, the most recent being “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations […]
As currency crisis and feud with West deepen, Iranians brace for war: A Fire that can Engulf the World
Washington post: By Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, Friday, January 6, 9:06 AM TEHRAN — At a time when U.S. officials are increasingly confident that economic and political pressure alone may succeed in curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the mood here has turned bleak and belligerent as Iranians prepare grimly for […]