Kuwaiti veiled doctors told to avoid training in France
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
Robert Fisk: Exile dreams of a bloodless return after a life spent opposing Assad regime
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 […]
Averting Civil War in Syria
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 […]
Moderate Islamists ahead in Morocco
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 […]
Black Friday sales hit record, says report
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 […]
Arab League approves Syria sanctions; Damascus slams the move as betrayal
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 medical students boycotting lectures on evolution… because it ‘clashes with the Koran’
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 […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
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 […]
Graphic Image Fuels Push to Protect Turkish Women
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 […]
November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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
Stories of children with lasting scars
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 […]
Ontario Physicians Duty Bound to Keep Quiet about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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 […]
Christian worker loses her job after being ‘targeted’ by Islamic extremists
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 […]
Giant NASA rover launches to Mars
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 […]
Daredevil ‘Jetman’ soars over Alps in latest stunt
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 […]
Compilation of the Holy Quran into a text
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 […]
The religion of an increasingly godless America
A generation ago, most people outside of evangelical Christian circles had never heard of things like “megachurches” or “the Rapture”, but now even people living in the most secularist urban […]
Philippines say arrested hackers funded by Saudi group
(Reuters) – Philippine police and the FBI have arrested four people that Manila said were paid by a militant Saudi Arabian-based group to hack into U.S. telecom AT&T’s system, but the company said it was neither targeted nor breached. The Philippines’ Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said those arrested […]
Major gas discovery in Marri-Bugti area: Rare good news from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A bit of good news for the energy-starved nation — the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is reported to have made a major gas discovery in Zin block in Balochistan’s restive Marri-Bugti area that has the potential to change the dimension of the country’s power sector. […]