Expedite steps to bury dead pilgrims: Ministry
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The director general of the department responsible for providing services to Umrah pilgrims at the Ministry of Haj has asked all pilgrimage service-providing companies to liaise with embassies and consulates to identify and repatriate dead pilgrims whose bodies are still being stored in […]
Seminar on dawa sites on the Internet
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance will organize a two-day seminar in Riyadh in October on Saudi websites specializing in dawa. Assistant undersecretary of the ministry Abdul Mohsen Al-Asheikh said the seminar on Oct. 5-6 is aimed at evaluating dawa […]
Soil bacterium helps kill cancers
A bacterium found in soil is a showing promise as a way of delivering cancer drugs into tumours. Spores of the Clostridium sporogenes bacterium can grow within tumours because there is no oxygen. UK and Dutch scientists have been able to genetically engineer an enzyme into the bacteria to activate […]
Volcanic rock rafts ‘could have been cradles of life’
Volcanic rock rafts could have played a key role in the origins of life on Earth, a team of scientists suggests. Researchers say the buoyant rock pumice has the right properties to have provided the conditions for early life to emerge more than 3.5bn years ago. Pumice “rafts” are found […]
Australia’s economy grows by 1.2% in the second quarter
Australia’s economy bounced back in the last quarter as it looked to recover from earlier floods and cyclones. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 1.2% in the three months to the end of June from the previous quarter, the statistical bureau said. That compares with a contraction of 0.9% in the […]
Citizens shop early for sacrificial goats to beat prices
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of Saudi citizens have started shopping early for sacrificial goats after Eid Al-Fitr when prices are down before they shoot up during Eid Al-Adha, a local daily reported. As a precautionary measure, some citizens began buying little goats to raise them at home and […]
Of ghosts and ghost towns, refugees and migrants…
Driving from Cairo to Benghazi by car first of all we drive down the highway towards Alexandria. It was not difficult to guess that Gamal Mubarak, son of the now ‘retired’ President of Egypt. When driving along I was looking forward to see El Alamein. I was wondering whether I […]
Turkish PM announces additional sanctions on Israel
Source / Courtesy: CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey’s fiery prime minister ratcheted up rapidly-escalating tensions with Israel on Tuesday, comparing Ankara’s once-close middle eastern ally to a “spoiled boy” and announcing additional sanctions would soon be imposed. “We are completely suspending all of these, trade relations, military relations, related with the defense […]
The abnormality syndrome in Pakistan
Source:dailytimes Pakistan As a teenager, when I was supposed to be enjoying life, making friends, watching movies, playing games, socialising and talking about our little dreams, I was thinking of pleasing God and hating His perceived enemies “The only abnormality is the incapacity to love” — Anais Nin. According to […]
The curse of intolerance
source:dailytimes-Pakistan A myriad curses afflict Pakistan. One of them is intolerance of views — religious and other. In this intolerant climate, the news of an innocent Ahmedi’s death at the hands of bigots points at the rot in our society. Naseem Ahmed was assassinated in Faisalabad late night on Saturday. […]
European Bankers Urge Leaders to Move Quickly on Debt Crisis
PARIS — As the stock and bond markets seem eerily similar to the dark days of 2008, Jean-Claude Trichet and Mario Draghi, the current and incoming chiefs of the European Central Bank, pointedly urged European leaders to move quickly to ensure that the euro zone’s debt crisis does not become […]
Girl, 4, drives along motorway
Source. Times of India A four-year-old Chinese girl has been filmed driving along the motorway. The child – who is called Jia Zheng by a man in the vehicle thought to be her father – is shown in control of the wheel as the footage is taken from inside the […]
MAURITIUS: Plans to become a regional knowledge hub.
Plans to create new universities in Mauritius in the coming years highlights the government’s ambition to transform the island into a regional knowledge hub. The country aims to attract about 100,000 foreign students by 2020, and campaigns are now being conducted in India and Tanzania to promote the island as […]
China white paper pledges peaceful rise
China’s government has released a policy document that lays out its vision for the country’s future. It says it wants to be a rich, strong nation at peace with other countries. China will not repeat the mistakes of other great powers who sought to dominate other nations, the white paper […]
Madagascar: An Exhibit for Islam against Christianity!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Almost 80% of species in Madagascar are unique to the island and are not found else where. As a […]
Actions speak louder than the words: “Islam Means Peace. It Has Nothing To Do With Terror”
Source / Courtesy: Rochester Homepage On Saturday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community set up a blood donation event. There they had the chance to explain the true meaning of Islam. Long time member, Rafiq Ahmad knows first hand how hurtful stereotypes can be. “Unfortunately, we have been pushed through elevators we have been […]
Iran’s nuclear dream comes true
Source. Asiatimes on Line Russia has given Iranians cause for joy as the much-delayed nuclear power plant in Bushehr finally goes online. More nuclear contracts with Tehran may follow along with positive action from Tehran on Moscow’s proposals to end the nuclear impasse. Celebrations are tempered, however, by the “double-edged […]