Source: Qantara Islamic theology is still a very new academic discipline at German universities. It is hoped that a new nationwide post-graduate programme will boost its development, lead to increased representation […]
Iran erupted in a fresh frenzy of animosity towards its old imperial foe on Sunday as MPs chanting “death to England” voted to expel Britain’s ambassador to Tehran and threatened […]
Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, reached back to the rhetoric of the Cold War on Sunday to angrily accuse the West of trying to meddle in his country’s forthcoming elections. Speaking ahead of a parliamentary vote this weekend that his party is expected to win, the country’s de facto […]
Manama Kuwaiti doctors who wear headscarves should not be sent to France for training in local hospitals, the cultural attache in Paris has recommended. Read more
Opposition leader Khaled Khoja tells our writer in Istanbul why revenge is not on the table “If Bashar al-Assad is caught in Damascus, he will not be treated like Gaddafi. But what if he was caught in Homs? We don’t want Mr Bashar al-Assad to face this end. But, as […]
Source: http://www.patrickseale.com Syria is heading for a bloody sectarian civil war. The mutual kidnappings, torture, beheadings and displacement of populations taking place between the Sunni and Alawi communities in the central city of Homs — often described as “the capital of the revolution” — send a fearsome signal of what […]
Souad Mekhennet and Maia de la Baume, The Sydney Morning Herald RABAT, Morocco: A moderate Islamist party appears to have won parliamentary elections in Morocco, the second time in weeks […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Preliminary reports for Black Friday indicate that retailers may have seen their strongest sales ever during the all-important kick-off to the holiday shopping season. Retail sales on Black Friday climbed 6.6% this year to an estimated $11.4 billion, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks foot traffic at […]
By Associated Press, Washington Post BEIRUT — The Arab League overwhelmingly approved sanctions Sunday against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly eight-month crackdown on dissent, an unprecedented move by the League against an Arab state. Before the vote, Damascus slammed the vote as a betrayal of Arab solidarity. […]
Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain’s leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran. Professors at University College London have expressed concern over the increasing number of biology students boycotting lectures on Darwinist […]
This is a short article to introduce the subject to fellow Christians. The Holy Quran says about them: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and […]
STANBUL—A Turkish newspaper’s front-page photograph of a woman with a knife sticking out of her naked back after her husband allegedly stabbed her has triggered controversy, in a nation dogged by high levels of domestic violence and so-called honor killings. Enlarge Image Agence France-Presse / Getty ImagesProtesters in Ankara in […]
At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime – with the abuser usually someone known to her. Read more
Israel’s system of military law for children is leaving lasting scars The brutality of some recent cases has surprised even professionals. Israel’s system of military law for Palestinian children has […]
Press Release TORONTO, ONTARIO— This month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) posted a revision of their draft policy on “Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in Medical Practice,” a […]
Source / Credit: The Telegraph By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent 7:30AM GMT 27 Nov 2011 A Christian worker has launched a landmark legal action after she lost her job […]
Nasa has launched the most capable machine ever built to land on Mars. The near one-tonne rover, tucked inside a capsule, left Florida on an Atlas 5 rocket at 10:02 […]
The Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy dons a jet suit and flies in formation with two Albatross jets over the Swiss Alps. The 51-year-old former pilot, who calls himself “Jetman,” took to the skies wearing a 120lb custom-built jet suit over the Alps in formation with the Breitling jet team. The […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is a short article to introduce the subject to fellow Christians. The Holy Quran says about […]