Shareef Odeh , Amir, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Kababir, Israel, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and presenting him a copy of the Holy Quran: Shareef Odeh also presented the Pope a […]
Maulana Naseem Mehdi gave the invocation during the opening of session at the House of Representatives in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Mehdi is the national vice […]
Angelina Jolie has aroused praise and criticism in Bosnia with her first film as a director, a story of love and war set during the bloody Balkans conflict. She is […]
Britain’s fishermen have condemned a European Union deal on fishing which will keep their boats tied up for longer as a “bitter blow” to the industry. Although the British fishing […]
David Cameron warned the Church of England that it must keep to an “agenda that speaks to the whole country” as he said Britain should be proud to be a […]
By Antoine Ghattas Saab The Daily Star, Lebanon The Vatican is engaged in an attempt to resolve the nine-month-old crisis in Syria, while the United States is preparing to strike […]
Heartland Theatre has announced open auditions for its upcoming production of Theresa Rebeck’s “Mauritius,” a play about two sisters, three shady men, and some very valuable stamps. Auditions are scheduled for Tuesday, December 20, and Wednesday, December 21, from 6:30 to 9 pm at Heartland Theatre. In the play, half-sisters Jackie and Mary have […]
The need for ” Justice” cries out in the heart of every man – no gender bias meant. In a world fraught with violence, lucky those who live in a country whose such need pass through a Court of Law.But no man becomes poorer in his soul than the one […]
watch the video This 10 year old Ahmadi Muslim girl, Sitara Burooj Akbar, from Rabwah Pakistan has broken world record by passing GCSE (O’Level) Biology at such a young age. The same little girl also holds the honour of becoming youngest Pakistani girl ever to pass GCSE Chemistry. She received […]
Source: New Yorktimes as intimated by Nasim Malik of Sweeden. It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression. True, it’s not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that’s cold comfort. Unemployment in both America and Europe remains disastrously high. Leaders and institutions are […]
The Jakarta Post JAKARTA: The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) says it wants to develop a digital “i-mosque” network to expand the role of the nation’s mosques. “It is an effort to build an Islamic civilization,” ICMI chairman Ilham Akbar Habibie said on Thursday as quoted by as quoted by […]
Catholic shrine vandalized in Surakarta, priests call for calm The Jakarta Post, Surakarta, Central Java The Sendang Pawitra Sinar Surya Catholic shrine in Tawangmangu, Surakarta, Central Java, was vandalized by […]
As many as eight people have been killed and 299 others injured in Egypt’s capital Cairo, where Egyptian Army rulers are cracking down on the protesters demanding an end to military rule in the country. The casualties were caused on Friday in clashes between the police and protesters. Activists said […]
NY Times: “The rivers flooded and washed through villages,” said Col. Leopoldo Galon, a military spokesman. “Soldiers conducting search-and-rescue operations are finding bodies in all areas, in homes, rivers, off shore, in the street. Casualties are everywhere.” The flooding was triggered by tropical storm Washi, which hit the southern Philippine […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Irfan Ghauri Published: December 17, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Amidst a rapidly-shifting and charged political scenario, the prime minister and the army chief held […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com Ijaz rejected the claim of James Jones of his ignorance over the presentation of the memo by the Hussain Haqqani to the Admiral Mike Mullen. – File Photo KARACHI: American businessman Mansoor Ijaz said on Saturday that former US national security adviser […]
Thirty-three women in Chile have shut themselves in a mine after a government jobs programme that helped the victims of last February’s earthquake ended. The women, in an echo of the story of the 33 trapped and then rescued miners, went into a former coal mine 500km (300 miles) south […]
Vietnam has made remarkable progress toward gender equality but important gender differences still remain, according to the latest World Bank report. The “Vietnam Country Gender Assessment” analyzed and evaluated gender issues in Vietnam in three aspects: Poverty and Well Being, Employment and Livelihoods and Political Participation.
Sahar Al-Shamrani, By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Sahar Al-Shamrani from the Eastern Province is preparing to be the first Saudi woman to travel to the South Pole, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported Monday. […]
The article is not worth reading. Therefore I am just copying one of the comments: MUKHTAR N. SHEIKH, Dec 16, 2011 10:04 Queer, isn’t it? After all the deaths (4,500 […]