Terror attacks abroad, rightwing policies and a biased media are all reasons why Muslims increasingly seem to have a bad image in Switzerland, a report has found. In particular the debate surrounding the national minaret vote of 2009 – in which the building of minarets was banned – was revealed […]
Aspects of Islamic Faith – 108: Selfishness that incurs God’s punishment By ADIL SALAHI Published: Jul 7, 2011 21:24 Updated: Jul 7, 2011 21:24 Sometimes the Prophet (peace be upon him) used a form of stern warning in order to impress on people the horrid nature of the action he […]
By MD MUJAHID SYED | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 8, 2011 23:29 Updated: Jul 8, 2011 23:29 JEDDAH: “Urdu is the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Kingdom. It is no more the language of the Subcontinent but is spoken in all continents by hundreds of millions of […]
By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi nationals who have mothers from different countries claim they are often referred to in a derogatory manner as “half-Saudi.” They complain of being mistreated or mistaken for expatriates, especially if they have blue eyes or blond hair and talk with an accent. […]
By SAEED AL-BATATI | ARAB NEWS SANAA: Yemen’s main opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has embarked on consultations to form a unilateral transitional council to replace the current government, a move that was strongly denounced by the government that warned of repercussions. Mohammed Al-Mutwikil, a senior opposition figure, told Arab […]
By REUTERS Published: Jul 8, 2011 20:47 Updated: Jul 8, 2011 20:47 KHARTOUM/JUBA: Sudan became the first state to recognize the independence of its oil-producing south on Friday, smoothing the way for the division on Saturday of Africa’s largest country into two. Underdeveloped South Sudan secedes Saturday — a hard-won […]
By Qasim Rashid My wife reminded me we were running late. I closed an article about Peter King’s self-aggrandizing radicalization hearings and grabbed my car keys. My phone buzzed — an email from a reader. “I wish Muslims would stay the hell out of our Christian country and go back […]
With climate change, concrete deserts and agriculture, human beings have fundamentally altered the face of the Earth. But have we really ushered in a new geological era, the so-called Anthropocene? Paul Crutzen, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, finds it hard to believe. “It’s incredible to see what a […]
Following a series of abuse cases in Europe and North America, revelations have emerged of sexual abuse by priests in a number of African countries. The case of Father Renato Kizito, who is accused of raping young men in Kenya, shows how local power structures work in favor of the […]
That reporting a rape is an arduous ordeal is a truth that resounds globally. When braving for police investigations, enumerating the ordeal in court and damaging stereotypical media representations become a norm then the argument for a pellucid approach becomes preemptory. In 2006, a much-heated debate on the Hudood […]
For the second month in a row, employers added barely any jobs in June, showing that the economic recovery has hit a serious speed bump. With all levels of government laying off workers, the Labor Department reported that employers eked out just 18,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs in June. The […]
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years, while India’s poverty rate is projected to drop to 22%, says a UN report. Read More:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Indias-poverty-will-fall-from-51-to-22-by-2015-UN-report/articleshow/9152344.cms
Mosques are a part of the Swiss landscape: there are over 100 dotted around the country. There are four minarets in Switzerland – in Geneva, Zurich, Wangen and Winterthur.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected two appeals against a ban on the construction of new minarets in Switzerland.Judges ruled that the plaintiffs – three Muslim organisations and a private citizen – were not victims of an alleged human rights violation. The Strasbourg-based court on Friday announced that […]
cientists in Saxony have discovered 290-million-year-old fossil skeletons of a previously unknown, tree-dwelling lizard species in a perfectly preserved petrified forest that casts new light on the habits of ancient reptiles. The researchers in Chemnitz have found five well-preserved fossil skeletons of a reptile species that lived more than 50 […]
The Church of Scientology is a notoriously difficult subject for journalists. The press has long been considered an enemy of the church, which was founded half a century ago by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion, author Janet Reitman tells the fascinating […]
At some point markets will recognize that a rapidly-shrinking pool of workers and customers in parts of Europe cannot generate profits. Why would anyone buy a 30-year bond from any of these countries when by 2041 there won’t be enough taxpayers left to pay the coupons. Read More http://blog.atimes.net/?p=1845
KHAR, Pakistan: One of Pakistan’s most notorious Taleban radio voices is back on the air after the army raided his stronghold last year and drove him across the border into Afghanistan. The resurgence of Maulvi Faqir Mohammed — also one of the Pakistani Taleban’s top commanders — illustrates the resilience […]
More than 90 per cent of C. difficile patients are cured by fecal transplants, studies suggest A controversial new treatment, which involves the transplantation of human waste, can treat cases of C. difficile infection. But only a handful of physicians in Canada undertake the messy procedure. Clostridium difficile is a superbug that […]
LUBBOCK, Texas—New research conducted at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reveals neurochemicals delivered directly to the gut via probiotic intestinal microbiota benefit brain health as well as digestive health. The research paper, published in the journal BioEssays, proposes a new field of microbial endocrinology where microbiology meets neuroscience. […]