BBC: Jemaah Ahmadiyah spokesman for Indonesia (JAI), Firdaus Mubarik, said none of the perpetrators of the attacks on the Ahmadiyah congregation Cisalada settlement, village Ciampea Udik, Bogor, detained by the police. “The dream that until there is an attacker who was arrested,” said Firdaus on the BBC Indonesia. Incidents of […]
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the first woman to lead the continent – and the first from southern Africa – since the AU’s predecessor was founded in 1963. Photograph: Michael/ Michael/Xinhua Press/Corbis A South African politician has become the first female leader of the African Union (AU), ending months of bitter deadlock […]
Source : THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. By SADANAND DHUME Mr. Dhume is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for WSJ.com. …. Perhaps the biggest potential defenders of liberal ideas such as freedom of worship are the minority Shiites and other heterodox Muslims. The Ahmadis have […]
Source: Dawn Author: Nighat Kamal Aziz I do not want democracy if it means that I wait in the streets for long periods of time in the sweltering heat in […]
Credit: Spiegel dapd German religious leaders claim that Jewish life will not be possible in the country if a court ruling on circumcision sets a legal precedent. A controversial German court ruling on circumcision has outraged Muslim and Jewish groups in Germany and abroad. German commentators say the decision was […]
Credit: All Africa.com Addis Ababa — THE 19th African Union (AU) Summit opened here on Sunday with a pledge to immediately solve a number of crises that threaten to undermine the continent’s peace and security. AU Commission Chairperson Dr Jean Ping observed in his opening statement to the Summit that […]
Credit: Asia Times THE ROVING EYE There couldn’t be a more sensitive theme in a US electoral year than jobs for workers in the home of the bravely unaccountable. Which is why when charges that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney was involved through practices at the vulture fund Bain Capital […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe: Surabaya. The National and Jakarta Police have made contradicting statements regarding hard-line Islamist groups making punitive “sweeps” of business open during Ramadan. National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said on Monday that the police would “involve the public” in solving problems during to the Islamic holy month, […]
Credit: ET Neither Clinton nor her vehicle was hit by the tomatoes and shoes thrown by the protesters. PHOTO: AFP ALEXANDRIA: Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A […]
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad calls for vigilance against all forms of extremism. On 11 July 2012, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the […]
The Dublin agreement, which Switzerland joined in 2008, stipulates that the country where a person first applies for asylum is responsible for that individual’s asylum process. Asylum seekers who travel […]
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Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The third verse of the Holy Quran is, ‘the Gracious, the Merciful.’ The equivalent in the New Testament of this verse could be: Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of […]
UN observers say attack on Tremseh targeted defectors, activists source: Jordan Times DAMASCUS — Syria’s 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions. The Red Cross statement came as […]
By Daood Hamdani The Daily Star The North American mosque is evolving and redefining its purpose and practices. A recently released report by a group of mainly Muslim organizations, “The American Mosque 2011,” provides the first factual glimpse into changes in North American mosques. Initially serving primarily as a place […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon Why did it take Washington nearly eight months to apologize for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers? But you know the answer: It’s because the United States and Pakistan have the most neurotic, mutually destructive “friendly” relationship in the world. Secretary of State […]
Jeddah: Arab News Monday 16 July 2012 Despite the status of being a noble humanitarian and caring profession, nursing continues to remain a hard nut to crack as far as […]
THE JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel is weighing measures to sanction a UN agency that works with the Palestinians over “illegal activities” including “illegal construction”, media reported on Sunday, citing local officials. Haaretz newspaper reported that Israel wants to “re-assess” the role of the UN’s Office for the Coordination […]
Source: DAWN WASHINGTON: Ninety five per cent Pakistanis believe they are in financial trouble and blame their government for the same, says a US survey. About 10 per cent blame banks and financial institutions, 32 per cent blame the world’s biggest scapegoat, the United States, while two per cent also […]