KAJANG: All Malaysians who reach 21 years of age should be automatically registered as voters, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah on Saturday. In fact, he said he was in favour of reducing the voting age to 18. “Though these are not possible for the next general election, […]
LONDON: A man has been charged with robbing a Malaysian student who fell victim to thieves pretending to help him during the riots in London, the Telegraph reported Saturday. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said Reece Donovan, of Milton Court, Cross Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, had been charged […]
By Kenneth Rogoff, Straight Times, Singapore CAMBRIDGE – WHY is everyone still referring to the recent financial crisis as the ‘Great Recession’? The term, after all, is predicated on a dangerous misdiagnosis of the problems that confront the United States and other countries, leading to bad forecasts and bad policy. […]
GOTHATAONE MOENG Staff Writer The Prime Minister of Mauritius Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam has commended the Botswana government for its commitment to enhancing the health status of the people. He said the improvement in maternal and child health as well as the significant reduction in mortality attributed to communicable diseases […]
Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (1835-1908) Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi INFINITE TREASURES OF THE HOLY QURAN AND SCIENCE قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَداً Say, ‘If every ocean becomes ink for […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily China’s coming out party continues with the latest installment of a major international sporting event. This time the dynamic new city of Shenzhen steps on to the world stage by hosting the 26th Summer Universiade. The Games is bringing much-needed infrastructure and building an identity for […]
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Mesaharati is a 30-day job created especially for Ramadan that requires a man with a special drum to go around his neighborhood early in the morning to wake up people to eat suhoor (starting of the fast meal) before Fajr prayer, signifying the start of the […]
Source / Courtesy: Mathaba By Paul Joseph Watson Given the fine example set in Libya, it follows that the rebels who expressed their grievances against the establishment last night by burning and looting half of London and other cities around the UK should swiftly be given their own embassy […]
Editorial: ARABNEWS How in the real world can anyone sell something that they do not already own? The decision by France, Italy, Spain and Belgium to impose a ban on the short selling of shares will be approved by many well beyond the confines of those particular four countries. Indeed, […]
By DAREEN GALAL | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Islamic songs of late have been gaining popularity among various sections of society in the Arab world. This is more evident by the tremendous response to video clips of songs by some prominent Arab singers aired by satellite channels. These singers can also […]
By HAMZA HENDAWI | AP, ARABNEWS CAIRO: The USAID director in Egypt has abruptly flown back to Washington after less than a year on the job, the first major casualty of a row between the two longtime allies over American funding for pro-democracy groups. Jim Bever left his post Thursday, […]
Source: Excerpt from Dawn By Asif Akhtar …All I have set out to do today is simply point out a blatant contradiction that seems to go unnoticed in our exceedingly self-righteous society: Why does blogging go reprimanded in Ramazan? Here we have a practice that is completely unacceptable and goes against every […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s accused rioters are facing the courts in growing numbers, as the streets remain quiet and the police continue their efforts to bring all those responsible for rampaging through London and other cities to justice. More than 1,900 people have been arrested and about half […]
China is watching nervously as the United States and Europe scramble to deal with their debt crises, fully conscious that economic events on both sides of the Atlantic play an important role in the country’s own economic prospects. There is little doubt there are concerns in China about potential knock-on […]
Islam gives another meaning to happiness than consumer societies do [Islam] points out that comfort and happiness have not the same meaning as has been given to them in Europe and America. In those continents comfort and happiness are understood to mean luxurious living and methods of indulgence. The object of […]
In the 7th century, Islam offered a different starting point [from Christianity]. It did not teach a single way to salvation (2:212),12 nor the persecution of those lacking it. From the moment the Prophet (sa) started preaching, it was clear that ‘whoever follows guidance, follows it only for the good of […]
The burning of Anabaptist Christians, 16th century Religious tolerance may seem self-evident to the modern reader, who is educated to believe that it is one of the basic values upon which Europe was built. However, up until the 16th century, religious tolerance was not seen anywhere in the Christian world. […]
Courtesy / Source: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir, Germantown Islam Examiner On August 10, 2011 President Obama hosted his third Ramadan Iftar dinner at the White House. Ramadan is the Muslim holy month in which the adherents fast from dawn to dusk. Iftar is the meal with which the Muslims break their fast at […]
TAGESANZEIGER, Zurich. Muslim parents, who did not send their daughters to swimming lessons, have to pay a fine of 1400 Swiss Francs. According to the Basel court swimming lessons are in the public interest. Parents who refuse participation of their children in the mandatory swimming lessons at school have been […]
LONDON — Ever since Lehman Brothers collapsed nearly three years ago, Europe’s leaders have repeatedly vowed to prevent any major European bank from failing. But as bank shares plummeted this week, the question on investors’ minds was not whether governments would rescue their banks if necessary. It was how much […]