Source: TOI on line If we take the first rumblings of trouble in the US sub-prime mortgage markets as the starting point, it’s been roughly five years since the global financial crisis began. There have been significant qualitative changes along the way. The US now seems, at least in relative […]
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Source: TOI on Line Call it conflict. Call it confrontation. Or call it simply the dialectic of growth. Whatever you call it, clashes take the world ahead. We may talk endlessly about peace and stability, how crucial continuity is. But what brings about change and opens up new ideas, […]
This article examines the root cause, regardless of the religious or the political affiliation of the perpetrator. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
Source: TOI “the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical,” US Vice-President Joe Biden said. WASHINGTON: The United States has said that Taliban is not an enemy of America, a move seen as the latest effort of the Obama administration to send an olive branch to the […]
Yes, They Can: Traditionally, the only roles available to women in Indonesia were “masak, macak dan manak” (cooking, dressing up and bearing children). But today, this is far from the […]
Did you know that Israel allows Gaza residents to enter the West Bank to attend their relatives’ weddings but not to get betrothed themselves? By Amira Hass Did you know that Israel allows Gaza residents to enter the West Bank to attend their relatives’ weddings but not to get betrothed […]
Grave matters: Israel violates Muslim religious lands Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the recent rash of desecration and vandalism of mosques and Muslim cemeteries. But the destruction of […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN Ventura, California (CNN) — A Southern California teen who pleaded guilty to killing a gay classmate was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison. Brandon McInerney, […]
Source: Asiatimes on line. By Sunny Lee BEIJING – While South Koreans are elated over the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, for security analysts who have to consider many different factors in assessing the geopolitical risks of the absence of the Dear Leader, his death came “a bit early”. The […]
If Martin Luther King had survived till today and not martyred, he would have added: I have a dream … I have a dream that Islamophobia does not become the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: December 20, 2011 ISLAMABAD: At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of the […]
This article starts with a chapter of a book ‘Deliverance from the Cross’ by Sir Zafrulla Khan. It also includes the article on this topic from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and much more. If the Catholic Church believes that it is not the real thing then why hang on to […]
All of us have known cases of successful resuscitation, but, none of us has ever known resurrection or anyone rising from the dead. So, rising from the dead is an […]
Margari Hill, Stanford University While the presence of Islam in West Africa dates back to eighth century, the spread of the faith in regions that are now the modern states […]
by Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, a somewhat pessimistic security expert tells swissinfo.ch why all eyes are on the totalitarian dictatorship. Albert Stahel, […]
SolarTech has launched its new Solar Energy Estimate (SEE) Report, available at SolarHub.com, which aims to help consumers compare PV systems’ performances, not unlike the Federal government’s new-car MPG rating system. The one page SEE report uses standardized calculations combined with the installer’s site-specific design variables and local solar insolation […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Dec 19, 2011 22:04 Updated: Dec 19, 2011 22:04 JEDDAH: Mosques, built in old and modern Islamic architectural styles are among Jeddah’s special […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS, ARABNEWS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The president of Maldives has condemned a protest planned by an Islamic party against what it calls anti-Islamic activities in the country. A government statement Monday quoted President Mohamed Nasheed as saying that the real goal of the protest is the introduction of […]
LONDON: A majority of 28 mostly European countries have failed to comply with freedom of information requests about their involvement in secret CIA flights carrying suspected terrorists, two human rights groups said Monday. London-based Reprieve and Madrid-based Access Info Europe accused European nations of covering up their complicity in the […]
By Mohammad Ghazal JORDAN TIMES FUHEIS – Christian leaders on Monday hailed Jordan’s efforts to preserve Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem. They made their remarks during a meeting His Majesty King Abdullah held with community and religious leaders in the town of Fuheis, 10km west of Amman, during which […]