By BusinessWeek Correspondent Dar es Salaam. The launch of Tanzania’s first Islamic bank, Amana Bank, last monht is the latest development in Tanzania and East Africa’s emerging Islamic finance industry. With about half the population being Muslims there is a huge potential for Shariah-compliant financial services in Tanzania. The headquarters […]
Blasphemy allegations continue to haunt minorities in Pakistan. Aalmi Majlis Tahafuz Khatm-e-Nabuwat (AMTKN) activists alleged that 16-year-old Sajeel committed blasphemy by making derogatory remarks against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and […]
By: Meher Usman We’re often told that international relations are not bound by any morality or values, may it be a relationship of friendship or animosity, and they ought to be based on either of the actor’s personal and selfish interest. Amazingly enough, in the same world, we have witnessed […]
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday reopened a temporary walkway leading to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, just two days after closing it, defusing a diplomatic spat that had turned the […]
The number of applications forunemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to the lowest level in three years, showing the U.S. labor market is healing. Jobless claims dropped by 19,000 to 366,000 in the week ended Dec. 10, the fewest since May 2008, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The […]
Afghanistan, the landlocked country located in the center of Asia, comprises of a population of 29 mn. The telecom industry of the country has significantly shot up after the fall of Taliban and with the total teledensity reaching 65%, the growth which the telecom industry has encountered is really praiseworthy. […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an article describing the Transcendent, yet Personal God of the Abrahamic Faiths in the present […]
For too long, Mr. Plantinga contends in a new book, theists have been on the defensive, merely rebutting the charge that their beliefs are irrational. It’s time for believers in the old-fashioned creator God of the Bible to go on the offensive, he argues, and he has some sports metaphors […]
Senior British commanders and officials are concerned that US plans to cut defence spending will be followed by other allies in Europe and elsewhere. Reductions in allied military capabilities could put a greater burden on Britain’s stretched forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere, it is feared. The military planning work has […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: December 15, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will fight the war on terrorism according to its own terms and conditions and not that […]
Source: NYTimes BAGHDAD — One by one, the Marines sat down, swore to tell the truth and began to give secret interviews discussing one of the most horrific episodes of America’s time in Iraq: the 2005 massacre by Marines of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha. “I mean, whether […]
Source: NYTimes PARIS — Former French President Jacques Chirac, 79, was convicted on Thursday of embezzlement and misuse of public funds to illegally finance his political party using fake jobs when he was mayor of Paris. Mr. Chirac, who was not present at the trial because of reported health and […]
Source: TOI. NEW YORK: Citing the “enormous maturity” shown by India in dealing with Indo-Pak issues, Pakistan has advised Afghanistan to “take a leaf out of the Indian book” and learn about building ties, instead of engaging in an “accusatory game” towards it. More:
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Contending that US relationship with Pakistan had reached a dead end, an American lawmaker has said there was a sense among Congressmen that time had come to “side” with India to “cut off the ISI”. Senator Mark Kirk said at a discussion forum by prestigious Washington-based think […]
by H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammed of Jordan. “An outstanding work, worthy of praise and esteem for its method, its content and its language.” —H.E. Imam Prof. Dr Ahmad Muhammad al-TayyibGrand Sheikh of al-Azhar and supervisor of the thesis at al-Azhar University Kazi Publications is excited to announce that it […]
Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland’s school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems. So how do they do it? It’s simple — by going against the evaluation-driven, centralized model that much of the Western world uses. Click on […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JAKARTA: Veteran Indonesian journalist Parni Hadi urged Muslim journalists to apply principles set out by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in their work to enhance their credibility. Addressing the International Islamic Media Conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, the former chief of Antara […]
FORT Bragg, North Carolina (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday honoured America’s nearly nine years of “bleeding and building” in Iraq, hailing the “extraordinary achievement” of a war he once branded “dumb”. “Welcome home, welcome home,” Obama cried in an aircraft hangar in North Carolina, basking in the “Ooh […]
Dawn Editorial: PAKISTAN, where the regularity with which honour killing is reported is matched only by the frequency with which the perpetrators go unpunished, would do well to take a leaf out of Belgium`s book. On Monday, a court in Mons handed down lengthy sentences to the parents and siblings […]
This popular Google knol or article was first written soon after the publication of Hawking’s book, the Grand Design. Prologue First a few words about the big picture. Atheists are […]