KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in Terengganu, Kelantan and Johor improved Tuesday allowing more victims to return home. In TERENGGANU, only 64 people remained at a relief centre as compared to 189 people in the morning. According to the state’s flood portal, the water levels at all major rivers in […]
Selayang, Malaysia – In the middle of Kampung Nakhoda, there is an unassuming three-storey building. Nothing about its humble stature makes it stand out from nearby houses, except for a council-erected signboard that clearly reads: “Qadiani Bukan Islam” (Qadianis are not Muslims). Youths mingle inside the building’s compound, warily observing […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, hearing the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) reference case on Tuesday, remarked that […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will take action against all relevant institutions if the […]
Various view points Compiled by Zubair Khan Former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani’s counsel Asma Jahangir told Dawn TV’s Matiullah Jan in a detailed interview of Jan 1, 2012 – view online at: http://bit.ly/uAofcx – that she had taken up the case because she found it a travesty that an individual […]
Source / Courtesy: Daily Times (Reuters) – New York police are investigating as bias crimes four Molotov cocktail attacks on Sunday night including one against a mosque with 75 people inside and another against a Hindu place of worship. No injuries were reported. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday […]
AMMAN — Several ancient archaeological sites in Jordan will be affected by the construction of the Red-Dead Water Conveyance Project, a recent report concluded. Many sites will potentially be affected […]
By islamic-arts.org Team Australian designer Peter Gould explores contemporary graphic design, digital art, photography and the rich visual & spiritual traditions of Islam. Peter embraced Islam in 2002 while studying […]
Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west London Cahal Milmo. Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the […]
RT: The rise of neo-Nazism across Europe has been progressing steadily, with Germany in particular seeing more and more young people being drawn to extreme-right groups. RT’s Egor Piskunov has been examining what is driving this dangerous trend. With a population of only 6,000, Zossen is a typical small German […]
NY Times: Today, the big children will eat, Cynthia, 15, and Guellor, 13. Tomorrow, it will be the turn of the little ones, Bénédicte, Josiane and Manassé, 3, 6, and 9. Of course, the small ones will fuss. “Yes, sure, they ask for food, but we don’t have any,” said […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Like it or not, but Islam and Christianity have been two missionary religions, which have been struggling to win […]
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011. My condolences to his family and friends. From here on any blunt […]
Source / Courtesy: 50-50 Inclusive Democracy Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic state has hijacked the […]
Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but […]
The Arab revolutions have altered perceptions of the region. The new regimes may have democratic foundations but they won’t look like anything the West or liberals may hope for, especially in Egypt. Still, even if they end up being governed or dominated by Islamist parties, the new regimes that have […]
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/111175477.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%2CH07707 Europe’s leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach. Saying that Europe was facing its “harshest test in decades,” Chancellor Angela Merkel […]
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune The year 2011 must rank as one of the worst years in the nation’s life. It began with the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and ended with the most internecine of politics to topple the incumbent government before its term in office via the memogate […]
One of your New Year’s resolutions is probably to better balance your professional life with your personal life. If not, it should be. So how do you accomplish this? Perhaps the easiest thing to do is move to a country where the locals are already very happy with their work-life […]