The account of the killing of the world’s most wanted man has changed dramatically over the course of just three days. From whether Osama bin Laden was armed when he was shot dead to whether he used his own wife as a human shield, the official narrative seems to change […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times With the election of a son of a Kenyan man to the highest office in USA we see gradual perfection of the vision expressed in the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” […]
– Fears are high in Pakistan for what will happen now that Bin Laden had been killed, “says Nasim Malik (S). KALMAR SWEDEN – Terror die with fair policies, not by Osama Bin Laden, “says Nasim Malik (S) days after the leader of terrorist network al Qaeda have been killed […]
He distorted the true moderate peaceful teachings of Islam and made Islam unjustly associated with terrorism. He invited wars, occupation and destruction against Islamic countries and caused fear, hatred and discrimination against Muslims in the world. Because of him everyone all over the world became suspicious of Muslims and every […]
The reactions following Bin Laden’s death are a disaster. A person’s death may sometimes be good news. But somebody’s assassination never is. A commentary by Stephanie Doetzer Angela Merkel is happy. Hillary Clinton is happy. Barack Obama claims that justice has been done and hundreds of Americans celebrate cheerfully […]
Most Germans see no reason to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden and think the US government should have put the terrorist leader on trial rather than killed him, according to a poll published Friday. According to the poll for public broadcaster ARD, 64 percent felt killing the […]
German authorities were alerted to a terrorist plot in Düsseldorf by US authorities using airline passenger data, the Rheinische Post newspaper reported Friday. “From the American side, we were advised of the striking and unusual travel patterns of the suspects,” German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told the newspaper. […]
Egypt officials have said they will make a formal request to Germany for the return of the 3,400 year-old bust of fabled Queen Nefertiti, but Germany said the bust will remain in Berlin. State minister for antiquities Zahi Hawass said this week a letter would be sent to Germany to […]
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch Under pressure from federal authorities to find housing for increasing numbers of asylum claimants, cantons are turning to emergency bunkers as a solution. The issue came to a head this week with police in Neuchâtel forced to intervene when members of a group of 31 claimants […]
By MOHAMMED MAR’I | ARAB NEWS RAMALLAH: A top Israeli military officer canceled a trip to Britain out of fear he would be arrested, a report said on Thursday. The Israel Radio said that Maj. Gen. Yohanan Locker, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military secretary, decided not to join the premiere […]
It is interesting, that in the FBI’s ‘Ten most wanted’ there is no mention of Usama bin Laden being sought for the 9/11 attack. Could it be because they did not have sufficient evidence? (Just a thought…) USAMA BIN LADEN Murder of U.S. Nationals Outside the United States; Conspiracy to […]
The signing of a reconciliation accord in Cairo between Fateh and Hamas promises the start of a new era in the inter-Palestinian relations. One, nevertheless, expresses optimism timidly; this is not the first time Fateh, the mainstream faction in the West Bank, and Hamas, the ruling faction in Gaza, have […]
WHEN the Quran was revealed it was assumed that all Muslims would read it to seek guidance for their problems and hence no class of priesthood was needed. But as Islam spread far and wide and Muslims from other cultures spoke different languages, they could not do so. The Quran […]
A key detail in the initial narrative of the historic operation that killed the world’s most wanted man – al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – has proven to be inconsistent, raising concerns about what really happened at the lavish gated compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. US president Barack Obama and […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said on Thursday that any country that again seeks to raid its territory would face consequences from Pakistan’s military. “We feel that sort of misadventure or miscalculation would result in a terrible catastrophe,” he said. “There should be no doubt Pakistan has adequate capacity […]
Source: Loonwatch.com by Danios on January 20, 2010 in Feature CNN recently published an article entitled Study: Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S. exaggerated; according to a study released by […]
No one is above the law and no one is below the law! The term ‘International Law,’ may be thrown around vaguely in the media for the foreseeable future regarding the Extra-judicial killing of Osama Bin Laden. But, what is ‘International Law?’ What best fits this term is the Universal […]
The Islamic Golden Age — a period that spanned the 7th to the 13th centuries A.D. — saw a flourishing of scholarship in the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, which at their greatest extent stretched across North Africa and the Middle East. Contrary to traditional views of Islamic science in this […]
Islamic science had its heyday in the ninth century, thanks to Ab? Ja’far al-Ma’m?n’s House of Wisdom, says Jim al-Khalil. The Bab al-Sharji district in the centre of Baghdad derives its name, which means east gate, from the medieval fortifications of the city. These walls were probably built around the […]
(CNN) — Was the killing of Osama bin Laden legal under international law? The administration says yes, absolutely. Experts are unsure. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. raid on bin Laden’s compound was lawful “as an act of national self-defense.” […]