Indonesia attracted offers almost three times the value of the $2.5 billion dollar-denominated bonds it sold on Thursday, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said. “We got offers totaling $6.9 billion but we granted only $2.5 billion,” the finance minister said, pointing out that this reflected the confidence of foreign investors in […]
Beitar chairman Itzik Kornfein is making progress in his battle to eradicate racism in soccer. Beitar Jerusalem earned the reputation of being Israel’s most racist club long ago. Anybody who attended a Beitar match over recent decades could not have helped but hear the bigoted chants, which for some reason […]
Church attendance in western democracies has declined; yet, a new University of Missouri study shows religious beliefs still influence people at the polls. Chris Raymond, a graduate instructor of political science in the MU College of Arts and Science, said that many political experts consider voters around the world as […]
MADINAH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh opened an Islamic calligraphy show at Le Meridien here Tuesday and commended Muslim calligraphers around the world for reviving the Islamic art and promoting the message of Qur’an in an attractive manner. “God has honored the Arab nation by sending the Qur’an in Arabic […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh on Wednesday announced his ministry’s plan to establish a center for Hadith research and studies, similar to the King Fahd Qur’an Printing Complex in Madinah. “The project is now under study and will be named after Custodian […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday stressed the importance of listening to the voice of young Jordanians and taking their views into account, highlighting their role in shaping the future of the country. “Your ideas are important and we rely on them as the basis for shaping […]
(Health.com) — Several years ago, an 81-year-old woman with a raised patch of dry skin on her arm visited Mississippi dermatologist John Abide, M.D. Although the lesion looked only slightly abnormal, a series of lab tests revealed that it was a symptom of leprosy. “I thought, ‘Leprosy, are you kidding […]
Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. He said the 150m-wide (492ft) “Canal Istanbul” would link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara that opens to the Aegean Sea via the Dardanelles. Mr Erdogan said the canal would be about […]
The Holy Quran is the living Miracle of the Holy Prophet Muhammad! It continues to yield fruit in diverse ways in all times as in our own blog we have seen the testimony of our own Associate Chief Editor, Mohammad Rafiq Ahmad Tschannen, a Swiss national, who converted to Islam at […]
Arab News By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN JEDDAH: A total of 724,000 pilgrims arrived for Umrah until early April, said the Haj Ministry on Monday, adding that the Umrah season has so far been a success. According to Haj Ministry records, 257,000 of the pilgrims were from Iran, 235,000 from Turkey, 171,000 […]
Tehran Times Bahraini forces have reportedly abducted two female students and four women medics in different cities in line with the country’s harsh Saudi-backed crackdown. According to Press TV, the students were kidnapped in Bilad al-Qadim city and the medics in Isa town on Tuesday, witnesses said. Earlier on Tuesday, […]
By Mohammad Ben Hussein AMMAN – The National Coalition of Opposition Parties on Tuesday expressed concern over what they claimed was the government’s deliberate delay in implementing political and economic reforms. “The official policies to delay speeding up democratic reform is dangerous,” the coalition said following a meeting on Monday […]
The Palestinian village Silwan in East Jerusalem is situated about a hundred metres from the Temple Mount/Haram el Sharif. It is home to 40,000 Palestinians and almost 400 Jewish settlers. The village also hosts a large archaeological site called the “City of David”. The past few months have seen an […]
Will placing a tea bag on a cold sore make it disappear? Can you ease hot flashes with herbs? And does putting yogurt on your nether parts have a prayer of curing a yeast infection? It used to be that you’d hear about these kinds of home remedies from your […]
US and Chinese officials are meeting in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on human rights. The US is expected to urge China to ease a severe government crackdown on dissent, which activists say has been the most extensive in years. Read More
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Samuel Parsons Scott, a lawyer from Ohio, understood part of the charm of the Prophet’s character when he wrote: “The glories which invest the history of Islam may be entirely derived from the valor, the virtue, the intelligence, the […]
BRUSSELS – China’s chief negotiator to UN climate change talks said here on Tuesday that the country is drafting a special law dedicated to climate change and will explore a low carbon development path suitable to China. “We are in the process of preparing for a special law dedicated to climate […]
European countries have called for “strong measures” to halt repression in Syria, as its government steps up a campaign against peaceful protests. In a joint statement, France and Italy urged the EU and UN to put pressure on Syria to end its crackdown. The UK said it was discussing measures […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A contentious proposal that would authorize the governor and attorney general to decide whether an entity is a terrorist organization is advancing in the House. The measure passed the House Judiciary Committee 12-4 on Tuesday and now goes to the House Finance Committee. The companion bill was […]
The British government became a partner in the US programme of extraordinary rendition even after learning that it involved the torture of detainees, the Guantánamo files show. Most of the British nationals who were detained at the prison camp on Cuba were consigned there only after ministers and senior officials […]