Consumer Confidence Rose More Than Forecast
Confidence among U.S. consumers rose in December to the highest level in eight months as an improving job market helped regain all the ground lost following the mid-year government budget battle and credit-rating downgrade. The Conference Board’s index increased to 64.5, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg News survey and […]
Israel’s Top 20 Greatest Inventions of All Time
Indispensable Israeli inventions are being displayed and demonstrated at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem. Israel’s top inventions highlighted at the exhibition include: Netafim smart drip micro-irrigation, Ormat geothermal power […]
What’s Wrong With a Javanese President?
I read an opinion article published recently in Jakarta Globe and was compelled to write this blog in response to the survey that showed only 19 percent of respondents believed […]
President Zardari had chosen not to submit reply in Memogate case: CJ
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 27, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while hearing the Memogate case on Tuesday, said that the […]
Two natures of Jesus: another Christian mystery!
By Zia H Shah MD If one tries to genuinely understand or conceptualize the dual or hybrid nature of Jesus rationally, one is likely to be led to the truth, away from Trinitarian faith to Unitarianism, be it Christianity, Judaism or Islam. Jesus is a man and God the father […]
Ignatius of Antioch: One of the Pioneers of Contradictory belief system of Trinitarian Christianity
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abstract In logical terms Jesus cannot be man and God at the same time. Like a man cannot […]
The Whole Family Under One Roof?
Source: NY Times. Hulton Archive/Getty Images A Victorian family circa 1860. If you’re like many Americans, you have just spent a few days in close quarters with your parents, grandchildren, siblings, etc. You’re ready to go home, or ready for them to go home. But for a growing number of […]
North Africa may emerge as new ‘theatre of jihad’
Source: TOI on Line LONDON: North Africa could emerge as a new “theatre of jihad” with the handful of remaining top al-Qaida leaders shifting base from Pakistan and Afghanistan to countries like Libya, top British officials have warned. More:
Pakistan mulls sacking army chief Kayani and ISI boss Pasha: Report
source: TOI on Line The Pakistan government is unhappy with Kayani, currently on a three-year extension, and Pasha, who received a one-year extension in service last year. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of powerful army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja […]
Jewish gender segregation campaign turns violent
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — Clashes erupted on Monday between police and several hundred ultra-Orthodox Jews from a town near Jerusalem who are campaigning for men and women to be segregated, […]
US goat chooses freedom over Nativity role
By ASSOCIATED PRESS FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota: A goat that apparently didn’t want to be part of a Minnesota Nativity scene has headed for greener pastures. The 3-year-old Angora goat was […]
NATO fears resurgent Germany
RT News: Although Germany and Russia have developed into modern democracies with free-market systems, NATO still fears the revival of the former Nazi and Soviet states, says Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin, Russia’s former Permanent Representative to NATO, told officers of the Aerospace Forces in the restricted area of […]
Efforts to spread message of Qur’an emphasized
By MD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has taken the Holy Qur’an as its constitution and exerts all possible […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help Pakistan rebuild water networks
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in Riyadh on Monday with the local chapter of UNICEF to rebuild a massive water supply network in Pakistan devastated by ravaging floods. The move follows an instruction from Crown Prince Naif, deputy prime minister and interior […]
‘Currency Wars’ destroying dollar: Will a real war keep it going?
USA Today: Jon Rosen: As he argues in his new book, Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, QE is an “exercise in deception” that offers little chance of promoting long-term economic recovery. Worse, it has left the dollar highly vulnerable to speculation and, ultimately, a cataclysmic crash. […]
Anger in Tahrir as Islamists abandon protest movement
CAIRO — Of the dozens of political forces and youth movements that have converged onto Tahrir Square in recent days to protest ongoing military rule in Egypt, the greatest impact was made by the ones not present. Amidst the dozens of political parties, movements and coalitions that took part in […]
Newly recovered court files cast doubt on Gingrich version of first divorce
Source / Courtesy: CNN Carrollton, Georgia (CNN) — Newt Gingrich claims that it was his first wife, not Gingrich himself, who wanted their divorce in 1980, but court documents obtained by CNN appear to show otherwise. The Republican presidential candidate, now in his third marriage, has been peppered with attacks and […]
Islam in China
This is reproduced from Wikipedia to ensure its longevity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Huaisheng Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in the world, built by Muhammad‘s maternal uncle, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas Islam in China History[show] Major figures[show] Culture[show] Cities/Regions[show] Groups[show] v d e Throughout the history […]